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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...

A1 Marketplace launches free Stores for Media sellers with plans to move beyond books/music/movies

by T. W. Seller | Mar 5, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

A1 Marketplace is one of many Half.com like media marketplaces out there. You can list books, music, movies, software and more there without listing fees and pay only when the item sells. The interface and listing process is...

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...

Give me one good reason why I shouldn’t delete my MySpace account

by T. W. Seller | Feb 10, 2010 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 3 |

At one time I had a Friendster account. I had a Classmates.com account. I’ve probably been signed up at one time or another at every new social networking type site.This is because I like to stay abreast of what is out...

Seller Circle Scrolling eBay Gallery Widget is no longer free

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2010 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 1 |

In the highly competitive world of free scrolling gallery widgets for the bottom of your eBay listings, I had earlier expressed my preference for Seller Circle. They used to offer several slick choices all of which were free and...

eBay’s 10 cent fixed price listing sale rewards my store owner impatience for the new fees

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

I spelled impatience right on the first try, people. There socks must be lucky!You know what else...

Amazon ups the royalty rate for Kindle publishers to 70%

by T. W. Seller | Jan 21, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

This goes out to all those people who sit there on the Amazon forums and complain about how...

Amazon’s Booksurge merging into CreateSpace (print-on-demand/self-publishing news)

by T. W. Seller | Oct 23, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

Here is the message that went out to Booksurge publishers earlier today:Dear Publisher:I’m...

Last chance to enter the drawing for a free copy of The Trading Assistant’s Assistant

by T. W. Seller | Oct 9, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance | 0 |

Want a free copy of The Trading Assistant’s Assistant: How to start a part-time job or full-time consignment drop-off business on eBay? If you can act quick, you can enter for the free copy giveaway sponsored by GoodReads....

Why the Facebook Pages feature is a great way to tweet from multiple Twitter accounts

by T. W. Seller | Oct 7, 2009 | Marketing and Promotion, Social Networking and Blogging, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

What you may not realize while you chat with me on Twitter is that I am actually managing several accounts at once. My main one and then several others that correspond to other websites I write for. There are a lot of different...

Five quick & easy ways to get buyers into your online store

by T. W. Seller | Sep 30, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Marketing and Promotion, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

So maybe you took the summer off or maybe sales have just stagnated a bit lately. Either way, you need to get buyers back into your store to buy some of that great merchandise you have in there and start to kick off the holiday...

Some thoughts on eBay policy changes, bulk listing edits & being thrown a frickin’ bone here

by T. W. Seller | Sep 23, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 4 |

I spent an annoying day today trying to make all the edits necessary to be compliant with the new eBay return policy. Now, we have a return policy and have had one for a while but in some of our older listings, this was in the...