Random Thoughts - Episode 54

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Hey there guys. I hope everybody is doing really well. I am coming back to back morning after morning with these random thoughts. And that's because there's just a lot going on in my mind and whatever. Anyways, okay, so let me just go because I think I got like 16 thoughts in my head, and there's no way I'm gonna remember them all. Um, anyways, so last night I had a Christmas show. Um, I am going through a lot of my Christmas stuff, and I just I'm not in the Christmas category. It was a one-off, right? Like I've been pretty much doing vintage and estate sale and maybe a little bit of personal shopping. Those are the three categories after 15 categories that I think I'm gonna stick to. We'll see. We'll see where I end up landing. I think you should only be in one category and you should stay there. That's where you'll really do the best. Okay. So the the first thing is when the show was up and going, you know, 60, like eight bookmarks or something, which doesn't mean anything. I pretty much consistently had around, I'd say, 18 to 22 people in the room, which is quite honestly hard for me at this point. Um, it's so slow and people aren't talking as much. If there are people I don't know and we're not engaging, honestly, it's just not as much fun for me. Um, I think that's a huge aspect to this. Everybody always talks about, you know, oh, the sales and how much money you're making and how people many people are in the room. But I think that for me personally, um, it's more about whether I'm having fun and I'm engaging and I'm really enjoying the chat and everything. And uh some are just more fun than others. I mean, that's just the way life is, right? We have different people in the room, different uh stuff that we're selling, uh, different energy levels, etc. And uh so last night, the reason I'm starting with this is because, well, I've been up since four and now it's 544. So I've got a big, big day ahead of me. We have 31 packages, and I don't remember how many items I sold, but a lot. Anyways, I was on for four hours, four and four hours and thirty minutes or something last night, which is way more than I wanted to be. Um, I typically get off between two and a half and three just because I get I start getting tired, I get headaches looking at that, go, go, go, and I go at a really fast pace. We were doing 10 seconds last night, so it was like bam, bam, bam. And um, Sarah was there working with me. She's my assistant. She gets 20 bucks an hour and she works her little booty off for that that money. I feel I was thinking last night, I didn't need to give that girl a raise. Anyways, so last night I got off and I was like, okay, yay. I mean, I just didn't, I wasn't feeling it, guys. I'm just gonna be honest. I was like, yay, we got rid of a lot of stuff, yay, we have packing to move to tomorrow. Um, actually, Hayden, my 19-year-old, and Sarah are gonna be doing most of the packing tomorrow because I have a friend showing up at my house at 10 o'clock, and she's helping me go through my stuff and get rid of things as like a decorator edit. So I'm going through my own merchandise to get ready to put on the sales floor. Um, but anyway, she'll be here at 10. So I got off and I'm thinking it was okay. You know, I made some money, not a lot. I was starting at most things at a dollar, and it's not my category, so I was willing just to suck it up, you know. Um, but this morning I go and I check my messages, and there is this message. I actually took a picture. It says, um, this is from a girl who's starting, and I just think this is so smart. Um, she's starting a Christmas chateau. It's called the Christicle, Christicle underscore, Christmas underscore chateau. Okay. And um, she sent me this message. It said, I had such a great time at your show tonight. I don't remember having so much fun. I hope you are enjoying your tea and finally taking some time for yourself now. I look forward to future shows. Take care and see you again. I wrote two things back to her. I can only read part of it because I didn't take a picture of it all, but I wrote, seriously? Wow, honestly, I think it was one of my worst shows. So I really appreciate you saying that. And then I said, I hope you'll come to another show and some other stuff. I can't remember. But a couple things I want to point out here. Number one, she reached out to me, smart. She asked when I was gonna have another Christmas show. Smart. Why is this so smart? Well, number one, she's building relationships, she's building community. I'm gonna remember her throughout the night. I was saying her name. She ended up with four huge, probably when it's all said and done, it's gonna be six, six uh 12 by 12 by 12 boxes, if not some 16 by 12 by 10 boxes. And um, she just bought a ton. Well, duh, what a smart girl. I'm getting rid of my stuff for dollar starts. She's starting a Christmas channel, she's getting a lot of really good stuff for a lot of really good deals. At the end of my show, even I really just wanted to clean out. We still I have to do, I don't even know how many Christmas shows I'm gonna do because of my lifestyle changes and what I'm getting rid of. That being said, I at the end we had this bucket, and I was like, you know what? These people have been nice to me all night. They've been buying. I'm gonna reward them. And I do this a lot at the end of my shows. I'm like, you guys rock, you stayed here with me, you hung with me, a lot of them throughout the whole like three, four hours. Um, and I appreciate that. So I was like, what we're gonna do with all the leftover ornaments instead of sitting here holding them up one or two or three or four at a time, some of my ornaments in it were going for like a quarter, 35 cents apiece, whatever, because I was holding bunches up. It's hilarious that today it says I've sold 13,000 items, and I'm thinking in my head, it's probably more like 16 to 17,000 because I have bundled so much with whether it's freeze-dry food or books or jewelry or whatever. I have bundled, bundled, bundled because right when you get past a thousand, you don't have to worry about numbers anymore. So um, yeah, I know I've sold way more than that. But here's where I was. So at the end of the night, I was like, okay, let's just get rid of it. I don't want to mess with it anymore, you know? And this girl, Crystal, I don't, I'm guessing her real name is Crystal. I don't know. We called her Crystal all night. Um, she's getting great deals and she's starting her business. So for you, people who who are on here and who are like, uh, which I'm gonna get to that too, that's a great thing. I mean, a lot of people buy on whatnot because the prices are so damn cheap. And I'm not trying to even get to 1,000 sales. I'm not doing the$1 starts because of that. It's just I had so much merchandise, I wanted to get rid of it quick. I was like, let's go, baby. And so I did dollar starts on most things. I did have some items that were like 32 to 50 bucks, and I didn't do those higher dollar ones. I'll put those in my auction because I might be crazy, but I'm not stupid. So that's that's my saying when it comes to that idea of doing that, you know. Um, I am not to the point where I am going to run$50 items for a dollar in a room with only 20 people. And I kept saying, if you guys get me, you know, 35, 40, 50 people in here, I'll start running them for a dollar. But I couldn't get past like, I think my highest was maybe 32, and that was short-lived. It didn't last long enough. Um, but you know, hello, it's March, it's Christmas, it's not my category. I totally had that expectation. I did not have high hopes. I had um very stable expectations. Anyways, I just think number one, she did great getting great deals and great steals. So if you're new and you're looking for merchandise at low prices, you know, for your inventory to build it up before you start, that's great because that she hasn't started as a seller yet. She's just amassing her collection. And how better to do it than in a room, you know. So for this is a win-win, guys. This is a win for me because I'm getting rid of stuff. I needed to make space. I gotta get rid of it. And it's a win for her because she's got great inventory, and I know that I know that I know she's definitely gonna be able to sell it for more. So here's where I was going. At the end of the night, I was like, you guys, I'm gonna fill a plastic bag and we're gonna put as much in it as we can to you know wrap it up and tie it, and we're gonna weigh it and I'm gonna run it. So I did, I think three or four big bags of plastic or I mean plastic bags, my favorite plastic bags, guys. They are in my link tree. They are awesome. We use them like this all the time. Love those plastic bags. High five to whoever manufactures those. Anyways, um, we sh uh Sarah was there with me, and I would hold up the ornament and I'd say, okay, here's a dragonfly, boom, here's you know, the marines, uh, whatever. And we were just throwing them in and we would get 25, 30 ornaments, and I ran 30 ornaments for a dollar. Legit, 30 ornaments for a dollar. Now, you might say, I'm crazy on that, and I should hold on to my merchandise and I should wait till you know it gets closer to Christmas. There is that logic and mentality. But guys, this is also a mental thing for me, too, because I'm trying to get my space cleaned and organized. So it's it's a win-win. I'm happy for this girl. I've made a connection. She took her time afterwards to say she had fun and she enjoyed it. Um, we knew what kind of things she was looking for. So as we were finding them, they were like, oh, this is for crystal. And we would just throw it in her bin. I mean, I'm like, yeah, it matches. Oh, this gold goes with this, and oh, she likes this shape. Let's throw it in. And so it was working, you know? And I think, I think that at the end of the day, guys, that is what makes whatnot, whatnot. It makes it so special when you can make these relationships, you can make these connections. Um, you you find like-minded people who are willing to take the time to send you a sweet message like this. I I responded immediately too. I mean, I was like, I saw it first thing this morning and I messaged her, hey man, thanks. Because that starts my day off better, you know. Yes, I have 31 gigantic orders. And when I say gigantic, I mean like hers alone is six boxes. So it's it's it's gonna be a lot. It's gonna be a lot. But um, yay me, I don't I'm paying somebody, I'm paying Sarah and Hayden. You know, he doesn't have a job right now. He's 19, and uh, so he's just doing it because he's my kid and helping out. So um it's gonna be a crazy day, anyways. Okay, where else was I going? If I can at least get three or four of my thoughts in here. Um, okay, the next one was in the mornings after a show, I always go and I go into my follows and um I go and I click, click, click, click on every single one of those. People who had followed me throughout the show, I follow them. I think it's a really good thing for you guys to do. If you're hearing this again, because I've said it before, I apologize, but not everybody listens to every episode. And uh, so I definitely think that is a good practice to have after your shows. You go check your messages to see if there was anything that happened and you need to fix. And then also, um, which I gotta talk about that too. Oh my gosh. And then you follow the people. Okay, before I lose track, where was I going? Okay, the other thing I do is I check my reviews. And I don't think I've ever talked about this on here, um, but I I think it's a good thing to do. When you go into whatnot, um, and you go to your account in the bottom right-hand corner on your phone. This is on your phone, then you go to view profile under your name. Um, then you can go over here back to your account at wait, sorry, account view profile, and then underneath your name before you get to your shows and stuff is messages. And you will see all your messages, and that's where you check for your messages. Okay, that's where I wanted you to find your messages after the show. If you're a new person, that's how you do it. And then if you go to um reviews, the way to get to reviews is account is in your bottom right-hand corner, go to that, and then you'll see your main page. And on the top left, on the top middle part right there, I guess middle bottom part, it says shop, which shows you your shop, shows, which is what I usually have it on, and then the one next to it is reviews, and the one next to that is clips. And I haven't talked about that either, but we're gonna talk about reviews real quick. Um, I'm looking at my reviews. I'm just gonna tell you some of them. I'm gonna tell you why I do this, because once again, we're building relationships. I mean, I might even title this building relationships, because that is what really sets this apart from other platforms is the relationship aspect. So, um, okay, I had Katie Ree 80255. She gave me this uh review, a five-star review. It says everything arrived, uh, everything arrived packaged nicely and as described. Carrie always throws in extra goodies that my kids love. Thank you. And then, you guys, if you didn't realize this, there's a little button that says you can reply. And I really love this button because I you get to say something nice to them. You get to give them a high five, you get to thank them for giving you a good review or call them out for giving you a bad review. Like, hey, you know, you're you're upset because you know something broke in transit. Well, I'm really sorry, you should have contacted me. I would have given you credit or whatever. You get a chance to communicate with people. And I think this really is one of the things that sets awesome sellers apart from non-awesome sellers. And yes, I do count myself in the awesome seller category because I do go above and beyond. And I'm not saying everybody does or everybody should. You got to do what you can with your level of time and effort. I know I was talking to my friend Malia the other day, and and you know, we're talking about how much time you have, you know, working full-time jobs and and you know, doing this, and then adding all the extras like raid trains and the giveaways and the different specialty shows, uh, theme shows, etc. It's a lot of work. So I'm not saying everybody has to do this, but I am saying that this is a good practice to have. It's a best practice. So, okay, Katie gave me a good review. Um, it doesn't take a lot of time to give reviews. If you get a package, I definitely think instead of just giving it the stars, you should give it the reviews too. I know once again, we all have certain amounts of time. The other day I had like six packages in. I couldn't remember who was from what. I didn't get to them all. I gave them all five stars. I said, thanks so much. And kind of it was pretty basic. You know, I didn't go through the, hey, this is what I got, this is who you are. I really appreciate what you did in your show, which I is what I try to do, but I I I did it faster the other day just because my life right now. Um, but whatever you can do, give reviews. And then if you are a seller, give remarks back to those people who review. Okay, I'm gonna do it in another one. This is another great seller. Happy's H A P P I E S underscore and underscore heirlooms, H E I R L O O M S. Happies and Heirlooms was in my show. Um, love them being there. And um, it says great items that were that I was able to pick up at super deals, of course. Everything arrived safely, packaged very well. Carrie always adds those little special touches. And I just wrote thanks, babe. I mean, uh, you know, you don't have to write a lot back if if you know