Browsing the archives for the holidays tag

The 3 Rs of getting ready for the upcomming holiday retail season

If you’re like me right now, the holiday retail season is already off and running and your work load just got that much heavier. But no matter how busy things seem now, your work is only going to increase as we get closer to the holidays so take some time out and do these simple [...]

The fine line between being thrifty and being stupid

The discussion of whether to pay for a listing service or not that was started here and here brought up an interesting question: is a paid service always the “better” or more professional choice?
I have been running a successful eBay business for many years. Other than two brief months of eBay’s Selling Manager Pro (spread [...]

Happy Holidays: my favorite eBay feedback comment

When I was in college, I was selling a huge batch of Star Trek figures for a Trading Assistant client before Christmas. One of my good friends was a casual eBay buyer but was fascinated by the selling aspect of it and used to watch my auctions all the time. (Interesting fact: Said friend was [...]

How to use a Gift Card balance to pay your eBay fees

If you have ever gotten one of those gift cards, (Mastercard, Visa, and American Express all have them with nearly all banks promoting them heavily at the holidays) you may have discovered that they are very difficult to use. Sure, the advertisers want you to believe that your Citibank, Bank of America, Commerce or whatever [...]