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Collecting the Collector: When Collecting Is Funny
Anyone who gets the joy of collecting -- and who may have had a spouse or significant other ...
Wednesday November 28, 2012
Taking Amazon Delivery Lockers for a Spin at Staples
I'm quite fortunate when it comes to mail delivery. I have a doorman who can accept oversized deli ...
Holiday Shipping to Military Addresses: What to Know
Did you know that the cutoff date for shipping to US military addresses is fast ap ...
Monday November 26, 2012
Cyber 2 Weeks: 5 Ways to Compete with Big Box Stores
Cyber Monday? That's so 2011. Try "Cyber Two Weeks." According to a piece in th ...
Saturday November 24, 2012
Etsy's Business and Personal Seller Survey
Etsy wants to know more about its sellers. To paraphrase Sally Field, they really, really want to ...
Wednesday November 21, 2012
Ways to Promote Black Friday: What Will You Do?
It isn't even Thursday and you may be tired of hearing about "Black Friday." But if you sell online, ...
Monday November 19, 2012
What Do You Think of Retail Stores Opening on Thanksgiving?
We're all used to the teeming masses huddling to break free into doorbuster-specials on Black Friday ...
Saturday November 17, 2012
Build.com on Getting Traffic from Amazon with Product Ads
Sunday's Update article focuses on using the new Amazon Sponsored Products Ads . We're going to l ...
Thursday November 15, 2012
CollectorZoo: A Place to Catalog, Sell and Admire Collectibles
If it's a jungle out there in the collectibles world, collectors are the animals who make it up: bir ...
Wednesday November 14, 2012
Would You Use Amazon's Friends and Family Gifting?
Some folks recently got emails about a new service from Amazon called "Friends and Family Gifting." ...
Tuesday November 13, 2012
Bonanza to Move to More eBay-Like Categories
In a blog post on November 6 , "bonanzamark" (Mark Dorsey, Director of Happiness & Co-Founder o ...
Monday November 12, 2012
Amazon UK Announces New Seller Rating System
Amazon UK introduced a new seller rating system , "Amazon Seller Rating," which it says will be ...
Friday November 9, 2012
Ruby Lane Dishes on Hot Holiday Antiques
Items are really moving on Ruby Lane . I mean literally...moving. If you haven't looked at their ho ...
Tuesday November 6, 2012
Would Listing on International Marketplaces Help Your Sales?
You may already be shipping some orders to other countries via sales on eBay's or Amazon's US sites, ...
Monday November 5, 2012
5 Hot Sleeper Toys Anyone Can Sell - Except One
We're in November and the holiday push has begun. But whether you sell shoes, car parts, cell phones ...
Friday November 2, 2012
Will eBay's New Feed Make You Buy More?
I just got an email yesterday from eBay with a selection of items from the new eBay Feed; the email ...
Thursday November 1, 2012
Survey: Which Shipping Services Do You Use and Why?
We're about knee-deep in holiday sales prep, if not the sales themselves, and sellers will be frenet ...