the person or whatever. Brass Rooster, another one of great, if you guys are ever looking for brass, brass rooster, I met because this is this is a great story. So I um was in somebody else's show, actually, and brass rooster was in there shopping too, and the person wasn't a jerk, thank God. And I said, Hey, brass rooster, I have brass roosters in my shop right now. Yes, I'm selling while this other person's selling, but they were totally cool with it. She didn't have brass roosters for brass rooster, and I thought it was funny, and everybody else thought it was funny, and it was pretty cool. So brass rooster messaged me, hey, can you send me the pictures? I don't even think I had it listed, I hadn't listed it yet. It was one of those, you know, serendipitous, you know, kind of deals. And she messaged me. It's a husband-wife team, they're awesome, guys. Definitely go check out Brass Rooster, anyways. She she messaged me, send me pictures. I send her pictures, she's like, damn, those are awesome. I sold them to her at an amazing deal. I think it's like 40 bucks, 50 bucks, or something ridiculous for a set of two fighting roosters, probably from the 70s. And uh, they have them with a collection of brass roosters now. And it's it's a lot of fun. Anyways, she texted me after buying something. Love, Carrie Kennedy is amazing. And I said, guess what I have here for you? A brass chicken to go with your brass roosters. So that is the relationship that I am talking about. I'm scrolling down a little bit further. Um, I, you know, I have I have some really, really great reviews. And I will say, when I have been upset or depressed or just frustrated with sales or a show or life or whatever, I come in here and I scroll through and I go back to some of my reviews. And uh I I really, really appreciate that. Um, Taco Cat Lady gave me one back on February 23rd. Everything was packed perfectly and shipped quickly. One of my favorite sellers. She's funny, nice, engaging, and the best. I love that. I mean, just something so simple as a few words on a on a message like this can make or break a day, you guys. It matters. Words matter. Um, corner of Thrift and Happy, another seller here said, I absolutely love this seller. Fun shows, great items, fast and perfect shipping, and her podcast, why not what not podcast is great. I mean, how awesome is how awesome is that? Okay, here's another seller, RCCS Vintage wrote, Every single thing in this large bundle was amazing, beautiful, and the box came with candy. I loved it all. And I wrote back, you know, awesome. I'm so happy you liked it all. Um, you won't believe the box size that's headed your way now. It's huge. It's an 18 by 18 by 10. So I remember that. She got this gigantic, um, gigantic uh, what is it, like a vessel thing that was copper and brass, and it was it was amazing. Um, but yes, guys, just definitely do that and and put in ratings and reviews. Words matter. I definitely think you should do it. Okay, the next part um that I was gonna say is you're not gonna believe this. If you have listened to any of these podcasts before, because I know I have my regular listeners now. Oh my gosh, y'all, somebody tried to buy the it's in my inactive now, so I'm gonna go and try to make it active again. But I told you guys that you know you have the little personal shopping bookmark, you know, you ring your bell, you know, silent notification. If somebody does a pop-up or they get a show, you get notified when it runs up for auction, right? Oh my gosh, you guys, I put it for$9,999. And this girl, was it Stacy? Somebody last night clicked on it, and she was not happy either because I was just like, hopefully it doesn't go through. Hopefully it doesn't go through. And she said her she was she was stressed. I was stressed. I was like, what happened? No, no, no. I was showing you this, it's not what I'm you know, and I was trying, I said, guys, but I I don't think she was even listening. I think she was just like looking at the screen because I did say, before I run this, I'm gonna show you something. This is my bookmark to click. So, and then next thing I know, it was being sold. And I was like, it's ten thousand dollars. What's gonna happen? Oh no, oh no. And uh luckily her bank called her and it didn't go through. And we checked and the payment failed, thank God. Because I said to her, Are you a lawyer or a doctor? Who the hell's credit card let them get away with an almost ten thousand dollar purchase? I don't know if anybody's does. I mean, does it? I don't information inquiring minds want to know, but um that was one of the most stressful parts last night. It lasted all of you know two minutes because we we went to sold and and found out it failed. And I could see at that time I had like$450 in sales at the point at that point, and so we knew it hadn't gone through. Um, but guys, this whole bookmark thing, put it at 9,999. But yeah, be careful. Do like maybe put up your hand when you're describing it because that was the other thing. I think that was my bad. Uh, because sometimes you don't know if people are just watching with the volume down. Like, I remember this one. Girl, um, she was texting me. She was out to eat with her fiance's parents, and she was what nodding on my show with it in her lap. And she's like, I have to be quiet, you know. And I think it's funny too that some women, um, when they're shopping at home in their bed, right, next to their husband, and they're like, Call me Tammy, you know, from now on, you use use this name. My name is now Cynthia, and all the other ladies and I, you know, were in there just cracking up because we all been there, we all done it, you know. My name is Kimberly for tonight. So that if the person on the other side hears you, that they say it. Last night I held up an apron. This is funny. This was a a Santa's hat with a little um, it was like a negligee almost type uh Santa Mrs. Claws apron. And I sold both of them for a dollar. Um, and I actually sold them to Crystal, I remember. But when I held them up, I was like, guys, you could give this to a kid because it's on the small side, or you could wear it naked and make your husband happy. And then I guess her husband was listening and he thought that was funny because she was like, Look at what it is. And I said, So are you buying it for that? You know, and we all were kind of joking around. But that that is what makes a show fun. I I did forget about that. That was fun. Um, but yeah, guys, I think that the relationships, the reviews, the commentary, the taking the time, it matters. It matters. And and so, anyways, okay, the last thing I think I'm gonna think about or talk about before I get to it is this morning I went on to um the whatnot resellers group, and there is a girl. I'm scrolling to find it now because I sent it to a friend of mine, and I really want to shout her out. She's awesome. Her name is Gucci G-U-C-C-I Lover, and she has been on the platform, I'm thinking, for at least a year. I'm thinking, um, but she is talking about how bad uh whatnot has been for her lately. She sells books and clothes. I've bought really cute clothes from her in the past. Um, anyways, she is I'm looking for it and now I can't find the dang review. I'm scrolling, scrolling, and I can't find it. Let me see if I can look it up by name because I sent her a message this morning. Um, Gucci Lover. Um, it does it say who it is. It's uh some girl named Wendy Cooley Left Leftingwell wrote in whatnot resellers group. So let me look up Wendy and see if I can search Wendy and see if it comes up like that. I don't know if it yeah, it came up. Okay, yes, it did. Okay, so this was 22 hours ago. It is 6 o'clock a.m. central time here, and so this was 22 hours ago. Figure that out, guys. Um, if you type in Wendy in the top of the Whatnot Resellers group on Facebook, you can find this. But I'm just gonna read to you