No matter what you want, chances are you’ll be able to find it on eBay. You’ll also probably find it for the lowest price too. However, just because eBay makes it easy to buy, doesn’t mean it makes it easy to sell—at least not if you’re trying to earn serious profits. For that, you’ll want to try out the following tips. Let’s start with the main focus of your listing: the actual product. Presentation is everything on eBay and can often be the difference between celebrating a sale and … [Read more...]

It’s easy to get carried away in any one direction when it comes to eCommerce. For a lot of people, it’s SEO. Other people go nuts with social media. However, it’s important that you give every aspect of your eCommerce business the attention it deserves. The speed at which your webpages are able to load is a great example of this. If you’ve ever had the displeasure of dealing with a website that loads slowly, you already know what a problem this is. Now imagine what that would do to a … [Read more...]

Just when you think your eCommerce website is complete, fully optimized and finally able to function on its own, here comes some news you may need to update it. This is a dance you should get used to, though. eCommerce is always changing. A great example of this is responsive design. If your website doesn’t have it, you’re most likely missing out on a lot of sales. To put it as simply as possible, responsive web design is how you ensure your website looks exactly how you want it to on any … [Read more...]

If you’re a fan of sports, the following scenario may, sadly, be a familiar one: your team or favorite player has the game wrapped up with a bow on it. No sooner do you breathe that sigh of relief, though, then they do something stupid and you feel victory slip away. Even those who aren’t big sports fans may know that feeling if they run an eCommerce site. They check their analytics and find that a customer was all set to checkout, maybe they even had a hefty cart worth of products, and at … [Read more...]

As the largest online retailer in the world, Amazon is an obvious option for those chasing eCommerce profits. However, people who really want to turn a profit should consider investing in the following software options. One popular form of software sellers use to increase their profits is Amazon inventory management. By using Amazon inventory management, sellers can increase the amount of products they sell, which obviously means greater profits. Amazon inventory management also makes it … [Read more...]

eBay has long been one of the most popular websites in the entire world. For many items, eBay is practically the only place you can shop for them. For other items, eBay’s the only place you’ll find them for an affordable price. Of course, there are countless other reasons people come to eBay, but all are looking to spend money. So if you don’t understand the basics behind using the online auction giant, you could be missing out on easy cash. Let’s solve that problem now. Buying and selling on … [Read more...]

When you get right down to it, there aren’t many reasons not to sell on Amazon. The largest online retailer in the world didn’t earn that title without attracting millions of unique visitors every single day. So even if you have your own eCommerce website, keeping some listings active on Amazon can’t hurt. However, if you know what you’re doing and implement a sound strategy, Amazon could become a source of very real revenue. Anyone can get started on the retail giant; here are some tips to help … [Read more...]

Not many Internet companies can claim they’ve been in business since 1996. Bizrate has earned this right, however, by providing users with unbiased comparisons between companies across just about every industry. According to Bizrate, they gather more than 25,000 customer reviews every single day. So it’s no wonder Bizrate is one of the top 500 most popular websites in the country and just outside of the top 2,000 in the entire world. This should be incentive enough for you to get listed on the … [Read more...]

In the eCommerce game, there are some tactics that were once considered speculative that are now commonplace and treated as if they were always commonsense. Upselling is definitely a good example of this. Once it was almost considered a specialized talent, then Amazon showed that you were giving away money if you didn’t do it. In short, upselling is getting a customer from one purchase to two, two to three, three to four, etc. The basic principle of upselling is that you recommend the … [Read more...]

Etsy is an eCommerce site that offers a wide range of unique products, typically made by individuals or small teams around the world. Any items that come from a factory must follow very strict requirements. So, as you can imagine, talented individuals from all over have flooded the site, excited by the opportunity to make money doing what they love. Unfortunately, many leave disappointed. If this sounds familiar or it’s simply a scenario you’d like to avoid, keep reading for a few important … [Read more...]