I have sold on EBay before and sometimes ran my EBay store for several consecutive years. I have often witnessed how it can take over people's lives and become an endless hours business.
I am reopening my EBay store but this time I have other aspects of my life I am not prepared to give up to become a good EBay seller again and one will be my time management around how I sell on EBay.
I will give 20 hours a week to selling o EBay...and no more than 20 hours.
This is my 20 hour a week EBay selling plan.
I will attend to EBay emails efficiently several ties a day and learn to not waffle...to get straight to the point with my reply an save all questions and answered and store them so I can reply to similar questions with an easy cut and paste action. Yes those answers will also be i the listing...however there will always be those who do not read the listing.
I have worked out in advance, how many hours I can give to eBay, without taking away from other things I need/want to do. Then I worked out 'official work hours for the project.'
I'm have planned for Monday and Thursday morning to pack and post and I can fit the trip to the post office in with shopping. In the afternoon I will clean up, clear out and sort stock. That should give me a house clean and some exercise as I plan to list home items I no longer use along with my art stock.
Evenings will be the time I list items in EBay. I will use Turbo Lister if I want to schedule listings or plan them ahead of time. That gives me 5 days free for writing my novel, blogs, also reading and painting, plus other exercise and family activities. other things. Not quite as much time as I want...but ...I'll work it.
The Secret will be, to not allow others to make me do EBay chores any day other than Monday and Thursday..My choice-not theirs. Work for yourself not everyone elses' time plan. :-). I know there will be pressure applied from others to post , list and extensively discuss EBay sales seven days a week. I am my own boss and I need to maintain a work ethic not only to the customer but to my worker - me.
Do not make a part time job become a full time job unless it is though your own choice.
Here is a workshop run by EBay on Time Management for EBay Sellers.
I am reopening my EBay store but this time I have other aspects of my life I am not prepared to give up to become a good EBay seller again and one will be my time management around how I sell on EBay.
I will give 20 hours a week to selling o EBay...and no more than 20 hours.
This is my 20 hour a week EBay selling plan.
I will attend to EBay emails efficiently several ties a day and learn to not waffle...to get straight to the point with my reply an save all questions and answered and store them so I can reply to similar questions with an easy cut and paste action. Yes those answers will also be i the listing...however there will always be those who do not read the listing.
I have worked out in advance, how many hours I can give to eBay, without taking away from other things I need/want to do. Then I worked out 'official work hours for the project.'
I'm have planned for Monday and Thursday morning to pack and post and I can fit the trip to the post office in with shopping. In the afternoon I will clean up, clear out and sort stock. That should give me a house clean and some exercise as I plan to list home items I no longer use along with my art stock.
Evenings will be the time I list items in EBay. I will use Turbo Lister if I want to schedule listings or plan them ahead of time. That gives me 5 days free for writing my novel, blogs, also reading and painting, plus other exercise and family activities. other things. Not quite as much time as I want...but ...I'll work it.
The Secret will be, to not allow others to make me do EBay chores any day other than Monday and Thursday..My choice-not theirs. Work for yourself not everyone elses' time plan. :-). I know there will be pressure applied from others to post , list and extensively discuss EBay sales seven days a week. I am my own boss and I need to maintain a work ethic not only to the customer but to my worker - me.
Do not make a part time job become a full time job unless it is though your own choice.
Here is a workshop run by EBay on Time Management for EBay Sellers.
