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441 posts tagged selling
Wedding season: what sells, and when to have it ready
Sarees, jewellery and gifting, and the lead times that decide whether you catch the season or miss it.
Selling as a collective or a self-help group
One store, several people, one bank account. How the roles map onto a group, and who has to hold the money.
Moving from cash sales to recorded ones
What changes when every sale leaves a trace, why that is mostly in the seller’s favour, and the one part that is genuinely harder.
Selling to another state
What changes practically — almost nothing — and where the tax question starts, which is the part to take to an accountant.
Pricing is a conversation, not a decision
A starting price is something you say to the room. This is what each one says, and how the room answers.
The arithmetic of a regular buyer
One person who comes back is worth more than a dozen who came once, and the thing that produces one is duller than it sounds.
The economics of selling live
Time per item is the whole calculation. It makes some stock obviously worth a show and quietly ruins the margin on the rest.
Heat and your stock
Vinyl, cards, candles, chocolate, anything with glue. A short list of what a hot month does and what to do first.
Selling through the monsoon
What not to post, what to tell buyers before they order, and the months when collection is the better offer.
Moving your shop to Metzee
What to bring, what to rebuild, and how to bring your buyers rather than starting from nobody.
Selling in more than one place at once
The real problem is not effort. It is one object listed twice, sold twice, and refunded once.
Metzee compared with a weekend market stall
Reach, weather, and the conversation you lose. For makers who already stand behind a table.
Metzee compared with an auction house
Reach, speed and what it costs to try. And the things a room full of people still does better.
Metzee compared with selling in a WhatsApp group
A group does trust and immediacy better than any platform. What it cannot do is hold the money, keep the record, or settle an argument.
Metzee for an existing shop
For somebody who already has a counter and customers: what changes, what does not, and how to run both without the stock going wrong.
Your first week selling, day by day
Set up, list a few things, run one small show, then read what happened. A week is enough to know whether this works for you.
How to measure anything for a listing
The measurements buyers actually ask for, by kind of thing. Lay it flat, use centimetres, and say what you measured.
Selling words you will meet
Sell-through, dispatch window, chargeable weight, delivery profile, zone, reserve. The words that turn up once you are actually selling.
Using two devices while hosting
The single biggest quality jump a busy show can make. Three arrangements that work.
Using a better camera for your shows
Usually not worth it. The four things that improve a show more, and what to do if you still want one.
Going live from a phone
The phone is the right tool. Six things to get right before you start.
Selling around festivals and seasons
The calendar moves your buyers and your couriers in opposite directions. Plan for both.
When one person is not enough
Four signs, and what to hand over first. The money never moves.
The roles in a store team
Nine of them, each with one job. And two permissions only the owner can hand out.
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