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Selling Stuff and Recapping the Bridal Show

January 13th, 2015 at 01:06 pm

I recently went through my books to see if there were any I could sell off. We have SO many, and I have a ton from grad school that at one point I rationalized I would read again. ha! It's very clear they are just going to accumulate dust. And because I know we'll be moving again next year, I'm going to start trying to cut back on stuff. I hate moving. So the less stuff, the better. Great for saving money, too!

I found this website called Bookscouter.com - it compares what you would get selling your books to different websites. Pretty nifty! I made $127.70 selling a handful of books and my old iPhone (I had 2 extras). Not a ton of cash, but that's less stuff in my house and more money in my pocket.

I also sold a couple of my camera lenses on Amazon. The return on those was of course not as high as I would have wanted it to be, but I got rid of them quickly, which is good I suppose. For the two of them, I made $232.59 after Amazon fees and shipping costs.

That's $360.29 I can put towards the new lens I want to buy. Now I just have to sell my old camera. That still wont get me enough to pay for it completely, but any offset to the cost is obviously welcome!

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The bridal show this weekend was a bit of a bust, I must say. I worked it two times before this one. The show last January was packed, and I got a good amount of leads from. I think I booked about 5 weddings from that show. In September, it was a bit quieter - but I still booked two from that show. So it paid for itself.

This time I only walked away with 11 email addresses of people who said they might be interested. The show even closed down 2 hours early yesterday because it was so dead :/

I'm still hoping I at least book 2 weddings. One girl seemed VERY enthusiastic about booking. So I'm hoping I can count on her at least. haha. I also met another photographer who said she wants to branch into weddings, and I've been needing to put together a few people to hire as second shooters for the upcoming season. So that's good.

I just need to start more aggressively marketing now. I was kind of counting on a number of bookings, and to make my goal it's going to be a bit tough now. That's the nature of running your own business, though! Can't be slacking Smile

On that note, it's time to get to work! Hope you all have a wonderful week!

4 Responses to “Selling Stuff and Recapping the Bridal Show”

  1. michdado Says:
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    JKW: May I ask how/where you sold your lenses on Amazon? Is it simple? I have an old Ipod that I'd like to try to sell (and declutter as you said). Thank you for any information

  2. TD Says:
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    Absolutely! I find it to be pretty easy, as a frequent user of Amazon in general. I've also sold several books through there. If you search for the product you're trying to sell and click on the correct one, it'll take you to the page where you can purchase it. That'll give you a good idea of what you would make off of the used sale. If you look at the right sidebar a bit down, you'll see a button that says "Sell on Amazon." It pretty much takes you step by step at that point. Just put the information in, submit, and then wait for a notification of a sale. Once you sell, you'll get an email with a packing slip and an address printout to mail it to the person who purchased it. Not too complicated at all.

  3. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    Good luck with your marketing, hope you can brainstorm some great ideas!

  4. kashi Says:
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    Thanks for posting this book site! I'll be moving soon too and will check it out. Congrats on your engagement and your photography business - I'm happy to hear you are doing so well!

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