GREAT JOB on your first auction!! You are very personable and it seemed to go really smooth! I am also a newbie on whatnot and my first sale is May 5th at 2:22pm PST and I am nervous and excited too! But it was great to see you do your thing! very encouraging!
Aww, thank you so much Mamabebo! I am certain you are going to nail your first one and even if you don't...it's all about growth and getting better as we go. I think back to this auction and laugh at myself a bit for how "green" I was compared to what I know and do now. Part of the journey 🤙
Things I learned from my first auction that you probably already figured out: The shipping is usually $3-8 for the first item then just $1 per item after that so it encourages buyers to bundle. It charges buyers immediately thats why you see the "purchase approved" after every sale to make sure it goes through. Great job and yours looked at lot like my first auction! Ill be sure to follow you!
I appreciate the comment and great ideas, buddy! I love and hate how easy Whatnot makes it to buy and then keep buying. Blessing as a seller, curse as a buyer, haha!
My pleasure! It is pretty scary at first, not going to lie. However, once you get into the swing of things, it's a piece of cake and so much fun! Happy to answer any questions you might have along the way :)
I'm ao happy for you buddy! I'm glad your first auction went well. I wish I could of made it. I can't wait to get on some in the future. Your definitely a natural and I loved the music, you can never go wrong with 90's music. Plus the time lapse music was epic, sounded like it was from mega man. Great job and awesome recap video. 👏 👍👍
Excellent ear! It was indeed from Mega Man! Thank you so much for all of the positive comments buddy! It is a lot of fun and I look forward to seeing you in a future auction 😊
You did great! Great vibes! I wasn’t there but I will be sure to see your next Auction. I will be there for support and encouragement. I just registered today.
I just got my email that I was accepted and my account is now a functioning seller account, and I just want to say, this video made me 100 times more confident in going live. You did a great job and it sounds like you had a blast. Thank you for posting this, it helped me get them butterflies out my body.
You looked like you had so much fun. I just got accepted yesterday and had my orientation.. can't wait to try it out and see how it goes. I've been waiting for this! I will likely go with video games for stream 1 & 2 but then move into action figures because I have a ton.
That’s awesome buddy! It is fun and addicting! I’m actively hunting down more inventory just so I can do more auctions 🤣 Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions 👍
Hello and thank you so much for sharing your experience with what not. I have been wondering what it is like behind the scenes. I am now following you so that I can learn more. Again thank you so much for taking the time for this kind of video. I am a reseller looking for a new Avenue. I’m not the only one LOL
This is awesome man! I have just applied to sell Live and would love to do this too! I really hope it works out. I hope you continued to do this because you definitely have a voice for it!
Hey Ronnie! I've been at quite a few of your auctions on Whatnot and follow you there and here (I'm brickhead on whatnot), and thanks for making this video. I am approved to sell and will have my first stream in a week or two. Anyway, the largest thing I was wondering was the combined shipping/how it appears before you pack it, and it looks like a smooth process as far as how it is organized when seeing what items go to whom. Thanks for showing that screen, it helped me out a lot!
Awesome Lukas I appreciate you! Whatnot does a really great job of making combined shipping the easiest I’ve ever experienced as a seller on all of the different platforms. I wish you the best of luck on your first auction and please let me know if you have any other questions :-)
Honestly you probably will and that's totally ok because everyone does. Just have fun with it and go in with the attitude that you will get better every time 👍
So intimidated by trying to start selling or using whatnot been watching vids and studying on how to setup a decent looking whatnot live so I don't look like I'm disorganized Haha your video has helped alot although I am using a cellphone only to stream. This has helped some thanks
Awesome, happy to have you here! I'm in the same mode...I've got a ton of cards and need to get an auction going, but haven't mustered up the time and energy to get it going. Someday...
Thank you so much Nicolas! What will you be selling? I'm interested in expanding into other markets, specifically clothing but I'm not sure how that will go.
I appreciate the kind words! There isn't much to show. You just meet with the rep over phone and they ask you about your selling history and what you are hoping to accomplish on Whatnot. Pretty straightforward with them just making sure you are a decent human being that has some idea about what you are getting into.
Got excited for you as much as you were counting down. You nailed it for your first one, buddy! For sure! Perhaps next time you should play some New Kids On The Block since you mentioned it 😉
Thank you very much for that!!!! I'm postponing my show for 2 weeks 😂 (considering that I am a 65 year old lady… not bad) if you can show more details on the computer that would be great 👍🙌👏👏
Thanks about to go on Whatnot and wanted to see what other sellers are doing that was great. I too am a seasoned eBayer but I’m really curious to see how it goes there. I specialize in vintage models and think it maybe a good plat form for me, thanks again I’m subscribed to follow your journey.
Fantastic Video! I'm getting ready to do the onboard session since I was approved and this helps a lot. I've seen people add items to the auction as it is running if no one is bidding to give a better deal. I don't understand how you change the shipping cost to the buyer live while doing that, since the weight would be more. I will be selling handmade jewelery. Thanks for any info and hope your future auctions are as good as your first.
