Continue to Enjoy Vendoo for New Perks

 As with any software program, you learn about the special features as you use the product and as time passes.  This is what happened to me with Vendoo. My latest discovery using Vendoo is that when you sell an item, if you complete the selling fees and cost of goods sold and any additional shipping costs that you paid for, and list these details on Vendoo, it will track your analytics.  By filling out this information, you have your own analytics on the items you have sold which you can sort by day, month, year, etc.   For me, I just started completing these details but I'm trying to go back and fill them in, at least through January 1st so that I will have them completed for taxes next year.  You are able to see what platform you preformed best on and lots of other details.  

I have now uploaded all of my items for sale on Etsy, Poshmark, and eBay to Vendoo.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, it continues to take the item down from other platforms when it sells within about five minutes or so and I love that.  

Today, I went through some stale inventory on Etsy and moved it over to Poshmark and Ebay which I have also done in reverse if the items fit Etsy's categories.  

I am not sponsored by Vendoo and paid for all of their services from my own pocket.  I just like to find honest feedback on programs out there that are not swayed by sponsorships.  Sponsorships are fine as I watch them consistently on artists I follow but in this case, I want to read an unbiased review. 

Another reason I am excited to find Vendoo keeping track of sales and details is that I had been paying for Quickbooks Self-Employed for a whole year and when taxes were due this year and I was ready to use Quickbooks Self-Employed, and I can't get into my account, even though they had taken my monthly $25 every month, and I find out they discontinued this product and never notified me of it.  What a shock!  However, the good news is that I learned from doing my taxes this year that their product was not needed.  I was able to download all of the information I needed from my selling platforms to complete my tax information. I was not happy that I was out the monthly money which served me NONE.  Quickbooks self employed never tracked inventory and it was one of the areas that I found lacking.  In any event, I have moved on from that product and am even more excited about Vendoo.  

All in all, I hope me sharing this information with you about my small business will help you in some small way with yours.  

Take care!  

Vendoo - Cross Sharing Platform

 If you have never tried a cross sharing program, you may like to try Vendoo.  They offer five free posts to see how you like their platform.  

Here is my referral link for Vendoo:

Vendoo Referral Link

I have an Etsy store which I do not plan to cross-list most of my items, however, I have a Poshmark store and decided it would be a good idea to add Ebay to future items posted on Poshmark. I tried adding Ebay in the past but the program I was using did not have the capacity to take down the item sold from the other apps.  Now, Vendoo offers this feature. I'm thrilled. I started using Vendoo for the items I sell on Poshmark and Ebay in the middle of December.  In the past, I tried selling duplicate items on several platforms but never gave it long enough to work.  This time, I have committed to giving this app a fair chance for success.  In the last few days, I have sold two items on two different platforms and without any problems, Vendoo removed the items from the other platforms where I had the items for sale within minutes.  It is working seamlessly. 

If you would like to sell the same items on multiple platforms, please give Vendoo a try. I believe you will like it!

**** Update: February 20, 2025

I love Vendoo! I have updated the app to a year's subscription.  There are several reasons why I love it.

The first reason is that when I add inventory in Vendoo, I can decide where I want to post it or I can leave it in Drafts.  They keep your inventory forever so if you purchase a subscription for listing 250 items and you have over 1,000 in your inventory, those items remain.  You are only charged for the newly added items that month.  As I mentioned before, I rarely crosslist my Etsy items.  There are several reasons for that which I won't go into now but occasionally I will take an item off of Etsy and move it to eBay.  It gives it new life and I can reword the original listing.  

So, the second reason I love Vendoo is that I have removed about a hundred listings off of Etsy and relisted them on eBay with new description and sometimes, a new price.  These items were easily uploaded to my inventory and each one counts as a new item. With Vendoo unlimited, I can upload my whole 2500 items from Etsy to eBay if I wanted to do so, which I do not.  I love the ability to add inventory as needed.  If you do not have a big shop then you might not want the unlimited subscription but you can still save money with the yearly subscription in various numbers added to inventory.  

The third reason I love the unlimited Vendoo subscription is that I have a very large inventory.  My original thought was that I would list about three or four items a day but then realized I would never reach the end of my inventory in my life time so I added the eBay store and began listing about 8 to 10 items a day.  I crosslist these items to Poshmark and Mercari.  I sell regularly on Poshmark and eBay but have yet to sell on Mercari.  So, I decided to remove all of my listings from Mercari because in three months, I did not sell one item on Mercari.  I did receive likes.  Several years ago I had listings on Mercari and sold several here and there but for the last few months, all I hear is crickets. I'm not sure what happened but it isn't worth my time to add listings for no results.  Even though it is crosslisting, there are still things that each individual platform requires you to complete with information so for now I am not using Mercari. I'm busy with Etsy, eBay, and Poshmark so I'm super happy and again, love Vendoo!

Beware of Fake Copies of Vintage Jewelry

 After selling vintage jewelry for almost a decade and collecting for many years longer, it is really disheartening to purchase a jewelry item, sold as vintage, only to discover that the item is a copy and not the real thing.  Unfortunately, there are companies who purposely copy vintage jewelry and manufacture the copy and put it up for sale.  Sometimes the item has beautiful rhinestones or crystal beads but when you exam it further, you find that these stones are sitting in a cheap poorly designed jewelry item foundation.  

I could take photos of several examples but will just explain some examples of what to look for; starting with brooches.  If you find a brooch which looks like the backing has been thrown on and all of the gold or silver finish is uneven and messy, this is a good example of a cheap copy.  The front may look beautiful but the back holds many of the keys to a good piece of jewelry.  

Around the 2000s, lots of jewelry was made overseas, even by large companies who previously made quality jewelry.  Some of the things I look for on necklaces are tiny extension chains.  Older jewelry made thicker extension chains and usually with a hook or fold over clasp.  New jewelry has a lobster clasp.  There are good quality items made in the 80s and 90s which have lobster clasps but if you see it attached to a tiny extension chain, this is a clue.  Brooches look for backs which are finished with the gold or silver tone thrown on look.  

Crystal beads that are older and made before 2000s, usually are not the round flat variety.  These can still be very pretty but the crystals which were on beautiful necklaces from the 50s and 60s come in round beads, bicone beads, and occasionally barrel cut beads.  Of course, there are other varieties of cuts but the glass beads sold since the 2000s in mass quantity have a particular shape.  

One thing to remember is that not every rule of thumb is absolute.  In other words, there are exceptions and that is what makes collecting vintage jewelry difficult at times.  Now that we have helpful tools like Google Lens, you are able to take a photo of an item and most of the time can find a bit more information about it or one similar.  I recently found a gorgeous necklace which was designed to look like one from the 60s or 70s with flashing rhinestones but I was skeptical of the metal and setting.  With a few short clicks to Google Lens, I found the exact item for sale on an overseas site for 99 cents.  If it had been true vintage, it would have been a few hundred dollars instead.  

If you want to collect vintage jewelry, do your homework and collect a few tools to help you verify the item you are purchasing is actually vintage.  I have a Presidium Gem tester for testing gemstones or even glass, compared to Lucite.  A magnet will let you know if something is possibly sterling as sterling silver is non-magnetic.  Research and studying photographs of vintage items and knowing your brands is also super helpful.  

Best of luck in your quest for finding vintage jewelry items.