this. I sent this to Gucci Lover because we were talking about this yesterday in text messages, just like she's another seller I I met on here. She shopped at my shop, I shop at her shop. It's one of those kind of things. Anyways, um I'm sitting here looking at the messages today that came through my feed before I got on here. And um, she this is what she wrote. I'm reading, uh, it says she's a top contributor uh 22 hours ago. Wendy Cooley lefting well. It says, I announced to my buyers, especially the ones who have been so loyal, that I am leaving the platform. I've been trying for five months to turn some sort of profit, but this is a hard venue. They make a lot more than I do, and I am doing the hard work. I've learned if you have premium brands in your show, Lulu, or something thereof, you can't make it in the athletic attire world. That's hard to source unless you're ever lucky enough, um, lucky, and then the profit margin is not usually very grand, especially after whatnot takes theirs, which of course whatnot's gotta take theirs. I mean, come on, we we we know we can't do it for free. I don't know how Makari does it, but just saying. Um, this is also an extremely addictive website because you use it sometimes to source and to catch yourself on it more and more till it engulfs your life. Guys, I have an episode for women. I have talked about this. It it does change your life. In fact, when I tell people about it, I've I kind of give it with a little excerpt warning label. Um, I say, hey, it's very addictive. You really need to think about this. You know, I was gonna do a whole episode on the brain. I lost my documents. It was it was gonna be ridiculous, and I lost it, and so I gave up on it. But it I might do something in the future, but it is highly addictive. Anyways, she says, I've seen a change in myself. I think that's bit this woman. I I respect her for being honest and and truthful in saying this. She says, I kind of scooped you up and you don't even know it. I think she means it kind of scoops you up and you don't even know it, and before long you're in debt and you're trying to keep up with everything. I always had at least 20 people in my show, and it would usually dwindle down to below 10. I was always thankful to have been fortunate after reading so many stories. So now it's just a matter of time of trying to get rid of the inventory I have and redeem myself and learn the lesson. I gave it a thumbs up along with 88 other people, and it has 130 comments right now. But guys, they're uh Jeepers. The first that comment on here, I'm just gonna say, and it has 185 comments. I'm not even gonna click on it because I don't even want to go down that rabbit trail. But I'm just gonna tell you, it is a person, her name's Caitlin. I'm not gonna say anymore. She writes in here, whatever you do, do not purchase from, and then she puts who it is, and then she blocks me because I entered two Gibbies. She called me a Givy Goblin, blah, blah, blah. Okay, I get that there's horrible people, I get it, but going on to Facebook and then putting down somebody, that is really not what you need to be doing. You need to take that energy and channel it into good because if if we end up with everybody coming on, going, this person did that, and this person did that, and this, we will never get anywhere. And trust me, I remember when blank, I'm not gonna say his name, the big seller hurt my feelings. I mean, I have was coming off, you know, getting better after having PTSD for eight to ten months and and really being in one of the worst places of my entire life. I mean, like really, really bad, and somebody hurting my feelings like this. I totally can relate. I totally get it. I feel the desire for justice and for rightness and you know, for swift, you know, action and and change. I am one of those change agents in life. I I am there, guys. My mom says I should have been a lawyer. I get it, guys, but don't do this. Just don't do this. It stirs up the pot. It doesn't need to be there. Pray for those people, learn from your mistakes, move on. Because it just now it has 185 comments. I'm not gonna go in there. Some people are giving it thumbs up, other people are like, oh, shock face. What is that? The a wow face, and then other people are laughing. It it's just it's such a small potato in you know, all the potatoes of your life, guys. I mean, it's not a hill you want to climb on. So that is outside of what I came here to talk about, which is uh Wendy leaving because clothing is oversaturated. And the reason I'm saying this is because just last night I was talking to Gucci Lover about her sales and how they haven't been doing so good. I said, I think since Mr. Beast came on, we've got a lot more young youngsters on the platform and they're trying to make a go of it. Lots more competition, but I do really truly feel like if you're starting out and you're like between categories and you're like, gee, should I go with clothing or should I go with die cast or uh you know Pokemon or whatever, clothing is really, really saturated on this platform. I mean, you can scroll for days for clothing, clothing, clothing. And a way to look this up, guys, is go on at different times of the day and see how it'll tell you in each category when you go to your name. I don't want to get out of where I am right now. Um, but when you go to your name and you go up to the top, look at categories, type in the categories, it'll tell you how many people are actively watching at a time. And clothing always has hundreds and hundreds of people. And it's just it is what it is. So, anyways, I've seen, I know personally, probably four or five people, just like this girl Wendy, who have come into the clothing category, said almost exactly what she did, how hard it is, how they keep, you know, churning, keep working, keep showing up, but after five or six or seven months, they give up. I'm just saying, this is back to I have an episode called Should Should You Stay or Should You Go or something. And uh also, side note, whoever it was that messaged me and said I should put my episodes on there, I am doing that. Just FYI. I'm up to number episode 32 or 34 this morning. I'm going to do that. So I label every one of my episodes. On my end on Buzz Sprout, it actually tells me. So I didn't think you guys needed to know, but you pointed out you do, and so I am changing that. Okay, side note Squirrel, you guys are like, how many squirrels can carry C in one episode? Like, I know, right? Okay, but there's a lot going on up in that tree. Okay. Um, so, anyways, don't, don't uh bad mouth people on here. Don't just don't do it. Okay, anyways, um, this girl, Wendy, who we're talking about, um, she's leaving because it's rough. And she's being very honest, and I appreciate her honesty in this. Um, her talking about how she's working hard, she's got the inventory, it can be addictive. She's doesn't have a lot of people in her room, and uh, she feels like she's been scooped up and it's changed her life and it's changed who she is. She says she her she used the you know pronoun myself, you know. So so she is basically, you know, telling us what she thinks. And the thing about this, and and her putting this is it's got a hundred and thirty comments, guys. A hundred and thirty. And some people use each one of these as an opportunity to advertise themselves, which hey, I I I don't think that's the place to be advertising, but you know, I I guess you do what you want to do. So some of these are people saying, look at me. I'm you know, I'm I'm selling, but um, here's here's a few of the uh things in here. Somebody says, uh, y'all give up way too easy. Personally, I've been on this app for a little over a month, and I've done so well on my shows, and I'm slowly building a community around myself. Be consistent, show up for yourself, stop doing dollar starts, and you will find people. Source