How to Sell Jewelry on Whatnot with Jovi! - Episode #43

[00:00:00] Welcome to the Jewelry Resellers Podcast, your go-to source for all things shiny, sparkly,

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[00:00:56] Alright, so welcome back to another episode of the Jewelry Resellers Podcast.

[00:01:02] I have a very special guest and I have been following her for a long time on what not.

[00:01:08] So for those of you who sell jewelry on what not, I'm sure you are already familiar with

[00:01:13] Jovi or Jovies.

[00:01:14] I hope I'm pronouncing it correctly.

[00:01:18] But I'm just so thrilled and excited to have her here.

[00:01:20] So I'm going to let her introduce herself and then we will get into all the details.

[00:01:26] Okay, well my name is Jovi or Jovies, like however you want to say it.

[00:01:31] And I've been selling on what not, well I've been selling jewelry I would say for, I'll

[00:01:35] say close to 10 years like dealing jewelry.

[00:01:38] I started selling like, yeah different stuff like, you know, I love tricking and then

[00:01:43] that's kind of how I started.

[00:01:44] I love flea markets so that's kind of how I started.

[00:01:46] I love jewelry so that I kind of just, I don't know, I guess just gone drawn to that side

[00:01:53] and I've been on what not.

[00:01:56] I'll say for about a year and a half.

[00:01:59] Yeah.

[00:02:00] So did you have a background then because I know you said you liked jewelry and you've

[00:02:05] been selling it for 10 years.

[00:02:07] Yeah.

[00:02:08] But on enough.

[00:02:09] Okay.

[00:02:10] Was it always like, I guess like reselling jewelry?

[00:02:14] Yeah.

[00:02:16] I will say like I will resell like all kinds of stuff like shoes, bags, anything that I

[00:02:23] couldn't make a profit on.

[00:02:24] You know, I would go to thrift stores and I kind of, you know, like I guess what resellers

[00:02:28] do like getting your phone and just kind of look up and then like see if you can make

[00:02:32] any profit out of it.

[00:02:34] And then once I moved here, because I moved from California to Florida.

[00:02:39] So that's why we was in California when I started like that's kind of when I just

[00:02:43] focused in jewelry and then I started doing jewelry full time because it's just a lot easier.

[00:02:49] It's smaller.

[00:02:50] It doesn't take a space.

[00:02:52] So yeah, so your journey sounds very similar to mine because I used to be I used to

[00:02:58] be an everything reseller as well.

[00:03:01] And I sold handbags too because I really love them.

[00:03:04] Yeah.

[00:03:05] I don't know.

[00:03:07] You can see it right there.

[00:03:09] Oh nice.

[00:03:10] Yeah.

[00:03:11] Yeah.

[00:03:12] So I did the same thing.

[00:03:13] I kind of sold everything and then just out of necessity, I had to really get more, I guess,

[00:03:22] strategic about how much space I have, what I can store, what I can manage.

[00:03:28] And so I really narrowed down to jewelry as well.

[00:03:31] Yeah.

[00:03:33] So all right, let's talk about whatnot because I kind of have a love hate relationship

[00:03:38] with whatnot.

[00:03:40] You know, but I've so I've done pretty well selling jewelry over there.

[00:03:43] But I've also learned a lot from watching your show.

[00:03:46] So tell me how your whole whatnot journey began.

[00:03:51] You know what?

[00:03:52] I think I'm a believer in God and in Christ.

[00:03:55] So I think for me, I think it was just things lined up and there were there were

[00:04:03] door doors open and then just, you know, I moved like I started in California that

[00:04:08] I moved to be here and then it just everything started like falling into place.

[00:04:12] Like I just started like getting bigger, bigger boxes of jewelry and getting like more

[00:04:21] inventory and just being more consistent on into doing the shows.

[00:04:26] And that kind of like has been paying off.

[00:04:29] Yeah.

[00:04:30] Over the over time.

[00:04:31] Yeah.

[00:04:32] Yes.

[00:04:33] Because I remember on one of your shows I was watching you had talked about how because

[00:04:38] I think someone had left a comment in the chat or something and they were saying, Oh,

[00:04:42] you're so lucky because you have so many people on your show and you do so well.

[00:04:47] And then I remember you saying, Well, this didn't happen overnight.

[00:04:51] You know, it took like a year of me showing up over eight over eight years.

[00:04:56] Yeah.

[00:04:57] So yeah.

[00:04:58] So it took you over a year of consistently showing up every week or maybe even every

[00:05:07] day every week.

[00:05:09] And so that's what you were really trying to communicate to people is like it's not like

[00:05:14] I just turned on the camera and floods of people come in.

[00:05:18] It was, it was you being consistent.

[00:05:19] Right?

[00:05:20] Yeah.

[00:05:21] So at the beginning of the shows, I mean, like there's people also like my first,

[00:05:26] my regular buyers or people that have been with me like for like since almost

[00:05:30] like the beginnings of my shows, like they can see the difference.

[00:05:33] Like I will have like 12 people, seven people, eight people.

[00:05:36] And then like I feel when I switch like my format, like I will do the same, you know,

[00:05:42] which is, you know, like just showing the jewelry, but then I let us change the format

[00:05:47] and then I kind of like made a room into my jewelry room.

[00:05:50] And I think that really helped me out a lot into like picking up the sales and having

[00:05:56] more engagement on the shows because I do believe that people identified with

[00:05:59] you once they see you, once they see your personality and then once you see you interacting

[00:06:04] with them.

[00:06:05] So I kind of see it, you know, like watching like social media or like watching YouTube or

[00:06:11] like watching TV, you know, you're watching somebody like someone do something.

[00:06:15] So it's kind of engaging.

[00:06:17] And I think that helped me a lot as well.

[00:06:20] Yeah.

[00:06:21] Into growing, into growing like the viewers on my shows.

[00:06:24] Yes.

[00:06:25] Plus you just are so adorable.

[00:06:28] You have such a sweet personality that I think a lot of people appreciate that because you're

[00:06:33] so patient.

[00:06:34] And sometimes I'm really surprised because I'm like, wow, she has the patience of a saint.

[00:06:39] I feel like at times, you know, sometimes it's just be like, but you know, yeah, I tried,

[00:06:45] I do try it because I mean, I just put it this way, you know, like we don't know

[00:06:50] what people are going through sometimes and it's just, I just try to try to be

[00:06:56] understanding also like, also I like to have like, because it's a business, you know, and in

[00:07:03] the business, you kind of want to do the best you can towards your customers.

[00:07:08] You want to like, how can I phrase this?

[00:07:13] But you want to provide the best customer service that you can to your

[00:07:18] customers so that you keep them happy and, and, you know, and, and you kind of like,

[00:07:23] you know, you put a little bit of attention.

[00:07:26] I wouldn't say, but you make them feel like, you know, their, their opinion and whatever

[00:07:32] they need it's your, your taking into account.

[00:07:35] Yeah. So that's yeah.

[00:07:36] Yeah. It's like you're being sensitive, I guess to their needs or like you said,

[00:07:42] whatever they're going through.

[00:07:43] And I think that that goes a long way in doing this.

[00:07:47] You know, people can sense when you're genuine and they can sense when you truly

[00:07:51] care and, and when you really want to it's like you wanted to be a good experience for them.

[00:07:58] Right?

[00:07:59] You know, sometimes it does get a bit of, you know, like it's just, you know, trying

[00:08:06] to manage every situation.

[00:08:07] And also one thing I will say about one knot, I really like their, I mean, because I

[00:08:14] worked, I sold on eBay and then I sold on, on Poshmark, McCurry, not as much

[00:08:21] but I did sell on, on eBay.

[00:08:23] And the good thing about what knot that I like is that they, they, they do help

[00:08:32] their sellers.

[00:08:32] Like that's the experience that I have had so far.

[00:08:36] And I think that the fact that they help you dealing with, with a part of customer

[00:08:42] service, I think that helps a lot as well for all sellers because we don't

[00:08:47] have to like deal so much with their returns or the refunds.

[00:08:50] Like just kind of like help people like getting through the process of them,

[00:08:54] like contacting what knot.

[00:08:56] So I think that that also helps, helps, has helped me.

[00:09:01] I don't know how other people's experience, but that has been mine.

[00:09:05] Yeah.

[00:09:06] OK.

[00:09:07] So what type of advice or, or tips would you give to jewelry sellers

[00:09:14] specifically who want to sell on what knot or who want to start?

[00:09:19] Maybe they've never done it before.

[00:09:21] I will say that the best advice that I, that I would tell them is just, you

[00:09:27] know, perseverance and be patient and do not give up.

