Overview
This week we talk with Becky Park, aka beckyparkonposhmark, about her selling journey. Becky is a wife, mom, full time high school choir teacher, online seller, influencer, educator and more! We also have Seller Shoutouts and the News!
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Transcript
Intro
Doug:
I feel like we should start these things out with, hey guys? Isn’t that how you’re supposed to start this stuff? Hey Liz.
Liz:
Hey listers. How’s it going today?
Doug:
What’d you list this week? People like that. And apparently if Liz doesn’t do it, people don’t like it. Cause they want to see what you listed. You don’t want to see the bizarre stuff that I sell. It’s so random and across the board, but everything is on hold now, Liz…
Liz:
Uh, are you living in your car or do you have an extended place to stay now?
Doug:
Well, technically it depends on how you look at it. So technically, yes, we are homeless for a couple months, but we’re living with my wife’s parents for a bit, so it’s great, but the quarters are quite tight, but we’re going to make it work. Dogs are boarded. That was rough. I ugly cried a couple of times Saturday. I’m not, not too manly to admit that. And then yeah, so we’re just taking it day by day. Like 98% of our stuff is in storage, right. But so then you find out you have way too much stuff, so we’ll pack it all up. And then, you know, when we get to the new place, we’ll sort it all out, but you know, things will be cool after a couple of months, just a little bit of adjustment here and there. And so I had a busy moving weekend, but I heard you had a busy weekend too.
Liz:
I did. So yeah. So first moving is rough. I will tell you being military and moving, we moved like every, I think in my entire life, the longest I’ve ever had an address is five years. Yeah, that’s the law. No, actually it’s three years is the longest I’ve ever had an address in my entire life until I moved to Colorado. So we were moving every two to three years, so we never accumulated anything. So I can’t say that I knew that feeling, but we have hauled around junk. So I get that. I get that. It’s so rough and I cannot imagine doing it in this market.
Doug:
Yeah. It’s pretty insane. I mean, we could do an hour talk about just how insane it is to buy a house right now. It’s like the worst time to buy a house, but renting for 10 years and we kind of…the owners decided to sell, which is cool. It’s their house. And you know, we just kind of had to buy in this market, but very competitive, but that’s going on across the country. We’ll just move to Colorado for a couple months a year.
Liz:
I don’t even think we have any houses for sale last I checked there was none. We have no houses for sale in my neighborhood. Yeah. So this weekend, speaking of buying houses, my brother just moved here from Las Vegas about two months ago. And they went through something very similar trying to find a house, but they did get here and everything worked out just like, it’s going to work out for you, but my sister-in-law was pregnant and she had her baby this weekend. So yeah. Thank you. So we woke up Saturday to the phone call. Hey, she’s in labor. You know, we had great plans of celebrating my son’s birthday and celebrating Mother’s Day and spending time together, which we just got to do that with my niece. So did that, did some dogs sitting for some friends, some house sitting for my brother and I don’t know, it was just kind of cool to have cousins born on the same day, 19 years apart, and being able to spend time with family because he’s military also. So our entire adult lives, we’ve not spent any time together. So what a way to start like spending time together, right?
Doug:
Catching up. Yeah. And so your son turned 19. My son turned 14 yesterday, so action packed weekend.
Liz:
I’m so looking forward to not doing anything this coming weekend.
Doug:
Well, we all doubt that, we know you’ll be active.
Liz:
Okay. We will. We will. So Doug, are you ready to get into this?
Doug:
This was a good one. I mean, they’re all good, but this was a fun one too. It’s like I got to meet somebody new and it was cool. So yeah. I’m ready to rock and roll. So let’s hit it. I feel weird just saying I’m Liz I’d like that as the start though, people know what’s that I’m Liz. People get used to it, if we change it, they’ll freak out.
Liz:
So let’s get into it this week. I’m Liz…
Doug:
And I’m Doug and welcome to The Seller Community Podcast from List Perfectly. Liz, I got to warn you. This is episode 13. So are you superstitious at all?
Liz:
Do you think I’m superstitious? No.
Doug:
Probably. I don’t know if I’m superstitious or if it’s just OCD, or something like that.
Liz:
I will say joke about it, but, I am not superstitious for this episode.
Doug:
Okay. That’s good. Now that’s good to know. We’re very lucky with this episode. And so for you listeners out there superstitious or not, if this is your first time listening, The Seller Community podcast is produced by List Perfectly weekly for your enjoyment. And you can always find show notes and supplemental material at thesellercommunitypodcast.com/podcast. So what do we have on the show this week Liz?
Liz:
Doug, this week, we are so lucky to have Becky Park on the show. She is beckyparkonposhmark, across all platforms, YouTube and more. But Becky is more than Poshmark and I can’t wait to jump into it. Learn more about her Poshmark online seller, high school choir, teacher, mom, wife. Let’s just keep going and we’ll have her tell us.
Doug:
How does she do it all?
Liz:
Yeah, I don’t know.
Doug:
All right, well maybe we’ll find out her secret recipe and we will also have seller shout outs and we’ll have the news. So let’s get started with our featured guests, Becky Park, not Parks, beckyparkonposhmark and much more..
Part-Time Seller, Full Time Hustler with Becky Park
Liz:
Well known in the seller community via her YouTube channel and Instagram at beckyparkonposhmark. Becky started selling as a side hustle in 2017. In 2019. She started her YouTube channel to share her experience and give tips and tricks to the community. So she’s maintained her full time career as a high school choir teacher, while expanding her selling, expanding her YouTube. Today. We want to introduce you to Becky, talk to her about her selling journey, and specifically talk to her about balancing that full-time career, the side hustle, the YouTube channel, being a wife, being a mother and talking about your course, if you don’t mind. Welcome Becky. I guess I can speak for Doug and I, we are super excited to have you here today.
Doug:
Yes. Thanks for being here.
Becky:
Thanks for having me. I appreciate it.
Liz:
So Becky you’re teaching you’re wifing you’re momming teaching again. What made you wake up one day and say I’m not busy enough. I think I want to sell online in my free time. What did that look like? Take us on kind of that Becky Park journey of getting started on Posh.
Becky:
Yeah. Yesterday we were like lying in bed and I was like complaining to my husband. I’m like, there just are not enough hours in the day and he’s like, well, you just do too much. Like, he was like, no one told you you had to do all this. And I was like, I know, I think for me it was just like, I just had a bunch of extra clothes. I like gone down the Plato’s route before trying to sell my own stuff. And I think like one of the last times that I went and took a bunch of stuff, it was when I had already started working. So most of my wardrobe was like Banana Republic, J Crew, like that sort of thing. And they were like, this is just too mature for us. Like, we just can’t really take this stuff. And I was like, it’s really good stuff. And some of it’s still had tags. And that’s when I was just kind of Googling online to see, you know, is there another space that I could take my stuff? And, we kind of talked about it before we press record, but I’m in Champagne, Illinois. It’s like a college town. I know there are some like more mature consignment stores out there or like buy-sell trade stores, but nothing like that in my area. And so I just started Googling and came across this thing called Poshmark. My brother had told me about it just as a buyer. And so I was like, I’ll just try it out. Started listing a couple things. And it took like a couple of weeks for anything to sell. And of course it was like a pair of my husband’s shoes.
Becky:
Like it wasn’t even something of my own. And I was like, well, that’s cool. But, it took a couple of weeks. And in the meantime, I just, I feel like whenever I do anything, my personality is the type where I just like go all in. I’ll go down all the rabbit holes. I just want to like find out how to do something. So it was doing all this research and I found like YouTube channels. And I was like, people are making good money doing this. Like there are people who do this full time, like what in the world? And I think once things started selling and things just started clicking in my head of like how to do this. I was sold, you know, and especially when I learned like people weren’t just selling stuff out of their own closet, but they were like going out and finding things at thrift stores. I was like, oh, that’s the coolest thing. I think that’s how I got started. It was pretty natural and pretty similar, I think to what a lot of other people are doing in terms of getting started.
Doug:
So beckyparkonposhmark, so all the other sites out there, eBay, Mercari, et cetera, even Amazon now Facebook Marketplace. Now, what was it with Poshmark that really, really stood out and grabbed you?
Becky:
So it’s funny because at this point I keep telling people, I should just drop the Poshmark from my handles, cause I’m like, you know, I, I still like it and I still sell on it. But, I’ve definitely evolved and have added a lot more to my selling portfolio, like you said, but I, you know, at the beginning it was just what I found. And I think I obviously knew about eBay, but it was just kind of like what normal people know about eBay. And it just kind of seemed like it was like the online garage sale of the world. Like people finding stuff in their basement and being like, buy this being like, no, I don’t want to, you know, but I just didn’t know much about it. And because when I started, I just did so much research on Poshmark because it just was the first thing that popped up. That’s why I started there and it was so easy. It’s so user-friendly, it’s very intuitive and then I slowly started branching out. I think the first app that I went to after Poshmark was Mercari just because I had heard people say that it was pretty easy to list over there, especially compared to eBay. I said for like years, like I would never sell on eBay. And now here I am, like, I’ve made the transition and it’s amazing. Like I’m so mad at myself that I waited so long. I tried Amazon for like a minute. It wasn’t for me. It wasn’t very fun. And I don’t know, they take like 75% of anything. Yeah. And then like Facebook Marketplace I’ve just started. So I’m like open to try whatever. I think I’m just trying to be more thoughtful of my time now and like what my time is worth. And obviously List Perfectly is like one of the greatest tools in terms of helping you try out different things and just like, get your feet wet and ask yourself, like, do I like this or not? So, I’m like open to whatever, but that’s why I feel like I should drop the Poshmark cause they feel like people think I only sell on Poshmark when in fact I don’t,.
Liz:
But I get it. We’ve had this conversation before, especially, you know, come to the scene about 20…I knew Poshmark was something like 2011 is when they came up like that. Right. Um, so yeah, I see that, especially, you know, the 2015 and beyond, they just made it so easy, especially for people just starting. It’s like, Oh, this is so easy. You know? And then as time goes on, eBay has just gotten more complex. And it feels like a total beast. I’ve had conversations with eBay about that and they’re like, we know.
Becky:
They know, but then they keep adding more item specifics. Let me give you some more dropdown menus.
Liz:
And they know it, they know. Um, but yeah, so I see that a lot and that’s, it’s kind of a natural route.
Becky:
It is. It is. And I am pretty envious of people who, for whatever reason, they like started on eBay. Cause if you start on eBay, Oh my God. Like, everything else is just so easy, you know? And that’s why I literally have YouTube videos that are titled like eBay from a Poshmark seller perspective or like, you know, because people in Poshmark, like I can’t do it, like how much things weigh and they’re like, you know, and I guess…
Liz:
No, I started on eBay when it was easier than Poshmark, so totally get it. It’s easier to grow in the platform than it is to learn it. Yeah. Big, huge peaks. So yeah, I totally get it. But it just goes into this, you know, you’ve grown your YouTube, you started it. Did you start it in 2019?
Becky:
Yeah. In February, I want to say 2019.
Liz:
Just over two years ago, nearly 19,000 subscribers in that time. And it’s all seller related content. I mean, there’s some life stuff in there, but life and selling kind of goes together. You know, when, there’s only so many minutes in the day, it all kind of runs together. You know, you’ve done so well so fast and I’ve noticed you’ve actually, you’ve got this course on how to grow and succeed on YouTube. Is this solely like directed for sellers or is this really any creator?
Becky:
So, I mean, there are already a lot of courses out there for YouTube and like being taught by YouTube gurus, you know, like it would be ridiculous for me to like, try to enter the space to be like, I know more about YouTube than like the Sean Candles and like, you know, the people of the world. Cause I don’t, but I think that with any niche there are going to be like the basic foundational things that you should know about YouTube, but depending on the niche, there are going to be things that are very specific to what it is that you do. And I’ve taken part in like some like conferences or different things like that for YouTube and all of like the basic generic information that they give is great. But I think that there are a lot of like questions that people have when it comes to creating reseller content. That is just going to be really different from what everyone else is doing. Just like if you were in like the makeup community or something, like that’s going to be a little bit different from someone who’s in like the gaming community. And so I just saw that there were so many resellers coming up in the YouTube space and I would watch some content from new creators and in my head I’d be thinking all these things of like, okay, like I get what you’re trying to do, but like blank or I imagine it’s going to be kind of hard for this person to stand out because blank, you know, and it’s just kind of like, there, there are so many things that are specific to reselling and a lot of people would like reach out to me on Instagram DM or through email and ask for help.
Becky:
And I love it. Like I love helping people as much as I can. Again, there are only so many hours in the day and you know, some people, what they really want is like, can you like coach me this many times a week? And can we sit down and can I like bounce ideas off of you? And so I thought it’d be really cool to create like a community based around that. You know, like-minded people who are trying to create content and trying to not just like be a B rated version of someone else, but to really find their own voice and to say like, this is my perspective when it comes to reselling, and this is how I want to share my journey, you know? Cause I think we all feel, cause I know I felt like this. We all feel like it has to look a certain way. Even when it comes to running our reselling businesses, we feel like there’s a template that we’re supposed to follow, but there really isn’t, you know, it depends on where you are, what kind of access you have to what kind of, um, inventory. It depends on so many different things. And when it comes to creating content, it’s the same thing. Like it doesn’t have to look a certain way. It shouldn’t look a certain way. It should really be so specific to you and who you are as a human being. So I feel like, um, you know, just kind of creating a community around that. And so the course is like, you could just take it as a normal course. But I also offer the course with like a mentorship group. So it’s like the people who’ve signed up with you for that month and we meet once a week for a month and kind of go through the course together and talk about the different things.