bit uh source bin finds, bins finds. I I think she just didn't misspell. Um, yard sells. Literally, everybody sells the same thing on this platform, but stop comparing yourselves to others and just do you. It might sound harsh, but speaking life, keep going, and I promise it might let up for you. Uh uh was the girl's name. I don't even know what her name was. I don't know. Um, she says her name too. She says her name's Curated Seconds is my whatnot. Pop in on a show if you'd like. And I'm gonna give her a thumbs up because she is being truthful, she's being honest, but I don't necessarily agree with her because, like I said, I think I've had at least four or five friends who I shopped with that were clothing sailors who left. I remember one of them, uh she was awesome. I was like, I didn't want to tell anybody who she was, like on my shows. Uh people would come in and they'd be like, Oh, your shirt is so cute. I love your shirt. I have the shirt with cats all over it. And I was like, oh, this girl on whatnot, oh my gosh, I would tell, and then I'm be like, I don't know if I want to share her. But I ended up sharing her, and even with me sharing her and telling other people how awesome she was, she just could not afford it. She was spending so much time because when you're talking about affording it, you're not just talking about affording money-wise, you're talking time-wise, energy-wise, effort-wise. There is a lot that goes into every single thing. And if you're doing it on the up and up and you're keeping really good records, add that to the layer, you know, and managing everything. I mean, I haven't cooked dinner for my family in like forever. They kind of are on their own. I mean, I've got a 19-year-old and a 16-year-old, and they can cook. They cook chicken, spaghetti, they they whatever. But last night I felt bad because I had a show. My kid made cereal for dinner. Is he gonna die? No. Is it the end of the world? No. Um, but you know what I'm saying. Actually, what day it oh, I take it, they did have Chinese food. They went out for Chinese food too. So they had Chinese food and he had cereal. But either way, I'm saying it's definitely more than financial when you're investing. And you get to a point where you just get burned out and you're like, I'm not making money. You can you can see it. And it's like, where is the deadline on time on this? You know, I mean, everybody has a different threshold on everything in life, right? You have a threshold on how much you want to deal with crappy attitudes from other people, or bad sales, or not enough people in your room, or you're just trying to balance this with maybe work and family, um, whatever the situation is, we all have our own level of what we can do, right? And um, I remember this is this is kind of Christianise, is what we call it when you talk about Christian analogies and theories and thoughts and stuff, but it's kind of like a rubber band, right? Like you get pulled and you get pulled and you get pulled. And depending on how big that rubber band is and how many times it's been stretched, depends on how far it can go and stretch this time. But eventually, every single human being on this planet has a threshold where if that rubber band gets pulled too much, pop, it's gonna break. And and I I am personally somebody who can testify to that. I never thought it would happen in my life, but it did about three years ago, uh, more than like three years, three months ago, it happened to me. I my nervous system crashed, my life went to shit. It was just one thing after another. And I think we all need to be aware that we are human and we do have limitations and we do have, you know, capabilities, and we can keep pushing and we can keep grinding, but there's also, you know, our own life, and we have to make those decisions. We have to be aware of it. You know, you can't just keep going day in, day out, doing the same damn thing, not making money, not succeeding, not get, you know. I mean, and maybe some people can do better, maybe you got better merchandise, or maybe you're closer to, you know, so and so, or maybe you're getting palettes, whatever the situation is. I definitely agree with that girl who I just liked when she said, you know, don't compare, but also don't compare yourself on the first part, right? Like, oh, y'all give up too easy. I mean, maybe she did give up easy. Maybe she worked her ass off with everything else she had going on, and she just decided it wasn't gonna work for her. And and to her, I applaud. I applaud anybody who does their very best and makes the best decisions for you at the best time with what your circumstances are, right? Um, I'm going through relational issues right now, major life relations. I'm not gonna get into it right now, but major, major biggest life changes ever going on in my life right now. And um, it it's a big deal. And I'm like looking at it, going, wow, I allowed this, I allowed that, I did this, I did that, I justified this, I allowed, and I realize now, being 54 years old, I didn't take care of myself. Oh my gosh, you know, I I I started realizing this three years ago when all this happened, but you gotta take care of yourself, guys. This is not just, we don't live on this planet just to make money, get amass the most toys, and die. I mean, that is not, that is not what we are here to do. Um, I went to a different church yesterday morning, and um, I actually got there in the beginning, and I had talked to the pastor for an hour and 20 minutes the day before on the phone, just random thing. Anyways, never met the guy, nothing. Saw his face on the website. Anyways, I get out of my car and he's there. And I'm like, Are you Todd? And he's like, Yeah. And I'm like, I'm curious. He's like, Oh my gosh. I said, Can I hug you? And I hugged him and whatever. We sat down and talked for 40 minutes. So this guy has given me two hours of his life and time and energy and thoughts and just, you know, conversation with me. And I can't even tell you what that has helped how that has helped me in my life. And, you know, I'm I'm thinking about my day yesterday and what the positive things were and the good things. And um I met all these wonderful people and I had lunch and I had community and I had support and I had relationships and it that matters, guys. That that is what life is about, right? And I'm just using this as an example, obviously. That's you know, I'm just saying people, humans, our day-to-day contact, how we're treating ourselves, how we're showing up for ourselves, how we're, you know, setting, you know, I don't like boundaries as a word. I think it's really overmisused, and I think people start calling other people toxic, which people are not toxic. Chemicals are toxic, human beings are human and we're sinful. So I don't like the toxic boundaries behavior or language. Um, but I definitely think we need to think about ourselves too, because we were made in the image of Christ. We are his children if you're a Christian. I know there's people who aren't, but even if you're whatever religion, we as human beings, we're special, we're important, we matter, we should care. And not just to everybody else and their lives and what they want and give, give, give, give. We have to balance that out. I do talk about this in my women episode, and I definitely think you guys should good should go check it out. But this is a this is a big deal, um, what this girl, uh, Wendy is saying. I'm gonna go back to it and I'm gonna try to wrap up here. Um, but okay, she this once again, I'm not I'm not, I'm not gonna say all the there's 130 episod uh people who have talked in here so far, and I bet you by the time you hear this pup episode, it's probably gonna be 200 people who have commented on what this girl is saying. The idea that somebody is leaving whatnot after being a seller on this platform and has made the choice to leave. I