[00:09:32] It's just, it's like any other job, you know, it's like your personal

[00:09:35] it's like your, it's your business.

[00:09:37] So it do take a series.

[00:09:39] If you want to do this as a, as a real as a job and you want to make

[00:09:44] profit out of it, you need to take it serious as a real job.

[00:09:47] So you cannot be like, OK, I went there and I didn't make the money today.

[00:09:51] OK, it's not going to work.

[00:09:52] No, like you continue, you keep going and then you try and then you try and

[00:09:56] then you try and then.

[00:09:59] Also, what I would recommend is try to find.

[00:10:04] Um, I don't know, maybe have your family member like do a show and maybe

[00:10:10] have your family members or friends kind of watch your shows and kind of give

[00:10:15] so they can give you like feedback.

[00:10:18] And then one thing that I did, I don't do it as much anymore, but then I did.

[00:10:22] But I did do it at the beginning when I started like showing more.

[00:10:24] It's like I will go back and rewatch my shows.

[00:10:28] Oh, OK.

[00:10:29] So I rewatch my shows and I kind of.

[00:10:32] Um, I kind of, you know, saw everything and then I kind of like examine myself

[00:10:37] like going through the shows and I OK, I can probably like do this

[00:10:41] different or maybe I should do this different.

[00:10:43] You know, like I kind of like, you know, like how like, um.

[00:10:49] Like, you know, how do you call those the one that played with the

[00:10:53] like sports, like coaches or whatever?

[00:10:56] You know, like they, you know, they watch their games and yeah,

[00:10:59] they watch the game.

[00:11:00] They can examine the other team or they can examine how they were playing

[00:11:03] so they can correct things.

[00:11:05] So that's something that I would recommend.

[00:11:08] That's a good tip.

[00:11:10] Yeah. So also what I will say is make sure that you have a good phone

[00:11:14] with good quality camera, good lighting

[00:11:20] that you describe to your jewelry accurately.

[00:11:22] So people, so people when they get their jewelry, they actually see,

[00:11:27] you know, they if there is any flaw with your jewelry, you know,

[00:11:29] make sure that you, you know, you address that and and so that's

[00:11:34] that's pretty much I mean.

[00:11:38] What else? What else can I say to people that?

[00:11:41] That want to start selling?

[00:11:44] Well, what about like?

[00:11:47] Because I really like your setup, right?

[00:11:49] Because your setup is very different in the sense that you don't have.

[00:11:53] You don't have the camera necessarily like on you.

[00:11:57] You have it facing a mirror and then you have this big mountain of jewelry.

[00:12:02] So how did you come up with that setup?

[00:12:04] You know what?

[00:12:06] And I'm not going to take the credit for that.

[00:12:08] I like I was I watched one or other.

[00:12:10] I watched one of the other sellers.

[00:12:12] I think it was like, um, who was it?

[00:12:15] It was I don't know if that seller stealing whatnot, but I think

[00:12:19] Captain something like that he had.

[00:12:21] I think he had a hearing as well.

[00:12:23] And then it was another person and I just kind of wanted to try it out.

[00:12:28] And then that and about the jewelry, about the big piles of jewelry,

[00:12:33] that was because I've been really busy and I didn't have time to sort it out

[00:12:36] previously and I was like, you know what?

[00:12:39] I want to, you know, start doing shows like just like sorting through the jewelry.

[00:12:44] So I don't have to, you know, like because then right now I'm like

[00:12:48] doing it by myself.

[00:12:49] So I have to do like the sorting, the packing and the whole, the dropping off

[00:12:54] and everything.

[00:12:55] So it does take a little bit of time.

[00:12:57] So now that I'm sorting like in the shows, I'm saving myself like a day or

[00:13:03] two days of sorting.

[00:13:04] So that's kind of.

[00:13:08] Yeah.

[00:13:08] So for those of you who've never seen one of Jovi shows, she does, I

[00:13:13] think it's called sorting, detangle, pile or something like that.

[00:13:19] Do your unboxing and I just go through the whole thing like and more and more

[00:13:24] and more until like, and the people love it.

[00:13:26] They do.

[00:13:27] They do because I've done similar shows not as much as you've done where

[00:13:32] you have the big pile, but I will have like dig and sort kind of thing.

[00:13:38] And they just, they'll say, oh, what is that?

[00:13:40] Or what is that?

[00:13:41] Yeah.

[00:13:41] You know?

[00:13:42] And they, they get into it.

[00:13:43] And, you know, I think that's another thing that you've taught me too is

[00:13:48] like the whole show doesn't have to be hard selling, hard selling, hard

[00:13:52] selling.

[00:13:53] It could be you sorting, chatting, engaging, you know, and then

[00:13:59] throwing up a piece, you know, running an auction or whatever the

[00:14:02] case may be.

[00:14:03] So you really can make, make your show fit whatever it is you're

[00:14:08] comfortable with, right?

[00:14:11] Yeah.

[00:14:11] And, and I mean, it's, I will say what not like the sky is the limit just

[00:14:17] because they have likes, I mean, of course there's things that you

[00:14:20] cannot do.

[00:14:20] But like, I'll say that as long as you make it fun, try to be original,

[00:14:26] try to, you know, you can watch all their sellers and see what they

[00:14:29] do and get like a little bit of, it's not everything that any other

[00:14:33] like other people are doing is going to work for you.

[00:14:35] So you need to find like the things that work for you.

[00:14:38] You can try something and if it doesn't work for you, move on, try

[00:14:41] something else and then find the little things that work for you and

[00:14:46] kind of like build your own structure of business and how to run

[00:14:50] your show.

[00:14:50] So that's something that I'm, that's probably what I've been doing

[00:14:55] and like trying one thing, trying another and then, you know,

[00:14:58] things are starting to fall into place.

[00:15:00] Yeah.

[00:15:01] Yeah.

[00:15:02] So now do you do just what not full time?

[00:15:05] Is that your main thing?

[00:15:07] Yeah.

[00:15:07] So right now I'm just doing what not just because right now, you know,

[00:15:13] I'm on the process of working like paperwork to get like things

[00:15:17] going for tax purposes and all that stuff.

[00:15:20] So before I move into bigger, you know, because I would love to

[00:15:25] go back to to eBay and Poshmark and, you know, but right now,

[00:15:31] I mean, I have to go a step at a time.

[00:15:34] I cannot do everything, you know, at the same time.

[00:15:36] Yes, I know.

[00:15:38] But yeah, so right now I'm doing just a one off full time.

[00:15:42] Yeah.

[00:15:43] Yes.

[00:15:43] And how many shows do you do a week?

[00:15:46] I do only two shows and then sometimes I do three shows.

[00:15:50] Yeah.

[00:15:50] Just because of packing.

[00:15:52] If I didn't have to do packing, I would do probably five.

[00:15:56] Yes.

[00:15:56] Because I noticed your shows are a long.

[00:15:59] Yeah.

[00:16:01] Somebody call me Hobbies Machin Joe's or something.

[00:16:05] I'm a Machin Joe.

[00:16:07] Yes, because I think you do like eight hour shows or something

[00:16:10] like that.

[00:16:11] And I was I was so surprised because I think I'm doing good

[00:16:15] with an hour show.

[00:16:18] I mean, you're you're over here doing eight, nine, ten hours

[00:16:22] from tell me about that from six to from six to nine hours.

[00:16:27] I'll say my shows are usually because I only do two two shows

[00:16:32] a week.

[00:16:32] So I do have the other days to do other things and then I just

[00:16:36] I love it.

[00:16:37] I mean, I love jewelry.

[00:16:38] I love going to the I love the excitement of finding stuff.

[00:16:42] I think also like.

[00:16:45] So a lot of my reactions when I find stuff is like not like

[00:16:48] like I'm really like excited about it.

[00:16:51] You know, when I find like a like a real goal piece,

[00:16:54] like a real goal, like or like so these ones, I got them

[00:16:58] in like the stuff that I got these ring.

[00:17:00] I mean, everything that I have that's I got in like sorting on

[00:17:04] the boxes, but it's very exciting.

[00:17:06] You know, so whenever I come up, like the reaction,

[00:17:09] their reaction is real because I love going through jewelry.

[00:17:12] So that's why I'm able to go through like for a long time

[00:17:16] and and I don't get I mean, I I mean, I guess I do kind

[00:17:21] of like I mean, the body kind of gets tired,

[00:17:24] but my mind is still like you can do more.

[00:17:27] I have to pay bills.

