Our website is www.aldajewelryandgifts.com and you can link from there to our eBay and Amazon items.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
New Ebay Fees
I am just looking into the impact of the new Ebay fees which are supposed to help sellers. In our case, it may negatively impact my business so we are looking into closing our Ebay store. Since Larry is retiring at the end of May, we are going to expand on our physical shows and have our products available in more states. This has always been where we make the most money so it makes since to expand in that direction instead of trying AGAIN to cope with website and Ebay changes. We may also look into making better use of our physical presence at the South Tacoma Antiques and Collectibles mall. Because of 2 break-ins, we no longer trust putting certain jewelry items at the antique mall but it is still our best bet to expand versus the on-line area. We will continue to post our show schedules online at ALDAJewelryandGifts.com, We will keep you posted here and on our website about any other new changes.
Friday, September 25, 2009
New Ebay Auctions, Shows, Product Lines
We have been finally getting some more auctions on Ebay. A few weeks ago, I added some size 14 and size 15 men's skull rings in sterling silver. This was for a man that we met this last summer at a festival. He purchased a Navajo indian made ring from us and asked for other designs, especially skulls in the size 15 range.
We ran some vintage jewelry a few weeks ago and half sold and the unsold items are now in our ebay store. Several of the items were 50s -70s tourist jewelry from New Mexico. This week, we have added several bolo or lariat ties from that same era and with unusual designs.
We are still in the process of confirming our fall and winter show schedule. Some updates will be added later today and more to follow. Next years show schedule is also tentative and will depend on Larry's retirement schedule. If Larry is available to travel with me, we'll add the VA hospitals in Idaho, Utah, California and Arizona to our schedule. If not, we will follow our current schedule of shows in Oregon and Washington. Visit our website for the updated show schedules.
We have purchased the domain: ALDAPetProducts.com which is the first step into a new product line for us. Since we have put so much time and money in Rosie's training, we are understanding the importance of price and convenience on purchasing some hard-to-find items. Rosie demolishes 99% of the toys available and she does this within a day or so. Also, she is fussy about her training treats so we are testing and maybe investing in some food tubes for training. More on this soon!
We ran some vintage jewelry a few weeks ago and half sold and the unsold items are now in our ebay store. Several of the items were 50s -70s tourist jewelry from New Mexico. This week, we have added several bolo or lariat ties from that same era and with unusual designs.
We are still in the process of confirming our fall and winter show schedule. Some updates will be added later today and more to follow. Next years show schedule is also tentative and will depend on Larry's retirement schedule. If Larry is available to travel with me, we'll add the VA hospitals in Idaho, Utah, California and Arizona to our schedule. If not, we will follow our current schedule of shows in Oregon and Washington. Visit our website for the updated show schedules.
We have purchased the domain: ALDAPetProducts.com which is the first step into a new product line for us. Since we have put so much time and money in Rosie's training, we are understanding the importance of price and convenience on purchasing some hard-to-find items. Rosie demolishes 99% of the toys available and she does this within a day or so. Also, she is fussy about her training treats so we are testing and maybe investing in some food tubes for training. More on this soon!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Ebay Store has Expanded - Old Website Catalog Closed
We have finally closed our old Prostores catalog and have moved many items over to our eBay store. It is still in progress and we plan to carry an average of 500 items on ebay at a time (we are currently at about 275). As we have mentioned before, this will allow us to ship Internationally which we couldn't seem to set up correctly with Prostores. In addition, we will be able to close our sites when we are on the road doing our shows. To see our show schedule, our ALDA Jewelry and Gifts site now has a show schedule tab. Our ebay store and Amazon store will be closed from August 2-7, 2009 since we will be selling in the Portland area. You can place an order during this time but it won't ship out until August 9.
We are also working on expanding our blog and other websites to include articles and interesting stories both related to our business as well as our sometimes crazy personal life. The later will include our Weight Watchers journey (we keep getting within a pound of goal), pet classes for our boxer/heeler Rosie, Eckankar talks and discussion in the South Puget Sound area and other fun and hopefully interesting stuff.
We are also working on expanding our blog and other websites to include articles and interesting stories both related to our business as well as our sometimes crazy personal life. The later will include our Weight Watchers journey (we keep getting within a pound of goal), pet classes for our boxer/heeler Rosie, Eckankar talks and discussion in the South Puget Sound area and other fun and hopefully interesting stuff.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
New Websites and Discontined Sites
We are undergoing a major renovation of our several websites and online venues. First of all, we are planning on closing out our regular website, currently listed under www.aldajewelryandgifts.com and will be moving many of the best selling items from that site to our ebay store. This will give us more ability to provide International shipping as well as to temporarily "close" our online store during sales trips and vacations. Also, having 4 separate online stores as well as doing shows and running a booth at an antique mall has us running around in circles. We have great product and want to show it off in the best possible way. We feel that this will be a HUGE step in that direction.
Our website www.aldagifts.com is under construction and will be one of the main sites for viewing our show schedule. Eventually the www.aldajewelryandgifts.com domain will also pull up this site - it currently shows the schedule, products and other useful information which will eventually be moved to the new site.
Most of our July shows are cancelled this year. We will make up for this by setting up more August and September shows. The Fall City, WA show that we did last weekend was a hit and we will be back next year.
