Is the only acceptable time to leave an eBay seller a low DSR for shipping cost… never?
I inadvertently opened a can of worms with this post. I was talking about what I’m like as a...
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Tag: selling on ebay
With so many e-commerce platforms and tools out there, why is eBay your marketplace of choice?
At the eBay On Location in Orlando, FL, I submitted a question for Griff Seller’s Panel that actually ended up being the one they ended on. I asked of the sellers on the panel: “With so many e-commerce platforms and...
Read MoreThere’s No Place for Drama in Successful Selling
Back on February 15, I was on eBay Radio to do a segment with the same name as this blog post. Because I wrote up some notes before I actually went on the show, I thought I may as well clean up those notes and give them to you...
Read More13 years of selling on eBay & online (a look at my first year selling online back in 1997)
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...
Read MoreFrom eBay frustrations to eCrater success: a marketplace review from a seller on both platforms
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...
Read MoreYou still like eBay? Wash your mouth out and I hope you die!
So I am a guest blogger today over at TameBay with my post Where to sell online where I do a review of just about every site that I have ever sold on. (Well, the ones that didn’t go out of business, anyway. ;-)) I wanted...
Read MoreTentative Blog Tour Schedule
OK, some of these days may be a little off so I will edit as needed but, for the moment, here is the schedule of appearances for this week. Next week is not completely finalized so I will give you that schedule in a separate...
Read MoreEbay’s new First 5 Auction Insertion Fees free a month policy perplexes me
So eBay just announced a new policy:Hi everyone,I’ve got some exciting news about $0.00 Insertion Fees. Starting June 16, 2009, you’ll get 5 free Insertion Fees every 30 days for Auction-style listings.Here’s how it works:...
Read MoreWhen selling online, take photos like you have no description
Here is a cold hard fact of selling online: Most buyers don’t read the description. You can take hours to describe every tiny flaw in a collectible or every product detail but most of that will, sadly, never be read. When...
Read More“It’s impossible to make money selling on eBay!”
I actually had to make a trek to the post office the other day like a commoner and the woman working the counter, upon seeing my eBay branded Priority Mail boxes (which oddly enough I was using to mail a non-eBay related item),...
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Trade your unwanted media for books, DVDs and CDs with Paperbackswap
I promised all sorts of heavy Deep Thought blog posts to assorted people this week but, darn it, I...
Read MoreHas eBay stripped the community of its personality?
Continuing the discussion of yesterday on community and the role it plays in online selling, I wanted to address another part of community beyond the discussion boards hidden under that little Discussion tab on the eBay site....
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