[00:17:29] So yes, yes, you know, I'm going to try that because

[00:17:35] sometimes I'll go 45 minutes an hour.

[00:17:38] And then if I don't have anybody in my show,

[00:17:40] it's hard for me to want to keep going.

[00:17:42] Yeah, so so what advice do you give for those of us

[00:17:46] who are still trying to build a following?

[00:17:49] Like how how can we get people in our shows?

[00:17:52] How can we get people interested?

[00:17:54] Um, that like like I will say it just it's just it's going to take time.

[00:18:00] It's like you started selling is it's just going to take time

[00:18:04] for you to start getting like regular like regulars because for me

[00:18:08] and then also I think what not life's consistency.

[00:18:12] Like they want to see you at least every week every every week.

[00:18:17] So the algorithm on their so the algorithm

[00:18:20] and then also like make sure that you ask your sellers to

[00:18:25] share your shows to book your shows.

[00:18:29] So that's also something that like I believe somebody at the beginning

[00:18:34] like few months ago, somebody asked me like they asked me to go on their shows

[00:18:39] and kind of checked, you know, and then I did give them that advice.

[00:18:44] OK, so you have your shows like whenever it feels natural,

[00:18:47] you know, you sell your viewers book bookmark my shows also.

[00:18:53] You can do giveaways.

[00:18:55] You can start doing, I don't know, two, three giveaways show

[00:18:59] so that way you get more more followers.

[00:19:01] Just make sure that you click the followers only on your giveaways

[00:19:05] so people follow you in order to enter the giveaway.

[00:19:09] And that also helps you get more followers.

[00:19:13] And then when you get followers,

[00:19:14] then they get a notification when you're coming on the show.

[00:19:17] And then I think that that will help you.

[00:19:19] But I will say the most consistency and have like a lot of variety

[00:19:24] of jewelry in your shows as well, like a lot of writing.

[00:19:29] Yes. So this for sure, like if focus and sorting,

[00:19:35] yeah, focusing in sorry, I mean, I can source in.

[00:19:38] That's kind of what I wanted to say.

[00:19:39] Sourcing, focusing like like if you're starting like

[00:19:43] focusing in source stuff, so you have like enough inventory for

[00:19:50] for everyone and you don't have to sell.

[00:19:54] Just starting silver or just, you know, like you there is

[00:19:58] as you see on my shows, I do have like stuff like for everyone

[00:20:03] like junk jewelry.

[00:20:04] I have like crafting stuff.

[00:20:06] I have like some good designer stuff.

[00:20:10] I have like very beat up stuff.

[00:20:12] People still like it.

[00:20:13] People still do. Yeah.

[00:20:17] Yeah. Yeah. So now how is excuse me.

[00:20:23] How is.

[00:20:27] How how often do you schedule your shows?

[00:20:31] Like how far out in advance or do you just have the same show

[00:20:34] same day and time every week?

[00:20:36] Um, I try to but but but I will say that's something

[00:20:41] and then I might show you on my phone kind of something how I do it.

[00:20:44] So one. Yeah.

[00:20:46] Yeah. So one thing that I would recommend you schedule times

[00:20:50] like I'll say two, three months in advance.

[00:20:52] That's how I have mine. Oh yeah.

[00:20:55] You can always switch them.

[00:20:56] You can always change dates.

[00:20:58] You can always change time.

[00:20:59] So but I will say is like have your shows to schedule

[00:21:03] in advance like I will show you and how do I how I have

[00:21:06] mine. Yeah.

[00:21:08] Because I usually only schedule mine like a week or two out.

[00:21:11] Oh no.

[00:21:12] You need to like so you have so you so you can have people

[00:21:17] bookmark your shows.

[00:21:18] So whenever you come in live and then people get a notification

[00:21:23] that you're going to come up live.

[00:21:24] And then I think that also like when once people see that

[00:21:27] you have like like such a like like a lot of shows,

[00:21:29] I think that that kind of gives them an old this is a person

[00:21:32] that is like like a big bite.

[00:21:35] I don't know say big buy ever like something that someone

[00:21:37] that is doing constant shows.

[00:21:39] So they want to follow that person because they know

[00:21:41] that they're going to have something next time they come

[00:21:44] and try to buy something like.

[00:21:47] OK, OK. All right.

[00:21:49] That makes sense.

[00:21:51] Let me try to write with my phone.

[00:21:53] OK, there you go.

[00:21:54] That's because I put it on airplane mode because I didn't

[00:21:56] want like OK, give me a second.

[00:21:58] So OK. No problem.

[00:22:00] No problem.

[00:22:00] Now you're getting me all excited about doing what not again.

[00:22:04] Yes, because I kind of bounce back and forth between what not

[00:22:08] and Poshmark live.

[00:22:10] And I I also kind of want to go and do Poshmark

[00:22:14] because I think like the people are different on.

[00:22:17] Yes.

[00:22:19] What not on Poshmark.

[00:22:20] I've noticed that I do want to but go back on.

[00:22:25] But as you see here, I cannot going to show you.

[00:22:27] So my my show, my coming up show is on tomorrow,

[00:22:32] which is it will be tomorrow Friday.

[00:22:36] So that OK, there you go.

[00:22:38] No, so tomorrow, so tomorrow six, this is over right there.

[00:22:42] So that's right there.

[00:22:44] This one and that's going to be the fifth, right?

[00:22:48] Yeah.

[00:22:48] So for the fifth, as you see, and then I have, OK, there you go.

[00:22:52] If you see how many shows do I have, schedule up.

[00:22:55] Oh, OK.

[00:22:58] So and I got them scheduled up all the way to.

[00:23:03] June the ninth.

[00:23:05] Wow. OK, so you're two months out.

[00:23:08] Yeah, so two months out, you can't even put like the whole like

[00:23:11] and there is a way in there that you can put repeat this show

[00:23:15] and then have to do each one.

[00:23:16] So but I would recommend that because that way,

[00:23:19] like people can just bookmark all your shows and then

[00:23:23] and you know, you're all set.

[00:23:24] You just like get ready for shows and and the show is there

[00:23:27] and people already bookmark it and then they get a notification

[00:23:31] and then you get like you have like 50 60 people

[00:23:34] that already would mark your show that will get the notification

[00:23:37] and then there's a very good chance that they come

[00:23:40] and join your show whenever you go live.

[00:23:43] OK, so you schedule your shows up to two months out.

[00:23:48] Mm hmm.

[00:23:49] But do you?

[00:23:52] Like see, because I don't do all my listings for the show.

[00:23:56] So tell me how you do that part because.

[00:23:58] Yeah, so that's also I that's something new

[00:24:02] that I discovered as well.

[00:24:03] I didn't know that I will do like each individual listing

[00:24:07] like every time when I discovered because I will.

[00:24:10] I also one thing that I would one advice

[00:24:14] that I will give like new sellers in the beginning

[00:24:16] because you asked that it's like go and watch the big sellers.

[00:24:21] Go and sellers like go and don't you don't have to buy.

[00:24:25] People love to just for people just to come in their shows.

[00:24:28] So go and watch the big sellers, see what they do,

[00:24:32] see how they run their shows and, you know,

[00:24:35] like get little nuggets from people like see what they're doing.

[00:24:40] See what is working because obviously they're doing something good

[00:24:44] because their shows are, you know, they're successful.

[00:24:47] So obviously there's some there's something that they're doing

[00:24:49] during their shows and, you know, watch big seller that it doesn't

[00:24:53] necessarily has to be jewelry.

[00:24:55] Go watch people to sell clothing.

[00:24:57] Go watch people to sell even like Pokemon cards, you know.

[00:25:01] Yeah, everything.

[00:25:04] Exactly. So but just go and watch people that have a lot of a lot of viewers.

[00:25:09] So see what they're doing and see what are the

[00:25:12] what are the people in the comments saying and

[00:25:15] and you kind of kind of feel a vibe and then and I think that

[00:25:19] that is also going to to help a lot.

[00:25:22] Yeah. Yeah. OK, because that's true,

[00:25:25] because you just want to see how people run their shows, right?

[00:25:29] Like you just want to learn what what's working in one category.

[00:25:32] Maybe you could use it in jewelry as well.

[00:25:35] Yeah, because I mean it's what not doesn't necessarily.

[00:25:40] I mean, if you sell jewelry, I mean the platform is the same.

[00:25:44] It's the same format.

[00:25:45] It's just you just need to learn how to be.

