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- What is a Selling Or Trading Assistant? The Ultimate Overview of Consignment Selling
- What does consignment mean? What is consignment selling?
- What exactly does a Selling Assistant do? What’s a typical day like?
- How does a Selling Assistant make money? Who can become one?
- Can eBay Trading Assistants still sell on consignment for others now that the program is gone?
- Where can a Selling Assistant sell their client’s consignment items?
- What kind of items can a Selling Assistant sell on consignment for their clients?
- Sellers, here’s why you should add Selling Assistant services to your existing e-commerce business
- From SAHMs to retirees, students to teachers: here’s who should start a Selling Assistance service
- Designing your Selling Assistance service from terms and conditions to services and features
- Money Matters: How does a Selling Assistant profit from selling items for others?
- Resale and the Selling Assistant: Sometimes it’s simpler to just buy the items outright
- Selling Assistant fees: What are they and how do they work?
- The Pros and Cons of charging a fee for your Selling Assistant services
- Does charging a commission on your Selling Assistant services maximize your profits?
- Charge a combination of fees and commission to maximize your Selling Assistant profits
- Here’s how I profit from my Selling Assistant business
- Should a Selling Assistant give their client a deposit or advance on future earnings?
- Should the Selling Assistant require a deposit of new clients?
- Who pays for what when selling for others on consignment?
- Should the consignment seller cover all selling fees or pass them onto the client?
- How discounted & free shipping offers affect consignment selling
- Shipping costs & selling fees are the least of your worries…
- Paying your clients their share of your Selling Assistant sales
- Calculating client payments on a Selling Assistant contract
- Method of Payment: How should I pay my Selling Assistant client?
- Reporting and reconciliation of a Selling Assistant client contract
- Build yourself a timeline for paying Selling Assistant clients without getting burned
- Money Matters Managed
- Your Selling Situation: Where and how should I sell my Selling Assistant items?
- Multi-Channel Consignment Selling: List your items on multiple marketplaces for greater exposure
- Practice your Selling Assistance service before you start taking on clients
- Do you need a storefront or standalone webstore to be a Selling Assistant?
- Is eBay still the best place for a Trading Assistant turned consignment seller?
- Does the Selling Assistant consignment sell from their own account or the clients?
- Should I have a designated selling account for my Selling Assistance consignment service?
- The 8 questions you must ask yourself before you start selling on consignment
- Good customer service is a selling point that can distinguish your services
- The benefits of having a PO Box or other Locked Mailbox for your business
- Designate a business phone line for more professional client contact
- Consider VOIP & internet-based phones like Google Voice or Skype over traditional options
- Offering pick-up services is an easy way to attract local Selling Assistant clients
- Should you allow Selling Assistant clients to drop their items off?
- Expand the reach of your Selling Assistant service by letting clients ship their items to you
Selling Summary
Let’s take a minute to review your selling situation with a few quick questions.
- Where will you sell?
- What platforms would be a good fit for the kind of items you sell and also fit your selling needs?
- Will you be selling across multiple channels?
- Will you set up a storefront or standalone website or just use a selling account on an existing marketplace?
- How will you sell?
- Have you practiced selling items as if they were for a client?
- Will you sell from your own account or the client’s?
- Will you sell from your existing selling account or have a designated one for SA client items?
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