Then I had to finish packing up for my trip to eBay Live in Chicago, where in addition to the things I was planning on doing (like attending Seth Godin‘s presentation), I was part of the Spot the Rock Star contest. Scott Barnes Cosmetics by belasboutique03 The judges ended up picking TWO winners for the contest: What a crazy week it has been! I have so much to tell you about! I’m going to try to make Monday night “Blog Night” so you can hear from me a little more often.įirst of all, I had to finish up the work administering the Squidoo-eBay challenge that I told you about in my last post – it brought me over 140 lenses to review and then pick my favorites from to submit to the judges. One excellent way to do this is through blogs, Squidoo lenses, and making sure your listings are SEO ready.īoth sites provide RSS feeds that can be dropped into the RSS module in a Squidoo lens, and then your lens becomes a shopping catalog leading directly to the shopping cart of your store!Ĭheck these examples from my Squidoo lenses and picture how you can do the same with your listings: So once you have your site up, you’ll need to do your own marketing. They do automatically feed your listings into Google Base, so that’s one thing you don’t have to figure out how to do. The obvious disadvantage is they are not sales venues the size of eBay bringing a lot of traffic into the site, and into your listings. The obvious advantage to using these sites is the lack of expenses associated with them – the only thing you’d have is payment processing costs (both sites support Paypal and Google Checkout as payment methods). To see these venues in action, you can visit my two stores that I have there:īlujay: Katiyana’s Collectibles at BlujayĮcrater: Katiyana’s Collectibles at Ecrater Yep, they are 100% free to use – no listing fee, no FVF, and no store subscription fees! Two of these venues that are 100% free to use are Blujay and Ecrater. One of the options you have as a seller is to open up shops at other venues that are low-cost, but remember that when you don’t have eBay driving traffic for you, you’ll need to be responsible for your own marketing. One of the main complaints I hear about eBay from sellers is that it’s so expensive to sell there. I suggest you start looking into forming one of your own. I’m lucky to have met some of the most amazing people through my online business – and formed a network of acquaintances and friends who are also amazing resources when I need help. It will teach you about eBay and so much more.ĭiscussion boards and forums like Squidu on Squidoo can help you with questions specific that to specific sites, although the regulars on the Squidu forums can answer questions about SEO and other things beyond the world of Squidoo as well. If you’re looking to take your existing eCommerce business to the next level, I can’t recommend OSI Rock Stars enough. If you have questions specifically about eBay, a great resource is the eBay Discussion Boards and Answer Center. So where you can find education to answer those questions for your online business? There are several options out there. Today’s entry on Seth Godin’s blog says it better than I could – I suggest you check it out. This doesn’t necessarily mean a college education or a Business Degree – sometimes it’s as simple as recognizing there are skills you don’t have that you could use, and seeking out someone to teach you how to do it.
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