Becky:
And um, there’s a Facebook group, which I kind of feel like it was inspired by like the List Perfectly Facebook groups in part, because it’s such a great place for people to come together and, you know, ask questions specifically about List Perfectly, but also other reselling related things if they want. And we have like guests come in and do little like workshops with us. Like we had Josh from Haiiry Tornado come in and you know, so it’s just a cool space, I think for people to learn alongside one another and not feel so alone in their journey because it can feel really like lonely and like you have no one to turn to and ask questions to or collaborate with. So yeah, that’s kinda what I’ve been working on for the past, like half year or something. And it’s been really fun. It’s been really good.
Liz:
Well, I think that’s amazing because you’re cultivating, you know, not just YouTubers, but YouTube content in our space that is quality. And so it’s helping the creators, it’s helping the community and I love that so much. Yeah. I think it takes a lot in that.
Becky:
And I, I think it takes a lot, but also a lot less than I think what people think. It takes a lot because a lot of people feel like, okay, well now I have to like put on my a game and I have to like be this person like this YouTube personality. And I think a lot of people are really sick of that. You know? Like they just want to see real authentic people. I mean, I do think when I press record and I still feel them on my phone, so when I press record on my phone like this, I am like maybe a slightly exaggerated perse like version of myself or like a slightly more caffeinated version of myself. But ultimately like I’m not trying to like get on here and be like, Oh, what’s up. I was like, that’s just not me. You know? Like it is what a lot of people are doing, but it’s not me. And it would get really exhausting, like trying to show up in that way, you know, time and time again.
Doug:
I thought you had to start every YouTube video with “what’s up guys?”
Becky:
Yeah. And you gotta do like this staff, like, and like it works for so many, you know, it works for people. I just, I think it would be really hard for me. And I think too, like, you know, tying it back to reselling, like a lot of people feel like, well, I can’t resell because I don’t have access to the things that successful resellers say we’re supposed to have access to in order to make it. And they run themselves dry trying to like find that inventory, you know, people will drive like miles and miles to like go to these places where they can find the good stuff. And um, they’ll like spend hours online doing retail arbitrage or online arbitrage or, you know, scouring like thread up or something. But it’s like, you could make good money selling. Like Talbots like James Joel to, you know, like stuff that you could find at your own thrift store. And it’s just always, you know, I think people just kind of lose their sense of joy and purpose when they’re trying to emulate someone else’s model of success versus saying, okay, but like, what do I have available to me? Or like, who am I as a person? And what do I have to offer to, you know, the YouTube community or to whatever. Um, and I think that’s what I’m more interested in when it comes to helping people grow. Their channels is less of, okay, how can we make you more like so and so, because they’ve been very successful, but more, how can we carve your specific journey to finding your audience, you know, cause there’s an audience of people out there who are looking for someone like you, you just have to show up authentically and consistently.
Doug:
So you’ve used the word journey a couple of times. And so let’s touch back on your journey, your expansion and what was the you’re known as beckyparkonposhmark. I did it again. I got it again. Thank you. What was the spark that made you expand to the other channels? Like the single thing?
Becky:
I think it was just that, like, I would do everything that I felt like was humanly possible to make sales and Poshmark and there would just be days, weeks, months where it just wasn’t happening, you know? And I think that’s when I was like, I put all of my eggs in this one basket because there will be times when, as a platform it’s just slow. And not only that, you know, I was starting to understand that sense of there just aren’t as many people on Poshmark as there are on some of these other platforms and, you know, kind of going back to what I was saying about, you have to know what you have access to and kind of be okay with it. Like it’s cool to take these thrifting road trips or, you know, go online and do some online arbitrage and stuff every once in a while.
Becky:
Like that’s fine. Or if that’s all you want to do, that’s fine. But for me, I just had to be okay with the fact that like I was finding a lot more of these mature brands and stuff and I kept hearing it sells better on eBay. It sells better on eBay. And I was like, Oh, I guess I just have to get money. Um, and everything was true. You know, there were more people on eBay. There were like more mature buyers on eBay who wanted my televisions, you know, J Jill and Chico’s and stuff. And so I think it was just like having that lack of success sometimes on Poshmark, when I felt like I was doing all the things that I was like, okay, like, let’s take some of that time that I’m sharing all these people’s closets and you know, doing all this dumb stuff, like let’s take some of that time and try listing over on eBay and Mercardo, and see if that does anything. And it did.
Liz:
Yeah. I’m a firm believer that, you know, the time that I spend, because I’m on Poshmark too, I’ve just in the last year and a half really. But it does take time, but it’s just a different time when they hear that. The one thing that I say is you’ve taken time to source, you’ve cleaned your item, you’ve steamed your item, you’ve inventoried your item. You’ve listed your item, take that extra 15 seconds and throw in that information on eBay and your item specifics and leave it because you’re done.
Becky:
Yeah, exactly.
Liz:
You know, it, it is more work upfront, but overall. Yeah. So, and I, and I try and re and I have to do it myself. I’m like at gotta remember, you know, there’s that timing factor. Doesn’t take all, it takes more, but just go that extra mile. And be done.
Becky:
Exactly. Yeah.
Liz:
You know, and it’s no secret, you’re a huge List Perfectly fan, just like us. You just did an amazing video for users that are really looking to expand on their inventory management system. You did you expanded to eBay, you expanded to Mercari. How did you find List Perfectly and how has that helped your business?
Becky:
Yeah, I mean, I think it’s a little of everything I found List Perfectly because, , you know, I’m pretty active on Instagram and there’s a big reselling community on Instagram and Kristen from voyageisaverb along with like maybe one or two other people. I think they all kind of like tried it out at the same time. They were on Instagram, like, you know, making videos, like really short videos about, Oh gosh, like this thing just came out where like you can get your listings from Poshmark to eBay and Mercari. And it was so fast and people would be like, I just cross-listed five items from Mercari using List Perfectly. You know, it was just so like, I think I waited like a day or two because I think, yeah, first it was so new and everyone had so many questions. Like everyone was like, am I going to get kicked off? Like, is this a lie? Yeah. All those kinds of questions. And so I think I played the waiting game for like two or three days. And then I was like, I can’t, I can’t. And I just like jumped in and it was, it was every bit as amazing as everyone said that it was because I was at that time already on some other platforms, but it was me manually. Cross-listing obviously, you know, it was me copying and pasting. I tried it then never looked back and I feel like I was always really slow to adopt List Perfectly updates because they would always have so many and you know, it was, it would be like a year before someone would reach out and be like, you know, you could just do like X, Y, and Z, right?