Glad it was helpful! Shipping cost is based upon the weight you select, so once you pick that for each item, it will automatically calculate the appropriate shipping cost. This will only vary for a buyer if they are in a different country than you, otherwise everyone pays the same shipping rate whether they are in California or New York simply based upon the weight that you select.
When I started I had 0 followers. Just go in it with intention of having fun and people will show up. Good pricing never hurts either ;) I appreciate your comment very much!
The first auction was a blast. I will definitely have to keep my 9 year old off whatnot 😂 Maybe you have 18 packages and 17 labels because you aren’t supposed to ship my order…
I have to ship it otherwise I won’t get credit for it. I need to reach out to them and see if there’s anything we can do differently for local options.
I hope it went well! You will probably not have many folks in at the beginning and are gonna have to unload some things for pretty cheap to build your audience. But if you have a steady stock of merchandise and stream regularly, you can build that base and get more folks in. I kinda ran out of merchandise to sell so I'm not on there much anymore, but it sure was fun while it lasted.
I keep coming back to this Chanel hoping there will be more Lego content but there never is……. That’s why I come back and watch these videos it’s almost as good! Go back to Lego!!!!!! I remember watching this when it came out and I love it and still do ❤
You’re too kind! I think life has seasons and my Lego season is either over or on hiatus currently. Regardless, I greatly appreciate you taking the time to reach out 😊
New subscriber. Really enjoyed the video. We just applied to be a WhatNot seller just curious how long it took for you to be approved. Good luck on your auction! Thank you for sharing.
I appreciate you! I applied and didn't hear anything for two weeks. Applied again and didn't hear anything. I met a seller and they referred me and I got an interview a day later. Let me know if you'd be interested in getting some help getting your foot in the door :)
@Sold By Ronnie Thank you so much that is very kind of you. I will wait another week and see if anything happens if not I will reach out to you. Good luck on your auctions. I will have to find you on whatnot. Still learning the app. Can't wait for more videos. Debbie
The camera I was recording the video on I was using a little shotgun mic. The cell phone was not attached to the computer for the Whatnot auction. You can log in using multiple devices to the same auction and use one as a camera and one to list items like I did.
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So I just got approved for live selling! I am mainly a comic book guy but I invested in a ton of sealed lego sets over the last 28 months or so (substantially discounted). Can you tell me how the shipping works on WhatNot for these big sets?
You bet! Shipping will be whatever it costs for the first item and then a dollar for each additional item that someone buys during the same auction. What a lot of folks do is sell lighter things earlier in the show like a Minifigure so the shipping is $3.50 and then sell sets later when the shipping will only be $1 if the buyer purchase something earlier in the auction. It’s a solid formula that has worked well for me in the past. Best of luck and let me know if you have any other questions!
I admit I haven't watched your whole video but I do have a question, how do people know you're having an auction? Let's say I schedule a auction how do people on What-Not know that I'm having one? Do they search a specific category and then pick from that or is there some sort of self promotion? I don't have followers like The Crazy Lamp Lady or some of the other big names in the You-Tube sellers world. I realize you're new to What Not and thats why I wanted to ask you how it worked or works. I will finish watching your video so I can see how it works. Thanks. I'm sorry if you answered this question in the video but I have to leave thats why I can't watch the whole thing right now.
Great question! You can schedule a show on Whatnot and that will show up on the show list for the category you selected. People can elect to get notified when your show gets live and they will receive a notification. You likely won't have many people starting out but once you make some sales and start building up a reputation, people will follow you and can be notified every time you go live automatically. Promoting yourself on social media is also an important aspect as well to building up a solid following.
@@soldbyronnie wasn't referred, found the app and initially applied for games/consoles I sell on the side but didn't realize how much more you can sell.. I have thousands of comics and own a custom apparel business, I should have waited to apply
Great video! My first auction is Monday night and I was searching RU-vid for behind the scenes help! I got some great ideas from you, so thank you! I subscribed and am following you on whatnot as well. Can you help me with a question? I’m not sure how to login with two devices for my live show. Once I start the show with one device, will I be able to start each auction from the 2nd device? I know this is a silly question, but I’m scarred from so many times of logging into zoom meetings with two devices and getting horrible audio feedback screeches. I’m really nervous this is going to happen again! Thanks for any help you can provide!
Hey Theresa, great questions! That’s exactly what I do. I use my phone as the camera for the show and on my laptop, I activate the listings. Definitely not a silly question as I was wondering the exact same thing. I’d recommend doing a shorter auction the first time (an hour or less) that way you don’t get overwhelmed with the amount of shipping and packaging that follows. If you have any other questions at any time, don’t hesitate to reach out!
@@soldbyronnie it’s been real man. Lots of learning along the way. I reach 6k item sold and 3.6k followers If I could give anyone who wants to stream or is new. To only sell what their willing to let go for cheap!
@@SHINOB_IRL 💯Home of the quick flip, but that comes at a bargain price! Great for the buyer, not so much the seller most of the time unless they are just dying to unload a bunch of inventory.