[00:25:49] Is the same format either you sell shoes,

[00:25:53] either you said clothing, you just sell makeup,

[00:25:55] you sell like watches or like, you know, cards or whatever you sell

[00:26:02] because I even seen people, you know, I think I did it once or twice,

[00:26:05] like went to the flea market and they just going through the flea market

[00:26:09] and then just like asking people, hey, I have this year and they run it

[00:26:13] by surprise. Yeah, I've seen that too.

[00:26:15] They do that in the in the like a Goodwill, like in the thrift stores.

[00:26:20] They'll say, does anybody want this?

[00:26:22] Whatever it is. Yeah, they go to the beans and they, you know,

[00:26:27] get over to also just I guess be creative and then just

[00:26:32] and, you know, get little nuggets from here and there

[00:26:35] because myself, that's kind of how I, you know, started getting ideas

[00:26:40] I watched like several sellers that didn't like the ones that we go sellers.

[00:26:45] I will say like, Nicole, like I believe you should know,

[00:26:48] be Nicole state, I think. Oh yeah. Yeah.

[00:26:52] She's the reason why I joined want not really

[00:26:56] ever watch these. Hello and thank you.

[00:26:59] And then crumbs mom, I think so.

[00:27:03] Crumbs mom, she's also a seller in what now,

[00:27:06] but she sells most clothing and stuff.

[00:27:08] And there's some other people

[00:27:10] so I do watch them and and and I kind of get in spot from them as well.

[00:27:16] Yeah. Yeah.

[00:27:18] So.

[00:27:21] Back to the listings.

[00:27:24] Tell me how you do that part when you schedule a show.

[00:27:26] I completely go like side track.

[00:27:30] Thank you for reminding me.

[00:27:31] OK, so.

[00:27:33] So I'm going to show you and I'm going to show you on the phone

[00:27:35] how how it is that that you do those show those listings.

[00:27:40] Let's see, because I haven't added anything here.

[00:27:44] So I would just go to the show.

[00:27:45] Let's see like that one.

[00:27:46] I have it for tomorrow right there. OK.

[00:27:50] I would just go where it says add.

[00:27:53] And then there you go.

[00:27:53] You can you see all the information there?

[00:27:56] OK, so so and then now before you wouldn't,

[00:27:59] but now you have to add a picture.

[00:28:01] So I'm just going to add a picture,

[00:28:02] just a random one that I have here,

[00:28:04] but any random one, but just a random one.

[00:28:07] Right. That's what I do, too.

[00:28:08] I just have a generic picture.

[00:28:10] Yeah. And then so just get like the title.

[00:28:13] Let's say like right there.

[00:28:14] So I just put it a picture and then just the category right there.

[00:28:17] And then I'm just going to put like title jewelry unboxing.

[00:28:23] OK.

[00:28:24] And then description as shown that I'm going to put like

[00:28:27] then you can just put whatever description that's pretty.

[00:28:31] Yeah.

[00:28:32] I believe people should know all that already.

[00:28:35] And then here it is the part.

[00:28:38] This is the where the magic I'll say.

[00:28:42] So where it is starting bead.

[00:28:44] You see where it's right there.

[00:28:46] There you go.

[00:28:47] So it's starting be right there.

[00:28:49] Right. You see.

[00:28:50] Uh huh.

[00:28:51] There you can put whatever amount you want to start your options on.

[00:28:56] Let's say you want to.

[00:28:57] I put my I put mine for three bucks.

[00:29:01] And then this is the part right here.

[00:29:04] You see how where it says quantity.

[00:29:06] Quantity.

[00:29:07] Yes.

[00:29:08] OK.

[00:29:08] Right there.

[00:29:09] OK. So how many I how many options

[00:29:12] are you planning to run on your shelves?

[00:29:14] Let's say I like myself I put like 350.

[00:29:18] Usually I right now I'm doing a little other

[00:29:20] because just this I am like going a little slower.

[00:29:22] But let's say I'm going to do 350.

[00:29:25] And then over here is going to ask you.

[00:29:29] If you want to do individually or you want to do like a whole amount

[00:29:34] and I usually just leave the whole amount

[00:29:35] because I can just press next.

[00:29:37] Oh OK.

[00:29:38] Just like continue it like it's going to be like

[00:29:41] one two three four five and then just.

[00:29:44] OK so I'm just going to put just 350 and then.

[00:29:49] Let me see.

[00:29:50] Do I have everything that I need?

[00:29:53] I guess I'm OK.

[00:29:54] Cheaping profile and then the chipping.

[00:29:55] OK there you go.

[00:29:57] Then I guess you put like whatever amount

[00:29:59] you want for all your listings and I put three ounces

[00:30:03] because that's what I usually use because it's small stuff.

[00:30:05] So doesn't have to be too heavy.

[00:30:09] So and then I just publish right there

[00:30:13] and I created the listing for the show.

[00:30:16] So what I do when I what I do whenever I start doing the show

[00:30:20] so I'm just going to run that.

[00:30:23] I'm just going to run that option.

[00:30:24] One listing right.

[00:30:26] Just one listing but you're going to have 350 into one in quantity.

[00:30:30] Amazing because you don't have to do it in each individually.

[00:30:33] Yes I was doing it the other way because you know how it says.

[00:30:38] It gives you that option.

[00:30:40] Do you want to make a hundred of this same listing.

[00:30:43] Yeah.

[00:30:44] So that's how I do it.

[00:30:45] So I have jewelry item number one jewelry item number two jewelry item

[00:30:49] number three so that way I'll have a hundred listings

[00:30:54] as opposed to you having one listing with the quantity of a hundred.

[00:30:58] Yeah.

[00:30:59] So I don't know which one which way is better to do it.

[00:31:02] I've used this one and I for me it just works best

[00:31:05] just because I just press next

[00:31:09] and it just goes to the next listing

[00:31:11] and it just kind of goes in order like one two three

[00:31:14] four five six seven and they just I don't have to be

[00:31:17] clicking into the it automatically just goes into the other one.

[00:31:22] And I think when I did the other one

[00:31:24] for me it was just a little more confusing.

[00:31:26] But I mean it's just whatever works for you.

[00:31:28] I mean maybe for you the other way works better

[00:31:31] and then for me this way works better.

[00:31:34] So just you know try both like try that one

[00:31:38] like like how I am doing it or how I did it

[00:31:41] and then see how it works or see how you like it

[00:31:44] because you might like this one better or then you'll be like

[00:31:46] oh you know what I didn't like that I like the other one better

[00:31:49] the one that I've been using.

[00:31:50] So I just go out and see which one do you like the best.

[00:31:54] Yeah because because I I I learned from you to

[00:32:00] like like let's say I run an auction jewelry item number one

[00:32:03] someone buys it then I know because I do the same thing

[00:32:07] I have little baggies and then I put number one on that baggie.

[00:32:11] So I know this is item number one that sold

[00:32:14] and then I put that aside and then now I'm running item

[00:32:16] number two and then on the baggie I write number two

[00:32:19] and I know that was item number two.

[00:32:21] So that way I keep track when it's time to ship

[00:32:24] because I don't want to mix anything up.

[00:32:27] Especially with stuff especially jewelry is small.

[00:32:30] So sometimes I will also recommend just how I do it.

[00:32:34] Like I write the name of the of the seller

[00:32:38] sorry the buyer and then then and then the number just double right.

[00:32:44] Yeah. But I mean it's whatever works for you.

[00:32:46] Some people don't need like and you might

[00:32:50] are you might be OK just with the number.

[00:32:53] Yeah. Now do you print out a packing slip.

[00:32:57] Yes. You do. OK.

[00:32:59] See because I don't know how do you know.

[00:33:03] Like with the scanning thing or with the.

[00:33:06] No like like if they buy 10 items or whatever

[00:33:10] I just put all 10 items in the box or envelope whatever.

[00:33:14] And then I print out the shipping label and that's it.

[00:33:16] I don't. That's pretty much.

[00:33:18] Yeah. That's pretty much how I do it as well.

[00:33:20] But but you don't print out the separate packing slip to go inside.

[00:33:25] Oh no no no no no like I you know it's it's I mean

[00:33:29] if let's say if a buyer buys 20 items in the same show

[00:33:35] so everything goes in there's going to be 20 little baggies with numbers.

[00:33:40] Yes. Everything is going to be into one package

[00:33:43] and with one shipping label and they're going to get it.

[00:33:46] OK. So you do it the same way.

[00:33:48] Yeah. Because I don't I mean unless somebody asked for a packing slip.

[00:33:52] Yeah. I really don't because I I don't know.

[00:33:55] I feel like it's kind of a waste. It's a waste.

[00:33:57] I don't really you do it as well just to see

[00:34:00] you know what you want to keep your costs.