Becky:
And I’m like, Oh, okay. So much faster. But you know, because even just like the OG first version of like, cross-listing like, that was enough for me. I was like, this is amazing, you know? And I didn’t even feel like I needed anything else. But one thing that I love about List Perfectly is the fact that they always figure out what I need before I even know that I need it, you know? And it’s already like laid out in front of me. And when I’m like, you know, I’ve just been having a really hard time staying organized because with like my, and then I get all these people in the chats of like, or in the comments section of my videos being like, you should just list into List Perfectly first. I’m like, what are you talking about? Like, that’s not even a thing. Everyone just knows everything before I do, but it’s been really helpful moving into that system of, um, listing into List Perfectly first and then cross listing.
Becky:
Cause like you said, Liz earlier, like it is a little bit more work upfront, but it saves so much time and energy at the end because when something does sell, it’s so much faster to get those items off of the other platforms. And I don’t have to do the double work of like, I have this separate spreadsheet or something with like all that. Right. Like, so it seems like it’s more work, but it really isn’t like if you were to sit there and like add up the number of seconds and minutes and whatever, I think that, you know, just doing everything through List Perfectly, really is, um, the biggest time-saver and like you said, organization-wise like, I still haven’t had the time to convert everything over yet. So, you know, I’m doing it in small batches, but yeah, even organization-wise, it’s been a huge help and it’s like the silliest and dumbest thing, but I love that within the inventory management system, you see like the picture on the left here. Yeah. Maybe you can do that on Excel. I don’t know. But like, for me that was so huge too. I was like, Oh my gosh, I didn’t even know I needed that. So, you know, you do.
Liz:
And until I watched your video, I didn’t even equate the spreadsheet to the catalog. And then I like had another light bulb moment. I’m like, wow. So this, like, I didn’t even look at this as a spreadsheet, but that is a great way to look at it. Yeah. Trying to win all in. Um, you know, I kind of started on the simple plan, then jumped to the business and they had to jump to the pro plan, just kind of this natural progression. And it did take, like I had my light bulb moments across the journey as I think a lot of sellers do. Yes. Yes. And a lot of times it was light bulb moments happen for me, like while I’m filming, because I haven’t, you know, I’ll be filming and doing like a tutorial and just kinda, you know, I’m trying to look at it from the perspective of someone who hasn’t used this product before.
Becky:
So I’m just kind of poking around. I’m like, Oh, you could do this. I feel like this pops up. If you press on this job, I’m like, Oh, that’s pretty cool. You know? Like, and then I have to like go back and like refilm them as if I knew it all along. It’s good. Like kind of forcing myself to sit down and like do these tutorial type videos too, because I learn a lot. And again, it’s beneficial for me because otherwise I’m just too lazy to take the time to sit there and like really see everything that was perfectly housed offer. Yeah.
Doug:
That’s how it is for me. Like Liz is the List Perfectly super power user. So she learns everything and knows everything. I’ve kind of like used. It’s like I have my Rube Goldberg system that I do. It’s like, I like to crosspost I can. I kind of, I it’s an inventory management system for me. I do this. I like to do some things by hand, but Liz has it all down, like right away, every new feature, he knows everything, but totally like YouTube will be like, I can do that. I should do that. So you talk, so it’s an organization system and it’s helped you up your game and you need things like that. So you’re selling online, beckyonposhmark and more, you’re a high school teacher, mom of two kids, mom, wife. So how do you, we talked about this earlier that there weren’t enough hours in the day. Like how do you do it all? How do you balance everything? You know, what’s the, what’s the Becky Park recipe for success?
Becky:
To be like a thousand percent honest for me, it is all about my husband. Like I think I talked to a lot of people who will ask me the same question. Like how, how are you able to accomplish all this, blah, blah. I think that somewhere along the line, my husband saw the things that I was doing. And I mean, I, I mean, I feel like I saw some of this too, like even before we had kids, but I think it really was more so like once they started reselling, I mean, this man has just like decided to take it upon himself to like do all the cooking, to do all the cleaning, to do the laundry. Like he’s the one that runs the finances in our house. Like to the point where like, even yesterday he was like, can you get the fried rice and like transfer it from the pan or whatever it was. I don’t even know what it’s called the frying pan. I dunno, like transfer it from the thinking into like Tupperware and I’m like trying to do it. And I’m like spilling. And he’s like, why do I have to like the most simple things? I’m like, I don’t, I don’t know. Like, why do you, like, I’m not competent in these areas of my life. And I think that we have, you know, I think a lot of people look at how we run our house and our family and it doesn’t look normal to them, but it’s like very normal to us. And what it does is it frees up that time for me to be able to do things like go sourcing and photograph and list and make YouTube videos and stuff. And I think that honestly, that’s one of the biggest assets in my life because a lot of women will DM me, email me and say like, how do you keep your house and do X, Y, and Z.
Becky:
And I’m like, I don’t like, you cannot, you can’t do all of that. It’s just, it’s not possible. And I don’t do all of it. Like I don’t have the secret recipe for like how, you know, there’s all those magazines like cleaning her house it with these eight steps and it’ll take you 30 minutes. Like, no, it doesn’t, it takes a very long time. But my husband does it. And so, and my husband’s a teacher too. He teaches first grade. And so his hours are very like, you know, eight to three and then he’s like done with schools. So then the rest of it is like doing stuff around the house and, you know, hanging out with the kids and stuff. Um, so we’ve just made it work. And a lot of people will be like, well, that’s cool. My husband didn’t do that. You know, we’re back to square one, but I mean, that really is what it is for me. And I think too, like, as I’ve kind of continued on my journey, obviously you get better and you get faster at things. I think a lot of times to people who are asking these questions are just starting out and it’s taking them 30 minutes per listing. And that’s what it was for me too, when I first started. And I’m like, you have to remember, like, I’m no pro here, but I’ve been doing this for much longer than you have. So it goes a lot faster for me. And I’m able to get a lot more done in a shorter amount of time because of how the practice and I’ve built those muscles and those skills and, you know, you’ll get there. And a lot of people don’t have the patience and they don’t have like the ability to remember in that moment. That’s right. Like she’s been doing this for longer, you know? Um, but I think like just having some really good help and just really kind of like learning to do what you can with your circumstances and being okay with that, even with all the help that my husband gives me, um, I still get really frustrated, you know, and I think to myself, like, I just wish I had more time or I just wish I had, you know, X, Y, and Z, but, you know, I know that I’m lucky to have what I have.
Liz:
Yeah. That support system is almost essential, especially when you’re, you know, whether it be a spouse or significant other, a roommate, whoever is around you to have that support is huge. It is, it is. Yeah. So for part-time sellers, especially, and, and I hate, you know, I know that there’s some, you know, are you part-time, are you, full-time, doesn’t really matter because at the end of the day, we’re all running around. But for people that share their selling responsibility with maybe another job or other responsibility, do you have any advice for them?
