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PageMage Billboards For eBay
Cindy Shebley
Billboards lets you create a unique header and footer that you put into the description area of your eBay listings -- for free! You can brand your eBay listings, look more professional, advertise special offers, communicate policies, cross-sell hot items or product categories, and more. You will get noticed, look trustworthy, and sell more. . . . keep reading

The New Amazon 1099-K Tax Form

This year, online sellers who have gross sales over $20,000.00 and a total of more than 200 sales will receive a Form 1099-K from both PayPal and Amazon. Amazon has reported this income to the IRS, and you'll need to account for it on your federal income tax return.
. . . keep reading

Understanding FBA Long Term Storage Fees - Part 1
When Amazon ran out of warehouse space in the middle of the 2011 Christmas rush, they decided that something about the way sellers used FBA had to change. Long Term Storage fees were Amazon's first effort to alter FBA seller habits. These fees are meant to discourage sellers from sending large quantities of slow moving merchandise to Amazon, where it gathers dust but rarely generates sales. . . . keep reading

Mobile Tip Of the Week

Visit the Amazon Android App Store for a new free Android app for your business - or just for fun! - every day.
. . . keep reading

Bubblefast Box Sizer -- A Must Have Tool
Shipping costs are rising and the pressure to offer free shipping is increasing. It is more important than ever to pack your items efficiently. . . . keep reading

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PageMage Billboards For eBay
Cindy Shebley
Billboards lets you create a unique header and footer that you put into the description area of your eBay listings -- for free! You can brand your eBay listings, look more professional, advertise special offers, communicate policies, cross-sell hot items or product categories, and more. You will get noticed, look trustworthy, and sell more. . . . keep reading

The New Amazon 1099-K Tax Form

This year, online sellers who have gross sales over $20,000.00 and a total of more than 200 sales will receive a Form 1099-K from both PayPal and Amazon. Amazon has reported this income to the IRS, and you'll need to account for it on your federal income tax return.
. . . keep reading

Understanding FBA Long Term Storage Fees - Part 1
When Amazon ran out of warehouse space in the middle of the 2011 Christmas rush, they decided that something about the way sellers used FBA had to change. Long Term Storage fees were Amazon's first effort to alter FBA seller habits. These fees are meant to discourage sellers from sending large quantities of slow moving merchandise to Amazon, where it gathers dust but rarely generates sales. . . . keep reading

Mobile Tip Of the Week

Visit the Amazon Android App Store for a new free Android app for your business - or just for fun! - every day.
. . . keep reading

Bubblefast Box Sizer -- A Must Have Tool
Shipping costs are rising and the pressure to offer free shipping is increasing. It is more important than ever to pack your items efficiently. . . . keep reading

More

Mobile Tip Of the Week

Visit the Amazon Android App Store for a new free Android app for your business - or just for fun! - every day.

. . . keep reading

Bubblefast Box Sizer -- A Must Have Tool
Shipping costs are rising and the pressure to offer free shipping is increasing. It is more important than ever to pack your items efficiently. . . . keep reading

Smartphone Quick Tip - Send Texts Via Email
You can send an SMS text message to any mobile phone from your computer, not just from your cell phone. And the service is not only convenient - it's free. . . . keep reading

Book Scouting Part 3 - Scanning to a Computer
A desktop or handheld barcode scanner that is plugged into your computer will save you hours of tedious data input as you add ISBN numbers for your Amazon inventory. Even if you use automation tools, there are times when you'll have to type in ISBN numbers. Save yourself some grief and use a scanner. . . . keep reading

Book Scouting Part 2 - Bluetooth Scanners
If you are buying books for resale on Amazon using your Droid's camera as a scanner, you will soon discover that it is a s-l-o-w process. You can speed it up by using a handheld, bluetooth scanner instead. . . . keep reading

How To Add Photos, Ebooks, and Files To Your Android Phone
You can add any ebook, photo or file to your Android smartphone in 6 easy steps. This short article will show you how, . . . keep reading

Cindy's Pick Of The Week - Buying Business Tools
We all have office supplies or tools that will help grow or simply make our business run smoother. The problem may be that we just don't have the budget to purchase them right away. I have a quick tip that I've used a number of times to help fund purchases of non-essential office equipment or supplies. I use this technique whenever the opportunity presents itself. . . . keep reading

The Time To Buy Cool Things...
If you buy used items for resale, you've probably heard someone say, "The time to buy cool things is when you see them." I saw this "cool thing" at an estate sale and had no idea what it was, but it was too unusual to pass up. . . . keep reading

