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Amazon lets Associates get referral credits when they advertise Kindle books. . . again.

by T. W. Seller | May 3, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Social Networking and Blogging | 1 |

So the Kindle is big news so you’d think that Amazon Associates members would be raking in...

Changes to eBay Bucks reward program: variable earning rate for big retailers?

by T. W. Seller | Mar 22, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 4 |

I am a member of the eBay Bucks reward program and I am a big fan of it as a member and as a...

Beyond email: Answering customer questions via telephone, IM, chat and Twitter

by T. W. Seller | Jan 25, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 8 |

There is a big push for big companies to offer more customer support options like Twitter, Facebook and chat. But what about us small businesses? Is email still good enough for us or should we be reaching out to our customers in...

Making money from writing online: Content Aggregators or blogging?

by T. W. Seller | Jan 22, 2010 | Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 2 |

There was an article in the Nov/Dec ’09 issue of Writer’s Digest (I’m behind, I...

Holiday etiquette question: Someone shipped you a gift that arrived broken. Should you tell them?

by T. W. Seller | Dec 21, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

I think this one might be a bit out of Miss Manner’s realm of expertise so I pose it to all of you. A friend mailed me a small gift, a holiday music CD in a thin cardboard sleeve. Instead of taking it the post office and...

Why eBay Top-rated sellers blow the PowerSeller program out of the water

by T. W. Seller | Oct 14, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 27 |

It’s hard for me to get into the gripe party about the new Top-Rated Seller program because...

I’m doing a blog tour. Can I stop by your site?

by T. W. Seller | Aug 26, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance | 2 |

Hmm, I thought Hillary was tweeting out a link to her own site but it looks like. . . wait a minute! Is this The Whine Seller? What the hell? It looks nothing like itself. When did she . . . where is the . . . God, I need a...

Bonanzle forum censorship ticking off sellers and members?

by T. W. Seller | Jul 15, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 7 |

So the big disclaimer on this post is that I have never set foot into the Bonanzle forums myself expect once to find out why my site was being spammed but that is a story for another time.* *In fact, the long sordid history of...

How to be a better Twitter user: Tweet to be Retweeted

by T. W. Seller | May 18, 2009 | Social Networking and Blogging | 2 |

If you are just getting started out on Twitter or even if you have been on the site for a while, there are a few simple things you can do to make yourself a better tweeter. There are a lot of little irritating things some people...

“It’s impossible to make money selling on eBay!”

by T. W. Seller | Apr 23, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 13 |

I actually had to make a trek to the post office the other day like a commoner and the woman working the counter, upon seeing my eBay branded Priority Mail boxes (which oddly enough I was using to mail a non-eBay related item),...

On bad sellers, bad feedback and eBay DSRs

by T. W. Seller | Apr 7, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 24 |

I wrote this post a few days ago about a seller who was taking a very long time to ship my item and how I felt bad giving her bad feedback because we had been talking socially. (On a side note, that seller still has not...

Shut up and sell stuff!

by T. W. Seller | Apr 6, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways | 0 |

So it’s been quiet over here hasn’t it? There are a few reasons for that, namely that Priced Nostalgia is trying to prep a couple of new books for release and, of course, selling selling selling. For some weird...