Becky:
Yeah. I mean, I think that kind of like what I was saying earlier, it’s just one of those things, just like with everything else in life, like you just get better at it, the more you do it. So I would say like, as much as you can to have some consistency within your schedule, so to say like, okay, 30 minutes a day, I’m going to spend on my reselling side hustle, maybe that’s your listing, one thing and photographing like five things, or I don’t know, you know, whatever it is that you’re able to fit in. But I think just having that consistent practice and also just practicing consistency of like building it into your schedule. Um, cause I think the name of the game, especially at the beginning is not taking on more than what you can handle, you know? Um, I think too many people again, see very seasoned resellers and they’re like, that’s the goal? Like, that’s what I have to do right now, but they’re not seeing the journey and all of the practice that it took to get there. So I would just say like do what you can start with really small goals and like get really good at doing a little bit. And then you can kind of expand a little at a time. Um, that’s not necessarily what I did because I don’t function like that. Like I said, I’m here like all in or nothing. Um, but I think that that’s the best way to go at it so that you don’t like, you know, you’re not two months in, you’ve got clothes everywhere and you’re like, I give up because I hear that story a lot too, from people who are like, I started, it was just too much. It was too overwhelming and they, you know, just get rid of all their inventory and they do something else.
Doug:
It’s interesting that you said you’ve referenced this a couple of times too — you don’t try to be anybody else on YouTube. You do your own thing. And that’s something that Liz always says too, is this, you know, listen to this advice, that’s out there, but take what works for you. And sometimes the advice isn’t going to work for you. So you have to kind of develop your own system along the way and do all the things across the board that work. And sometimes too, it’s like, it’s funny, you said Amazon, wasn’t for you as like, I felt the same way. I listed one thing on there and I’m like, this is very Amazonian, bizarre listing flow. And it’s like, I’m not going to sell on here. I know, I know sellers that make millions on Amazon. They don’t like it, but it was like, I didn’t like it at all. And it’s like, you make like tens a month for circling back around to anything. Is there anything that you’d like to add?
Becky:
Kind of the more I do it and the more I talked to people about it and the more I hear from people at various stages of their reselling journeys. Yeah. I think I just, I want to just reiterate the fact that like what everyone is doing is great. I think people just feel like I’m not doing enough or I’m not, you know, but like really if you’re making money doing this, like that’s pretty great, you know, and it’s, it’s crazy because the more I keep at it and keep growing and the easier it gets, it’s crazy how, even with the limited time I’m able to put in, you know, along with like YouTube and along with things, like, I mean the List Perfectly affiliate marketing system or whatever. It’s crazy. It’s ridiculous. Um, but you know, along with like affiliate marketing and that sort of thing, it’s crazy to see how much money I’ve been able to earn just like on the side, you know, and it is a lot of hard work. I’m not going to sit here and lie and be like, it’s all passive. Like I’m barely doing anything. Like, I mean, I’m like working my butt off, you know, it is really crazy. And I had a friend of mine, I mean, kind of on a different note, but he was just really encouraging me when it came to YouTube because he’s like on a much different playing field than I am like he’s playing with the big boys, but he was like, I just want to, you know, encourage you to keep going because it’s, it’s crazy how much YouTube has changed my life as in terms of like financially, you know? And I’m like, and he’s like telling me some numbers and throwing them out there. I’m like, Oh my Gosh. And you know, it is like, uh, you know, reselling YouTube channel, everything that people are seeing on Instagram and on YouTube, as far as these crazy numbers that resellers are earning, yes, it is crazy, but it’s, those numbers are out there because it’s achievable. It’s not achievable overnight, but it’s one of those things that like, once you kind of figure out what your reselling business is gonna look like and start honing your skills and figuring out ways to like, do more with less time, you know, by utilizing things like List Perfectly and stuff. That’s when you start to realize like, okay, like this is for real, like, I could make some good money here as long as I’m making smart choices and stuff. So I would say keep at it. Even if you’re only making $10 a week right now, it’s like, it’s going to grow as you get better at it. And you make smarter choices and yeah. So I’d say, just keep at it.
Liz:
And definitely learn. So what I really love is Becky does a lot of, Hey, what’s sold? And it’s not, hey, look at these numbers. I made a trillion dollars this week. It sold for $20, but it costs me this much. And these were my fees and this was a promoted listing. And this is what it actually made me. So that’s what I absolutely love about that. As you break everything down and people just see the real Becky part, they see what you’re selling across different platforms. And so, and you do a lot of going back. You do a lot of, um, like List Perfectly tutorials, like, hey, this is how I did this. Or this is how I cross posted. And what I love is everybody does it a little bit differently. It’s not like you’re not put into a box and say, do it. the List Perfectly where you’re going to fail. There’s multiple ways to make it work for you. Take what Becky does take, what the next person does find what works for you and then do it. But what’s great is if you don’t know, go to, Becky’s almost said, Poshmark channel to channel, I am full of tongue twisters today, go to Becky’s YouTube channel. And she does sprinkle that in there to learn how she’s doing it. So you can learn for you. You did mention the referral program too. It isn’t also program. We’re going to talk about that probably in another episode. Um, so if you go and you learn from Becky, use her referral code for List Perfectly, you’re going to get 30% off of your first month and that code is beckypark, correct? Yes. Yeah. So use that. And once you become a member of List Perfectly in, if you want to spread the word, you can also sign up for the referral program and spread the word and give your friends that 30% off coupon and also make a little bit of passive income on the side. From that I know we have members that, like, I just told my friends about it and they use it and I get paid enough to where it actually covers the cost of my subscription for listing. You don’t have to be, um, you know, have a large YouTube channel to be that referral. Also, we’re going to have another episode on that, but I did just want to throw that out there because you did mention it. And I think that it’s a great way to learn and a great way to make that passive income.
Becky:
Yeah. And it’s like for real passive, like, I mean, I think I do a little bit of work, like you said, cause I’ll actually make like List Perfectly centered videos. But I think, you know, like you said, in my, what soul videos, I think I mentioned List Perfectly in every single one, because it is honestly an integral part of my reselling business. Right? Like I’m not just like talking about it being like, please click on the link, but because it just is so natural and organic to mention it and talk about it because that really is the reason why I have sales on these other platforms. And again, like I want to be as transparent as possible about like, how did I make these sales happen? Um, given the fact that I have limited time, it’s really because of was perfectly, you know? And so for me, it’s, it’s been kind of easy. Um, and I do have that platform, but like you said, Liz, like, it’s just one of those things, like as you’re conversationally, you know, talking to friends who do the same thing, and when they’re asking you, like, how did you have things to ship out on like four different platforms? It’s just so easy, you know? And it doesn’t come across as like sales many or whatever, or like really, um, you know, just kinda gross. Like it’s just, it’s a natural thing. And um, I think the goal really would be just like tell enough people and get enough people to sign up so that you don’t have to pay for your own List Perfectly. That’s pretty amazing.
