It’s 8 days and counting to the eBay OPEN event in Las Vegas!
It is sure to be a time of celebration, renewing old friendships and making new ones.
eBay OPEN is also a great opportunity for learning and honing seller skills.
eBay OPEN starts on Tuesday July 26th. If you arrive on Monday July 25th there is an informal get together for all eBay sellers hosted by Stephanie Young Inge at Harrah’s Carnival Court starting at 8pm and going til… Stephanie asks that you RSVP so that she has a idea of total attendance. Click HERE to RSVP to Stephanie.
Registration for the event is at the Venetian Hotel July 26th from 12pm-6pm. There is a welcome reception from 4-6pm.
The reception offers an awesome opportunity to mingle with fellow eBay sellers including the SHINE award sellers and eBay staff.
July 27th kicks off eBay OPEN with much anticipated messages from eBay CEO Devin Wenig and eBay‘s Sr VP of North America Hal Lawton. The eBay General Sessions offer opportunities to hear eBays plans and vision for the 4th quarter of 2016 and the future.
July 27, 28 and 29th feature workshops on important topics to sellers. Workshops offer eBay seller opportunities to hone their skills for listings, buyer’s experience, global shipping and more. Tuanh Decroix eBay‘s Lead Product Manager promised me in the Listings and Orders Workshops her team will be covering how to streamline the listing process. She was excited to share that her team will be revealing some new fabulous features coming soon to eBay sellers! Click HERE for registration information for all the workshops.
Some eBay teams will have areas in the exhibitor hall. Those without areas will be floating around the convention to be available to sellers.
Tuanh assured me that her teams are accessible to sellers after and between workshops to help all sellers get their questions answered.
Look over the eBay OPEN workshops. Think about what you want to focus on. If you are attending eBay OPEN with eBay seller friends, consider attending different workshops and then compare notes.
Consider What You Want To Focus On
Reach out to the eBay team that is most important to your eBay business. eBay staff is available face to face to sellers for 3 days to answer questions and help you with your eBay selling. If you are feeling shy, feel free to ask me introduce you to any staff that you want to talk with.
Click HERE for the current agenda for eBay OPEN.
eBay OPEN has 3 days of speakers, workshops, meals, Happy Hours and one heck of a party Thursday night with the Grammy winning band Fray. eBay OPEN also has event sponsors.
Sponsors offer sellers awesome learning opportunities. Click HERE for the complete list of eBay OPEN Sponsors.
During eBay OPEN there is time to walk the exhibitor hall and meet the event sponsors.
Sponsors offer awesome tools and products to the seller community.
Sponsors Offer Awesome Tools For eBay Sellers!
Do you want some shipping tips? Visit with Mark and Robin Le Vine of Bubblefast. Mark and Robin are extremely knowledgeable about packing and shipping. They can help you know the best envelope and or box to safely ship your products.
If you want to talk listing, then you want to visit listing tools Inkfrog and Sixbit.
Do you want to learn how to research hot products on eBay? Stop at Terapeak’s table. Marco Alvarez of Terapeak assured me that he and the Terapeak staff are ready to give all interested eBay sellers 1-1 hands on tutorials on using Terapeak for product research.
Will Seippel and Robbin Levin of Worthpoint will show you all the amazing new tools that Worthpoint has for identifying and pricing collectible products, Robbin Levin let me know that Worthpoint is offering hands on training on all their tools at their table for eBay sellers.
Looking for product sourcing ideas? Then be sure and stop by BULQ and discuss how their pallets can possible help you and your eBay business.
There are many amazing sponsors offering sellers hands on tutorials and in depth product information.
You can’t come?
Lee Mirabel and Jim “Griff” Griffith will be broadcasting live from eBay OPEN on the acclaimed eBay Radio Show on Voicemarketing.com.
Betsie “eBetsy” Bolger the Creative Director of eBay Radio shared with me that eBay Radio will be live on Tuesday 7/26 from 4-5pm PT during the meet and greet reception. Lee and Griff will also be live on Wednesday and Thursday 7/27-7/28 from from 12-1:30pm PT. Betsie said the programs are PACKED with eBay execs you don’t want to miss hearing from. You’ll hear live from your favorite eBay sellers and event sponsors. I’m honored to be a guest on Wednesday at 12:30PT. Included in eBay‘ OPEN’s festivities will be eBay Radio hosting eBay’s Best Outfit competition! Click HERE during broadcast times to listen LIVE. eBay Radio can also be enjoyed on their iphone and Android apps.
eBay is also offering a free virtual attendance to sellers! Click HERE to register for FREE for the eBay OPEN Virtual conference.
During the event on 7/27-29 once registered for free at the above link, sellers can attend eBay OPEN via their desktop computer and/or devices LIVE.Virtual attendees will miss all the 1-1 learning but get access to a lot of terrific content!
In addition to live coverage with the stellar eBay Radio Show team and OPEN Virtual Conference, you can also follow eBay OPEN on Social Media following the hashtag #eBayOPEN.
eBay OPEN is 4 days jam packed with networking, parties, workshops, Happy Hours, eBay Radio live broadcasts and many, many, many learning opportunities.
Take 10 minutes now and scan the agenda. Look at the workshops.Look at the Sponsors. Think about what eBay staff you want to speak with. Put the Sponsors in order of who you want to spend time with. 1-1 tutorials are a priceless opportunity for learning.
Take lots of notes. Take lots of selfies. Reach out to eBay staff and sponsors.
The best part of eBay OPEN is that it brings together an amazing group of people, eBay sellers and staff!
Those of us fortunate to attend, see you soon!