We thank you for bearing with us through these changes and look forward to better serving you. Thanks! Jean
Our website www.aldagifts.com is under construction and will be one of the main sites for viewing our show schedule. Eventually the www.aldajewelryandgifts.com domain will also pull up this site - it currently shows the schedule, products and other useful information which will eventually be moved to the new site.
Most of our July shows are cancelled this year. We will make up for this by setting up more August and September shows. The Fall City, WA show that we did last weekend was a hit and we will be back next year.
We thank you for bearing with us through these changes and look forward to better serving you. Thanks! Jean
Friday, April 17, 2009
Amazon books and VCRs
We have just set up a regular Amazon.com user account to sell some books, DVD's and favorite VCR's. The following are 2 listings by the financial teacher, Suze Orman. The first listing is a 3-volumn set of VCRs called "The Power to Attract Money". I have the set listed for $14.99 plus $2.98 shipping. The second Suze Orman favorite is one of her newer books called "Women and Money". My listing is selling this book in almost new condition for $5.99 plus $3.99 shipping. We hope to someday have an Amazon store but at this time, we'll just routinely give links to our favorite listings here and on our website. (The links we added today are not working so we will be adding them shortly.)
Other news - We'll be gearing up for our Mother's Day, Graduation and Father's Day shows soon. We'll start at the American Lake division VA Hospital in Tacoma, WA on April 29- May1. We are getting in more of the palm-grip canes that have been such great sellers. In addition, we have just received a new shipment of wonderful Black Hills style sterling silver rings from South Dakota. These are fantastic designs with stones such as blue topaz, Mt. St. Helen's "Emerald", White CZ and Pink Ice CZ. We also have some new band style rings, in plain, diamond cuts or mixed with gold fill.
We are changing up our shows for this summer. We are dropping the Ethnic Fest in Tacoma this year but adding a North Bend area festival called Fall City Days. We are returning to two shows that we have missed the last few years: Buckley Logger Days (we are set up at the Buckley Eagles) and Treasures in the Park, a fundraiser to support Homestead Park in University Place, WA. We will have the show information updated on our website this next week. We are also awaiting confirmation on each of these shows.
We will also be adding more wholesale charm lots to our eBay store this next week - many with a Mother's Day theme. Check them out by clicking here to see our eBay store and click on Wholesale Lots.
Other news - We'll be gearing up for our Mother's Day, Graduation and Father's Day shows soon. We'll start at the American Lake division VA Hospital in Tacoma, WA on April 29- May1. We are getting in more of the palm-grip canes that have been such great sellers. In addition, we have just received a new shipment of wonderful Black Hills style sterling silver rings from South Dakota. These are fantastic designs with stones such as blue topaz, Mt. St. Helen's "Emerald", White CZ and Pink Ice CZ. We also have some new band style rings, in plain, diamond cuts or mixed with gold fill.
We are changing up our shows for this summer. We are dropping the Ethnic Fest in Tacoma this year but adding a North Bend area festival called Fall City Days. We are returning to two shows that we have missed the last few years: Buckley Logger Days (we are set up at the Buckley Eagles) and Treasures in the Park, a fundraiser to support Homestead Park in University Place, WA. We will have the show information updated on our website this next week. We are also awaiting confirmation on each of these shows.
We will also be adding more wholesale charm lots to our eBay store this next week - many with a Mother's Day theme. Check them out by clicking here to see our eBay store and click on Wholesale Lots.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Spring Shows and Sales
We had a crazy end to 2008 and start to 2009 but we are now back on track with lising more items online and increasing the number of shows we will be at this year. Please check out our new jewelry lots of 5-6 sterling silver charms currently running on eBay. Go to www.stores.ebay.com/ALDA-Jewelry-and-Gifts?refid=store to see our listings. In addition, those of you who know us from shows purchase our stone sterling silver dangle earrings. We are now offering these online at both our main website http://www.aldajewelryandgifts.com/ as well as a few designs in our eBay store. We have also updated our Spring show schedule on the main website toward the bottom of the HOME page.
We will continue to add more jewelry online. We are cutting back on the charms and other jewelry down at the antique store - South Tacoma Antiques and Collectibles. More information on our booth there is found on the home page of the main website.
Our next show is a fun event at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. It is a fundraiser for scholarships offered by the League of Women Voters. The event is on March 21 from 9am - 4pm at the Fieldhouse. We use this show as a clearance and spring cleaning so in addition to our regular jewelry displays, we also bring clearance books, collectibles and general flea market items. Clearance items that are not sold that day will be donated to charity. Admission to this event is $1.00 but if you see me at the VA Hospital at American Lake before then, I'll have 10 free admission tickets to give away.
We will continue to add more jewelry online. We are cutting back on the charms and other jewelry down at the antique store - South Tacoma Antiques and Collectibles. More information on our booth there is found on the home page of the main website.
Our next show is a fun event at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. It is a fundraiser for scholarships offered by the League of Women Voters. The event is on March 21 from 9am - 4pm at the Fieldhouse. We use this show as a clearance and spring cleaning so in addition to our regular jewelry displays, we also bring clearance books, collectibles and general flea market items. Clearance items that are not sold that day will be donated to charity. Admission to this event is $1.00 but if you see me at the VA Hospital at American Lake before then, I'll have 10 free admission tickets to give away.
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