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Amazon Monitors Sellers Activity Levels in Wake of Hurricane
Amazon emailed sellers on Monday afternoon advising them to contact any buyers who may be affected ...
Sunday October 28, 2012
eBay's New Bundle of Joy
Those of you who watch History Channels' reality show " American Pickers " know that Frank Fritz ...
Friday October 26, 2012
Antiques Bestsellers and What Sold Best for You Last Year?
On this Antiques Friday (hashtag #ABAntiquesFri on Twitter ) we're going to look at what sold bes ...
Thursday October 25, 2012
5 Ways Amazon and FBA Sellers Can Prep for the Holidays Now
As a recent "Saturday Night Light" bit reminded us, with Halloween the holidays are practically up ...
Tuesday October 23, 2012
New, More Photo-Based Design for TIAS
If you haven't been over to TIAS.com - aka The Internet Antique Shop - lately, the front page of t ...
Monday October 22, 2012
What Do You Think of eBay Eliminating Wildcard Searches?
eBay is in the process of making changes to its advanced search feature that will not allow "wildc ...
Friday October 19, 2012
PlanetDiecast.com Offers Collectors New Kind of Selling Community
There's a new place on the web for diecast hobbyists to sell, trade and talk shop, and this Antiques ...
Thursday October 18, 2012
Alibaba Halloween Costume Stats: Plus-Sized, Wolves and Cats
Halloween is just around the corner and we have stats on what some US and worldwide costume trends a ...
Tuesday October 16, 2012
Five Facebook Groups that Are Helpful to eBay Sellers
Nowadays it seems our "mindshare" has more and more competition...we are members of multiple Faceboo ...
Monday October 15, 2012
eBay Seller Reports Low Sales and Multiple ID Oddities
A Top-Rated eBay seller (aka "TRS") I know reported weirdness in terms of traffic between her two di ...
Friday October 12, 2012
Trends in Estate Jewelry and What Are Your Best Finds?
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a piece about "Cashing in Your Jewelry," and how more and mor ...
Thursday October 11, 2012
Does Bonanza's RenFaire Promotion Entice You to Shop?
Bonanza is holding its fourth annual "Rennaissance Faire" (aka "RenFaire") promotion through Oct. ...
Wednesday October 10, 2012
eBay's New Two-Click Checkout Really Clicks
eBay announced a new, streamlined "two-click" checkout process today, along with other news about ...
Monday October 8, 2012
Big Bird on eBay: Capitalizing on News Events
There seemed to be a clear winner after last Wednesday's presidential election debate. I'm talking a ...
Saturday October 6, 2012
eBay vs. Amazon on Twitter - Social Media Roundup
I decided to look at the Twitter accounts of the two largest online marketplaces to see how they s ...
Friday October 5, 2012
Antiques Friday: Advice from Coin Expert Steve Roach
We're very lucky on this Antiques Friday (hashtag #ABAntiquesFri on Twitter ) to learn more a ...
Thursday October 4, 2012
eCrater Sellers Can Get Traffic and Earn with Google AdSense
I hadn't been on eCrater for a while so I caught up with founder Dimitar Slavov to see what was ne ...
Wednesday October 3, 2012
Dust Bunnies in the Box: How Do You Clean Your Products?
I was talking with a savvy friend of mine a while back when she surprised me with something she said ...
Tuesday October 2, 2012
Loyalty Programs: Would eBay UK's Nectar Tempt You?
eBay UK shoppers who are a member of the popular loyalty program Nectar will be able to earn point ...