I recently wrote about how important it is to have a blog for your business. Today, I would like to give you some ideas on how to make your blog successful. After all, if you are going to go to all the trouble of creating a blog, you do want your buyers to read it. [...]

Did you know that approximately 75-percent of Twitter members use a hashtag when they send out their tweets? The hashtag, which is a pound sign (#) is typically used in conjunction with keywords that help define a Tweet. While it can be an effective market and tracking tool, there are some things you need to [...]

If you buy or sell on eBay, then you probably know how important feedback is, especially for the seller’s side of a transaction. Is it important enough, however, for a seller to sue an eBay buyer if the feedback is negative? Well, if you are a company called Med Express — it apparently is. The [...]

There is often a big difference in the mindset of online sellers. Some sellers faithfully do their business plans, project their business goals, and research the market. Others tend to haphazardly list items or send boxes of “stuff” into Amazon, having no idea if it will sell. No matter what category you fall into, it’s [...]

In yet another twist to the heated Marketplace Fairness Act debate, eBay (or rather CEO John Donahoe) got caught in the cross-hairs as backers of the Marketplace Fairness Act fired back against Donahoe, accusing him of using scare tactics on sellers to gain opposition against the bill. As you may recall, Donahoe sent an email [...]

Celebrating Mother’s Day can be a challenge when your Mom is an online seller, spending her days running from the computer to her camera to the printer to that pile of shipping boxes and back again. If your Mom is running an online business, here are some tips on how to share (and survive) Mother’s [...]

Amazon’s Seller Discussion forum had a flurry of activity last week after the online retail giant sent out an email to its sellers informing them about the new Virtual Account Manager (VAM) program. While most sellers pondered what the cryptic email actually meant, others commented that they were experiencing a feeling of dread over the [...]