Browsing the blog archives for April, 2009

Is the Swine Flu scare good or bad for online sellers?

Miss Piggy is not amused. As the world alternately freaks out or calls conspiracy (Boy, I really miss the middle ground) over the swine flu, what does the threat, be it real or perceived, mean for online sellers? The way I see it, there are two main ways to think of it. With some people [...]

International insurance: To require or not to require (with all apologies to Shakespeare)

To require or not to require, that is the questionWhether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The dings and feedback of outrageous shipping chargesOr to take arms against a sea of customs troublesAnd with insurance, end them. What dost thou think?

When selling online, take photos like you have no description

Here is a cold hard fact of selling online: Most buyers don’t read the description. You can take hours to describe every tiny flaw in a collectible or every product detail but most of that will, sadly, never be read. When people ask me for a tip about selling on eBay here is my number [...]

The Whine Seller