Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Professional eBay design is an investment, and should not be taken up on this level by smaller sellers. Don’t make the mistake of investing in eBay design before your eBay business is even off the ground. You don’t need professional ebay design to start up an ebay business.
The listing design (ebay item template) is very [...]

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I have taken on a freelance eBay Managment, a mid range client who was with another management company and used ChannelAdvisor. Channeladvisor is not suitable for this client as they are not big enough, once they hit £30K the ChannelAdvisor fee makes sense.
So they still have 300 items, and with the $29.95 a month cost [...]

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Well Hairfreax is testing out BTtradespace
You can advertise 5 items for sale free when you sign up or more if you pay a tiered subscription fee. This system is simple to use and encompasses a blog, photo gallery, community, paypal payments, event promotions, product advertisement and much more. This system has embraced the social aspect [...]

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The two titans in the eBay auction management and e-commerce total solutions world collide:
ChannelAdvisor Acquires Marketworks - Combination cements ChannelAdvisor as top e-commerce channel management solution provider..
The press release says:
Richmond, UK – September 12, 2007 – ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of e-commerce channel management solutions, announced today it has acquired Marketworks, a leader in [...]

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Once you have at least 30 days of eBay selling under your belt you can start thinking about selling smart!
- Use something like ‘Terapeak‘ to research each of your product types (this is something you should do really before you start selling properly) Terapeak can tell you the best selling times, the best categories and [...]

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Every morning I sign for a package from play.com for one of the guys in the office. Play have taken their lead from Amazon and launched Playtrade:
PlayTrade is the new way to make money selling your DVDs, CDs, Books, Games and more to the millions of customers who shop at Play.com. As a PlayTrade seller, [...]

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As an automated ebay listing and website storefront system channeladvisor is pretty hot.
Channeladvisor has made my life easier today because:
1. You can get a full export of all of your inventory - all that hard work exported in excel.
2. You can export all customer information (and see if they have opted in to your newsletter [...]

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Sieng van Tran from AuctionAssist was featured in the Express on Sunday (5th August). AuctionAssist provides an outsourced ebaying service for individuals, business, retailers and manufacturers, specialising in ‘Big Ticket’ items such as cookers and laptops.
According to their website 56% of brits are self confessed hoarders and as a whole we are hoarding £2.5 [...]

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Terapeak is an industry leading ebay researching tool that can break down the sales by keyword and tell you lots and lots of juicy information. Between $14.95 and $24.95 per month as an ebay consultancy this would provide the necessary information to guide and monitor clients.
Some example data:
Searching by the keyword: Hustler Lingerie

Total Sales: £297 Total Listings: 450 Successful [...]

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Channeladvisor is a great listing tool for larger companies who need an automated solution for eBay and Amazon (and Overstock in the US). To add value it also has a store/website attachment with cname capabilities so you can run a website and ebay all together. Channeladvisor also provides feeds to shopping comparison sites such as [...]

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