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!

How to help your ebay items be found by search!

How to help your ebay items be found by search!

by | Sep 19, 2014 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

4th Quarter is fast approaching for online entrepreneurs selling on ebay and elsewhere and it’s important to have your inventory listed now!When listing on ebay it is crucial to chose the right keywords and use the best order of the keywords to get maximum results in search for the items that you are selling.
There are thousands of sellers offering products on ebay and the order of your keywords can make a huge difference in how your products show in ebay’s Best Match search. Best Match is the default search on ebay.
You want to do everything you can to be on on the first page of ebay’s Best Match search and your sales item’s titles’ keywords play a role in that,
Here is a short and effective tutorial I did on youtube on how you can write ebay titles that will rank well in ebay search.
How to write great titles for your eBay listings quickly
Do you check your items regularly to see how they rank in ebay’s Best Match search?By watching the above youtube  video for 3 minutes and taking notes you’ll know smart tips to help your items rank better in ebay search.

Better search results mean more of your customers can find your items more easily and you know what that means?

Yes, it means more sales for you! After all if customers can’t find your products they can’t buy them, can they?

Tweak your titles and welcome your customers to your ebay sales items now and all throughout the upcoming Holiday sales season and you’ll be enjoying that festive sound of cha ching, cha ching!

 

 

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!

Want larger orders in your ecommerce business ? Size Matters!

Want larger orders in your ecommerce business ? Size Matters!

by | Aug 5, 2014 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay

I recently got a large clothing sale by one customer in my ebay store!
How?

My ebay store categories includes clothing sizes!
By sorting the clothes you sell by SIZE you are inviting browsing and shopping for your customers!

Your customers spending more time in your ebay store (or website) browsing and shopping can potentially greatly increase the order size of each sale!

Most importantly using clothes sizes in your ebay store categories(or website) shows your shoppers you care about your them!

It shows your customers you value their time and want to make their shopping experience with you a pleasant experience and that you care enough about them to set up your site in a manner that’s easy for them to navigate!

With the busy times we live in who isn’t looking to save time?!

Want larger order sizes for your clothing items?

Take the time to include sizes in your store categories.

Welcome happy and satisfied  shoppers!

 

You can get bigger orders from your ebay store customers! Want to know how?

You can get bigger orders from your ebay store customers! Want to know how?

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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