Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Working with the construction sector at the moment, our sisters in house build are suffering. Over 10K jobs lost and 500 business in administration, not all small ones either.
So far with my business I have seen no economic slowdown, not even the usual summer slowdown. It will hit all business in the end even the [...]

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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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Redundancy just before Christmas is not pleasant as the job market is not at its best, specially if you have had no warning.
As well as training to be an eBay education specialist I have secured consultancy and web development in the last few weeks of December to take me though to January.
In pure on-line entrepreneurial [...]

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I am often asked how and when I started shopping on-line and also selling on-line.
I started shopping online in the summer of ‘99 with Gothic Auctions which prompted signing up for paypal almost instantly as everything was in Dollars. My first purchase was from a Canadian seller.
By the winter I was actively selling on [...]

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Not really knowing if the feature was out yet a friend of mine had a purchase Saturday (he sells designer bags, high ticket items) thought eBay but Paypal held the funds for investigation. He found it weird that there was not a username associated with the purchase but it was an eBay sale?! A little [...]

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According to the latest news eBay is now allowing ‘guest’ purchases on fixed price items on the eBay marketplace. The ‘Guest’ buyers will have to pay immediately in order to secure the purchase. So what happens with buyers from countries that you don’t ship too? Will the same restrictions apply? So many questions unanswered!
eBay says:
We’re [...]

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The theory has been around for a few years, but in my Amazon order this month I had a leaflet and card for 3V Vouchers
I implemented a payzone service on my Hairfreax Website a month ago with no takers as yet, but this system of a voucher visa card number taking the onus off the [...]

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Developing persona’s of your customers can be a tricky and long process for a small business. Creating persona’s of your typical customer base can help you with the navigation, construction and wording of your site. You need to answer the questions your customer and direct them appropriately has so they will take the action you [...]

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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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