Jul
30
Sourcing eBay Products: Buying Seasonal Inventory Off-Season
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Purchasing seasonal inventory at end-of-season clearance sales can save you 75 to 80 percent off of regular retail prices. Scoop up bargain priced beach and barbecue accessories when the stores are clearing their shelves for back-to-school inventories. Stock up on Easter, Halloween, Christmas and other holiday items after the festivities. Take advantage of discounted winter apparel in February.
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Jul
23
Just Starting Selling? Start Small!
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Here’s a question I recently received on my Half.com article:
I have never sold anything on eBay. I have bought a few things in the past year. From my vantage point it is very confusing with different parts of eBay and alternative sites like Auctiva offering such different things and not one of them having clear cut directions. I have spent hours on Turbolister 2 trying to list books. I could not figure out how to list selling in the US and in Canada. The live eBay help disconnected five times. Then I went to auctiva and wanted to list there but they don’t have the stock photos of the books. I have over 100 books to list and don’t want to have to photograph each of them. I went to half.com to list the books after your recommendation and found that there is no stock photo there. In other words eBay provides some services in some parts of their auctions but not in others. What in the world is going on. I am so confused I don’t know what to do. I am ready to give up my efforts to sell on eBay. I was trying the books first since they were relatively easy to list. Also Half.com doesn’t have descriptions like Turbolister. Can you use Turbolister for half.com? Just wondering? Will sales be better on eBay or on Half.com? I only wish I could buy the books that are suggested but cannot do that until I make a few dollars. I am simply overwhelmed.
Maureen
Jul
19
Everybody loves coupons. Retailers and manufacturers offer coupons to thank their customers and encourage repeat business. You can do the same thing with your eBay business. Spend a little quality time with your favorite word processing or graphics program to create and print a coupon you can include with each shipment. Read more