RESELLING — ADVANCED · THE OPERATIONS PACK Free from ePORTS — eports.global/resources/reselling Print it. Keep it in the business folder. ===================================================================== 1. THE HOURS RULE (ch1) ===================================================================== My ceiling: ___ hours a week. "If a target calculates above ___ hours a week, I do not add listing or sourcing hours. I first change a buy, a channel, a price, a process — or a delegation gate — and rerun the calculation until it fits." ===================================================================== 2. PROFESSIONAL-REFERRAL TRIGGERS (ch4) — any one true = book it ===================================================================== [ ] I've made direct sales (flea market, local, pop-up) and don't know whether I need a seller's permit. [ ] More than 1 sale in 20 in my records has no cost I can show. [ ] I've had a notice or letter from any tax authority. [ ] I'm about to pay anyone to help me. [ ] I'm thinking about forming a business entity, or I've been told I should. [ ] A platform has sent me a tax form I don't understand. Tax/records -> an enrolled agent or CPA who works with small sellers. Paying people / forming a business -> whoever handles that where you live. Bring: the gap list, off-platform records, the platform reports. ===================================================================== 2b. SALES-TAX AND RESALE-CERTIFICATE RECORD (ch4, ch9) — a record, not advice ===================================================================== Fill it in from what your professional and your state's tax agency tell you. Keep it with the year's records. Channel / where I sell | Marketplace collects tax? (Y/N) | Direct? (Y/N) _______________________|__________________________________|______________ _______________________|__________________________________|______________ _______________________|__________________________________|______________ State / local authority involved: ______________________________________ Seller's permit — status: ____ authority: ____ number: ____ from: ____ Resale certificate — status: ____ authority: ____ number: ____ from: ____ Filing schedule set by my professional (if any): _______________________ Who told me / source: __________________________ date: _______________ Still unanswered: ______________________________________________________ Next action: ___________________________________ by: _________________ ===================================================================== 3. THE EXCEPTIONS ROUTINE (ch5) — record at the touch ===================================================================== INTAKE ....... every item gets a row and a cost before the shelf; box lots split by comp share; row code on the bag. OFF-PLATFORM . price + row-code sticker -> sales book; cash banked by the next business day, reconciled to the book. RETURNS ...... a log line the day it lands: item, reason, refund, return postage, outcome. RUNNING COSTS one mileage line per route; receipts photographed. GATES: [ ] No item on the shelf without a cost and a row code. [ ] No listing live without condition grade, tested-and-measured line, and (where triggered) a recall check. [ ] No next sourcing/selling session until the weekly review is done. WEEKLY EXCEPTIONS REVIEW (four questions — a NO to all four is normal): 1. Anything in this week without a cost on its row? 2. Any off-platform sale not in the sales book, or cash not banked? 3. Any return, refund or claim not in the log? 4. This week's miles and receipts captured? EXCEPTIONS LOG Date | Item / row | What happened | Amount | Outcome | Done _____|___________|_______________|________|_________|_____ _____|___________|_______________|________|_________|_____ _____|___________|_______________|________|_________|_____ ===================================================================== 4. RETURNS & CONDITION POLICY — template (ch5) ===================================================================== Condition scale (use the same words every time): Excellent — clean, complete, works as it should. Good ...... light wear; every mark photographed and named. Fair ...... works, but marked/worn/cosmetic flaw; see every photo. For parts or not working — doesn't fully work or is incomplete; say exactly what's wrong and what was tested. Tested-and-measured line in every listing: what I checked + measurements. Return setting: chosen from MY OWN returns count (eBay's guarantee covers not-as-described items whatever the setting; the seller pays return postage on those). Mine: _______________________________ Never sell: a recalled item, unless its recall notice / the CPSC says it may be resold after the remedy (check cpsc.gov/recalls for anything electrical, for children, or an unfamiliar brand-and-model); anything I can't confidently say is genuine. ===================================================================== 5. DELEGATION TRIAL SHEET (ch8) ===================================================================== Task test: [ ] many of my minutes per item [ ] definable standard [ ] checking is quick and certain (all three, or not this task) Break-even: my minutes saved per item x my hurdle rate / 60 = $____ pay per item $____ -> checking must stay under ____ minutes Before the pay arrangement or first payment, ask the right professional: [ ] worker status [ ] pay rules [ ] payroll / insurance / records [ ] extra rules if under 18 Quality bar (pass/fail per item): ______________________________ Bands for a 20-item trial: >= 18 pass: continue, consider more 16-17: one more batch, fix the instructions < 16, or checking > break-even: STOP Trial: items ___ cap $___ end date ___ passed ___/20 checking ___ min ===================================================================== 6. THE DECISION PAGE (ch6-ch9) ===================================================================== Date | Option | Gates (cash/hours/payback/trial) | Decision | Reason _____|________|__________________________________|__________|_______ _____|________|__________________________________|__________|_______ At least one entry should be a growth option you decided NOT to take. ===================================================================== 7. THE OPERATING CALENDAR (ch10) ===================================================================== Each automatic action: IF this number crosses this line -> THIS happens -> UNTIL this. WEEKLY (Sunday, ~30 min): log line; exceptions review; actual beside forecast; age bands. AUTO: review not done -> no sourcing/selling session until it is. open-to-buy under the cash gate -> next Saturday is a clearing session, until it's back over the gate. hours over the ceiling 2 weeks running -> the lowest net-per-hour row is suspended for 4 weeks. MONTHLY (first Sunday, ~1 h): reconcile account to records; net per hour by row; over-90 share; demand check; roll the forecast 4 weeks. AUTO: a row under its floor rate 2 months running -> stop-doing list, switched off by a date, until a quarterly re-test clears it. over-90 share rising 2 months running -> Saturday buying capped at half the per-trip limit until the share falls. QUARTERLY (~2-3 h): re-run the time study; re-check hurdle, card, gates against the quarter's evidence; decide trials; check the triggers. AUTO: every passing item cleared the hurdle by $3+ -> hurdle up $1, dated. a trial at its end date -> decided by its own bands that day. any referral trigger true -> appointment booked that day. YEARLY (one weekend): close the year's records with the professional; keep records (often three years, longer in some cases); recalculate the ceiling (hours x 60 / minutes per sale x net per item); write the choice. AUTO: a target above the hours ceiling -> no added hours; cut the target to the ceiling, or write one dated economic change. Lines move ONLY at the quarterly review (hurdle, card, gates) or the yearly review (ceiling, target, shape of the business). Never in an aisle. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Reselling shelf: Basics · Intermediate · Advanced ePORTS — your ecom source. eports.global