Christmas is a little over 100 days away sellers!

eBay and Etsy sellers with these 3 simple strategies you can start equipping yourself for the best 4th quarter of online sales ever!

Are you ready? Let’s Go!

1st simple strategy for 4th quarter success is to take notes!

Take Notes!

It’s wise to take notes on what inventory of yours sells when. Record what promotions you offered and when. Pay attention to which sales worked and which didn’t. Note what bundles worked to sell products. Bundling is an awesome way to get your products seen and sold during the Holidays! My hit online webinar Secret Spice For Online Sales walks you easily through the process of turning your inventory into bundles that sell! The notes you take this year, will be a deep reservoir of knowledge for you to use for 4th quarter 2017!

2nd simple strategy for 4th quarter success sellers is to check your inventory!

Check Your Inventory!

If you have not done a hands on inventory of all your stock in the past few months, now is the time to do it!

An accurate count of inventory now will save you from out of stock headaches in November and December. While indexing your inventory start thinking what promotions will work best. Using the 1st strategy of taking notes, record what items will group together well for eBay Collections, Etsy treasuries. Think about what products you want to feature on your Facebook business page, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram during the Holidays!

The next simple step for selling success is check ALL your shipping supplies!

Check Your Shipping Supplies

Look at what your sales volume was last year. Note your current sales. Calculate the difference.

Examine how fast you go through mailers, boxes and tape now.

Looking at the increase in sales you experience  typically for the Holidays you’ll have a good idea of how much and what shipping supplies you need on hand now. Order your supplies now.

The free USPS Priority envelopes, boxes and labels often take 2 and 3 times longer to arrive in November and December. Now is the time to stock up. If you use polymailers, padded envelopes, packing peanuts and tape consider the family owned company Bubblefast. They offer a wide variety of shipping supplies and with the coupon esnbes you’ll save 10% on your entire order!

Sellers, take in depth notes all through the Holiday season, check and log all your inventory and stock up on all your Holiday shipping supplies. These are crucial steps for selling success.

Take the time to do these easy and simple steps NOW.

Laying a firm foundation with these basic steps for you business moves you forward towards your BEST 4th quarter of sales EVER!