respect her. I respect her choice, I respect her decision. I think it's very honest and transparent and good that people are having the conversation. I just I do. Um, I I've been on here for two years and I still have the thought, you know, maybe after my life personal stuff is done, maybe I do something else. I I honestly don't know. I keep hammering away, and sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I'm I'm not where I would want to be, which is, you know, House of Coop status, where I went in last night after my show and they had 600 people in there. Do you think that's ever gonna happen? I'm not I'm not holding my breath on it, guys. Um, they're they're a power couple, they're a power team. I don't know how they got there, but they did. And I I also think that there is something about God having his supernatural hand and uh on on different people in their circumstances and situations. Some of it is not what's meant for our lives at that time, or it's not part of what we're supposed to be doing. And, you know, God blesses everybody in different ways, right? I I might not be blessed to have 600 people in the room, but I am a blessed mom of six kids. Four of them aren't talking to me right now. But you get the point, guys. Um, you know, we all have our different stages, our different lives, and our different stretch and pull capacities. And I I think we need to support one another in whatever decisions we make that are the best for us, because it's not you're a loser if you quit whatnot. You're not a loser. You've just made different choices for your life. You're not a failure, you're just pivoting and choosing something else. I mean, think of it as a giant plate when you go to Lubies. Lubies is a cafeteria here in Texas. You go to Lubi's and there's all these choices, all these decisions. Should I get the green beans? Should I get the sweet potatoes? Should I get the um black-eyed peas? I mean, it's ridiculous. You're overwhelmed. We live in a society where literally you can have anything given to you at any time for any amount. I mean, it's insane. We are living in such a world that there's this and there's this and there's this and there's this. And uh actually the pastor talked about this the other day, but distracted. We are distracted, we are consumed, we are, you know, look this way, look that way, check this, check that. We are go, go, go 24-7. And just because somebody says you should make it on whatnot, and you should, you know, make it at least two years before you give up or whatever, who are they? Why, why should you listen to them? I'm not saying it's all bad advice, but you have to have that time. You have to think about it, you have to make those prayerful decisions on what's best for you. I know for my life, I have done a lot of crap for a lot of people for a lot of reasons. And I was not part of the equation. I pulled myself out and I did what was best for everybody else. And I totally didn't think about myself. And I'm not saying I'm perfect and wonderful and everything. Actually, I think that's kind of damn stupid. Um, I think it's a balance. Um, yeah, I look back on it and I was like, damn, I was dumb. I I just I I I was just doing what I thought was best, but it was best for everybody else, not best for me. And you have to equate that, guys. You have to equate it. Okay, I have not done the deep dive on this, and I actually said I was gonna do a deep dive on something else from yesterday, and I can't even remember what it was. Oh, what the hell was it? Anyways, okay, I've got two deep dives coming up, and I I'll figure out what it is once I get a little bit more sleep. I'm gonna go back to sleep. I've been up since four, I went to bed at 11. I'm gonna have this podcast and go back to sleep. Okay, but I gotta tell you a couple more things in this comment. There's a girl, Amber, and she wrote, I just ventured over to Vinted, Vented last night, and I'm list and as I'm listing, I already had sold two items. I'm gonna try that and see how Deep goes. If anyone wants, check out here, and then it says um she's Noelle's Thrifty Finds. Um, I don't think I can actually click on all this while I'm doing a podcast because I'm doing the podcast on my phone, guys. If you haven't figured that out yet, that's why it's raw and non-edited, and I talk from beginning to end, and I don't use any software, and it's it's very I like it like this. It's just my preference. Anyways, what the heck is vintage? Have you guys been to that? I don't even know what it is. I've heard of Deepop. I know what McCarty, Poshmark, eBay, Etsy. I thought I knew the big ones. There's one now called Palm Street, if you guys haven't, and I told the guy in the message the other day, I was like, yeah, if you want to sell plants, and he's like, it's not just plants, it started out with plants. Literally, the name is called P-A-L-M, Palm Street. I mean, it's heavily plant. I mean, when I went in there after he said it sells clothes and stuff, I just started doing scrolling and all I saw was plants. So if there's more that are not there yet, but whatnot started like that too. Whatnot started with, you know, Pokemons and Funko's and uh trading cards and all that. And now look at where we are at. You know, people are buying plants and steaks and live fish. I mean, it's it's crazy. So I definitely think this market is going to continue to grow and develop, and more websites are gonna come up, but I am definitely gonna go check out vintage because I've never heard of it. I'd if you guys want to put comments in these um shows, you can definitely do it. There's a little point that says, you know, text us or whatever. Let me know if you've tried it, if it's something you like. I'm not suggesting we all, you know, go over there or anything, but you know, okay, I'm gonna read a few more of these and uh just random ones. I I didn't pick them out in advance or anything. Um I'm gonna read a few more of these and then we're gonna get off. Um, this guy, Eric, says, Yeah, I when I hear anybody saying they're selling clothing on whatnot, I feel really bad for them. I think it's one of the most saturated sections on the app. I'm in coins and bullion, which is probably the most profitable and the least saturated sections on the app and do very well. I'd say 90% of the women say they sell on whatnot or either clothing or beauty. Okay, I I don't think that. I don't I think he's wrong. I think he's missing the whole antique vintage categories, which are huge on here. I get clothing and beauty are, but I definitely think that a lot of women are in the household decor, estate sales, um, antiques, vintage, mid-century modern type stuff, like all of that. I I think there's a huge market for that. But yeah, I mean, come on, duh, we're women. Clothing, beauty, home. That's what that's our that's our wheelhouse. Of course, that's where we're gonna be. Anyways, um, this person said, change your name, build a new crowd. I hate hearing when people are gonna quit. Yeah, but man, everything has a beginning. Everything ends, everybody dies. Every, you know, I mean, it this might every death ends in a beginning. Maybe she's leaving, whatnot. She's learned her lesson, she goes to another app and she kills it. I mean, who's to say? I I just I think we're we're giving all the people who are quitting a bad rap. I I don't I guess I'm older now. I guess I I guess when I was younger, I might have said the same thing. Oh, you're giving up too early or you're quitting too quick. But you know, I used to read books. This is totally true story. I used to read a book and I would start at the beginning and I would get all the way to maybe the end, because I'd be like, Well, people say this book is a good book. I'm gonna read it, I'm gonna try it, we'll go, you know. Same thing with movies. I would go in and I would sit through the whole thing. My husband and I went to a movie once