posted on November 20, 2005 09:38:28 AM
Mama asked on another thread how I keep track of my thousands of postcards so here is a description of the method I use. I use Vendio to store images and list so much of my methodology is tied in to how I work with Vendio.
Finding Images:
Vendio is WONDERFUL for keeping track of images. To find that postcard image, I just did a search of "greatlakes" in the imagehosting (I can store lots of images with my plan on Vendio so I don't delete them).
One of the best ways I use to keep track of my cards is using different digits in the list price to indicate (to me) what stage the card is in in the listing process. I end all first time lists with "9", relists with "8" and store items (at least recently anyway) with "7".
Shipping: I keep track of my recent listings by the date listing ends (cards are grouped together with a rigid plastic postcard sleeve on top and another on the bottom with a rubberband around them and a sticky placed inside a sleeve showing date listed.) When I have to ship I find what day the listing ended in Vendio postsale (only have to key in the last 3 digits in Post-Sale Search to bring up the transaction) and find the card in my batch.
RElisting: When it comes time to relist, I use Vendio Post-sale "unsold" to find the group of unsold items and then find my batch and shedule a relaunch - I change the last digit from 9 to 8 show it's a relist (so I know it will be time to move to the store instead of relisting any unsolds a third time) and group together with any new listings I have for that date in a new daily batch.
Moving to store:
When I get around to it I once again use Vendio "Post-Sale/ Unsold" by date to find my unsold relisted items (sale price ends in "8" and move to my ebay store. This time I change the last digit in the sale price to "7".
Finding Store Items:
I used to file by state or topic but that got to be too hard to keep up with because I was always behind in filing and had to look scads of places. I now batch a group of items the same way I do my daily listings only this time I mark "STORE" and the beginning item number and the last item number on the sticky (I don't mark the item number on each card - just the range) and rubber bind together and put in a box (have to keep the sticky INSIDE the plastic sleeve so it won't fall out).
Usually I can tell at a glance by the ending sales price when I ship whether to look in my daily listings or in my store for the item.
Whew! That sound convoluted but it works for me.
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posted on November 20, 2005 10:12:36 AM
My word, neglus! You ARE organized. I really like your idea of changing the number when you relist. Lately I've been finding that I'm not sure if an item was relisted already or if I should relist it now.
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and move to my ebay store. This time I change the last digit in the sale price to "7".
