January Recap

It has now been six months - half a year - and the end of the first month of 2016. I am quite happy with my progress so far. Each month so far profits have gone up, and while I am sure that will not continue to happen, it is very gratifying and rewarding to keep seeing progress.

I sold 31 items.

I spent $156.21 on those items.
I sold those items for $1,557.74
I paid $158.26 in fees to eBay.

I made a profit of $1,243.27.

I sold less items than I did in December, but I made much more! Not only was this my most profitable month to date, I surpassed last month's total by about $500. This was largely due to a few very high profit items that sold, which are not everyday sales. I expect February will be a slower, and less profitable, month simply because I don't have a huge number of high dollar items listed right now.

Another milestone this month was that I hit both Top-Rated Seller status and Power Seller on eBay, in addition to receiving my 200th positive feedback. Being rated as TRS and PS, apparently, means your items are seen more often, and it comes with a 20% discount on fees which is nice. I'm slowly building things up!