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I Stopped Hunting Rare Antiques - These Vintage Items Sell Instead

Timeless Style Vintage

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After reviewing hundreds of my Etsy sales, I've noticed consistent patterns in three specific vintage categories. This video shares valuable Etsy Seller Tips, revealing profitable items that aren't necessarily rare antiques or expensive collectibles. Learn about the typical purchase and selling prices for these items, helping you with your selling on Etsy journey and growing your Etsy business.

Chapters:
00:00 My 3 best selling categories
01:34 First best selling category
04:52 Second best selling category
09:09 Third best selling category
12:03 Takeaways + 2 bonus categories

This is part 2 of my podcast/series What Sells in Vintage
Link to part 3:
Don’t Fall for This Vintage Glass Trend Trap!
Don't Fall for This Vintage Glass Trend Trap!

This is part 3 of my podcast/series The Art of Sourcing & Trends
Link to part 4:
• Vintage Reselling Haul: How to Pick Items That Won't Sit – Practical sourcing examples.
• Vintage Reselling Haul: How to Pick Items ...

Grab my Etsy Vintage Seller Checklists & Resources here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/vvintagecol...

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20 Comments

@TimelessStyleVintage Creator 6 months ago (edited) Pinned

What 3 types of items are your most faithful sellers? And...remember as you watch this that gross margin is just selling price minus COGS...my net margins are lower after fees, discounts, offsite ads, etc. are subtracted.

@Canjan-y7j 6 months ago

A hints for environmental friendliness, you can dry pop popcorn and use that, and just throw it outside when you're done the animals love it, or compost it instead of using Styrofoam peanuts.

@RyGuy-MN 6 months ago

I feel like the guests on Antique Roadshow...always looking for a different response the "Wow". But you know what? I am still wowed by the advice. It is simple. While simple is difficult to achieve, your advice on starting with 3 things is advice to be followed!

@susanmyrick2913 5 months ago

You are so smart. As a professor of business for many years, you so get it…without even taking my courses!

@alisonthefrenchswan1407 6 months ago

I have 2 booths and do not sell online. Functional has been consistently selling for the last two years. Hen on nest and fairy lamps are impossible to find at a reseller price. Brass has become scarce too but still sells. We started selling books 18 months ago which has been good. Crystal is slowly moving but crystal old fashioned or mugs do sell pretty quickly. Trinket boxes or wooden boxes move. Generally you can get them for a few bucks and sell in the teens. I do also have luck with sets of cute dessert size plates. They can be leftovers from a china pattern or theme type sets.

@The1ByTheSea 6 months ago

The vintage duck on nest makes a great gift for a baby shower or someone who is expecting a baby ;cause it is a fun ,useful vessel for them or one's self ;if one is expecting a baby ;cause one can put it in the baby's room and use to store and put things like pins and trickets in it.I have the hen one's in my kitchen and store anything from rubber bands,to pins,to garbage bag wire

@EllenEdwards-hb2fh 4 months ago

I live my butter dish it's milk glass and I found it at estate sale fur give dollars

@meldeardorff 6 months ago (edited)

Thank you for being so generous with your expertise! I started selling on Etsy about six weeks ago — plus, have only been on eBay about five months -- and it’s been going pretty well. Your channel has been instrumental in helping me get up to speed on what works on Etsy, including styling photos in a way that I hadn’t done before on eBay. (I gave you some of those virtual hype points. 🏆🏆 I hope they do some algorithmic magic for you!)

@prairiepickingirls8887 6 months ago

Your pictures are lovely

@GretchenBurton-v7e6v 5 months ago

I appreciate your videos more than you'll ever know.❤ Thank you!!!

@bluebird8224 6 months ago

Very nice!

@lavendergal2508 6 months ago

I LOVE LOVE LOVE CRUSTAL. I have lots of Waterford and I love looking at the beauty of the artwork of crystal making.

@ponyblu 6 months ago

I splurged on Fragile &Top Freight Only stickers and Arrow i used to use a sharpie but wanted a more polished look also a Thank You Stick er i fix the packing slip to the items bubblewrap