Doug:
Allright Becky, before we go, we’re going to move into our rapid fire round. This is where you can make up some points, get some bonus, win some prizes. So these are quick questions, quick answers. We’re going to ask these to you and then we will, uh, get a quick answer from you and go from there. Make up your points. Double points, extra points, extra round. Are you ready? All right, Liz, get us rolling.
Liz:
Okay. Becky, what has been your most memorable sale?
Becky:
Oh my God. This is so not rapid-fire okay. It’s my it’s probably my kids’ clothes just because it’s like, I have so much nostalgia and like memories tied into them. So when I moved those pieces along, I’m like, Oh, you know…
Doug:
What was your highest priced sale?
Becky:
It was an MCM wallet that someone from my church gave to me for free. Cause she was like, I don’t use this. I’m like, I’ll take it.
Liz:
What is your favorite brand to sell?
Becky:
Uh, right now it’s KUHL Like K U H L because I found a ton doing some retail arbitrage and average, like $30 of profit on each pair of shorts or pants that I saw.
Doug:
This may be an easy one, but what’s your favorite platform to sell on?
Becky:
You know, it’s kind of hard actually. I think honestly it might be eBay just because it’s very low maintenance as far as like shipping and all that stuff is concerned. But as far as like, which platform is performing best for me most weeks, it’s still Poshmark, but I mean, I’m still seeing that trend where it’s like getting to be eBay. So we’ll see. I guess I’ll have to ask me a year from now.
Doug:
Will you change to beckyparkonebay then?
Becky:
You know, I just doesn’t have the same ring. Like it doesn’t, it’s not as Dr. Seussy, but I don’t know. Well, we’ll have to see I, if anything, if I could just be Becky Park, that would be great. There’s another Becky Park out there. Who’s like a singer songwriter or something who also like has a social media presence and I’m like, gosh, darn you. Like why? But that’s okay.
Doug:
Liz, can you say beckyparkonebay? Easier than beckyparkonposhmark?
Liz:
Probably not. I think it’s a Liz thing. It’s not a beckyparlonposhmark thing. So what do you know now that you wish you had known when you started selling?
Becky:
You don’t have to sell all of the trendy brands to make money. I thought I, I just thought I’ll never make it because I didn’t, you know, I couldn’t find all those cool brands everyone was always talking about. Um, yeah. You know, and kind of like what you said earlier, there’s no right way to resell. Someone might have the audacity to look at you and be like, you’re doing this wrong. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Cause they’re, you know, success looks a lot of different ways.
Doug:
And what’s one single pro tip that you would give someone who’s just starting to sell online?
Becky:
Just starting, I would say, start with what’s in your house. Don’t even worry about going out to source yet. Just start with what’s in your house, practice, the art of listing and looking up comps without investing any money into your reselling business. Cause you’ve probably, there was like an article or something that said people probably have at least 40 things they could sell from their own house for like $3,000 on eBay or something, you know? Um, and I think that, I think that’s absolutely true. Like you have enough stuff in your own house to sell before you even need to set foot in a thrift store or a garage sale or anything like that.I’m very frugal. Like I said, I’m still filming on my phone. Like I do not like to spend money on my reselling business and you do channel if I can help it.
Liz:
Becky, do you have anything else you would like to add?
Becky:
I would say just, you know, this is like a List Perfectly podcast. And on the note of List Perfectly, I think like sometimes people can get frustrated because they’re like, Oh, I don’t understand how to do X, Y or Z. Um, I I’ve been using lists perfectly for so long, but I just haven’t really been like super involved in the community, especially like in the Facebook group until pretty recently. And it is such a wonderful community with so many people who have just so much, you know, knowledge on let’s perfectly, not just List Perfectly, but reselling as well. So I’m like kind of kicking myself for not being super active in the Facebook that it took me so long, but I would say like, I think it’s a really great space to be in and to ask questions and, um, you know, people like Liz are just all over helping people and um, like, I don’t know how you like resell to, I feel like you’re like the List Perfectly Facebook like manager or is that a term? Like, you’re just like everywhere. I’m like, oh, like someone had a question and she already answered it and now I’m learning from it too. There are like a lot of people like that. It’s not just Liz, I think was your name comes up, maybe, you know, you’re one of the most frequent ones, but just so many well intentioned people in the group.
Liz:
I learned a lot from people in that group, just from platforms that I just don’t sell on, or that is new to me. I knew that I can go there and be like, hey, I’ve never posted anything on Grailed. Can somebody help me figure this out? Yeah. And there’s people that sell across all platforms there that are super, that are also selling across other platforms. And they’re so super helpful. Thank you so much for that Becky. The way to find Becky park, we’re going to put that in the show notes. So if you go to thesellercommunitypodcast.com/podcast, you will be able to find Becky, um, YouTube, Instagram, Becky’s List Perfectly referral, and all of the links to get you in contact with Becky. Thank you so much, Becky, have a good day.
Becky:
So you too, you guys are awesome.
Doug:
Very nice meeting you.
Becky:
Thank you, you too.
Seller Shoutouts and News
Doug:
Now let’s get into our seller shout-outs. We’ve got a few this week. What do you have Liz?
Liz:
Doug, this week, I’ve been following this seller for a while. Courtney Hayes, she runs the BOLO Buddies Facebook group, YouTube channel Instagram. I’ve followed her for a while, but I just have to give a huge shout out to Courtney. I’ve just been following it a little closer. Okay. And so just shout out some, some, one of her members posted in the Facebook group about some Crocs Islander Pit Crew shoes. And I know I have probably passed these shoes over a hundred times while thrifting, you know, $5, $7. I’m like, that’s too expensive for these. Okay. These things are selling between $80 and $200 bucks. Wow. All right. So I did a little reel, Doug. I did a reel on Instagram, like my fifth ever. Right. And people were shocked and I’m like, well, you need to go follow Courtney because this is where I learned it is on the BOLO Buddies Facebook group and what she did. I mean, she does so much in that group, but the whole premise of it is where people can share, hey, these are some cool things to look out for this isn’t a retail arbitrage. Like go buy this right now. This is, this is cool use stuff that can make you money. You know, going back to the recycling, reduce reuse while making money as resellers. So go visit Courtney at the Baloo Buddies, Facebook group, YouTube, Instagram. And we will link that in the show notes. So thanks for all you do, Courtney.
Doug:
And what are these Crocs Islander Pit Crew shoes? Are they some limited edition thing or what is it?
Liz:
You know what Doug? So I had a lot of people comment on my reel saying I had no idea or I sold these six months ago for 30 bucks. What in the world? So I went back and did some research and it looks like just maybe since February, March, that they’ve really shot up in price. So it tells me either they’re discontinued or that somebody on Tik-Tok has revitalized them or some type of influencer or star. So ride the wave while it’s hot.
