Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club

November 9th Meeting Minutes

TheSellersClassroom — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 23:06:14 +0000

The November 9th meeting was held at the Montgomery Village Hall 200 N. River St. Montgomery, IL. The meeting was opened by Deb our club facilitator, who also had a correction to the club minutes from the Oct.5th meeting, that read underwear given at our Christmas party will be donated to the Hesed House in Aurora. It should have read that all donations will be given to all homeless shelters in Aurora.

TREASURE’S REPORT:

The treasure’s report was given by Jerry who reported that as of this meeting the club had a total of xxxx a motion was made by Shelly and 2nd. by Peggy to accept the correction to the minutes and the Treasure’s report. Motion carried.

ATTENDANCE:

The attendance for this meeting was 26 members and 1 guest.

NEW MEMBER:

Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club welcomes Cindy from Big Rock, IL.

OSWEGO RECYCLING EVENT:

A report was given be Sheri who was looking for volunteers to work on November 13 and December 11 at the Oswego Recycling Event to collect free packing material. Janice volunteered to work on Nov. 13th. and Jerry will work on Dec. 11th. Starting at 7:45 AM. to 11:00 AM.

MISSION STATEMENT:

A motion was made by Sheri to delete the underlined words in our Mission Statement because they are redundant. The Mission Statement will read;

The Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club exists to bring eBay sellers together to share their knowledge and experience. 2nd. by Maggie. Motion carried.

MEMBERSHIP FEE’S:

Membership fee’s for 2011 were discussed and voted on by the membership to increase to 12.00 for a single membership and 15.00 for a family, or you can bring a friend.

A person can attend two of our meetings free to decide if they want to join.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2011:

Nominations from the floor presented at the October meeting were;

Gayle, Facilitator

Jerry, Secretary & Treasure

Sheri, Publicity

Their where no additional nominations from the membership. A motion was made by Deb and 2nd. by Ellen. The membership voted unanimously for the nominated officers. The members also made and approved a motion that the club officers not pay any due’s for their membership.

TIDBIT TUESDAY:

Todays meeting was bits of information from club members that they have found helpful when selling on e-Bay.

NEXT MEETING:

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday December 7th.for our Christmas party at Fireside Grill 49 Sugar Lane, Suger Grove, IL. Don’t forgett to bring a wrapped gift of new underwear , any size, which we will exchange and give to the homeless shelters in Aurora.

The waitress will give separate checks.

Going Green with ECO Environmentally Conscious Oswego

TheSellersClassroom — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 05:31:16 +0000

November 17, 2010
OSWEGO ECO TAKES ON NEW RECYCLING EFFORT
The ECO Commission (Environmentally Conscious Oswego) has accepted the added responsibility of collecting packing materials on the second Saturday of each month at the same time that Electronics are collected. These collections are schedule from 8 until 11 am at the Public Works Facility, 100 Theodore Drive, Oswego.
Members of the Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club will assist at the ECO collections on the second Saturday of each month as well as serving as a drop-off point year round for people who wish to properly dispose of padded envelopes, bubble wrap, air pillows, foam wrap sheets, and packing peanuts. Contact Sheri Kohout, 630-640-7382, for information on where packing materials may be dropped off at other than the regularly scheduled ECO dates.
Acceptable electronics are TV’s, computer equipment of all kinds, phones, both cell and landline, and printer cartridges.
Everyone is encouraged to help in the important effort of keeping these bulky electronics and packing materials out of the landfills for the sake of us now and those who will follow!
Further inquiries may be directed to the Village of Oswego Community Relations department, 630-554-3618.

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TheSellersClassroom — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:25:46 +0000

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October 5, 2010 Meeting Minutes

TheSellersClassroom — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:57:47 +0000

The Oct 5th meeting was held at the Montgomery Village Hall 200 N. River St. Montgomery, IL and opened by Deb our club facilitator. An approval of the club minutes as posted on the website was approved by the members.

TREASURE’S REPORT

The treasure’s report was given by Jerry and he reported $30.00 in new membership fee’s were added to our club balance.

ATTENDANCE

The attendance for this meeting was 30 members and 9 guests.

NEW MEMBERS

The Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club Welcomes:

Bonnie from Montgomery

Doug also from Montgomery

Sheri said we will have a recap of Oswego’s recycle event at the November meeting.

