Facebook Marketplace has turned into a lot of work. I'll often have three to five things selling per day. I'll get anywhere from five to ten contacts per day asking question. I have a lot of people who will negotiate a price and then back out. I have even more people who will agree to do a pickup and then never show up. When they don't show up, I am left trying to contact them multiple times to figure out what is going on. Recently, I have started shipping items, which brings an entirely new dimension. Everyday, I am posting products, updating prices, and renewing products. Few of the items being sold are over $5.
I am busy. I have a full time job and many things going on. Facebook Marketplace is a huge distraction!
I have sold several hundred items and made thousands of dollars. Because of that, I will keep going. But there are days where I'm ready to just quit!
One such day happened today. Someone agreed to buy a book and was going to arrive in an hour. I spent that hour looking everywhere for that book! It wasn't in the Marketplace Street in Tub City. It wasn't at the Photo Studio. It wasn't at the Marketplace Staging Area. I finally found it in a misplaced tote in Tub City. I spent an hour looking almost everywhere for a $5 book.
Hopefully it becomes less crazy, but I suspect it won't because we need to ramp up Marketplace selling as we march closer to move day.
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