and I kept saying, Let's go. This is terrible, this is awful, let's go. He was like, It'll get better, it'll get better, this is my husband's saying for our whole marriage. It'll get better, it'll get better. So we sat through the whole thing and it sucked. And I wish I hadn't wasted my time and energy on that movie. And same things with books. I I finally got to the point now where I'm my time is so valuable, I'm too freaking old. I don't want to read the book from the beginning to the end anymore. If I start reading the book and within the first, I don't even give a shit. If their writing is bad in the first three or four paragraphs, I'll put the damn book back. Even if I've bought the book, I'll I'll happily resell it to somebody else because I don't want to waste my time. Does that make me a quitter? No, I don't think so in the slightest bit. I think that makes me an informed, intelligent person who's made decisions over her lifetime that makes her better informed on how to make future choices. Like I know my screw-ups in life. I totally do. I know where I failed, I can see it now. Um, you know, putting a mirror to your face and and your whole, you know, view and being uh conscious of your decisions and your faulty hoods and your, you know, where you've screwed up is a good thing because it helps you learn how to make better choices and decisions going forward. High five, man. You know, that's a good thing. Maybe these people who are quitting, who are giving up, are doing it because they're smart enough and more intelligent to keep on the hamster wheel doing the same thing day in, day out, and not getting the and reaping the rewards they should. And I obviously have gone off the just whatnot. I am talking about in life, guys. If if you're with the same person, if you're living the same lifestyle, if you're doing the same thing over and over and over again, and things aren't getting better, what do you call that? Well, that's definition of an idiot. An idiot is somebody who does the same thing over and over and over and over and over again, and they're expecting to yield different results, you know. And I've I've mentioned this before, but it goes back to that kid with the bucket on his head in the movie Parenthood. It's from like 1989 or something, guys. It's a great movie, um, great cast. If you haven't seen it, go watch it. It's called Parenthood. But there's this point where this kid's got a bucket on his head and he's like slamming his head up against the wall. I mean, how smart is that? I mean, you know, and it it was a competition between two parents. One kid had its little daughter who was doing high-level math, you know, and her, his kid was doing that. And he was kind of like, ugh, you know, exasperated and embarrassed. But yeah, I mean, guys, uh I agree that you could pivot and change. Uh this next person, their their comment, this person, Britt, says, Have you tried another category than clothes? Adapt or die is a very important business maxim. Okay, that might be a business maxim, but adapt or die is a human thing too, right? You have to think of, once again, more than just business. But I think adapting, pivoting, thinking about things is a good idea. Maybe your clothing sucked. Maybe you hated it, maybe you didn't get enough people in there, maybe you couldn't get enough good inventory where you live. I don't know what the circumstance and situation is, but it doesn't mean it's a whatnot thing. It means at the right time, with the right people, with the right merchandise, with the right price, you get all the things right. And maybe you could be a huge success, you know. So if you want to bark up that tree again, rough, rough, rough, go for it. You know, it might be rough barking up that tree, but if you want, you can. Or you can, like this other person said, they're going to vented, they're going to bark up another tree. You guys get the analogy. You're the dog, you're barking up a tree. You're, you know, the the seller barking up a platform, deciding which one is best for you, you know. This other girl, Sarah, says, it's not for everybody capitalized. As someone who has prior self-employed reseller, business owner, retailer for the last six years, whatnot is all capitals amazing for us. We will sell anything and everything. The sky is the limit on the app, but not everyone will succeed. We have only been on since July 25 and have easily made money. Having a prior following is truly the biggest help, too. I think um she's pretty smart here, too, because um that is a thing. You know, a lot of people, and I I am not as good at this as I I probably could be. I gotta get my ducks in a row here. Um, I I have Facebook page, guys. You can go look it up. It's Carrie Kennedy, it has the little whatnot bubble. Um, I just I have only put like six or seven things there. There's only 13 people. I just mentioned it in the last episode. I also have Instagram. Uh it's CarrieKennedy71. I hardly post on there. I'm trying to get better at it and post more there. I'm trying to get a thousand followers over there. I'm at like nine thousand. I mean nine thousand, nine hundred and eighty or eighty-eight or something. I I only have like less than 20 followers, and then once you get to a thousand, I get you, I guess you get to do live videos. I used to be able to do live videos, but then I guess they changed the threshold on how many people or something because it was being overused or something. I don't know. Um, but anyways, so I'm trying to do that. I did make a TikTok account, guys, but quite honestly, I'm not a fan of the Chinese um Communist Party, the CCP. Um I know too much. I'm into politics, not as much as I used to be now that I whatnot, but I I know things. I'll just leave it at that. And um, so I haven't done I haven't done that yet either. I don't know if I'm going to. You know, I have the account. I don't know. But I definitely think getting people involved, talking to people, communicating with people, having those relationships, going into other shows. If you guys did not hear my episode with Greta, Greta's Garden, um, it was my first newbie interview. She's amazing. I she has over a thousand followers. I think she's only been on the app for, I don't know, I don't remember, guys. It's like two to five months or something. I I know I should know that. Sorry, Greta. Um, but she's got over a thousand followers because she hustles, she talks to people, she goes into shows, she follows other people, she says thank you, she does reviews, she does, she does all the the legwork, the running around, the work, and that actually does help you because this is also not just a selling platform, it's a community platform. So, anyways, um, another person said, hmm, interesting. I have 1500 followers on Facebook, so it so a live probably would do better than on whatnot. And that's another thing. You can do live shows on Facebook and you can sell things there, and then you can pay people. It's like a whole thing. I did it once before, not actually selling, but buying from a lady, and it worked out perfectly. I paid her via PayPal, she sent me the stuff, everything was grand. I don't know. I never barked up that tree, I never looked down it. I saw whatnot, I loved it, I came over here. Um, I don't know. Anyways, somebody named Nick said, Whatnot funnels all the money slash fees from smaller sellers to the preferred sellers, you end up taking the burden while the larger um YT entities and friends of management reap no seller fee contracts and give away budgets in the thousands. So if you thought your favorite seller was giving away something because they quote love the chat, think again. Basically, it's a pyramid Ponzi scheme mixed with amusement park casino vibes, in my opinion. I'm gonna, I'm gonna give that a thumbs up, Nick. I I couldn't agree more. I'm in the carnival. I I get it, Nick. I totally, I definitely think