by Kathy Terrill | Dec 4, 2015 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay, Social Media Tips
It’s 3 week til Christmas.
Are you wondering where are the shoppers?
Sellers if you are enjoying great sales that is fantastic! You have 3 weeks to continue to do and grow what you are doing in your ebay and Etsy business! Continue to list, run sales, and create and use promotional coupons. Post your most attractive items to Facebook, Twitter , Pinterest, Google Plus and Instagram. If you’re not doing it consider taking it up a notch and boost some of your Facebook posts with a Facebook ad campaign.
For sellers that are a tad discouraged right now, take heart!
Time to stop and think!
Pause for a minute.
Calmly take a look at your inventory. Decide what is gift worthy. What do you sell that is new and sealed or a wonderful collectible gift. Those are the items you need to focus on. Jump on ebay or Etsy and check prices. Prices can change with lightening speed at the Holidays up or down. In order for you to move your inventory quickly carefully consider the best prices to be offering right now. For some categories you may need to be checking prices daily to stay competitive and sell with maximum profits.
If you’re on ebay use ebay’s Advanced search to see if the items you have listed are being bought by customers. Take some time to dig deeper and see what the hot items are in your categories. You can do this quickly and expertly with the excellent research tool Terapeak. It’s not just a matter of listing on ebay. As a successful seller I want to source and list what has a good sell through rate.
If you are having a slow Holiday season it’s crucial that you find out what is hot NOW and see if you can source it. Terapeak can help you locate the current top sellers so you can get profits quickly, not in a year.
In conclusion, if you having a banner year continue and look to take it up a notch.
If you’re floundering stop. Assess your most saleable inventory. Then check your prices and know that you may need to check prices daily in very hot categories. Do some research to see if the items you have for the Holidays are selling at all. Advanced search and Terapeak will give you this important information. To maximize Holiday sales use Terapeak to do a deep dive into ebay categories to find the current hot products and look locally and online to source these items fast and increase your sales now!
ebay and Etsy sellers it’s time to jump in and grab those Holiday profits!
by Kathy Terrill | Nov 26, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
Tomorrow is Black Friday. Are you ready to have the best 4th quarter yet ebay seller? Good let’s go down your check list!
Black Friday Checklist!
From a popular webinar I did for Top Rated Sellers on “Is Your ebay Store Ready For The Holidays”, ebay sellers learned to:
- Effectively optimize the ebay store description using the 1000 characters allowed and effective use of Holiday language.
- Employ simple Holiday designs to put a festive touch on your ebay store and welcome shoppers.
- The utmost importance to maximize sales with proper and effective use of ebay store categories!
It’s not too late to optimize your ebay store! Here is the information you need to use now.
ebay seller think about what are your best sellers and/or potential best sellers this Holiday season? Are they clothes, mugs, table linens, kids toys or electronics? Whatever your prime category is watch closely what a major brick and mortar does.
Don’t panic! Watch the big brick and mortars for ideas!
If you are a toy seller on ebay you might want to watch ToysRUs. Are you a clothing vendor then perhaps you’ll watch Nordstrom or Macy’s.
You want to follow your brick and mortar on their website and social media. If they run a 30% off sale, can you do the same? If they are utilizing a door buster, can you? With the ebay selling tools Promotions Manager, Mark Down Manager and CampaignGO sellers you can launch sales and promotions in minutes.
Black Friday starts some of the busiest and potentially most profitable days of internet sales. It’s not too late to clean up your listings, your ebay store and use every tool at your disposal to drive sales.
ebay sellers are loving the results they get using my special class for sellers with and without an ebay store Secret Sauce For ebay sales
Go down the checklist and load up the best tools for your business! Get ready to take care of your ebay customers and ship fast!
by Kathy Terrill | Nov 3, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
eBay and Etsy sellers the Holidays are fast approaching! With the holidays so close for many entrepreneurs that means most if not all of your cash is tied up in all the inventory you already have listed for Christmas shoppers!
The Holidays are fast approaching!
One great way for sellers to keep adding inventory at this cash tight period is to get products for free! Start by reading Part 1 of this my 2 part series The Secret to Finding Free Stuff To Sell on ebay and Etsy!
After getting free goods to sell from your own closet, friends, family, Craig’s List and yard sales what’s next?
Here are more secrets to finding free stuff to sell on eBay and Etsy!
I’m picking up where the previous list left off.
6- Keep a keen eye out for garbage pick up days in your town and neighboring areas!
Every municipality has rules on what can be put out when. So, know the rules. On the days where furniture or appliances are discarded keep an eye out for items that can be resold. Some appliances can be broken down and sold profitably online for parts!
7- Look for moving trucks.
Often when people move they discard bags of clothing and boxes of kitchen appliances, kids toys and more as not being worthwhile to take with them. Those discards can be turned into dollars for you!
Moving day discards can be cash for you!
8- Shop stores with their sales circular in your hand.
Check the sales circulars for daily or weekly deals. Look in the circulars for extra coupons. Go online and also check Sunday newspapers for manufacturer’s coupons. If an item is on sale, with a coupon from the store most places will allow you to piggyback a manufacturer’s coupon. With combining coupons on an item already heavily discounted sometimes you’ll find products end up being free with you liable for any applicable sales tax.
Check online and Sunday papers for coupons!
9- Consider dumpster diving and a trip to the local city dump.
This is not for everyone. You’d be surprised ( or maybe not) at what folks throw out. I’ve heard of some people that find discarded clothes with money still in the pockets! Know your area’s laws re dumpster diving and also the rules governing your local dump. One man’s trash is another’s treasure!
So eBay and Etsysellers look out for moving trucks, know the garbage pick up schedule where you live, shop with coupons and consider dumpster diving!
Any treasure you find to sell from these sources costs you nothing and that means after selling fees and postage it’s all profits for you!
It’s surely nice to hear those cha chings at the Holiday and all the year long from free merchandise!
by Kathy Terrill | May 18, 2015 | eCommerce News, eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
First with Memorial Day weekend approaching in the USA, thank you to all who have served to protect and defend our nation and it’s precious freedoms.
Memorial Day Weekend we thank all who are serving and have served to protect the USA!
Memorial Day weekend this year in the USA is May 23-25, and most ebay sellers during a normal weekend of sales end their auctions on a Sunday for bigger profits.
When is the best time to end an ebay auction on a Holiday Weekend?
However during a holiday weekend, though I would not advise you not have any Sunday auctions I would encourage the savvy ebay entrepreneur to end some auctions Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday which is May 25-27.
The reason to add Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is many Americans jump online and shop upon returning from the Holiday weekend, thus making the weekdays better for ending ebay auctions and maximizing the profits for the ebay seller!
In this You Tube video in under 2 minutes I give you selling strategies to maximize your ebay auction profits!
So successful ebay seller, schedule your auctions for bigger profits and enjoy Memorial Weekend, being grateful for the sacrifice of our nation’s military protecting our nation and the precious freedoms we hold dear!
by Kathy Terrill | May 9, 2015 | eCommerce Selling Tips, Selling on eBay
Mother’s Day is tomorrow and Father’s Day is fast approaching for retailers! Are you reaping the profits you can from these and other Holidays, or do they make you scratch your head and wonder, “What am I doing wrong?”
Do Holiday shoppers spend their money with you?
If the answer is no and you have an ebay store I have help for you!
Did you know you can create special categories in your ebay store for the Holidays and sale events?!
In under 4 minutes this youtube video shows you how to optimize your ebay store categories to encourage browsing and sales!
Under 4 minutes? Increase sales? What are you waiting for?!