Doug:
Yeah. Get it while it’s hot. BOLO is be on the lookout for those of you who forget, like I forget BOLO, BOGO BAE, BOO. BOLO is be on the lookout. BOGO is buy one, get one. I can never remember BAE or BOO. So, but that doesn’t factor into selling, I suppose, BOLOW Buddies, BOLO Buddies.
Liz:
Yes. BOLO, be on the lookout. Thanks for clarifying. That, that just has become so ingrained in my head is just BOLO. Be on the lookout.
Doug:
All right, Cool. What else Liz?
Liz:
So that is our seller shout out for this week. We do have a little bit of seller news.
Doug:
Oh, this is very exciting.
Liz:
So this is exciting, but nerve wracking for some…
Doug:
Jumping right into it.
New Speaker:
Oh yeah. This is a good one. Liz and I were just talking about this.
Liz:
Why do I feel like I have to be the bearer of bad news? Do you wan to introduce this?
Doug:
No. So I’ll be the good cop. You can be the bad cop
Liz:
Okay. We’re going to go on BOLOs on our copping adventures. So if you remember back a couple episodes, we talked about eBay Spring Seller Update. It was a lot of great news. I said, great news…
Doug:
Oh, not a bad thing.
Liz:
That Spring Seller Update was mostly positive. Right? We kind of celebrated it. We did put in our little reminder, hey, there’s going to be some item specific updates and reminders. So here’s your reminder that eBay announced back in March. I think it was that they’re going to be adding new item, specifics to the following categories: clothing, shoes, and accessories, collectibles media, musical instruments, parts and accessories, and sporting goods.
Doug:
That affects both of us.
Liz:
It really does. It affects a lot of our listeners. Yesterday there was a post in the BOSS Facebook group. Sellers are starting to see these pop up or they’re starting to get notifications. This is just a reminder. When you see these pop up, that we were warned about this a couple of months ago, these are starting to take effect as you go through my best practice for this Doug is I just go through and update them. I just bulk update 10 a day. So, but eBay does give recommendations on different ways to update this. Do whatever works for you. They have a tool called Optiseller that is free, that you can use through June. You can download upload files. You can edit in bulk, there’s quick filters and they give, just a laundry list of different things, different ways to help you update these item specifics. So we will put a link in the show notes to this page of what eBay recommends how you update your new item specifics.
Doug:
And I like that Optiseller tool. It’s also got a cool category finder, so you can help find the correct category, which we know is important from our SEO episode. But then again, you know, to emphasize, and this is something Liz and I always say is like, you know, we do love eBay. You know, we don’t love everything they put out, but these items, specifics are designed to help people find your stuff. So we recommend that you stay up on this because it’s, especially if it’s relevant to your category and then, you know, really use, try and use the recommended item specifics. Cause there’s a lot of people listing. You’ve got a lot of competition and it’s a challenge to stand out, but those items specifics are designed to specifically help you get found in eBay search.
Liz:
Yep. So there are, they are important. Go through as they pop up, knock them out. They’ll probably pop up. You’ll clear them out. They’ll come back. Remember these are for required items, specifics, and then you can do recommended as needed that pertains to your item.
Doug:
Do you have any examples of a new item specific or have you not listed?
Liz:
Yeah. You know what? I haven’t listed. Like I said, this just started, I just saw this yesterday, pop up and I have not had time to list as a matter of fact, speaking of listing Doug…So anyways, that’s the news. So be prepared. That’s a new one from eBay. I haven’t listed hardly anything in the last couple of weeks. My sales have kind of went down, direct correlation. Haven’t been listing, right? You got to list sell.
Doug:
You told me that early on with all my stuff, I’m on, all my stuff is on hold. So I’m going to take a break. I didn’t want to move everything. And my wife Meredith is still, she’s still doing her stuff. So she is still pushing her stuff while we’re here. So I look around, she’s got all her gear, so she will so and craft and make stuff while we’re here. But all my bizarre little stuff is in storage because you know why Liz? Because over the last few weeks I would sell something and look for it and not be able to find it and then realize that I’d put it in storage. So I would have to go dig through and dig it out. And luckily with my advanced photographic memory, I remember I could remember the boxes where these bizarre little things were. So digging around for a book of bar jokes, digging around for a neck and back heating pad. Oh, the other thing I had to go dig around for was a deck of cards called Girls’ Night Out. So it was some Girls’ Night Out game that you would play apparently to warm up for your girls night out, getting ready to go out. What are my item specifics for that?
Liz:
It’s okay. eBay will tell you if you need to update them, you don’t have to go hunt and peck for it.
Doug:
GNO.FOMO.
Liz:
BOLO
Doug:
BOGO. So Liz, that’s not all the news. I think we’ve got some Facebook Marketplace related news slash commentary. I was super excited when they rolled this out and when they added shipping and I thought that was taking it all to the next level, but frankly, the rollout’s been a bit bumpy and I know a lot of sellers, including you who have delisted from there because of all the issues. They’ve had a lot of complaints and honestly, they haven’t been super responsive. So that’s causing a lot of issues for them. And I was going to start listing on there. But when you and Teresa and Vikki and some other sellers we know pulled all their stuff out of frustration, I decided not to list. The bummer is they’re rolling this out. And it was exciting and it could have gone really well, but it’s kind of kind of crashing and hopefully they can turn the course. But first of all, they haven’t been super responsive. This has been going on for two or three weeks and I feel bad for their team because they’ve got an AMA coming up and I think they’re going to have a tough day.
Liz:
I think they might also. Yeah. So if anybody doesn’t know or, if anybody’s not on the Shipping on Marketplace, Facebook group or any other, or doesn’t follow Facebook Marketplace news, there was a couple of weeks ago, there was a widespread ban and nobody knew why their accounts were banned. Something happened at marketplace. There are still sellers that have, I don’t know, I read one thread, you know, they, they get they’re owed like eight grand. Of course this is, you know, normally I take everything with a grain of salt, but this was widespread enough for me to take notice. So what I did is I use List Perfectly sales analytics to see, okay, is the time that I’m putting into Facebook marketplace? Is that a good return on my investment of time, come to find out the analytics tells me I’m really not making enough on Facebook Marketplace to justify the time that I spend listing my items, renewing listings, delisting, and relisting items.
Liz:
So I didn’t get banned. I have my money, but it made me pause to look. Sellers are either in it’s so weird because I’ve seen this in a couple of groups that I’ve been following this on. And it seems like the consensus is either you’re killing it or you’re doing nothing or you’re banned. I mean, it’s, there’s almost no in-between, it feels like now, like I said, grain of salt, this is just what I’m reading. You know, as sellers, we really have to determine what’s best for us, but going back to these bands and going back to the money owed and going back to the, you know, non-communication, they are doing their AMA. So it’s actually tomorrow, Doug. So anybody listening to this today that this podcast drops, it’s the Facebook Marketplace. You have to be a part of their Facebook group that is Shipping on Marketplace. Okay. If you’re interested in going go and request to join that group now, because it takes a while sometimes to get accepted into that group, but you do have to be a member of that group and they are going to do an AMA and ask me anything on Thursday, May 13th at 11:00 AM PST. So if you’re interested, if you want to listen to what they have to say, you can go and join that.
