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What Were Your Best and Worst Sales of 2013?
We're coming into a new year, and you know what that means. Countless looks back on the past y ...
Sunday December 29, 2013
eBay Customers Change in Perception Needed Heading into 2014?
Are consumers out there under the impression that Amazon is safer and easier? That is what one selle ...
Thursday December 26, 2013
Using After-Holiday Deals for Inventory and Supplies
In the aftermath of a slow retail season and some extended shipping delays , one of the big b ...
Monday December 23, 2013
Could These Tactics Decrease Your Returns?
As much as a third of all Internet sales get returned, according to an article in today's Wall St ...
Sunday December 22, 2013
What Percentage of Your Holiday Buyers Are Slow to Pay?
We're down to the wire with Christmas shopping, and any store that can still ship in time for the ...
Friday December 20, 2013
How Would Amazon Offering Retail In-Store Items Affect You?
In an article yesterday, Ina asked, "What If Amazon Opened Its Marketplace to Retail In-Store Inven ...
Wednesday December 18, 2013
What Are Your Top Ecommerce Stories of 2013?
'Tis the season for Top Ten Lists...and Top Five Lists, Best of Lists, Worst of lists, etc. We at Au ...
Sunday December 15, 2013
Do Amazon's Ever-Changing Prices Impact You as A Seller?
Amazon.com makes over 2.5 million price changes every day, according to a piece on ABC news , ...
Thursday December 12, 2013
How far Should eBay Move from a Peer-to-Peer Marketplace?
Two of eBay's execs, CEO John Donahoe, and head of eBay Marketplaces Devin Wenig, both dissed ...
Tuesday December 10, 2013
What Are You Comfortable with Linking to on eBay?
The eBay Links Policy : it seems to have gone through more changes over the years than the Ital ...
Sunday December 8, 2013
How Do You Handle Holiday Greetings to Customers?
I'm one of those people who likes holiday cards, sending them and getting them. But an interestin ...
Thursday December 5, 2013
What Do Your Friends Think You Really Do All Day?
When you say you're an online seller, what do your friends think? Do you get asked to head up ...
Wednesday December 4, 2013
Amazon Sellers React to FBA Fee Hikes...Not
Is it me, or do Amazon sellers care less about fee hikes than sellers on...other large onl ...
Monday December 2, 2013
Will Your Cyber Monday Sales Extend All Week?
Just as this past Thanksgiving weekend seemed like one long shopping binge, with Thanksgiving n ...
Sunday December 1, 2013
Do Reality TV Selling Shows Spill too Many Secrets?
There's a new tv show about reselling items in the works, set to debut this January on a cable cha ...