How To Increase Sales And Size Order For Your Holiday Sales!

How To Increase Sales And Size Order For Your Holiday Sales!

by | Oct 29, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

According to a recent blog post from Socially Stacked over 40% of shoppers will begin their Holiday Shopping in November!

So, as a savvy entrepreneur and business owner the question is how do you get these shoppers to spend their money with you?!

The answer is offer shopping discounts!

Look at your inventory and institute discounts if customers buy more than a certain dollar amount so they have a reason to spend their money with you and not your competitor!

If you have an ebay store there is an awesome free tool available to you that will put discounts in place for you called Promotions Manager. With this tool you can offer dollars off, a discount and or buy 2 get 1 free order size discounts. You set the criteria for the discount and the inventory that is available for your customer to purchase to gain the savings. The seller controls the details of the offer. You can offer a variety of discounts to your shoppers within different categories in your ebay store and or you can do an offer for your entire store like buy more $200 merchandise ( and include all your inventory) for 10-20% off, $20 off etc.

Here is  short video I did on how to easily set up a great sales discount on ebay using Promotions Manager.

So,  since 40% of shoppers will start spending their money next month it’s time to get ready with great discounts to bring these customers your way so that your 4th Quarter is your best ever!

How To Get More Followers For Your Social Media Posts!

How To Get More Followers For Your Social Media Posts!

by | Oct 22, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay, Social Media Tips

Social Media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus and Instagram for you as an entrepreneur and seller are yes about your business and products but do keep in mind social media postings are social!
They are a great opportunity for you to share content that is engaging, informative and depending on what you offer your customers fun!
Fun?!
Yes fun!
Have fun with your content, it will show!
Find great recipes, fashion trends, tips on using your product lines, seasonal tie ins ( have you posted anything about Fall, Fall leaves, home decor, home maintenance, baking, cooking,Halloween, Halloween parties, Halloween costumes, Fall hay rides, pumpkins, picking the perfect pumpkin and or pumpkin carving) yet?
Why not enjoy the Fall with your followers! 
You’ll both have a better time and you will build your customer base and followers!
So think Fall and have fun!
How to get a fast easy source for e commerce inventory!

How to get a fast easy source for e commerce inventory!

by | Oct 9, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

Many non professional sellers sell personal possessions and unused gifts online on the internet in the month of October to raise cash for their family’s Holiday and Christmas spending.

If you as a professional online entrepreneurial seller need a good source of low cost inventory October is a great month for you to shop on ebay, Amazon, etsy, Bonanza and Addoway to buy goods selling below their Holiday re-sell value.

This is an online version of the practice of inventory sourcing called Retail Arbitrage.

What is your area of expertise?

Do you know what sneakers, DVDs, women’s clothes, men’s clothes, children’s toys etc sell for?

Keep an eye on the various internet sales sites for when inventory is priced  low and buy stock for your business to sell during the peak shopping season of Thanksgiving to New Year’s!

Remember the adage, “Buy low, sell, high”?
Well now is the time to be buying low online to sell high later!

It’s time to get shopping!

Social Media Time Saver that’s Free for ebay sellers!

Social Media Time Saver that’s Free for ebay sellers!

by | Sep 10, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Social Media Tips

As an ecommerce entrepreneur selling on ebay do you love using Social Media and want to save time?

Hoot Suite has a great way for you to do just that!

In Chrome and Firefox install the Hoot Suite extension.

Now you have HOOTLET on your web browser.

Go to your ebay sales item ( this works whether your have an ebay store or not)
and click the twitter bird icon.

You can tweet with ebay or HOOTLET
pick HOOTLET

Once you pick HOOTLET you can choose
1- which twitter account tweets the ebay item if you have multiple accounts to pick from.

2- You can also schedule ( yes I said schedule) the tweet from Hootlet which takes only seconds!

You can install and use Hootlet whether you have a free or a paid Hootsuite account.

Using Hootlet to tweet your ebay sales items saves you time and it is very easy to do!

Now that’s something to hoot about!

All About Hootlet

Want better search results for the ebay items you’re selling?

Want better search results for the ebay items you’re selling?

by | Aug 22, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

Many think that to successfully sell on ebay all a seller has to do is list.

False. Well partially false, certainly an item can’t sell if it’s not listed.

And I should say that if you are selling a highly desirable item at rock bottom prices yes the item I think would sell.

However if you are like thousands of ebay sellers and you are listing your items you are facing a lot of competition.

One of the ways to stand out is to write an ebay guide related to the products you are selling.

So if you offer women’s shoes you could write a guide on how to know what shoe size your are!

If you sell winter coats, a guide on what’s the warmest coat might be a good fit.

The guide once published is not only available to ebay sellers it’s fed to other search engines so it can be picked up by Google,Yahoo,Bing etc..

To write a successful guide be sure to put your item in the guide’s title and pick the correct ebay categories to tag your guide.

If I’m selling Party Shoes I want Party Shoes in the title of my guide and I’d want to tag women’s shoes.

The tag function is at the bottom of the writing an ebay guide template.

Once published your items that are related to your ebay guide will appear at the bottom of your guide helping to increase customer traffic to your offerings.

You can write an effective guide in under 30 minutes and your items will reap the results of increased search results on the internet which can mean  more SALES for you!

Here is the link to the ebay template for writing an ebay guide on the ebay site. Click the link under #1 Getting Started.
Link to getting started writing an ebay Guide on ebay’s website

Here’s a guide I wrote on “How chose the right Bible for you” to get you’re creative juices flowing!
An example of an effective ebay buying guide. This 1 is on selecting Bibles.

 

Let me know when you’ve finished writing your ebay guide!

Is it time for better prices for your ebay auctions?

Is it time for better prices for your ebay auctions?

by | Aug 2, 2014 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

Many ebay sellers have found that Sunday nights are an excellent time to have their ebay auctions end.
This is true for profit and non-profit charitable sellers. Yet even following this method sometimes you’ll find your item will end with no bids.
You scratch your head and wonder why?
First you want to make sure you are following ebay’s best practices in writing a great title and description checking that you are not neglecting  your item specifics.
You also want to take clear and clean pictures clearly showing your item from all angles noting any defects you see.
Here is a link to ebay’s seller central with helpful tips for you to write a great listing.

ebay seller central

So you say to me ” Kathy, I’ve done all that and my listing still received no bids”.
Ok did you promote your listing with any Social Media?
What’s key with Social Media is to grab the attention of your potential customers when you first list so they can be aware of your great product AND a day or two  before your listing ends AND then again the day your item will end.
All Social Media whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google plus, Instagram, Snapchat etc.. works with a feed of some kind and you want to promote your item without spamming several times to get shoppers looking at your listing.
As you will be posting and reposting on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google Plus, Instagram etc be fun and informative to your social media followers so your posts are not just here’s my product for sale buy me, buy me!
Let’s say the  ebay auction item you are selling  is a great pair of jeans. You could  say something about how great jeans are for the weekend, how great it is to add another pair of favorite jeans to your wardrobe etc..
So in short to  sell successfully by auction on ebay it’s not enough to list your item among the thousands of products listed every minute on ebay.
If you want juicy prices for your ebay auction listings you’ll need juicy social  media posts and several scattered throughout your listing’s lifespan particularly towards the end of the auction!
Use this tip and let me know your ebay auction selling success!

Is it time for you to get better prices for ebay auctions?

Is it time for you to get better prices for ebay auctions?

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