M: Today I went out to ship five mails 😛
M: for scarves
M: I got 2 positive feedback for the scarves today.
M: 3 new bids on the scarves today
M: quite good 🙂
U: business is really starting to boom
M: a few kinds of scarves are out of stock 🙂
U: from china?
M: I just ordered one or two for some colors
U: i’m amazed that you found such a great item to sell
U: how is it going with the papercuts?
M: Because I’m smart. 😉
M: No papercuts I bought sell so far.
U: usually smart people wear glasses  8-|
U: so…you are just half-smart
M: Do you wear glasses?
U: no…
U: but i put on fake glasses to make people think i’m smart
M: I’m an honest person
M: half is smart, half is honest
M: 😉
M: Half of you is smart. Half of you pretends you are smart.
U: an honest woman with a brain
M: ((nod))
U: that is a dangerous combination
M: why?
U: because an honest woman with a brain could end up ruler of the world
U: and men will be slaves
M: :O
M: I am not interested to be a ruler
M: I have no ambitions about it
U: Just ruler of your own business
M: I just hope I can have freedom to do what I like.
M: I need to find new great items to sell
M: right?
M: I will wait and see. no rush.
U: i wish you success at achieving that goal
M: 🙂
U: yes…its always good to have some variety
M: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=9628166134
U: thats how you make the business grow
M: have a look at this link, beautiful wraps
U: and…combine that with some good marketing…and then…BAM!
M: yeah, but what is BAM? 🙂
U: like an explosion…like a rocket blasting off
M: maybe one day, I can just give orders to the factories to produce some scarves I need directly.
U: that page you linked me to has a cute t-shirt model
M: yeah.
M: can you understand its meaning?
U: it looks like she is making the man(boy) do some cleaning
U: because of mother’s day perhaps
M: The right one is a dish-washing machine. It shows: I only do dishes, not take meals.
M: The T-shirt of that boy has the same words: I only do dishes, not take meals.
M: On the T-shirt of that girl is: I only take meals, not do dishes.
U: understand?
U: yes
U: clever
M: 🙂
U: it makes the point i made earlier about a woman ruler

U: So…how are things with you
M: not bad
U: good
U: any good news on eBay
M: ebay stuff is going smoothly.
U: great
M: scarves sell quite good. just no papercutting sells so far
U: maybe we can put together a simple video so you market on youtube
U: it would be fun for me to do that
M: what video? about those scarves and papercuttings?
U: just something that relates to your ebay store
U: if not…its ok
U: i knew the scarves would sell
M: 🙂
U: they are beautiful
M: I will have some new scarves
M: long ones
U: yes
U: and make plans for the holiday season
U: sales will explode!
M: 🙂
U: i’m happy to see this ebay thing being a positive experience for you
M: when I get some cost back, I will order more scarves, different but also beautiful
M: I’m happy about it too.
U: and it will grow…now a small flower
M: I have checked some scarves from a different manufactor
M: juse need to wait for a while 😛

U: hello
M: 🙂
M: how r u?
U: a little better
U: and you?
M: good
M: I have important news to tell you
U: oh really
U: should i stand up for this?
M: sure, stand at attention please
U: standing
M: OK,
M: Ebay has changed its rules
M: When they caculate their commissions, the shipping and handling price will be included for auction-style listings.
U: really
M: They will take 9% of the shipping and handling price as commission.
U: i’m not aware of this
U: maybe for canada only
M: really?
M: one lady from Cyprus bought one of my scarves 🙂
M: where is it, by the way?
U: in the Mediterian Sea
U: near greece and Turkey
M: Africa?
U: no
M: Asia?
U: in the mediterainian Sea
U: europe
M: ((nod))
M: oh, i c
U: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus
M: It’s the ending day of my auction listings.
M: can you guess how many scarves have sold today?
U: 3
M: 🙂
M: 5, but only two have made payment.
M: And one made a bid on two scarves but the auction hasn’t ended now.
U: thats good.
U: making progress
U: imagine if you were marketing your ebay site
M: but the price isn’t high.
M: but it’s still quite good, right?
U: yes…very good
U: it takes some time to build
U: you just started
M: I’m eager to sell out at least one, so I put the price of two scarves which are very, very nice to the minimum. They are sold out really, but the benefit is quite low 😛
U: well…its important to build a good score
U: then people will have more confidence
U: but…at around christmas time
U: you should be able to really make a killing
M: 🙂
U: Stock up on these scarves for christmas
U: they make great gifts
M: It’s long time away
U: and are easy and light to give as presents
U: i know
U: but all businesses build up for that time of year
U: and its good to sell now
U: but the big sales will come at christmas
M: it’s scarf season now
U: true
M: oh, i c
U: but its gift giving season at christmas
M: ((nod))
M: Monther’s day is coming
U: yes
U: big gift day
U: good point
M: 🙂
U: and mothers look good in scarves
M: ((chuckle)) sure
U: so…prepare for it
U: add into the description or heading about a mother’s day gift
U: so it comes up as a key word
M: 🙂
M: I was sort of surprised by the sales. the scarves I thought would sell out soon didn’t sell out. The scarves I ignored were popular
M: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170634132095
M: two buyers competed for this one
M: It happened that I ordered two in total
U: really?
U: not very attractive to me
M: One is from Cyprus
M: another one is from Canada
U: the shipping cost to cyprus will be high?
M: it depends. I will ship it by letter mail
M: The scarf is light and thin. I think that around $2 should be ok.
U: thats the advantage of selling scarves
U: low shipping costs
M: ((nod))
M: it’s neck scarf. the shipping fee for long scarf should be high, even by letter mails.
U: i see
M: 🙂
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