[00:34:03] You know the shipping shipping

[00:34:04] slips the shipping labels are expensive.

[00:34:07] I mean yeah. The ink is too.

[00:34:09] Like the ink for the printer.

[00:34:12] Also if you don't have a thermal printer get one

[00:34:16] because that's a really like a 60 70 dollar investment

[00:34:19] and it's going to save you so much money on ink.

[00:34:22] Yeah. And time to run time because you know

[00:34:25] because well the other ones you have to kind of.

[00:34:29] I used to do that at the beginning and then yeah.

[00:34:33] Then you have to tape it on and all that stuff.

[00:34:36] So so get a thermal printer.

[00:34:39] All right. So for my friend that's what I need to get next.

[00:34:43] OK. So all right.

[00:34:45] So you talk about you have big piles

[00:34:49] and in tons and tons of jewelry.

[00:34:52] So let's talk about how you how you get your jewelry

[00:34:55] or how you source whatever you want to share

[00:34:58] as it relates to making sure you have enough inventory

[00:35:02] to do your shows. Yeah.

[00:35:03] So you want to at least have like if you want to do weekly

[00:35:08] shows you need to at least have I'll say two through weeks

[00:35:12] of backup like you know jewelry that you have to run through.

[00:35:18] So like how I tell people my shows because a lot of people come

[00:35:22] and ask you know where do you get your jewelry.

[00:35:24] And that's like that a lot of our all sellers we are not going

[00:35:27] to disclose where we get or right or stuff.

[00:35:31] But like one thing that I tell people is like Google is your best friend.

[00:35:35] Google is friend Google.

[00:35:39] Both jewelry you know pounds of jewelry I've seen

[00:35:45] in other platforms of people's sales.

[00:35:47] So make sure that you go to state sales.

[00:35:50] Make sure that you go to auction houses.

[00:35:52] Make sure that you you know like you know do a lot of research

[00:35:57] and and you know it took me a while to get there

[00:36:02] to find resources.

[00:36:04] And I think the more that the more that you do it

[00:36:07] and the more that you focus into getting I think that the more

[00:36:10] that you are going to find places where you're going to when

[00:36:15] you're going to get it. But for sure like you know

[00:36:19] you know online I'll say online and then if you have time

[00:36:23] on the weekends like go to state sales and your sales

[00:36:28] and fully markets and and everywhere really

[00:36:33] everywhere yeah everywhere they yeah.

[00:36:36] Yeah because I know for me and and it'll it'll very depending

[00:36:39] on where you live like what you find in Florida I may not find

[00:36:43] I live in Vegas I may not find that here in vice versa.

[00:36:46] So you really have to become knowledgeable about what is

[00:36:50] available in your area.

[00:36:52] Yeah you're going to source locally.

[00:36:55] I mean if you're going to source online I guess it doesn't

[00:36:57] matter but I think everybody should at least have one source

[00:37:02] that's local to them because sometimes because you don't want

[00:37:06] to rely on only only one auction house or only one I don't know

[00:37:11] thrift store whatever.

[00:37:13] Yeah.

[00:37:14] You do want to have like several places or several options

[00:37:17] that you want to sorry that you want to get your your

[00:37:22] jewelry but like definitely that that's something that

[00:37:26] you need to you know do some research and then that's

[00:37:30] something that you constantly just like any other store you

[00:37:33] know they have to be like any other business like let's say

[00:37:36] plumbing business a carpentry business they have to be

[00:37:39] buying like looking for stuff where do they have what they

[00:37:42] need.

[00:37:43] So the same is the business you know you have to look

[00:37:45] for stuff and and you're not going to go like some like

[00:37:49] let's say like if there is a carpentry shop here or a

[00:37:55] plumber shop or whatever and then you're though they're not

[00:37:58] going to go and be like going to another shop and ask them

[00:38:00] oh where are you getting your stuff.

[00:38:02] Right.

[00:38:03] Maybe I mean I don't know I'm just saying but but yeah so

[00:38:07] you kind of have to they I'm pretty sure that they kind

[00:38:10] of have to do the research and kind of like go and get

[00:38:12] their you know and kind of keep keep looking to where

[00:38:16] see where they can find the stuff that they need for

[00:38:19] their business and I think it's the same with jewelry and

[00:38:22] and and I will say like if you say sell jewelry I mean

[00:38:28] I mean go online and see like maybe wholesalers like

[00:38:33] older like wholesalers that people that do wholesale

[00:38:36] maybe and whatnot.

[00:38:38] You can also find people that sell like bolts of jewelry

[00:38:42] and also one thing that I want to tell the people

[00:38:44] is like if you buy stuff to resell do not expect everything

[00:38:48] that you're going to get that is going to be resellable

[00:38:51] especially jewelry so do not get discouraged when one time

[00:38:54] that you get something and then you might not get your

[00:38:57] money because it will happen.

[00:38:59] So as part of the business sometimes you make money.

[00:39:02] I mean right now thank you Jesus and praise God you

[00:39:05] know like I got to a point that you know I kind of go

[00:39:07] good at like getting stuff and some pretty much like

[00:39:11] you know like able to make a profit but at the beginning

[00:39:16] you know like yes so I'm going to real quick just share

[00:39:20] like one time I spent I think like a thousand seven hundred

[00:39:24] and a really large lot of jewelry and I think I

[00:39:27] only made like six hundred dollars back.

[00:39:30] Oh yeah.

[00:39:32] So it does happen so yeah so it does happen so it's

[00:39:37] like or if you buy from someone like don't think

[00:39:39] that because that's why I said like you see that I

[00:39:43] sell like the large lots as junk.

[00:39:46] That's one of the reasons as well because maybe some

[00:39:48] people want it for for reselling so just because

[00:39:55] I had oh everything that I got from you junk or it's

[00:39:58] no good or stuff so it's part of the business

[00:40:02] you know especially in especially us that we buy

[00:40:06] like pre-owned stuff or like you or like stuff like

[00:40:10] that that we don't know what it is like so if you're

[00:40:13] going to come into these into this business you

[00:40:16] know be prepared for that you know yeah sometimes

[00:40:19] it's a give and take and and it just takes

[00:40:23] practice and it just takes like knowledge you

[00:40:26] know you get better with time it's like any

[00:40:28] other thing in life like you practice you

[00:40:31] practice you practice and then you get better

[00:40:33] with time and then you get better with time until

[00:40:35] you become you know like a like a sport like

[00:40:39] people that play sports yeah they yeah

[00:40:42] people go to the gym right as well.

[00:40:44] Yes, yes I mean there's definitely a learning

[00:40:47] curve and there's because I've had bad buys

[00:40:53] too you're not the only one.

[00:40:55] Yeah I bought some stuff and I've you know

[00:40:58] basically wasted my money but you know luckily it

[00:41:01] doesn't happen that much anymore but in the

[00:41:04] beginning I made some mistakes too or or I

[00:41:07] just didn't know you know I didn't know what

[00:41:09] I was doing really so I think I think

[00:41:13] everybody kind of goes through that like you

[00:41:15] said in the beginning because you're

[00:41:17] you're still learning.

[00:41:18] Part of learning yes it's like children are

[00:41:21] learning how to walk you know like they

[00:41:23] learned and they fall and then they get

[00:41:25] better and then they fall again and then

[00:41:26] they get better than like they're able to

[00:41:28] walk.

[00:41:30] Yeah yeah well I'm glad you shared that

[00:41:32] because I think that's going to make a lot

[00:41:34] of people feel like less I guess you know

[00:41:39] bad because then they know okay I'm not the

[00:41:43] only one that had that happened to them.

[00:41:46] Yeah and if you ask other sellers especially

[00:41:50] the ones that buy pallets I'm pretty sure

[00:41:51] they will tell you the same thing you

[00:41:53] know like that they bought something that

[00:41:56] it was not worth like whatever they pay

[00:41:58] for but I mean it's part of business

[00:42:01] and the amazing thing with that is like

[00:42:04] the learning experience and then that's

[00:42:07] kind of you that's kind of how you like

[00:42:09] you're looking for something but then

[00:42:13] like okay so that wasn't the place so

[00:42:16] I'm gonna try some somewhere else and

[00:42:17] then you keep trying you keep trying

[00:42:19] you keep trying until you find the

[00:42:22] place what is reliable for you and then

[00:42:24] it works for you yeah so but it does

[00:42:27] happen so.

[00:42:28] Yeah yeah so don't be afraid everyone you

[00:42:32] know you're gonna have to you're gonna

[00:42:34] have to take the the bad in with the

[00:42:37] good.

