When conducting your market research and selecting your online stores merchandise, one area of consumer product trending that you might be tempted to overlook is color. But a products color can influence a buyers decision to purchase it by as much as 85%. If youre sourcing products even the right products in the wrong shades, you wont be able to get top dollar for your goods, and you may not be able to move them at all. So its in your best interest to pay attention …
Storage Units Auctions – Buying Abandoned Assets For E-Biz Profit
Storage unit companies regularly seize abandoned goods and auction them off in an effort to reclaim some of their lost profits. Many online retailers are cashing in, using these auctions as a product source for their e-businesses. According to enthusiast Blaine Herbst, founder of http://StorageAuctionSecrets.com, You can pick up an entire storage unit filled with things for a couple hundred bucks. Finding these auctions can be as easy as looking in the yellow pages under s…
Show Me The Money: Turning Your Blog Into A Source Of Income
Online journaling also known as blogging has rapidly evolved from a personal hobby into a powerful tool for Internet entrepreneurs. According to Jim Kukral, creator of http://BlogKits.com, you can monetize a blog in several ways. For instance, you might build a stand-alone blog and sell ad space to targeted businesses, suggests Kukral. Or you could put up a blog on your web site to drive more traffic and keep in touch with your customer base.
Simple SEO: How To Create Content The Search Engines Will Like
Improved search positioning means greater exposure to targeted traffic, but few E-Biz owners really understand how to run an effective search engine optimization (SEO) campaign. According to Andy Jenkins, founder of online business forum http://StomperNet.com, Your web site ranking is determined, in large part, by the quality of your content it must be both compelling to your visitors and consumable to the search engine spiders.
Something To Talk About: How To Reach Brand Advocates
Opinions Wanted
Shaping Your Marketing Message: 3 Tips For Improving Conversion
Understanding how visitors will view your sales message and how theyll respond to it is a challenging prospect for any online retailer. But studying consumer behavior can help you make adjustments to your marketing campaign that will improve your click through rate and help you convert more shoppers into buyers. Andy Jenkins, founder of online business forum http://StomperNet.com, shares three tips to help you maximize your marketing dollars:
Shipping Credits For Online Sellers: How To Reclaim Your Refunds
Selling online means shipping products to your customers on a regular basis. But if youre like most online sellers, you may be unaware that five percent of all shipped packages fail to meet a service guarantee and, therefore, qualify for a refund. For frequent shippers, those numbers can really add up; yet nearly one hundred percent of those refunds about two billion dollars annually go unclaimed. Points out Jeff Lindmark, of shipping auditor http://Veriship.com, If you…
Selecting And Changing Your Product Lines – What Should I Sell Now?
Product Sales Tracking
Preparing For The Holiday Season Now – Christmas In July?
Christmas comes a little early every year for the online retailer June or July to be exact. If youre just starting to prepare now for this years holiday selling season, youre none too early. Most people think the holiday buying craze starts the day after Thanksgiving, but the truth is it starts in September and tops out in November. So now is the time to get ready for the busiest selling season of the year.
Product Sourcing Strategies – New Trends That Will Work For Your E-Biz
Changing with the Times
Product Sourcing Using Trade Publications – Getting Inside Information
If youre an online retailer or any type of retailer theres probably no better reading material for you than industry publications. What other reading will help you source and market products and build your product lines around your customers needs?
Promoting Yourself On EBay – Tips From A PowerSeller
One key to selling successfully on eBay is getting people to your listings. If no one sees what youre selling, no ones going to buy it. But even once they get there, if they dont like what they see, they wont stay around and bid. EBay PowerSeller Skip McGrath, of http://SkipMcGrath.com, shares some simple techniques you can use to boost your traffic and your increase your sales: