by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

Selling online is better and easier than ever today thanks to the sheer number of marketplace options available to you. Naturally, most sellers already know many of the large companies through which they can sell, including Amazon and eBay. Those sites are able to provide great opportunities for sellers of all sizes, and it helps to level the playing field between the large companies and the smaller businesses out there. However, these are not the only options . You will find quite a few other options depending on what you have to sell. Let’s look at some of the best options.

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by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

Have you been considering doing business with Amazon and selling some of your products through their site? Many businesses, especially smaller businesses, don’t realize that they can actually set up accounts to sell their products right through the largest Internet retailer, but it’s quite easy to do. Even better, it offers a substantial number of benefits that really can make quite a difference to your success.

For instance, when selling through the site, you have the power of Amazon behind you, meaning when people shop online, Amazon happens to be one of the sites they think of first. If you are selling through them, you have potentially higher visibility for your products, simply because they have a much broader market…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

Today, you never can tell just where people will be getting onto your website and shopping. We are living in a highly mobile world, and that means your ecommerce shopping site needs to work well in regular computers, as well as mobile phones and tablets. You have to have the same quality feel on those smaller devices, and your ecommerce shopping cart needs to work just as well on them. They all have to be able to allow for the same quality of service.

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by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

If you run an eCommerce website, you may think writing titles and descriptions for your products is the least of your worries. It seems pretty self-explanatory, after all. However, this kind of thinking could cost you dearly when search engines decide to rank your site and basically determine how much exposure you’ll be getting. So follow the below advice when creating titles and descriptions to ensure they’re properly optimized.

There are two ways to look at the titles and descriptions on your eCommerce website and both are equally valid perspectives that must be incorporated to hit your SEO potential. The first angle you need to see things from is that of your potential customer. Titles and descriptions need to adequately illustrate whatever it is you’re selling. Obviously, a title should do this in as few words as possible. Your description should be no longer than necessary, but successful in selling your customer…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

Even when you’re selling on a site like Amazon, no one in their right mind would get involved with eCommerce and think it would be easy. If you’re on the cusp of taking the plunge, there’s no reason to think you won’t succeed. However, know that there is a lot of hard work awaiting you. Fortunately, the following tips may be all you need to start off on the right foot with realistic expectations you can actually benefit from.

First, if you’re serious about selling, consider using Amazon shipping management software. As the name suggests, Amazon shipping management software makes it easier to handle your inventory and get it shipped out when an order comes through. For sellers handling an order or two a week, this may not be necessary. However, when you begin to scale up your operation, Amazon shipping management software should be one of your first investments. Messing up people’s orders or sending them out late will result in poor customer feedback, which Amazon does not smile on…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

Legend has it there was once a time when someone could simply auction items off on eBay and not only make a living doing so, but a pretty good one at that. However many people actually achieved this dream, we’ll never know. What’s certain is that, nowadays, you need more than just an eBay account if you plan on making your relationship with the auction site a profitable one. You’ll need to start an eBay store and use listing templates too.

People who have a spare object or two to sell would be best served by signing up with eBay and using an individual account. Turning a serious profit, though, involves an eBay storefront which acts more like an eCommerce website. Unlike an eCommerce website, though, you don’t have to pay overhead for hosting, a domain and the design. You pay a simple flat fee and that’s it…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

It should go without saying that your eCommerce website needs plenty of images in order to succeed. These images need to be big, vibrant, clear and depict the products from every angle. That’s how you convert visitors into customers. However, that’s not all it takes. You need to constantly remind yourself that until search engines see your eCommerce website, visitors never will. Search engines are essentially blind to the images you use, meaning you must describe them to Google, Bing and others.

The first thing you need to do is name all the important images on your eCommerce website. If you’re selling purses, for example, you’ve probably taken many pictures of each model. When you upload them to your computer, it’s easy to leave the files with whatever name they were given—usually it’s a random grouping of letters and numbers…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

In terms of revenue, Rakuten is one of the biggest eCommerce websites in the entire world. The company dominates its home country of Japan in this arena, but countless other shoppers from around the globe frequent Rakuten (a.k.a. Buy.com) every day. Rakuten doesn’t just make it fun and easy to pick out your favorite electronics though. You can also use the site to sell items too. Follow the basics below and you’ll be a success in no time.

First, you’ll want to leverage shipping management software. When it comes to eCommerce, nothing is as important as customer satisfaction and one way to make sure your customers are not satisfied is by messing up delivery. With shipping management software, the process is largely automated. As mistakes can always happen, especially when the process is no longer in your hands, shipping management software allows you to track the order until it arrives…. Read the full article

by Nawaz Charania | Ecommerce Business Tips |

There are a number of ways to increase your eCommerce website’s revenue. Most of them, however, won’t do much to help your profit or will actually hurt your reputation. Fortunately, you’re not completely out of luck. Cross-selling is a very simple method for giving your customers more of what they want while increasing your bottom line too. It essentially means offering a customer an extra product with their original purchase.

It’s important to note that some people use upselling and cross-selling interchangeably. However, whereas upselling refers to any method for adding more to the receipt, cross-selling specifically refers to doing so by adding more to their cart…. Read the full article