As I mentioned in a recent post, we just returned from our biggest trade show of the year, the Toy Association Industry Toy Fair in New York. After three days, countless conversations with salespeople and after viewing literally thousands of items, I found two or three must-have items for our online stores. I love trade [...]
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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, February 23, 2010
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In How to Prepare for the Changes Coming to EBay, Part I, I wrote about the changes coming to eBay and I warned about some of the ways in which these changes may be a hindrance rather than a help to eBay sellers. I also promised some strategies to help you plan ahead. Here are [...]
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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, February 9, 2010
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It is definitely time for an update on what is going on in the eBay world. But I have been so caught up with ramping up my independent webstore and branching out with a WebStore by Amazon that I haven’t been doing my due diligence with following up on eBay. You guessed it: I am [...]
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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, January 29, 2010
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As a seller, waiting for eBay to announce its changes is a little like waiting outside the principal’s office in middle school; you know it’s not going to be good, but until you actually get called in, you can fantasize that you’re there to be presented with the Good Citizen award. But the wait is [...]
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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, January 25, 2010
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The other night my Zumba instructor sighed and advised us regular attendees to come early to class for the next few weeks. She reminded us that after the first of the year our already full class will be inundated with - as she called them - The Resolution People. But, she reminded us with a [...]
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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, January 5, 2010
When you decide to open an ecommerce store, the whole process may seem simple at first. You find a product, and you sell it. But for anybody who has ever tried to sell a product online, whether through a standalone site or etailers like eBay, Etsy, and 1000 Markets, it quickly becomes apparent that picking [...]
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Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, August 7, 2009