there is friends of management happening. I totally do. I think that they have budgets, I think that they get preference, I don't know how it works, I don't know that at all. Um, I don't think I'll ever be one of their favorites because I'm too honest and I say my feelings and thoughts that may not be so great and wonderful. I say it like I see it, you know. I think there's room for improvement. Um, some people say they love the chat. That guy, Nick uh Minshell, said, quote, love the chat. Well, I've been talking about this a lot lately, guys. When it says bless the chat, and you have to give some big seller, you know,$100, and then they'll give somebody, you know, a$25 Starbucks card and they'll keep the$75 or whatever. I mean, maybe not that exact scenario, but you get the deal. They're in it for the money. They're in it for the money. And I definitely think go to the smaller sellers, put your info where it's free. Don't waste your money on that. Those people, I mean, and I I have nothing against the people who have made it. I'm happy for their success, but I definitely don't think that you should be wasting money to get followers and think that that matters. I have a whole episode called Followers. Okay. Then somebody said, um, this one person said, I cannot figure out how I sold$410, but after their fees, I got$333. That is like 18%. And then people said, you know, for you've got to think about shipping. There's lots of ways to lose money. Um, whatnot has the lowest fees I've seen. And don't forget that you're taking 30 cents out of each transaction. Guys, that is the biggest thing that kicks my ass. If they would just take that 30 cent per transaction, I I would be here for a long time. But like I told you, I sold like 25 and 30 ornaments for a dollar a piece last night. I held them up. 30 cents comes out of it. You know what I'm saying? Like it's just crazy. Um, I'm gonna do a couple more and then I'm getting off. Um, one person said, I adapt to inventory. I don't let one brand or category limit my performance. I study what sells and then I sell it. If my whole inventory was slow, I'd sell it at a loss and change inventory, not give up on the platform that can and does pay very well with a very strong community. And then somebody replied to that saying 100%. This was a hard thing for me to wrap my head around. But as soon as I did, things started soaring, and I'm so glad I didn't give up. It's always supply and demand. Somebody replied back to that saying, totally agree. Becoming way oversaturated and even watching some of the big sellers struggle. Yeah. So, I mean, guys, it it there's a lot of thoughts. There's a lot of information here that I've I've mentioned on this app alone. I think I've done like 55, 56 episodes. I like I said, I'm gonna start marking them all. I'm up to like 34 or something. I'll maybe get to that today after I go back and take a quick nap. Um, but the thing is, guys, I at the end of the day, I want you to be proud of yourselves. No matter how long you came, no matter how long you stayed. It is a carnival. It might not be for everybody, right? I mean, whether I'm using the analogy of a tree or a carnival or a business model, whatever, it it might not be right for you. And I think it's okay to say that. I think it's okay to get off and try something else if it's not your cup of tea, if you've been, you know, spinning your tire in the in the mud and you're not getting it anywhere over and over and over again, and you don't have the inventory, or you don't have the strength or stress, or I mean you have don't have the strength and you have too much stress. There we go. Whatever it is, you guys just gotta do the best for yourselves. And and I I really want to say once again, and I've said this before, I'm proud of you guys for who are listening to who are thinking about ideas, who are pondering it, mulling it over, going through it. Like I said, I've sold 15 different categories. Some sell in better. My thing is I would have to come up with the inventory consistently for all of that, right? Like when I'm done with this Christmas stuff, it's gone. I'm I don't I'm not going into the Christmas category, although I'm sure that would be fun and great. I I love selling Christmas stuff. I absolutely love selling Christmas. I've had my best shows, my most productive and profitable shows have been holiday and theme shows, whether it was Halloween or Christmas or a theme. I think theme shows go really well. Um, I had a blue and white show that ended up getting sold in my estate sale. It went amazing. I mean, just everything was sold. It was crazy. So I mean, I think I've learned that from being on here two years that people like theme shows, you know. Um, people like raid trains, you know. I'm gonna do a couple up here, we'll see how it goes. But it does take a lot of time and energy. I'm sitting there loading for my upcoming Texas show, and I'm telling I just told Sarah last night, I was like, man, you know, this takes a lot of time and energy. I don't know, you know, I don't know. I guess it just depends on the train how long you're on. This is only 30 minutes and it's a lot. It's uh uh I'm hoping it goes well. If it doesn't, I'm gonna be disappointed, to be quite honest, because I'm putting a lot of great Texas merchandise. I'm running a giant Bucky's bag fill a basket. Um, my mom and I got all this Bucky stuff and filled it up in a basket, and I'm running it for a dollar. It's my banger. If I get$20 and I spend$85 on it, um, I'm gonna be really upset. I'm taking a risk. I'm taking a chance. We all have that rubber band that we're willing to pull, you know. Um, but I think it's good that you guys are listening. I think it's good that you're sharing out the podcast. I'd really really, really love it if you could give me a five-star rating. But I'd love it even more if you give a review and to sweeten that pot. Every single person who has a review, like with their actual name on whatnot. Like if you're a whatnot person and you put your name in there, I am going to put those names. Everybody who gives me an actual review, and probably at like the end of next month or something, I'm gonna draw a name and just give that person like a gift card. It'll probably be like 25 bucks at Starbucks or something like that. Just to thank you guys for giving me a good review, um, because I really do appreciate it. And um, I'll I'll comment back if you guys have any questions or topics you want me to talk about or whatever. I'm hoping you find something in this valuable, if if not valuable, at least enjoyable to listen to. Um, I am getting a lot of comments, even from men and young men, uh, that they're liking this show too. So I guess not every man thinks I'm long-winded like the other one. Oh, but you know, different strokes for different folks. That's what we're talking about here, right, guys. Um, but anyways, there's some of my morning thoughts. Um, let me know if you like these shows or if there's a certain series that you like better, or if there's certain topics you want, because I know I have two deep dives. Well, three. One is about scamming. One we just talked about. Oh my gosh, I gotta get this together. I I need to take notes. It's just because it's early and I haven't had enough sleep, but I'll figure it out. Um, but thanks so much for being here. You guys have a great day. And like, like I said, if you're a whatnot buyer or seller, um I'm proud of you guys. I think you need to just keep going and do something good for yourself today. You know, just stop and smell the flowers, if you will, you know, take a dog for a walk, look up at the clouds, you know, go to see a movie or, you know, read a book, enjoy the weather, do something outside of whatnot and scrolling, you know. Just have a good day, guys. All right. Uh, with that, I'll talk to you guys later and uh see you on the next episode. Bye bye.