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    ft88

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    5 hours ago, ft88 said:

    My last order I got 100 12x9x3 boxes and 25 12x9x6 boxes as well as 200 flats for $50.  So probably 5 cents each.

    Look up a local corrugated company and buy from them, so much easier - you'll never look back. 

    thats pretty good, gemini mailers has a package of 100 mailers + 200 divider pads for $85. I use them a lot.

    ft88

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    On 11/11/2020 at 12:59 PM, ft88 said:

    I finally got off my butt and developed a real website - paying for ads and all the rest.  

    Check it out and feel free to bruise my sensitive ego with constructive criticism.  

    xcollectibles.com

    Here's my thoughts and experiences with this project. 

    I basically know nothing about HTML or other web design language.  I know you can DIY these days but I simply don't have the time or patience to futz around with constructing and maintaining a website.  Just like I don't have time or inclination to do comic shows on weekends.  If you have the skills all the better.  So I budgeted about $5k for design, word ad management and google ad costs for 3 months.  Ongoing will be about $500 a month, I can increase or decrease depending on how much to budget for Google Ads. 

    I did attempt to create a......

    Very nice website!

    Best of Luck. I recently started my new website also after listing on eBay for 2 years.

    I did the complete opposite of you..lol. I use shopify which was real easy to set up using one of their free templates and pay the $30 a month. I also did a google feed (free), a facebook shop (free), a blog, and a social media app which posts 2 products per day on FB and IG for free. My initial investment is my time + $30 a month. Granted I only have one sale lol as I am still relying on my ebay business, but hopefully plan to organically build this up.

    Their is a lot to say about google ads, and I know a lot of success stories, but at least for now Im going to try the organic route.