Our annual Christmas party will be at the Fireside Grill in Sugar Grove on Tuesday December 7, 2010 at 6:00 PM.

Please bring a wrapped gift of new underwear, any size, which we will exchange and then give to the Hesed House in Aurora.

Always a fun time! Plan on coming.

Our special guest speaker tonight is Jim Griffith (Griff) and his colleague Amanda Thomas from eBay.

Griff’s topic was: Your In Business, Know Your Numbers. You cannot manage what you do not measure.

GMV gross merchandise volume. Cost of operations and goods.

Net Profit GMV minus all cost = profit.

Constant price watch the market place, research, and set the right price.

eBay metrics, ASP = average selling price.

Conversion = Sell Through Rate (STR) sold goods / unsold goods. Goal, Low or zero rates of unsold goods inventory.

Fixed price with best offer is like a reverse auction, engages the buyer, can result in a fast sale. Higher number of sold items.

Special speaker “Griff” from eBay this evening Oct 5th

TheSellersClassroom — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:53:07 +0000

FOX VALLEY eBay SELLERS CLUB

MEETING REMINDER

Tonight, Tuesday, October 5, 2010

7:00 PM at the Montgomery Village Hall

Special Guest Speaker Jim “Griff” Griffith and his colleage Amanda Thomas from eBay.

Please RSVP to Sheri 630.640.7382 or sheriko@sbcglobal.net if you are planning to attend.

Refreshments will be provided.

Thanks.

Deb

Meeting minutes September 2010

TheSellersClassroom — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 23:58:49 +0000

The meeting was held at the Montgomery Village Hall 200 N. River St. Montgomery, IL and opened by Deb, our club facilitator.

ATTENDANCE:

Our attendance for this meeting was 21.

NEW MEMBERS:

The Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club welcome’s our newest members:

Angela from Plano,IL.

Carole from Lockport, IL.

Elileen from Montgomery, IL.

Linda from Oswego, IL.

Mary from Montgomery, IL.

Michelle from Oswego, IL.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

The secretary’s report was given by Jerry who asked for a motion to accept the club minutes as posted to the clubs web site without any corrections or additions. Motion made by Nancy and Seconded by Shelley.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

The treasurer’s report was also given by Jerry and reported that since our last meeting there has been no change in the club treasury.

NEW BUSINESS:

Deb asked if members would like to have our annual Christmas party dinner at the Fireside Grill again, along with our charity gift exchange instead of our usual meeting. Jerry made a motion to accept and the motion was seconded by Jeanne.

Note that this will be on Tuesday December 7th. at 6:00 PM instead of our usual second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM. Mark your calendars and plan to be there. It’s always a fun time!

EBAY ON LOCATION:

Gayle showed us a slide presentation of some photos taken at eBay on location and told us about the event. Those who went commented on classes that were offered, seeing Griff in person, how valuable the networking was, using Facebook and Twitter to market your business and more.

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:

Deb said she would not be continuing as our club facilitator when her term is up the end of this year and asked for nominations or volunteers to take over her position. A suggestion was made by Deb that if no one volunteers, maybe one of us could facilitate one meeting a month and rotate 12 months between 12 of us or possibly merging with the eBay club in Elk Grove village. Gayle stepped up and said that she would take over as facilitator as long as some of the members would take turns giving the programs.

OPEN DISCUSSION:

We had a open discussion with insight from those who purchase wholesale items.

What do I sell ?

Were do I acquire merchandise ?

Financing wholesale purchases ? Kabbage ?

You can find best tips and best wholesale at skipmcgrath.com

The seller must research and educate themselves about the product they are selling. Find out what young people are buying because they know what’s hot. Use (google keywords) https://adwords.google.com/o/Targeting/Explorer?__u=1000000000&__c=1000000000&ideaRequestType=KEYWORD_IDEAS#search.none or (Terapeak) http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-3973577-10573492 for research.

NEXT MEETING:

We will be honored to have special guest speaker Jim Griffith (Griff) from eBay. He is Senior Manager of Seller Advocacy for eBay seller experience and he will speak on “know your numbers”.

NOTE: DATE CHANGE, Tuesday October 5, 2010 and will be at the Montgomery Village Hall Montgomery, IL as usual.

