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I have a successful Whatnot seller account in which I sell vintage fishing tackle. I started using it to liquidate my late father’s horde of a collection. It’s gone beautifully! I had to create a second account PatinaPastPurpose to sell my favorites, costume Jewlery and vintage decor. But I can’t get viewers to save my life. I have a couple of Whatnot friends (VTH, Thrifted) who have consistently popped in. I appreciate them to no end (although they make me nervous…lol) but I can’t get other people to stay for more than 2 seconds. I’ve tried soooo many things. Memes, consistent thumbnails, tags, titles, items in my shop, different times of day and night, Whatnot promotes (don’t get me started on that). You name it. I can’t get more than 4 people in a show for more than 60 seconds, and frankly that has only happened twice! I have set up and ran 30 shows this summer and my highest show was $162. It was one woman snapping up $2 brooches for an hour. Had great conversations with her, (as much as you can w/chat) she was a lovely lady, and I appreciate her immensely, but I just can’t keep doing the look on the bright side BS anymore. I’m irritated. I sell successfully other places, (ebay, Etsy) but I love Whatnot’s format: When it works… So, rant out of my system now, I have decided to take a Whatnot sabbatical. At least on the stuff I love, gonna keep on keeping on with the fishing stuff. No more selling on PPP until I feel like I can take the abuse again. What does this mean to you lovely people? Nothing really, I just needed to vent. I appreciate the forum to do so and wish you all the best of sales! See y’all in the chats!

These are some of the prettiest from my recent haul. But, I really don’t know the best way to go about identifying them. What would you do? Did I miss that lesson? Thanks

Today's tip may be a bit of tough for some... No customer cares what you paid, nor do they want to hear it. It's an instant vibe killer. Your customers want to know they are getting the lowest price possible. If you disclose you paid $50, can you truly expect it to sell for $85? If you paid $50 then that's the market price, why should they pay more? Why are you a better single item buyer than your customer? You are a bulk or wholesale buyer, and you may have a cost average assigned to each piece in a lot, but don't single out a single item and flap your arms while clucking on about how hard it was to buy or that you're in too deep on it... Your customers will exit the room, I promise you that. I will occasionally share a price paid with the room simply as an interesting talking point, but never from a mentality of "I paid $50 so I need to make $75". I still start the item at $10 and let the room dictate what it's actually worth. I understand you may not have 50 people in your room, so start it at half market price so you don't take a huge hit. You will ALWAYS sell some items at a loss. If you aren't missing on a few pieces every show, you're not growing. The following phrases I hear all the time, and I urge you to cut every one of them out of your sales flow: - I paid up for this - I paid X dollars for this - I need to get AT LEAST X dollars for this - This was expensive - I paid too much for this - I got carried away on this one - I don't have much room on this Set an asking price, start the auction, tell everyone why they should buy it, hit the gas and if you don't have a different item in your hands in 22 seconds, you're in the wrong industry. Fondly written with 🐢 noises and NOT ai, Brad/threefortytwo

A friend sent me these today and I was just glancing through them and man are they super detailed! A ton of education in there. I can't wait to take some time to really go through them. Does anyone else have them?