[00:42:38] It's like no it's not everything

[00:42:42] it's not all wins you know if you

[00:42:45] didn't lose you wouldn't know what it

[00:42:47] is to win so sometimes you're gonna

[00:42:50] take some losses but then like

[00:42:52] you're gonna have a lot of wins so

[00:42:54] you're gonna enjoy the wins more

[00:42:57] because okay I had this loss but now

[00:42:59] I have this win so.

[00:43:01] Yes yes so true and the other thing

[00:43:04] too that I know a lot of resellers do

[00:43:07] they source on what not.

[00:43:11] You know so at least you can kind of

[00:43:14] see what you're buying you know.

[00:43:17] Exactly yeah as opposed to just

[00:43:19] buying a random lot or box some from

[00:43:24] somewhere and you don't even get to

[00:43:25] see really everything that's in it so

[00:43:27] so that's an idea too is if you're a

[00:43:31] reseller and you're looking to get

[00:43:33] started maybe try sourcing on what not

[00:43:35] and see if you can find something

[00:43:36] there.

[00:43:37] Well they can try all their other

[00:43:39] platforms I've seen like on eBay or

[00:43:44] even yeah eBay I've sourced on eBay

[00:43:46] before and even like a postmark

[00:43:49] mercury I've seen as well they do

[00:43:52] have so also one thing that I would

[00:43:55] recommend people get no try to get

[00:43:59] yourself familiar with jewelry learn

[00:44:03] about metals learn learn I'm not there

[00:44:06] yet but yeah if you're passionate

[00:44:09] about it like do try to learn about

[00:44:11] stones about metals about gemstones

[00:44:16] about pieces of jewelry because if you

[00:44:19] don't know you might have you might

[00:44:21] buy like let's say like this one that I

[00:44:24] go whenever I like I think last weekend

[00:44:28] that I was sorting so this is an MMA

[00:44:32] MMA little pendant so if you don't know

[00:44:37] what it is this is a metropolitan

[00:44:38] metropolitan museum of art I believe

[00:44:41] mm-hmm it's worth I think like if I'm

[00:44:45] not mistaken it's worth like I'm not

[00:44:48] like 40 50 bucks even 60 bucks so yeah

[00:44:52] so if you don't know people will run it

[00:44:56] for just you know what five bucks okay

[00:44:59] here go five bucks so do learn so do so

[00:45:02] do do your research about items and

[00:45:05] sometimes you might find one item that

[00:45:08] will pay for your whole box yes always

[00:45:12] always what I try to do I try to find

[00:45:14] one thing in the entire lot that will

[00:45:17] pay for it all yeah and learn about buy

[00:45:21] your test kit for sterling silver for

[00:45:24] mm-hmm for gold if you don't have it yet

[00:45:28] like by your presidium gemstest I mean

[00:45:31] they're a little bit they're pricey but

[00:45:33] if you want to do this as a business

[00:45:35] you have to do the investment so you

[00:45:38] can you know you have like better

[00:45:44] how would I say this you're gonna be

[00:45:49] more reliable or more to people that

[00:45:52] they're gonna be okay no she's she knows

[00:45:53] that she's testing stuff and she's not

[00:45:55] like selling stuff that is not what

[00:45:57] she's saying that it is so and also

[00:46:00] that's gonna be one way that you are

[00:46:02] keeping stuff that is worth more money

[00:46:07] and that is gonna make you more money

[00:46:09] and not selling it for like you know

[00:46:11] what 20 30 bucks something that is real

[00:46:13] gold that you could have you could have

[00:46:15] sell for 200 bucks because he was a 14k

[00:46:19] 14k gold you know so I found these and

[00:46:25] I'm just showing you I found this bracelet

[00:46:26] right here this one is 18k gold so

[00:46:30] imagine if I wouldn't know if I

[00:46:33] wouldn't know that this is real gold

[00:46:35] I could have just sold it okay for

[00:46:38] like 40 bucks or 50 but I don't know

[00:46:41] maybe like 20 30 bucks five bucks and

[00:46:44] this is here like you know like seven

[00:46:46] grams or of gold so right now yeah all

[00:46:50] these well and it's funny you say that

[00:46:53] because I've done that before where I

[00:46:55] didn't know and I sold something way too

[00:46:57] cheap again I think everybody's gonna

[00:47:00] make that mistake too yeah I mean I

[00:47:03] won't make it again but I've done it

[00:47:05] yeah but but that's something that I

[00:47:07] will advise to new new sellers like get

[00:47:11] acquainted with learning how to test

[00:47:15] sterling silver gold jewelry recognizing

[00:47:19] your stone like most stuff like try to

[00:47:23] find a real gold pieces and real

[00:47:26] real gold pieces and real silver pieces

[00:47:29] and compare them to custom jewelry

[00:47:32] because you are gonna get to a point

[00:47:34] that you can you're that you're able

[00:47:35] to recognize real jewelry from a custom

[00:47:39] jewelry but just looking at the material

[00:47:41] and that's what you want that's what you

[00:47:43] want to get to that point if you're

[00:47:45] dealing with jewelry because that way

[00:47:46] if you're dealing with a lot of jewelry

[00:47:48] then you can focus in volume because

[00:47:51] you can I mean I'm still I still like

[00:47:53] sometimes like I sell the junk and I

[00:47:56] saw like I left like a little 14k gold

[00:48:00] like little cross now it's like sold

[00:48:03] already you cannot touch it leave it

[00:48:05] yeah so I mean like it was no man it was

[00:48:09] not meant to be for me was to meant to

[00:48:10] be for that person about it so right

[00:48:13] but that's something that I would

[00:48:16] recommend like get a coin you know like

[00:48:18] do your research like if there is any

[00:48:22] writing in the jewelry make sure that

[00:48:24] you Google it you get information and

[00:48:27] then do it like as much as you can

[00:48:30] so that way if you find that piece

[00:48:33] again you already know how much is

[00:48:34] worth and then you kind of have that

[00:48:37] like bank information you know your

[00:48:41] brain and be like and that's kind of I

[00:48:43] think that's kind of how I I guess how

[00:48:47] I do the large lots because I just you

[00:48:50] know I go really fast and I just

[00:48:53] because I've been doing it for a while

[00:48:55] so yeah all right so how do you

[00:49:00] how do you organize all the jewelry

[00:49:03] because I see you have beautiful

[00:49:04] displays behind you but I know you

[00:49:07] because I've watched your shows and I've

[00:49:08] I've seen when you show you have like

[00:49:10] these big bins just full of all over

[00:49:14] your room so how do you so I do have

[00:49:16] all that like all this stuff like if

[00:49:18] you want to get like stuff like that

[00:49:20] it gets just those like the the wood

[00:49:23] ones I mean like the white ones I got

[00:49:25] those like I think in in I think it

[00:49:31] knows okay knows and then I just you

[00:49:35] know and I just and those are not for

[00:49:37] jewelry those are for for you buy this

[00:49:41] little boxes that you put inside and

[00:49:43] it's like to put stuff in it

[00:49:45] mm-hmm like oh this this one would

[00:49:47] this would work for for it to put

[00:49:49] like displays right there so I kind of

[00:49:51] just bought those and those are like

[00:49:54] then I had the other one there's just a

[00:49:56] shelf and then I just bought those

[00:50:00] busts right there and then I just put

[00:50:02] everything in there and then those little

[00:50:04] ones right there I think I even got

[00:50:06] them at the dollar store also do not

[00:50:09] underestimate thrifting because trick

[00:50:11] stores because you find so much cool

[00:50:13] trick store stuff yeah that's where I

[00:50:15] found a lot of my jewelry displays at

[00:50:17] the thrift store yeah that is from a

[00:50:20] trick store that that beautiful lady

[00:50:22] right there and that what else and that

[00:50:25] one right there so now is that all your

[00:50:28] jewelry that you have for sale the stuff

[00:50:30] that's on your displays everything yeah

[00:50:32] everything is just right now I have it

[00:50:34] there right now because I'm going so much

[00:50:36] on the stuff that I have in front

[00:50:38] so I guess now the back it's I just have

[00:50:40] it there for people so it looks nice

[00:50:42] on the back house yeah it is really

[00:50:45] pretty yeah so and then and then but

[00:50:49] yeah a lot of the stuff that I have

[00:50:50] there it just I have it for sale as well

[00:50:53] but I'm like I'm gonna post it sometime

[00:50:55] I'm gonna post it

[00:50:57] it's like a good platform you know it's

[00:50:59] like more of my like like more nicer or

[00:51:03] like designer pieces and stuff but

[00:51:07] I'm hoping to get to the point you

