Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

I have always found that best offers work for an eBay business as long as you are dedicated (or automated).
If you choose to take advantage of best offers always price your item with a view to negotiate. If the asking price is final, don’t spend time haggling and constantly declining customers. Don’t accept best offers [...]

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Sourcing from china has been quite big for a while, but mostly larger corporate companies deal with that kind of thing. But how about the small business e-tailer?
eBay is still in my mind a bargain marketplace, market forces and recession have pushed prices down and forced sellers to throw a wider net to get suppliers. [...]

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I ordered an Acer One Pink laptop on the 11th January from Acerdirect.co.uk. Once payment was taken I was told that ACTUALLY I had brought from BuyitDirect.co.uk. OK, well I will let that one slide.
A day after payment has been taken I received an email telling me the item was out of stock. OK, well [...]

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We are in a rough recession and only the strong will survive. It seems as though the arena of eBay design is starting to suffer with the departure of Frooition’s Managing Director Grenville Whelan.
Frooition has suffered with redundancies in the last 18 months loosing approximately 7 of its members with Gren making 8.
If Frooition [...]

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Well, working for a large wholesaler and retailer I am constantly amazed by this world and how it is managed on trust, forum opinions and dubious wholesale lists.
This forum is a hub for wholesalers and information and full of regulars ready to pounce on new buyers/traders who join. There is a lot of good information [...]

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