Doug:
SHOM, Shipping on Marketplace. You know, looking at the comments and the questions and the responses. I wasn’t able to figure out whether they didn’t know what was going on, whether they knew what was going on and didn’t want to address it. Or if there were multiple different things going on, maybe they weren’t ready for the launch or they couldn’t handle the volume. And then they just kind of came out with a general statement saying that, oh, there was a bug or something like that.
Liz:
I want to say, so that something happened somewhere along the lines with communications and it was automated, but then their automation pick, I really can’t say for sure they did address it eventually in their, in the group. But it was, it was enough for me to, and if anybody knows me from groups or in Doug, you know, I don’t get riled up about much. And this didn’t no not saying this didn’t round me up at all, but there was enough people reporting major issues to make me sit back and evaluate that. So that would, and I say that with any marketplace, for any seller, for anything that you’re doing, sit back and evaluate if this is right for your business.
Doug:
Yeah. Because there are plenty of other opportunities out there.
Liz:
I was just saying that’s, what’s great about List Perfectly. I have 11 platforms to choose from just because there’s 11 doesn’t mean I have to sell on them all. But I’m like, so what I did is I took the efforts that were going to that marketplace. And I said, well, let me try a little bit harder on another marketplace. Let me allocate my time. I’m going to give this a couple months and kind of see how it works out.
Doug:
eBay’s much better than they used to be at responsiveness and addressing things. It’s like, they used to just like let stuff germinate, but now they’re much better, you know, and jumping in front of things, but List Perfectly is particularly good in jumping on things. And again, you know, I know I’ve said this before, but it’s totally true. The List Perfectly Facebook group, a lot of people will come there if they’re having issues on other platforms. And a lot of people came there with the Facebook Marketplace issues and got a little help that, you know, we could give, but a platform has to be transparent and has to address issues. And I think even if it’s like, we’re, we don’t know what’s going on, but we’re working on it. You know, people are going to be frustrated, but you have to address those issues and be, you have to be transparent. And that’s the thing. That’s the great thing about, again, the List Perfectly Facebook group is it’s for all sellers, but a lot of there’s a lot of platform support that goes on there because there are a lot of experienced sellers that use List Perfectly. And again, a lot of sellers that were also in the Facebook group that weren’t getting support, came over to the List Perfectly group and got some questions answered as best we could.
Liz:
Yeah. And really, pats on the back. I’m sorry that happened to you, you know, for those that got affected. I know that I was like, man, I just feel bad for people that are having this money held and whatnot. But so anyways, that’s, what’s going on, look into Shipping on Marketplace. You can go join their AMA tomorrow, if you are a part of that group, but you talked about List Perfectly and how they’re so responsive. So this is like a perfect segway. It’s almost like you set me up for this, Doug. So talk about responsiveness. A couple of sellers have requested a feature. If you list on eBay and you’re using the List Perfectly listing flow, I’m on the pro plan. So they actually just launched a beta yesterday based off of user requests. It’s in beta right now. This is available for pro plan members. So pro plan members, it’s the highest tier. They’re giving you a little bit more bang for your buck when you’ve used the List Perfectly listing flow and you fill out the condition field. So in the List Perfectly listing flow, you can select your condition. So let’s say I click used like new, and then there’s a little box to the right. And you can put notes in that field. I can write, you know, stain right sleeve, whatever it is that you as a seller write in that box. So what that does now in this new beta version is it will transfer that box into the eBay listing flow into the item condition box, to where users were having to copy and paste that before. So pro plan subscribers, there you go. That’s one less step for you to have to worry about while listing on eBay.
Doug:
And then keep in mind too. You know, when you’re on List Perfectly, you can go to the Contact Us button, click that, and then there’s that Feature Request. And you can add, you know, you can submit something you’d like to see or a suggestion. We know our friend, Teresa Cox, you know, uses that regularly, but a lot of the upgrades that are put into List Perfectly come directly from that or the Facebook group, like Liz said that stuff’s being added all the time, all these features just to make the listing easier.
Liz:
Yeah, no, I tried it out this morning and it’s just worked so great. I’m like, wow, that’s one less thing I’d have to do. Speaking of which case you haven’t noticed. So one more thing, Doug, that List Perfectly came out with, they do have a YouTube channel and there are two sellers that helped them do some videos on cross-listing. So you and I got together and we were able to do some videos to show users how to crosspost from your List Perfectly catalog two platforms on each and every plan, if you’re on the fence and you’re trying to say, hey, do I need to upgrade? Or I’m looking at List Perfectly. And I don’t know which plan to choose. I don’t know how to list from my catalog to X platform. There are videos on their YouTube channel that show how to do that. There are so much more on their YouTube channel too. So be sure that you’re using that as a resource. It is List Perfectly centric, but you can also learn what each platform is about. It kind of ties in back to our episode 11 with 11 platforms. So you got to hear us talk about the 11 platforms. Now you can see those 11 platforms in action.
Doug:
In action, make the decision, or might help you, you know, help streamline what you do a bit, or you can see how things would work and, you know, try out List Perfectly. All right, Liz, thanks. That was seller shout outs and the news kind of combined. So thank you for that.
Outro
Doug:
Thanks for joining us this week on The Seller Community Podcast from List Perfectly.
Liz:
This week, we talked to Becky Park who told us how she balances it all. All of her links will be in the show notes. We had seller shout outs and the news
Doug:
You can find us at thesellercommunitypodcast.com/podcast. You can leave a message or ask a question at anchor.fm/seller communitypodcast, and you can record it there and we could put your voice on the show if your question makes the cut or you can email us, if you’re more comfortable with that, email us@podcastatthesellercommunitypodcast.com. You can also post a question in the List Perfectly Facebook group, use the #sellercommunitypodcast or mention Liz or Doug.
Liz:
Also listen to us anywhere you listen to podcasts. Clearly you found us today and be sure to subscribe and tell your friends. Doug and I can also be found on Instagram. I am @coloradoreworn. Doug is @snoop.dougi and of course be sure to follow @listperfectly.
Doug:
All right.
Liz and Doug:
We will see you next week.
Doug:
I think we did it that time. That might be the best one yet. 13 episodes in…
Liz:
14 gets it? Yes. All right. Cool. All right.
Doug:
Thanks Liz.
Liz:
Thanks, Doug.
Doug:
All right, byyyyeeeee.