19 Must Have Plugins for WordPress 3.1
Plugins add additional tools and functions that would normally require a knowledge of scripting and programming to your Wordpress blog. But many people shy away from using plugins because they don't know which to choose or how to install them. This short tutorial will help you overcome those fears. . . . keep reading

FillZ - A Multi-Channel Seller Tool
The more channels you sell on, the more money you make. But the more channels you sell on, the more difficult it becomes to keep track of inventory and to fulfill orders correctly. This presentation is part of a series about multi-channel seller tools. . . . keep reading

Packwood Flea Market
Dany Byrne
The largest flea market in southern Washington happens twice a year in Packwood, over the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. (The Labor Day Flea Market is the larger of the two events.) . . . keep reading

Optimizing Your Bonanza.com Listings for Google Attributes
Phaedra Stockstill & Judy Oglesby
When you get them right, Google Attributes are a powerful tool for getting your items listed in Google Product Search right along side market giants like Amazon and Target. This 45 minute tutorial will show you how to optimize your Bonanza.com listings' Google Attributes. . . . keep reading

Pick Of The Week - Bicycle Parts & Accessories
Cindy Shebley
Think vintage or antique bicycle parts are the only kind of bike parts to look for? Think again, there are many buyers looking for good deals on used bicycle equipment. . . . keep reading

Cindy's Pick Of The Week: Vintage Lakeland Clicker Coat
Cindy Shebley
We don't often purchase clothes to resell because it's not one of our areas of knowledge. When we do consider purchasing we use a few measurements to gauge whether it's a good purchase they are: vintage made in USA, condition and do they ring an emotion when we see it. Here's an item that fit that criteria . . . keep reading

How To Forward A Domain Using GoDaddy
Cindy Shebley
Forwarding a Domain is simple, just takes a few steps this article will show you how. . . . keep reading

The eBay Photographer's Eye
Cindy Shebley
If you were at the 2011 eBay Radio Party in Las Vegas, you heard Cindy Shebley's talk, "The eBay Photographer's Eye: How Histograms Can Improve Your Rankings and Your Photos." This explanation of what histograms are and how to interpret them is the basis of that talk. . . . keep reading

2011 eCommerce Conferences
Cindy Shebley
Here's a list of must attend events if you want to grow your business in 2011. . . . keep reading

Automate eBay with Blackthorne Pro
Blackthorne Pro is the essential listing tool for eBay Power sellers. In this 50 minute tutorial from the 2011 New Life Event, Cindy Shebley explains how Blackthorne makes listing a snap and why she wouldn't use anything else. . . . keep reading

New Amazon FBA Fees Coming in August 2011
Cindy Shebley
If you haven't heard the news yet -- or are considering using Amazon FBA (Fulfillment by Amazon) for your long term inventory storage here's the news from Amazon..... . . . keep reading

Dany's Pick of the Week - John Vassos' PHOBIA
If you love art deco, the Roaring Twenties, German Expressionism, or pen and ink drawings -- you'll know why I had to have John Vassos's PHOBIA the second I saw it. . . . keep reading

Dany's Pick of the Week - April 15
For many people, whether they are car buffs or not, the family cars of our childhoods evoke particularly strong memories. I remember several cars, but none as clearly as the aqua and white 1958 Ford Fairlane 500. . . . keep reading

Cindy's Pick of The Week
"...sometimes you just have to buy something so you can learn more about it..." . . . keep reading

Using Smartphones to Build Your Business - Part 1
Once it was easy - if you wanted a smartphone, you got a Treo. Now you have to choose among not only different phones (iPhone? Blackberry? Android? Windows 7?)but among half a dozen or more Androids, different cell carriers, different data plans - and all with the dreaded Early Termination Penalty hanging over your head if you choose wrong. This series will help you find your way through the smartphone jungle. . . . keep reading

Dany's Pick of the Week
We find rare and unusual books at estate sales almost every weekend. A few of them appeal to me for completely non-monetary reasons. This is one. . . . keep reading

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"I want to take the time out of our busy weekend and thank you! You have done such a great job teaching us the ins and outs of eBay selling. I am currently enrolled in The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online program for Advertising (Marketing emphasis). :) You have supplied me with tools I can come to the class with in a lot of my Web Marketing courses. What you are teaching is definitely on par with my program. Thank you for your dedication and hardwork (I know it is). I have also applied a lot of what I have learned to our eBay store, so thank you, thank you, thank you. :)."

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