Monday, December 29, 2025

Many Books Listed on eBay and Etsy

In the last 10 days, I have listed around 200 books total on eBay and Etsy, about half of them on each site.

Jennifer's Series Books on Etsy

Jennifer's Series Books on eBay

Reminder: I do not duplicate my listings across the two sites.  For instance, I have a copy of Nancy Drew #44 Crossword Cipher currently listed on each site.  Click on each image in order to see it at a higher resolution.

eBay:


Etsy:


It should be readily apparent that the listings offer two different books.  One book has a price sticker on the cover, and it looks to be in slightly worse condition.  The cover art is tinted differently on the two books.  Since I have a lot of extra Nancy Drew picture cover books, I like to list different extra copies on each site.

Aside from that situation, some series will always be listed on one site and never the other.  For instance, the Hardy Boys series will always go on eBay.  I also list more obscure one-off books and items on eBay in order to capture the wider audience.

I do quite well with most Nancy Drew books on Etsy, so the majority of my Nancy Drew books go there.  Likewise, I also list most Dana Girls, Judy Bolton, and Trixie Belden books on Etsy.

Earlier this year, I was a bit miffed when someone in one of the Facebook groups mentioned my eBay and Etsy stores and said that I have the same books listed on both sites.  I refrained from commenting, since I realized that it didn't matter what they thought.  Anyone who thinks that the listings are just duplicated has never really looked at my stores.  They won't ever purchase from me, so what they think is of no importance.

I am at about the end of what I will be listing for now.  The next time I list books will likely be during spring break.  January and February are usually really rough months.

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