FOX VALLEY EBAY SELLERS CLUB MEETING AUGUST 10, 2010

TheSellersClassroom — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:35:18 +0000

The meeting was held at the Montgomery Village Hall 200 N. River St.Montgomery, IL.

Our regular facilitator Deb is on vacation. Gayle was our meeting facilitator for this meeting.

ATTENDANCE:

Our attendance for this meeting was 15 plus 2 guests.

New Members:

Fox valley eBay sellers club welcomes Elizabeth from Yorkville, IL and Mary Ann from Oswego, IL.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

The secretary’s report was given by Jerry who asked for a motion to accept the club minutes as posted to the clubs web site, without any corrections or additions. Motion made by Nancy to accept and 2nd by Shawn.

TREASURE’S REPORT:

Was also given by Jerry and reported that since our last meeting here at Montgomery on June 8, 2010 we have paid out 10.87 for renewal of the clubs web site and we received 5.00 for a new member.

NEW BUSINESS:

It was announced by Gayle that Deb will not be our club facilitator for 2011 so we should all think about nominations for new club officers beginning in January 2011. Also, instead of our regular club meeting on October 12th our meeting will be held on October 5, 2010

as we will have Griff ( Senior Manager of Seller Advocacy) here at the Montgomery Village Hall on that evening.

OLD BUSINESS:

Gayle told us about eBay live on location in Chicago that was held on July 9th. and 10th. Gayle reported that the event was well worth the money paid for tickets. You were able to attend classes on eBay and marketing, some free food was provided, giveaways, networking and much more. Gayle said its too bad that everyone in our club did not attend this event.

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS:

We were split into four groups and members rotated to each of the four tables to discuss the topic assigned to that table.

Topics included About Me page, auction or fixed price and best offer or buy it now, and

eBay on Location Chicago

TheSellersClassroom — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:51:27 +0000

eBay on Location Chicago

TheSellersClassroom — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:44:08 +0000

Those of us who were able to attend the “eBay on Location in Chicago” event last weekend had a great time, learned more, met and networked with others from all over! We met sellers from Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana and many other places. At breakfast I thought it interesting that we met a couple who sells, drum roll please: TIRES. They have a brick and mortar store, an eBay store and sell on their own website. They came looking for a way to manage it all better. The networking parties on Friday night were fun and gave us a chance to talk one on one to other sellers. Saturday the day started with a continental breakfast and then sessions all day until 5:30. I can truly say I was never “bored”. Each session lasted 45 minutes so it held your interest. You had a choice of two for each time period.

Fox Valley eBay Sellers Club Meeting June 8, 2010

TheSellersClassroom — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 14:43:51 +0000

The meeting was held at the Montgomery Village Hall 200 N River St. Montgomery, IL. The meeting was opened by Deb the club facilitator.

Attendance

Our attendance for this meeting was 27

New Member

The Fox Valley EBay Sellers Club welcomes Mary from Montgomery, IL.

Secretary’s Report

The secretary’s report was given by Jerry and asked for a motion to accept the club minutes as posted to the club website without any corrections. Sheri made the motion to accept the minutes. Glenda seconded the motion.

Treasures Report

Also given by Jerry, reported that since our last meeting of May 11, 2010 we have one new paid member. We have paid out 1.50 for new members folders. The club’s balance as of today is…..

Old Business

eBay will be on location in Chicago on July 9th. & 10th. Tickets for this event are all sold out. If you have tickets and seek transportation contact Sheri to coordinate shared travel. Sheri also gave us a update on Oswego recycling.

New Business, July meeting.

We have been invited to join the Chicagoland E-Bay Sellers club in Elk Grove Village. The special guest speaker will be Lynn Dralle aka The Queen of Auctions. The date is Thursday July 8th. at 6:00 PM. If you are interested go to the attached link:

http://entreqreneur.meetup.com/940/calendar/13695444/

Deadline to signup is July 7th at 6:00 PM. space is limited, don’t wait sign up now. Note, you must enter the building before 6:30 PM as the doors to the bank automatically lock at that time.

Also note there will be a question and answer session after her presentation, but all questions MUST BE SUBMITTED IN ADVANCE BY JUNE, 30TH. Please forward your questions to Deb and she will forward them to the event coordinator. If you have any questions please feel free to e-mail or call Deb anytime.