Join me at the Amazon independent Sellers Conference July 10-13 in Seattle
Colin Sebastian, Digital Media & Internet analyst at Wall Street firm Lazard Capital Markets, estimates that Amazon.com’s third-party sellers will generate nearly $9 billion in gross merchandise sales in 2009. This is up from roughly $7 billion in 2008.This may be why more and [...]

Any eBay seller can get 5 free listings each month by using the eBay Sell Your Item form
Here are the details:
 Regardless of your start price, your first 5 Auction-style listings will have NO Insertion Fees when you list with eBay’s Sell Your Item form or Simple listing form.
The Final Value Fee for these 5 [...]

The 4th, 100 Best book from Lynn Dralle, the Queen of Auctions, is hot off the presses!
Lynn is an old friend and an experience eBay PowerSeller who regularly sells over $100,000 a year on eBay.  Drawing from tens of thousands of eBay sales, a decade of eBay experience, and the wisdom of a beloved grandmother, [...]

Could netSpray be the new eBay. Here is a way to sell your products on social networking sites
If you are like most eBay sellers in this slow economy, you are looking for additional places to sell. netSpray is an affordable lead generation e-commerce site and marketplace where sellers are given tools and services to create, [...]

In her latest book, Julia Wilkinson details exactly which are the most profitable items and how and where to find them
If you sell on eBay, or you are thinking about it, you’ll LOVE "Big Bucks Flips".
Julia Wilkinson writes a popular eBay newsletter. One of the more popular features is the "flips" section where readers send in [...]

comScore shows that Amazon passed eBay for the first time
According to comScore, Amazon had 60 million visitors to its site compared with 50 million a year ago. By comparison, eBay had 70 million visitors, down from 80.1 million a year ago. Amazon clearly has the potential to overtake eBay unless eBay can rebuild its visitor count.
eBay also [...]

eBay surveying members about new certified seller program that will roll out later this year
eBay is considering creating a new category of sellers called eBay Certified Sellers. Sellers in this category would be identified with a eBay Certified Seller icon displayed on all their listings.
In order to be included in the new eBay Certified [...]

eBay latest announcement will have a large impact on eBay sellers. Here is my take on the new features and policies.
eBay latest announcements  cover a lot of ground –too much for one blog post, so I am going to break them down into three posts. today is part one of three.
I am going to try [...]

Little Etsy, started in 2005, is now the fastest growing site for individuals to sell their handmade merchandise.
According to the Etsy website “Etsy was started in 2005 by Rob Kalin (28) in early 2005. A painter, carpenter, and photographer, Rob found there was no viable marketplace to exhibit and sell his creations online –other E-commerce [...]

About 8 years ago I got my start in internet marketing when I purchased The Marketing Secrets Course from The Internet Marketing Center
The Internet Marketing Center started over 10 years ago and is still the oldest and largest training resource for folks who want to learn how to make a living online.  I got my [...]

eBay is removing auctions and suspending sellers who sell designer and famous name goods

Karen and I have been taking some vacation days this week and I haven’t been Blogging. So here is an old post that was highly popular.  Look for new content on Monday

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Recently I have received email from sellers who have run afoul [...]

Last month we launched the Official Geezer Guide dedicated to helping retired and soon to retire folks find ways to supplement their income
Living on a fixed income is always tough but in this economy it is even more difficult.  So we couldn’t’t have launched the Official Geezer Guides at a better time.
Last month we launched [...]

Scammers and telemarketers are targeting the millions of people who have lost their jobs.
As the economy continues to tumble, millions of people are losing their jobs. Crisis like the one we are in now usually bring out the best in the American people, but unfortunately it also brings out the small percentage of crooks who [...]

The news wasn’t all bad. PayPal continues to do well growing 11% and passed eBay in revenue
eBay stock reacted. It was down 12% today trading in the $11.50 range.  This gives eBay a Price/Earnings ratio of around 8 to 1.  Normally when you see a PE this low on a growth company it would indicate [...]

Whitesmoke is like having an editor looking over your shoulder as you write.
Whitesmoke is not new. It has been around since 2002. A friend of mine who is a professional copy editor finally convinced me to try it.
Wow, is all I can say. Whitesmoke is an incredibly powerful too that can improve anyone’s writing instantly.  [...]