[00:51:08] know like okay I have a day or two to

[00:51:11] just focus and listing and yeah I

[00:51:13] struggle with that too because

[00:51:15] you know it's so easy to do the

[00:51:17] auctions you don't really have to do

[00:51:19] too much yeah but but I don't really

[00:51:22] list pieces on my or in the marketplace

[00:51:26] or whatever as by now I don't really do

[00:51:29] that but but the people at whatnot

[00:51:32] they said you should have some listings

[00:51:34] oh yeah I saw people can come by

[00:51:37] so they don't people who can't make it

[00:51:39] to the auction or can't make it to

[00:51:41] your live show

[00:51:42] so do you do that too like um

[00:51:45] I have not done that I think I do have

[00:51:49] some least some listings there just

[00:51:51] because I I think I brought them from my

[00:51:56] from my from my eBay account whenever

[00:52:00] so I'm gonna brought them from eBay to

[00:52:03] to what not and then that's why I have

[00:52:06] them and I sold like I think I sold

[00:52:07] like two two items on marketplace

[00:52:10] and whatnot so yeah it's a good

[00:52:12] idea and I want to get to that point

[00:52:14] you know of having a lot of listings

[00:52:17] and if you go to other sellers that sell

[00:52:18] jewelry as well they do have that and

[00:52:23] what I've seen what I've seen the other

[00:52:25] sellers do their most expensive stuff

[00:52:27] like the really nice designer stuff or

[00:52:31] 14 karat gold or diamond stuff they

[00:52:34] go into the buy now and then people

[00:52:37] when people are watching the shows they

[00:52:38] can always go to your store and

[00:52:40] maybe they don't see anything that

[00:52:42] they like in the show but then they see

[00:52:45] something they like in your buy now and

[00:52:47] yeah that's right that's right okay see

[00:52:50] so I'm like you I'm gonna have to set

[00:52:52] some time aside to just to just listen

[00:52:54] I have told myself you know we all

[00:52:57] we always we we all need to improve in

[00:52:59] in some area in our life so that's

[00:53:01] something myself I am you know trying

[00:53:04] to work on and get more but I love

[00:53:07] my junk stuff yeah it's so much fun

[00:53:10] isn't it all right well before we

[00:53:16] before we close out before I let you go

[00:53:19] tell me what like what your future plans

[00:53:23] are as it relates to your jewelry

[00:53:25] reselling career like do you I know you

[00:53:28] said you want to get back on ebay or

[00:53:30] maybe posh mark but do you have any

[00:53:32] other goals or plans as it relates

[00:53:35] to your jewelry reselling yeah so

[00:53:37] basically like I want to do it like I

[00:53:39] want to you know grow more I want to

[00:53:43] actually you know like if I'm selling

[00:53:47] if I'm selling like like two days I want

[00:53:50] to go to sell like maybe five days and

[00:53:54] not only on on not only one but also

[00:53:59] maybe on posh mark and or maybe even

[00:54:03] at some point have my own online store

[00:54:06] with yes like that would be that would be

[00:54:10] my goal right there and just like maybe

[00:54:13] have somebody else help me like train

[00:54:15] somebody else to do shows and maybe in

[00:54:19] the future sell another categories maybe

[00:54:22] bags or you know but yeah but that's

[00:54:26] pretty much you know I'm really

[00:54:28] looking forward to growing my my shows

[00:54:31] at least get more than just two shows

[00:54:34] a week for sure yeah yeah well I mean I

[00:54:38] I totally agree with you like I would

[00:54:40] love to just do live shows five days a

[00:54:43] week like like a full-time job but I

[00:54:47] just don't have I don't have enough

[00:54:50] inventory to keep that up right

[00:54:54] because you would need to source a lot

[00:54:56] yeah to do five shows a week especially

[00:54:59] as long as your shows are yeah so I

[00:55:03] would have to figure out how I'm going to

[00:55:04] get enough inventory to sustain that

[00:55:08] yeah and that's that's the part when

[00:55:10] where you know the sourcing then I guess

[00:55:13] you want to get into um into sourcing

[00:55:17] first and try to get like where like a

[00:55:20] reliable place where you can buy your

[00:55:21] stuff at and um by books by bolts of

[00:55:27] jewelry like try try even maybe there

[00:55:31] is like just like do buy four pounds buy

[00:55:34] pounds of jewelry and try one seller I

[00:55:37] mean you can always spare like a hundred

[00:55:40] 150 bucks maybe hopefully I mean I don't

[00:55:42] know but and then um and then and then

[00:55:47] get it and go through it and see if it

[00:55:49] was worth your money yeah and and then

[00:55:52] go from there and if that didn't work

[00:55:54] then try I mean even if those kind of

[00:55:56] you know I do get it because 150 bucks

[00:55:59] and then if you don't I mean I do

[00:56:00] get it but I mean yeah in the beginning

[00:56:03] it's hard because you're not making

[00:56:04] money yet

[00:56:06] well but like but like I said like

[00:56:09] uh always do your research on items

[00:56:12] because if you don't do the research

[00:56:14] uh you might think that you didn't get

[00:56:16] anything good in the boxes and you

[00:56:19] actually did get something good but

[00:56:20] you didn't know what it was so that

[00:56:23] something you know like um just get

[00:56:25] acquainted with uh with with with

[00:56:29] jewelry like um learn about uh real gold

[00:56:35] about silver because for me that's

[00:56:38] that's my I mean I do sell the the the

[00:56:40] custom jewelry but for me my main um

[00:56:45] my main focus and what I'm looking into

[00:56:47] all this jewelry is the nuggets yes

[00:56:51] is the nuggets is the gold and the

[00:56:53] silver because that's the that's

[00:56:55] where the where the money is

[00:56:58] gonna be and not only that so like so

[00:57:01] your your gold and your silver that's

[00:57:03] something that is gonna like uh

[00:57:05] retain the the value you know like

[00:57:08] that's hard hard cash pretty much I'll

[00:57:11] say yeah and that that you can sell it

[00:57:14] and either into a um and then also one

[00:57:17] thing like a lot of people do not know

[00:57:20] uh and this is uh just a lot of people

[00:57:23] don't know they do not go and sell

[00:57:25] your gold and silver to stores and say

[00:57:28] we buy gold and silver find a refinery

[00:57:31] yes so do find a refinery that pay you

[00:57:36] market price value market price yeah

[00:57:40] value right for you for your for

[00:57:42] gram and for silver so whatever is

[00:57:44] going on on the market that's how much

[00:57:46] you're paying for gram and then not

[00:57:48] you're not getting you're not only

[00:57:50] getting paid like 80 percent of the

[00:57:52] real value or 70 percent or it's even

[00:57:55] maybe isn't 60 percent of some places so

[00:57:57] yeah yeah may have a lot of refineries

[00:58:01] online now too so if you don't have one

[00:58:03] in your city or in your area there are

[00:58:07] a few online um I've tried one that I

[00:58:12] would not recommend so so um but yeah

[00:58:16] again you would have to do your

[00:58:17] research too I'm gonna tell you the

[00:58:19] one that I use that are the one that

[00:58:21] I use it's in it's in New York and

[00:58:23] it's called Manhattan gold and silver

[00:58:25] okay that's not the one I went the one

[00:58:27] that I don't recommend is is it's called

[00:58:29] Midwest refineries oh um some some

[00:58:34] people have had really good luck there

[00:58:36] but I I sent some stuff in and I was I

[00:58:40] felt like I got ripped off so yeah

[00:58:43] with the one that I'm telling you uh

[00:58:45] you actually go online and you um

[00:58:49] you print an invoice mm-hmm so you

[00:58:52] print an invoice or like a an estimate

[00:58:54] of whatever amount that they're gonna pay

[00:58:56] you and then of course one day get it in

[00:58:59] and maybe you messed up and not everything

[00:59:01] that you sent was real gold or or silver

[00:59:04] and then it might change a bit but so far

[00:59:08] everything what I've sold is just been

[00:59:10] oh maybe a hundred bucks or even sometimes

[00:59:13] even more of what I thought I was gonna

[00:59:16] I was gonna do that uh for for golden

[00:59:20] silver and and I don't know is there like

[00:59:24] is there anything else that you want to

[00:59:26] ask me I don't know I mean I feel like

[00:59:28] we could talk about this all day

[00:59:29] because I love jewelry and I love I love

[00:59:33] doing live shows to sell my jewelry

[00:59:35] and those are the two things that you

[00:59:37] love to do too so

[00:59:40] so but um but like I said I've been

[00:59:42] doing mostly posh mark live and I've

