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Which Brands Resell Best? ThredUP Has Answers
Which children's clothing brands resell best? Any mother or father eyeing that once-worn fancy ou ...
Wednesday February 27, 2013
Four Tips for Running an Effective Flash Sale
"Flash Sales," time-limited sales that usually last from a day to 72 hours, are proving to ...
Monday February 25, 2013
Facebook Local Selling Sites Gaining Traction
Gale, an online seller based in Oklahoma, has sold more since early December in her local ...
Friday February 22, 2013
The ShoeMoney Story: Top Marketer Lets It All Hang Out
Jeremy "ShoeMoney" Schoemaker's autobiography, "The ShoeMoney Story: Nothing's Changed ...
Thursday February 21, 2013
How I Did on ThredUp, Now Accepting Women's Clothes
A while back I wrote a blog post about sending in a prepaid postage bag of kids' clothes to th ...
Tuesday February 19, 2013
How Effective Is the eBay New New Home Page?
eBay has now officially rolled out its Pinterest-like home page to all its users. I've b ...
Friday February 15, 2013
Is Bad Advice a Problem on the eBay Antiques Board?
We recently heard from a reader who said that misinformation and downright bad advice that can l ...
Wednesday February 13, 2013
Valentine's Day Tips: Most Wanted, What Sells Best?
By now, if you're an online seller, you've probably sold the Valentine's Day-related items that ...
Monday February 11, 2013
Will the Year of the Snake Bring Slithery Sales?
Did you know the Chinese Year of the Snake started officially Sunday, bringing the year of the ...
Sunday February 10, 2013
eBay's Half.com Begins Accepting PayPal
eBay announced in July 2000 that it would acquire Half.com. Two years later in July 2002, eBay ann ...
Thursday February 7, 2013
Preventing Copyright Issues for Photos of Your Craft Products
In the wake of the brouhaha on Etsy over listings taken down when a seller said some listing ...
Wednesday February 6, 2013
Sellers React to Package-Only Saturday USPS Mail Delivery
It's official: the United States Postal Service (USPS), long under pressure to cut costs, has ...
Tuesday February 5, 2013
Yardsellr's Abrupt Closing Brings Scathing Comments
If you hadn't heard already, on Feb. 4th social shopping site "Yardsellr" abruptly anno ...
Monday February 4, 2013
Hard, Soft Questions for eBay CEO Donahoe at WSJ Breakfast
EBay CEO John Donahoe fielded questions both benign and pointed in an i ...
Friday February 1, 2013
Mysterious ''Dusty Old Thing'': Latest Antiques Hotspot?
Who's behind DustyOldThing ? Who cares? It's a fun new place to ogle antiques. It's also ...