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Online retail in Australia will be stepping up another notch soon with Amazon admitting it is looking for warehouse space in Australia.
Just as more and more traditional retail stores are feeling the pinch from online retail outlets, the last thing they want to hear is that a major player like Amazon is stepping things up.
All I can say is fantastic! I’m a converted online retailer and have been for many years now and the more online shopping becomes accepted the more us online sellers will grow.
It’s just another sign that small business owners in Australia need to get on board with online sales and they need to stake their claim pretty quickly.
The average person need to constantly look for ways to make money online and do it in this time in history where big business still doesn’t have foothold on this amazing new platform.
Until now people have been able to basically buy their way to the top of the search results on eBay.
We’ve been able to do it using things like Featured Plus, which cost’s a reasonable amount of money and gets you to the top of the page on the search results.
You could even pay around $149 and have your listings appear on the Home page of eBay where they scrolled through amongst the other listings that paid for this feature. That upgrade is called Home Page Featured.
Well all this is coming to an end in the first week of May as eBay are removing these Listing Upgrades. What this means is that you have to follow the steps we recommend to build up your credibility as a seller and aim to become a Top Rated Seller.
eBay are truly heading towards becoming the worlds leading online Department Store and by giving people excellent customer service and delivering a great product in a timely manner means you can create a fantastic business.
Watch out for the upcoming changes because it means the big guys are dropped back down to a level playing field.
Once again eBay Australia’s top 2000 sellers have smashed the current economic paradigm for growth.
While traditional retail wallows in nearly pure desperation, the top sellers on eBay achieved staggering growth in their eBay stores. This means there are now over 150 sellers all doing over $1,000,000 in sales per year.
Not bad when you consider we are one of the smaller eBay platforms with only 8 million registered users.
Even some of the big name Australian retailers are finally coming around to the idea that having an eBay presence is a good idea.
I’m so grateful that the little guy still has the opportunity to get onto a platform like eBay, no matter their size or budget, and be able to take on the big names. This is definitely that fork in history where we could look back and say…”I’m so glad I made a start to have an online business and staked my claim”
What are you waiting for? Don’t wait to re skill yourself, after you get the sack from your job…pre empt the possibility and reduce the risk of being an employee. Something I still consider to be one of the riskiest positions to be in.
David Jones the Department store announced a trading halt to it’s stock as well as a downgrade of profits yet again.
Here’s an extract of what market analyst Ben Le Brun had to say about it…
“There’s no bricks and mortar retailer in Australia that’s out of the woods,” he said.
When are these guys going to finally get it in their head…traditional business ‘bricks and mortar retailers in particular’ as a stand alone strategy is dying a slow death. In some instances a fast one. And yet people still turn their noses up at starting an online business.
Get a strategy, get online right now, see the writing on the wall for what it is and don’t be left wondering what the hell happened, five years from now.
Modern technology is changing the face of everything we do every day.
Encyclopedia Britannica has been selling printed versions of it’s encyclopedias for literally 244 years and they finally stopped the printing press last week.
This is such an amazing breakthrough and no less exciting than the changes that traditional businesses are having to make right now if they want to remain current and profitable into the future.
Every day we are speaking with business owners who are still too frightened of changing and are heading towards didaster, sadly they just can’t see it.
If it’s good enough for a company who has been doing the same thing for hundreds of years to change and go online, then wouldn’t you think it’s a smart lesson we can all learn from?
If you are still offline and wandering what the hell you are going to do…look to the internet there’s heaps of ways you can change and adapt.
Oh’ and of course make sure you keep eBay in mind as a solution too! 
Often people come to our programs having been a full time employee for many years, if not all their working life. Sadly, often a result of being on a fixed income can mean people begin to think with a fixed mindset and this in turn leads to financial and lifestyle stagnation.
Looking back now, I was lucky as an carpentry contractor I never really had permanent income. Constantly I was having to look for the next house to build, negotiating a rate, delivering on the promise and finally sometimes, having to chase my money from the head contractor.
Unwittingly I was setting myself up for a mindset that never had the chance to become ‘fixed’.
If you’re on a fixed income look for ways you can firstly change your mindset to look for opportunities, see them for just that, and ultimately have the courage to take action.
Don’t let the old institution of full time employment be the reason why you don’t go out looking for a better way…instead make it the exact reason why you set out on a new journey to freedom. Whatever that means to you.
What or who could you be if you had the courage?
eBay are always looking for ways to encourage shoppers to spend more money and the new changes look like a great way to enhance the shopping experience. If you are a Top Rated seller and you offer free shipping and fast postage soon you will have a new logo and info appearing on the details page of the listing. Check out the image below…
Yet another great reason to be give great customer service and encourage more people to shop with you. These days everyone wants their items fast and this is another way that eBay are showing that they are the worlds leading online department store.
These changes will begin appearing about now so keep your eyes pealed!
Well we are proud to announce the launch of the Easy Pay Rise Tour for 2012 and you’re invited.
If you haven’t seen us before it’s a great opportunity to come along and see the opportunity having an eBay business has to offer.
Find out more from the website below and reserve your free seats right now…
See you there!
There’s been a few major changes happening at Google and there are ways you can benefit from it.
Even though we are all about eBay here at Bidding Buzz, we still look for things that can contribute to enhancing success on eBay.
The new changes in Google mean that if you have a Google+ page, (Both personally and as a business) people can actually find those pages in new search results in Google. This can be a potential game changer for everyone.
If you can utilise the power of Google+ pages and get found in Google you could tap into a free source of ongoing traffic.
I know it sounds geeky but I think there are exciting times ahead for all online sellers!
No one ever wants to hear bad news and sadly for the thousands of people employed in Australian retail that’s exactly what they are going to hear in 2012.
The retail sector has had one of the worst Christmas lead ups in years and in fact many Australians are just as wary now about their jobs as they were during the worst of the GFC. CoreData actually predicts that over 100,000 jobs are going to be lost next year in Retail & Tourism.
So what’s the good news?
The good news is that if you’re part of the growing number of people learning how to sell online, especially eBay, then you’re in for a fast growth opportunity. It’s a transitional time right now with how people shop online and the early adopters are already profiting and you could be too.
Don’t be one of the people who looks back in 20 years and says…”Geez I wish I’d got started online 20 years ago when it was really just starting to take off.”
The future belongs to you…seize it now and be in charge of your own financial destiny!
