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Using Glossi’s magazine style image collections to promote your books or webstore

by T. W. Seller | Dec 4, 2012 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Marketing and Promotion, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

Glossi officially launched today in public beta and you’re going to want to check it out....

eCrater & Google Adsense: Is it a good idea to put outside advertising on your webstore?

by T. W. Seller | Jul 26, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 3 |

eBay sellers are always complaining about the outside advertising on the site because they feel that it sends buyers to their competitors. In light of that, I thought you’d find this very interesting. This email came over...

Help me raise money for the Earthquake in Japan by bidding on books and banner ads to benefit the Red Cross

by T. W. Seller | Mar 14, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

You probably saw this coming after my recent post How to auction something off for charity with eBay’s Giving Works, but I wanted to do something to benefit the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and after I...

Special Holiday Offer: 25% off Banner Ads on The Whine Seller

by T. W. Seller | Dec 18, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Marketing and Promotion | 0 |

As a special year end offer, I’m giving readers an exclusive coupon for 25% off the price of...

Win some advertising with my blog contest: Free Banner Impressions Through the Holidays

by T. W. Seller | Sep 27, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Social Networking and Blogging | 4 |

When I announced my Twitter contest, I promised that I’d have a contest just for readers and...

eBay discontinues AdCommerce because Best Match is perfect, awesome & loved by everyone

by T. W. Seller | Jul 1, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Marketing and Promotion, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 7 |

eBay is discontinuing AdCommerce because Best Match is so great, sellers have no need to do any other advertising of their items. Well, ok, they didn’t say that in so many words but that is pretty close to the reason eBay...

Not cool! Chitika ads get removed from my site after blocking out my other ads

by T. W. Seller | May 19, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 5 |

So I have long been very interested in Chitika, the website ad service that only shows for search...

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...

From eBay frustrations to eCrater success: a marketplace review from a seller on both platforms

by T. W. Seller | Feb 17, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 18 |

Of all the new platforms and marketplaces out there, the one that caught my fancy the most recently was eCrater. The biggest selling point is that they are 100% free with no fees. Think of them as a craigslist style posting...

On the heels of banning Twitter, eBay Partner Network says no to Facebook referral links

by T. W. Seller | Feb 11, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Social Networking and Blogging | 2 |

The problem with Facebook ads has long been that there isn’t a good way to track conversions so I was using an eBay Partner Network link on a specific Facebook Ads campaign specifically so I could see how many conversions...

Advertise on The Whine Seller (and elsewhere) for free thanks to Project Wonderful’s new geotagging feature

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

Project Wonderful, the auction powered website advertising company that lets your advertisers bid for ad space on your site, just added new geotagging features. While my PW wish list is pretty long and goetargetting wasn’t...

Do some advertising, do some good: American Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders or Habitat for Humanity

by T. W. Seller | Jan 15, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

So I promised back on the 14th to let you know what I would be auctioning off through eBay’s Giving Works to support the organizations helping out in Haiti with the earthquake. One of the new features launching on The...