Alibaba have announced the launch of the AliExpress Premier Channel, a sourcing site that features more than 30 popular Chinese brands like AKseries, DeereMarchi and Dilong many of which have been selling on Alibaba.com’s Taobao (the main competitor against eBay in China) marketplace for years.
Read more on Alibaba Launches Chinese Brands Into New Marketplace…
Easter is upon us and this means a few public holidays for retail stores but not eBay! However sales may slow down over the Easter break because of people taking holidays and being away from work and buying items! The Easter break can also give people more opportunity to wind down and do some bidding on items they have been wanting, so each niche market can be very different.
The other thing to think about is making sure that if you do make sales over this Easter period to let your customers know that you won’t be shipping your items til Wednesday 27th, it may sound like common sense but there are people out there that think you can still ship on holidays, so better to be safe than getting negative feedback.
Have a safe and happy Easter!
Matt & Amanda Clarkson
eBay has found its way into a new retail identity, agreeing to buy GSI Commerce an online services company so it can affiliate with the big retailers to get orders out for them!
Read more on eBay Acquire Retail Giant To Increase Their Growth……
From 4th April 2011, Australia Post has increased prices for their range of domestic Parcels and Express Post, as well as International letters, parcels and express products and services.
The average weighted price increase across all products and services is 4%.
Read more on New Pricing From Australia Post For Parcel Post…
Google have once again shown how prepared they are to keep on the cutting edge of the online Search with the new +1 Feature.
Essentially users would have the ability of actually voting on websites while still on Google and adding to the experience based on their feedback.
It will work similar to the Like button Facebook but will be integrated into the worlds largest search engine.
Now if you’ve been selling on eBay for a while like we have, you already understand the power of giving and receiving feedback for interacting and doing business.
Well imagine a world where every website can be rated by their customers and the experience they’ve had with a company or organisation.
This will give the average company and website a good shake up especially if you’re getting graded every time someone finds you in the search engines, or not.
It seems no matter how modern things are getting technically…it still comes down to good old fashioned customer service and and word of mouth.
How cool is it that we get to be part of this evolution? Especially if you plan on delivering what people expect and making a great business in the meantime.
What do you think of the new idea from Google?
Announcing our latest tool for helping you grow your eBay business and it’s absolutely free.
On the back of our latest Best Selling book launched this year “1001 eBay Success Secrets” we wanted to make it available in a worlds first iPhone App for eBay selling.
We have just launched our official Bidding Buzz Tips App in iTunes and we want to share it with the world.
It has 1001 eBay selling tips and you shake your phone to randomly get more tips, how cool is that?
You can also follow the link to our blog and keep up to date with everything eBay, right from your phone.
Simply go to the iTunes store on your computer and type in Bidding Buzz Tips into the search box and you’ll find it.
Please share this free offer with all your friends as it won’t be free for long.
As a token of your thanks we’d appreciate your helping us by sharing it with others on your Facebook page and friending us while you are there.
Please share this free offer with all your friends as it won’t be free for long.
As a token of your thanks, we’d appreciate your helping us by sharing it with others on your Facebook page and friending us while you are there.
Our Facebook blog page link is…
Here’s your chance to be part of history so go to Facebook right now (Via iTues) and share the exciting new Bidding Buzz Tips App with all your friends.
Remember it’s available right now in the iTunes App store.
Here’s to your continued eBay success.
Warmly
Matt & Amanda Clarkson
I guess it was only a matter of time before the big guns added their weight to the online check out and money processing game.
Amex have come up with what they hope will be a PayPal killer when it comes to everyday sellers and online traders.
Serve could potentially be trouble for the traditional banks and credit card companies, and also for services like PayPal, VISA & Square.
Let’s face it they already have a huge customer base, especially in the US and I’m sure once they roll it out internationally it just could make accepting Amex in your business be that much simpler.
I know when we applied for an Amex merchant facility it was a pretty lengthy process, maybe that’s all in the past now.
Anyway, any new way to make it easier for my customers to pay me online…I’m all for it.
eBay To Go is a new App being tested in the US which let’s eBay sellers showcase up to 10 items on Facebook, or any Web site or blog. The widget is free and you can decide how many items to show, and which ones. A nice feature of this app is that you can choose ahead of time which listing will replace another when it sells or expires.
Read more on New eBay App For Your Website…..
Paypal have introduced a new Online Invoicing tool so you can send customised invoices and receive credit card payments from your clients directly into your PayPal account. Online Invoicing helps to keep your cash flow seamless, safe and speedy.
Read more on Customise Your Paypal Invoices To Look More Professional……
