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Online Sellers: Is Your Brand Trustworthy?

It’s probably safe to say that anyone who is reading this has made an online purchase. And many have also been or are planning to be online sellers. As you know, the nurturing of a trusted online brand is critical to your success in attracting traffic and converting that traffic into sales. The secret is [...]

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Posted by: Brian Cohen, August 31, 2010

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Etsy Selling Tips from A to Z

Since Etsy's launch in 2005, it's changed the face of our world for the better. Besides numerous sellers being able to live out their dreams as self-employed artists, the site also helped bring major awareness to the craft community and has received explosive growth in the last couple years. Want to make it big selling [...]

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Posted by: Justine Smith, August 18, 2010

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5 Things EBay Newbies Can Do Today to Become EBay Superstars Tomorrow

New to selling on eBay? Getting those initial feedbacks and finding ways to get your listings high up in searches can seem daunting, if not impossible. When I first started selling on eBay I remember despairing that I would ever get the fifteen feedbacks we needed back then to qualify to sell in the Fixed [...]

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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, June 23, 2010

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7 Ways to Overcome Your Etsy Addiction and Still Make Money

When I began selling on Etsy it quickly became an addiction. I am ashamed to admit that I changed my life around to abide by a strict Etsy selling schedule.
Not to say everyone creates a schedule like that for themselves, but for me, I knew it was necessary in order to make a decent income [...]

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Posted by: Justine Smith, June 2, 2010

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Why Bonanzle Should Now be Every eBay Sellers’ New BFF

My blood is boiling, my mind is racing and let’s see, what else? My eyes are popping! I finally got a chance to sit down and read eBay's 2010 Summer Seller Update and I feel like I am taking crazy pills. With the DSR and feedback situations running completely amok and eBay mid tier sellers’ [...]

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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, May 18, 2010

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Upselling Techniques for Etsy Product Creators

What is Upselling?
Upselling is defined differently, depending on who you are speaking to, but Wikipedia had a good definition:
Upselling (sometimes 'up-selling') is a sales technique whereby a saleperson induces the customer  to purchase more expensive items, upgrades, or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. Upselling usually involves marketing more profitable [...]

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Posted by: Justine Smith, May 9, 2010

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Tell Your Story with Tara Gentile: Merge Blogging, Craftiness and Money

I've been blogging with a professional intent since November 2009. When I say professional intent, I mean that I had a hope to build a business around my blog by attracting 'my tribe' of people who would be interested in who I am and what I have to say. By January 2010 I was successfully [...]

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Posted by: Justine Smith, May 7, 2010

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DIY: 10 Ways to Tweak Your eBay Listings and Move Your Products

When I work with students in my Basics of Selling on eBay class, many of them have never sold on eBay or have fewer than ten feedback scores. I expect them to make a lot of mistakes as they learn the ropes and find out what works to move their products. But I am always [...]

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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, May 5, 2010

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Top 10 Reasons You Should Not Sell on Etsy

I absolutely loved selling on Etsy when I first started out in early 2009. The site is very addicting and many people just love the atmosphere and excitement of working alongside other sellers in hopes of one day living out their dream as full time crafters.
That being said, I wanted to go through the top [...]

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Posted by: Justine Smith, May 4, 2010

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Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Beg, Borrow and Steal for your eBay Business

As a new teacher many years ago, I learned quickly that it is not wise to try to reinvent the wheel. When I first started teaching. I would come up with some fresh idea, work tirelessly to create lesson plans, related worksheets and manipulatives and corresponding PowerPoint slides for my students. But then when I [...]

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Posted by: Linda Sanchez, April 19, 2010

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