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Hot Seminar Series Is Back!

June 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Are you Pumped?!  I absolutey love to tell you about this each year.  You’ve heard me mention the WordPress Orientation before. 

Well, the Hot Seminar Series is going to be something you won’t want to miss!

You see, I can’t say it enough how Internet Marketing plays a role in everything eBay!  WordPress blogging is such a BIG part of launching your eBay platform.

This summer’s session starts Wednesday June 16th and ends August 11th.

If you’ve been wanting to up your blogging game and learn how to make better use of the WordPress blogging platform be sure to sign up for the Hot Seminar Series  now. There’s a great line-up of expert speakers eager to share their knowledge with you.

We’ll kick off the season with a discussion all about WordPress themes. If you’ve worked with themes you’ve probably found that some are easier to work with than others. You’re going to learn what makes some easier to work with than others as well as find out whether premium themes are worth their price or not.

You’ll hear from guest experts like Susan and Janice from 5MinutesforMom.com. Traci Knoppe will talk WordPress security while Lynette Chandler will share cool things you can do with WordPress. Suzanne Franco will share how she attracted 500+ RSS subscribers in a matter of 30 days! You’ll hear from Alexis Rodrigo and how to use your blog to attract new clients while Lynn Terry shares how to supercharge your blog for maximum profitability. And finally Nicole Dean will bring down the house and close out this summer’s session.

As you can see that’s an awesome lineup of great speakers. It’s sure to be one hot summer and you won’t want to miss out. Be sure to sign up now to secure your spot at this summers Hot Seminar Series!

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eBay Downtime… How To Keep Selling And Beat The Slump!

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

The dreaded eBay downtime. Unfortunately as the seasons change so does eBay selling. It happens every year just like clock-work.

So What Now?

Believe it or not, there is so much to do now until July!

1) SHOP!!! eBay is slow because stores are marking down inventory and people can get what they want at a good price. Come mid June stores will be clearancing out all of their summer merchandise, making it a resellers “paradise”. A lot of stores even have fall/winter items still hanging around at unbelievable prices. Online “boutique” resources run a pinch differently and are going to be slashing prices in June-Aug. The array of stores slashing prices will be unbelievable. Right now we are in a bit of a limbo, but now is a perfect time to hit leftover fall and winter items online. It just takes a lot more scouring right now. The *bonus* is not having to hold your inventory for more than a couple months.

2) Prepare for selling season. Selling seasons are VERY busy answering bidder emails, creating listings, shipping packages and let’s not forget MORE SHOPPING! To get ahead between now and July, take a few pictures and create a few listings every couple of days. Before you know it you will have all of your items ready to list. If you are using an auction management source like TurboLister, you can store and even schedule your listings in advance. Imagine the work load you will have eliminated when things start heating up.

3) Venture into other avenues. Yes, eBay is slow. It is VERY slow in children’s clothing, but that doesn’t mean nothing is selling well. Parents are in the market for outdoor play toys such as Little Tikes, Fisher Price & Step 2. These items are more difficult to ship, but if you are willing, you can reap fabulous rewards. (Another market that seems to do well is “designer purses”.) Just make sure you do your research before entering into a new market or any market for that matter.

4) Garage Sales! Literally an eBayer’s “gold mine”, you can not only hunt for “boutique” clothing, but anything valuable. (Designer purses & outdoor toys can all be picked up at garage sales for practically nothing.)

5) Goodwill. Hit your local Goodwill, as this is where many people take their garage sale leftovers.

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eBay Holds First Ever Coupon Event!

June 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

eBay is holding their first ever Coupon Event!

Event will run through June 21st. With this event, eBay buyers will have the opportunity to take advantage of coupons from 15 participating sellers (including well known PowerSellers), across a wide variety of eBay categories. Coupons will be available to ALL eBay buyers who pay with PayPal!

Event Details

  • Campaign Dates: June 1 – June 21
  • Offers: vary (range from 5% to 25% off select items, $300 max discount per coupon)
  • Redemption period: expires at 11:59 PM PDT on June 21, 2010
  • Coupon Usage: up to 3 transactions allowed per coupon code per user ID, no minimum purchase amounts, must pay with PayPal; coupon applied to highest price coupon-eligible item in checkout
  • Redemption codes: vary by seller – 15 different codes

Here is a sampling of sellers and their coupons:

  • eForCity offers select electronics accessories up to 25% off with coupon code CEFORCITYJN
  • 3ballsGolf offers select golf equipment up to 15% off with coupon code C3BALLSGOLFJN
  • tak rugs offers select rugs up to 20% off with coupon code CTAKRUGSJN
  • SmartBargains offers a wide variety of Clothing and Home products up to 15% off with coupon code CSMARTBARGAINSJN
  • poor fish offers select outdoor gear up to 10% off with coupon code CPOORFISHJN
  • total gym outlet offers select gym equipment up to 25% off with coupon code CTOTALGYMJN
  • TigerDirect offers select electronics items up to 5% off with coupon code CTIGERDIRECTJN

All coupons are valid through June 21, 2010

Want to see all available offers?  You can access the “Coupon Event Hub Page” for a complete listing of all available offers associated with this event.

Got Questions? Answers are available on eBay.com by clicking here.

Coupon Event

Have Fun!  :-)

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