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Lulu.com announces business model reinvention: What does this mean for authors, creators and users?

by T. W. Seller | Jun 14, 2011 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

Two big announcements out of Lulu today. The first is that they are retiring CDs, DVDs, brochures,...

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...

13 years of selling on eBay & online (a look at my first year selling online back in 1997)

by T. W. Seller | Mar 4, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

So while I was gone on vacation, I missed an important little anniversary. I put my very first item up for sale on eBay on March 2nd, 1997 which means that I have been selling online for just over 13 years. Though I’ve...

The eBay DSR feedback damage done by going on vacation

by T. W. Seller | Mar 4, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

So, did you realize I was on vacation for the last week? ;-)Yeah, I scheduled those blog posts to post while I was gone so I was blogged while I wasn’t actually here. That’s how I roll. ;-)My husband and I just...

I save all my really good inventory for the people who send me sketchy handwritten postcards with no contact info

by T. W. Seller | Mar 1, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

Collectibles tend to attract a very different sort of person. Most of the time they are simply the...

How to read Amazon’s Kindle Books without owning a Kindle

by T. W. Seller | Feb 24, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 4 |

Maybe you’ve seen the preview links next to your favorite books and wished you could have a...

Can I return this item? No, I don’t actually want to return it, I just wanted to check if I could

by T. W. Seller | Jan 11, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

If you are still reluctant about offering a return policy, you may find this anecdotal evidence interesting. I don’t get a large number of requests for returns but of the requests I do get, less than half ever actually go...

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...

Twitter Lists: If I can’t tweet about them, can I blog about them instead?

by T. W. Seller | Oct 30, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 0 |

Twitter rolled out a cool new service today that allows you to organize the people you follow into lists. However, they rolled it out for only a select number of users with this prominent message:New! Lists. A great way to...

You: I’m boycotting eBay! Me: Um…that’s nice. I care because…?

by T. W. Seller | Oct 12, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 7 |

Every now and then, it happens. I complain about eBay on Twitter and I get the inevitable tweet...

Tweak your marketing, mix things up and use common sense

by T. W. Seller | Oct 2, 2009 | Marketing and Promotion | 0 |

As we move into the holiday season, everyone is trying to figure out how to mix things up and sell in a different way. For new readers to this blog, I wanted to call your attention to three posts from The Whine Seller archives...