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SumAll stops supporting eBay & PayPal Import, will delete historical data

by T. W. Seller | Oct 1, 2015 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Customer Service & Bettering your Business, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

Bad news for users of SumAll. The service emerged early on as the best alternative when GoDaddy...

Replacing eBay Accounting Assistant: Is there alternative financial import for Quickbooks?

by T. W. Seller | Apr 17, 2015 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

You know you’re a real selling veteran if you remember eBay Accounting Assistant. I was a...

5 Reasons to consider DISQUS for your blog or website comments

by T. W. Seller | Jun 24, 2011 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 6 |

I’ve been using Disqus’ commenting system on half a dozen websites for quite a while now and I couldn’t be happier with their service. With over 500 million unique visitors per month according to this NYT...

How much resistance to ebooks & online newspapers is just fear of the unknown?

by T. W. Seller | Sep 7, 2010 | Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 2 |

My father loves reading the newspaper. He reads it cover to cover over the course of the day and...

Import Twitter as your Facebook page status: Smart Twitter for Pages

by T. W. Seller | Jun 21, 2010 | Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 4 |

I’ve been looking for an easy way to do this for ages so I’m really excited to have found an option that actually works how I need it to. There are plenty of applications that let you automatically update your...

Why I turned down my book deal: on eBooks, printed books and pricing (Guest post from author Gary Ponzo)

by Guest Whiner | May 26, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 6 |

Today’s Guest post is about something I know many readers, writers and publishers will be...

The 5 Most Important Things I’ve Learned About Self-Publishing and Print on Demand

by T. W. Seller | Mar 12, 2010 | Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

Back in early ’09, I did the following post as a guest post for Henry over at...

Are eBay buyers becoming feedback & DSR plea blind?

by T. W. Seller | Mar 8, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 5 |

As soon as DSR ratings became important, I made up a package insert that goes out in every single package I send. One side thanks you for your purchase and gives the URL for the store if you want to shop with us again. The...

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...

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...

You have to post something on your blog every day!!! Or…what exactly?

by T. W. Seller | Jan 20, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 1 |

I have been doing some thinking about blogging lately. I enjoy it, obviously, or I wouldn’t do it. But how important is it that I post something on here every single day?Now, of course, this is one of 5 blogs I manage but...

How your competitors set your buyers’ expectations for you and your business

by T. W. Seller | Dec 17, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

There is an item that, for a long while, we were the only people on eBay selling. Everyone knows that cannot last forever so along came several other sellers who started to sell the very same item. For twice as much. Identical...