[00:59:45] been doing really well there that's

[00:59:46] why I haven't been doing what not as

[00:59:48] much but now that I'm talking to you

[00:59:50] now you've got me all fired up about

[00:59:53] going and trying what not again because

[00:59:56] like I said I was having a really hard

[00:59:58] time getting momentum over there because

[01:00:01] it was hard for me to get people in my

[01:00:02] shows and on posh mark I don't have that

[01:00:05] problem

[01:00:05] like then um on posh mark there's not as

[01:00:08] much as much competition exactly so

[01:00:11] posh mark is only

[01:00:13] and I don't I don't know how yeah so

[01:00:19] there's not as much competition on

[01:00:21] on posh mark and a lot of other a lot of

[01:00:24] people selling but but again um do not

[01:00:28] give up like just try it like do at least

[01:00:30] once a week like do your posh marks and

[01:00:32] then like do once a week and then

[01:00:35] do like maybe one two hours and then

[01:00:37] and you know you did not go back to

[01:00:39] and the same day do your show in

[01:00:41] posh mark and don't know yeah that's what

[01:00:43] I was doing

[01:00:44] yeah keep going and and you know you will

[01:00:47] get momentum and just uh you know and

[01:00:50] then you you'll get the uh uh your

[01:00:53] buyers you know they you need to be like

[01:00:56] uh that's what I learned that's what I

[01:00:58] saw on what not that you need to be

[01:01:00] a constant like constant on yes why

[01:01:03] not yeah consistent and and the funny

[01:01:07] thing is is I don't I can't do my

[01:01:09] shows when you're doing your shows

[01:01:10] because then nobody comes to my show

[01:01:14] because there is there is there is

[01:01:17] buyers for everyone because I see you

[01:01:19] know yes you're right shows this is

[01:01:21] where I see all my shows because when

[01:01:23] people are ready people rate me like

[01:01:26] they only stay for I okay I have like

[01:01:30] uh 70 viewers or 80 viewers or 60

[01:01:32] viewers and then somebody rate me

[01:01:34] with like 60 viewers and then now I

[01:01:36] have like 100 and something and then

[01:01:38] like like 20 minutes later I already

[01:01:41] have the same ones that I was so

[01:01:43] people I guess they get like they

[01:01:47] they they have like the people that

[01:01:49] they like and yeah that's I guess

[01:01:52] that's just like somebody likes to

[01:01:54] chop up a target some other people like

[01:01:57] to chop up one or some other people

[01:01:59] like to chop up you know other places

[01:02:01] so I guess that's again so that's

[01:02:04] something you know even though like

[01:02:06] I might be there but maybe some people

[01:02:09] want to want to watch you

[01:02:12] well I hope they do eventually I hope

[01:02:15] they do

[01:02:18] all right so any more final tips I mean

[01:02:22] it doesn't have to be what not specific

[01:02:25] but anything for jewelry because

[01:02:30] I don't know I always feel like

[01:02:33] you know because there's so much to

[01:02:35] learn and then the more I learn the

[01:02:37] more I realize how much I don't know

[01:02:40] right so I feel like I feel like there's

[01:02:43] just there's so much and and people have

[01:02:45] told me that when they get started

[01:02:47] doing this they get so overwhelmed

[01:02:49] because there's so much there's vintage

[01:02:52] jewelry there's antique jewelry there's

[01:02:53] fine jewelry there's contemporary

[01:02:56] modern jewelry right so and and one

[01:03:00] thing I will say just go with the

[01:03:01] flow enjoy it don't do it

[01:03:04] cut up with like oh you know why I don't

[01:03:06] know what this is then I'm I you know

[01:03:08] sometimes I don't know what things are

[01:03:10] like I just be like okay this is it

[01:03:12] this is what I'm selling you know what

[01:03:14] it is here is if you like it take it

[01:03:16] it's yours like that's you know like

[01:03:19] you don't have to be an expert I mean

[01:03:21] I do recommend on the golden silver

[01:03:23] and then on the designer items to

[01:03:25] that way you get a better chance of

[01:03:28] getting your money back so you're not

[01:03:30] like just buying a box for 300 400

[01:03:33] 500 bucks or whatever you might you how

[01:03:37] much you pay for your stuff or more you

[01:03:39] know like thousands of I don't know how

[01:03:40] much people pay for their stuff

[01:03:46] but if let's say you you got that one

[01:03:50] item in your stuff that is going to

[01:03:52] pay for your box or it's going to give

[01:03:54] you like some money and then you

[01:03:56] don't know what it is and then you

[01:03:57] sell it for five bucks ten bucks

[01:04:00] because you didn't know what it was

[01:04:02] so that right there is what I am and

[01:04:05] always have your phone your phone yeah

[01:04:07] Google image yes like your best friend as

[01:04:11] well yes yes thank you technology

[01:04:15] yes so so yeah that as well you know

[01:04:19] always a google image because that helps

[01:04:21] me a lot as well like identifying

[01:04:24] items so you take a screen take a

[01:04:27] picture and then a google image and

[01:04:29] then then you will find the items so

[01:04:32] that way and then always do research

[01:04:36] about stuff so that way you become more

[01:04:38] knowledgeable about jewelry in general

[01:04:41] and like like you were saying do not

[01:04:44] do not get overwhelmed do not get discouraged

[01:04:47] uh you will learn at your own pace and

[01:04:49] little by little and and it is a journey

[01:04:51] you know like I think

[01:04:54] you're never going to stop learning

[01:04:56] about jewelry just because there is so

[01:04:57] much of it from all over the world like

[01:05:00] each country has their own stuff that

[01:05:03] specialize on you know

[01:05:04] Colombia they got the emeralds like

[01:05:06] Africa got the the diamonds

[01:05:10] Mexico got has a sterling silver

[01:05:13] um so you know you will learn from

[01:05:17] so much stuff from all over so

[01:05:19] yes and Asia has jade right and like

[01:05:24] there's just so much from all over

[01:05:26] the world and so you will learn as you

[01:05:29] go and and and you know just

[01:05:33] keep going and and people always have a

[01:05:36] positive mindset as well always have

[01:05:38] positive mindset do not let like negative

[01:05:41] uh you know stuff discourage you do not

[01:05:44] let the opinions of all discourage you

[01:05:46] like focus and what you're doing I'm

[01:05:49] believing yourself believing that you

[01:05:51] can do it you know focus and what

[01:05:53] you're doing and and believe okay i'm

[01:05:55] doing this and i'm going to do the best

[01:05:57] that I can what i'm doing so

[01:06:00] that's something you know even if you

[01:06:01] have like a you know some shows and

[01:06:03] sometimes are not going to be that

[01:06:05] amazing but it's okay the the next one

[01:06:07] is going to be better so just do that

[01:06:09] as well you know have your mind uh

[01:06:12] then once you're done with the show

[01:06:13] you know what i'll be like okay maybe

[01:06:15] this one wasn't the best show but

[01:06:17] then tomorrow is going to be a best

[01:06:18] show and and you know that even if

[01:06:20] somebody comes to your show and says

[01:06:22] something mean or something nasty

[01:06:24] you know just like forget about it and

[01:06:26] be like you know what whatever and just

[01:06:28] like keep moving forward and keep doing

[01:06:29] your show and the next show and in the

[01:06:32] next show and the next show and yeah

[01:06:34] that's yeah

[01:06:36] aww thank you jivie it was so great it

[01:06:40] was so i mean i'm i'm such a fan girl

[01:06:44] hello

[01:06:45] of you so i just want to say thank

[01:06:47] you so much for having me and uh i

[01:06:50] enjoy it i i love meeting people and

[01:06:52] i'm you know i'm i'm thankful that god

[01:06:55] is allowing me you know to i was kind of

[01:06:57] nervous honestly when when you when you

[01:06:59] ask me oh yeah that's okay that's normal

[01:07:03] and i never done like an interview or

[01:07:05] something you know so um so i was like

[01:07:08] you know what i have to push myself

[01:07:10] as well and and also push yourself push

[01:07:12] yourself and and um and well i

[01:07:15] appreciate it so much you're welcome

[01:07:19] and i'm going to make sure so you

[01:07:21] guys can all follow jovie on what not

[01:07:23] and on instagram yes i'm going to put

[01:07:28] i'm gonna put her links uh in the show

[01:07:30] notes for this episode and i will also

[01:07:32] put her links in the description of

[01:07:35] this video on youtube awesome

[01:07:51] so

[01:08:21] you