heppnerguy Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 In our little town, they have a facebook classified page, It is pretty new here and I had only heard about it last week. I thought I would give it a look. Mostly it was local woman selling cloths, tupperware and reducing pills. I thought, " What the heck, it costs nothing, i will place an add on it and see if I get any results. I posted in the morning and that evening the replies started coming in. It was the word embedded signs and I had just learned how to make them from Travis's tutorials. I screwed up the first one too. well within a couple of hours I had 7 orders from that post. I am selling the signs for $29. It must be a good price by the response I got. I only sold one off my Facebook page, that reaches a whole lot more people than our classified one does. so I made a couple hundred bucks in one day and enjoyed how easy they were to make. I suggested they choose a silhouette to put on the sign and everyone choose something different. I think it added a little more to the signs. Here is a photo 6 of the ones I made. Dick heppnerguy Travis, bobscroll, captlucky and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishman Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Very nice! Glad you were able to get so many sales and responses in such a short time! I love the feeling of being able to make a little money from a hobby....means you can put it right back into the hobby. heppnerguy and wombatie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Dick, didn't you tell me you had 7 kids living in Heppner??? Just kidding my friend. Congratulations! That is great. I have never heard of Facebook having a classified. How did you find it? heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Congrats!!!! New business, huh? Well done. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Cool! Do you have to ship or will they get picked up? heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 congrats Dick. I really like those signs, I'm gonna have to check out that tutorial. We have a couple selling sites here on facebook as well, but mostly clothes on them. Dick the tutorial for those signs is it part of the inkscape or gimp tutorials in the university? heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Well Dick by this time next year you will be a millionaire. They all look great, I'm sure the orders will keep coming in, don't forget your sports idea too. Marg heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm really pleased for you Dick, They all look great and individual, Thank you for showing us, Bob heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Well done. For $29 they are getting an absolute bargain. heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Well done Dick!.....Looks like you are on to something big!......Good Luck! heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Very nicely done Dick. Love the fact that you have discovered something that is easy to do and folks love. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ike Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 That is better than having a web page. Does that price include shipping or do they pick them up. I have never herd of a classified add service thru Face Book. Thanks for posting heppnerguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) All but one if these signs were picked up at my house because they were local and our town is so small. I did need to ship one to Arizona. They cost me for the glue, blades and sand paper, so maybe $1 each. I have a lot of wood for these that was given to me. The classified page was put on Facebook by a local gal. Kind of like the pages that a lot of us have for our woodworking. Anyone can make your town or city one on Facebook if they wish to. Our page is called something like Heppner Lexington Ione classified. I think you can easily find it if you look. It is not very big but it worked for me. Edited March 2, 2015 by heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 I'm game but have no idea how to do it.Lucky you!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudger Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Nice job, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 You get out of it what you put into it- Good thinking and Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarB Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Congrats, they look great and good on you for taking the initiative!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrscroller Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Yeah, my wife is on an online garage sale on facebook and is selling things all the time. I don't have time to make stuff and try to sell it online. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLarry Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Great work. Thanks for sharing and for the encouragement. Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Congratulations, Dick!Here's wishing you tremendous success!Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 right on i am charging 30 and sales increasing. great minds think a like...........what!, that cant be right. what font you using and how big are back ground letters. using new times bold back 2.75" and birds of paradise 1.5" smaller second level. must admit gettin better with imp and learning a bunch . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamminjack Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Dick the signs look great, thanks for sharing..... You are the Master.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I am going to offer the local school sport signs in a couple of weeks. I am enjoying my rest as we will have our house loaded with guests over the next two weekend and part of the week in between Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMBob Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Dang! Those are really nice. I like the silhouettes and all the different fonts. You are one clever guy! Those WOULD go over well in Arizona. In the trailer parks where the "snow birds" hang out during the winter, and the retirement trailer parks where some people live year round, nearly every trailer/house has some kind of sign like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Yeah, my wife is on an online garage sale on facebook and is selling things all the time. I don't have time to make stuff and try to sell it online. Bill Bill, You don't need to fill the online garage sale site with a lot of different things. Just pick one or two that you can reproduce if you receive a few requests and see what happens that is what I did with mine. Too many things just make it harder for you, I think. Try one and see what happens.. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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