Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sell In More Than One Venue
I have found a wonderful place to sell my glassware, besides eBay and Bonanza!! This place is called Addoway!! It is connected to Facebook so it has tons of exposure! Friend have been making alot of sales on there in the past couple of days.
Addoway makes it very easy to set up a storefront. You sign up (it's FREE) and they have importers for eBay, Bonanza and Etsy!! It will automatically pull in all of your listings from these places!!! You don't have to delete them from your other venues!! I have mine on ebay, Bonanza & Addoway. I changed the prices slightly (you can do it before you import them by choosing to give a percentage off (I did 10% or by a dollar amount). The advantage to this is, it gives you double exposure when the items are submitted to Google because the listings are NOT identical!!!
There are no listing fees, no basic store fees and no final value fees. You can upgrade to the next level for $8.95 a month, but it's not necessary. It's a fun community, with great customer service and a sellers page where you can get to know everyone. Come by and check it out!!! Talk to Fred Nijm, the creator of the site. He is always accessable!!!
http://www.addoway.com/ref/03c6bf0424ee6b9651eb037c5ef6f031
Addoway makes it very easy to set up a storefront. You sign up (it's FREE) and they have importers for eBay, Bonanza and Etsy!! It will automatically pull in all of your listings from these places!!! You don't have to delete them from your other venues!! I have mine on ebay, Bonanza & Addoway. I changed the prices slightly (you can do it before you import them by choosing to give a percentage off (I did 10% or by a dollar amount). The advantage to this is, it gives you double exposure when the items are submitted to Google because the listings are NOT identical!!!
There are no listing fees, no basic store fees and no final value fees. You can upgrade to the next level for $8.95 a month, but it's not necessary. It's a fun community, with great customer service and a sellers page where you can get to know everyone. Come by and check it out!!! Talk to Fred Nijm, the creator of the site. He is always accessable!!!
http://www.addoway.com/ref/03c6bf0424ee6b9651eb037c5ef6f031
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Setting up a packing & shipping station for sellers
Whether you have a whole room, or just a corner, there are some essentials that you must have at hand in order to be effient at packing and shipping the items that you sell on eBay or any other selling site.
The first thing that I suggest is getting yourself a digital scale. These are very accurate, and can be purchased at any office supply store. I purchased mine for about $50 several years ago, but it is worth it.
Set up a table, whether a long 6' table or just a card table, but some place that can be your designated packing station. On this table, or a shelf above or next to it, within easy reach, you should have the scale, tape & tape gun, pen, black marker, FRAGILE stamp,custom forms (for First Class International shipments)and any materials that you include with your shipments like business cards or coupons.
Have a specific tote or place to put your bubble wrap (please don't use newspaper!! (It is SO unprofessional looking!) and packing peanuts. I keep a supply of packing peanuts in a large tote under may packing table, and my roll of bubble wrap is next to the table. If you use the large rolls of bubble wrap, putting it on a clothes rack works wonderfully!!
It helps also, if you have a shelf or extra table to put the items on to be shipped along with the invoice. As I pack each item, I stamp the package with the Fragile stamp in several places, then tape the invoice to the top to keep from mixing up packages.
After they are all packed, I weigh each one, writing the weight on the box where the label will go, and also on the invoice (which I keep). You can include an invoice in the box if you wish. When I am finished weighing the boxes, I then take them to my computer and print the labels.
Below are a few photos of how I have set up my packing station. Keeping this set up helps me get the orders out quicker and keeps everything I need at hand.
Good luck setting up your Packing and Shipping station!!!
The first thing that I suggest is getting yourself a digital scale. These are very accurate, and can be purchased at any office supply store. I purchased mine for about $50 several years ago, but it is worth it.
Set up a table, whether a long 6' table or just a card table, but some place that can be your designated packing station. On this table, or a shelf above or next to it, within easy reach, you should have the scale, tape & tape gun, pen, black marker, FRAGILE stamp,custom forms (for First Class International shipments)and any materials that you include with your shipments like business cards or coupons.
Have a specific tote or place to put your bubble wrap (please don't use newspaper!! (It is SO unprofessional looking!) and packing peanuts. I keep a supply of packing peanuts in a large tote under may packing table, and my roll of bubble wrap is next to the table. If you use the large rolls of bubble wrap, putting it on a clothes rack works wonderfully!!
It helps also, if you have a shelf or extra table to put the items on to be shipped along with the invoice. As I pack each item, I stamp the package with the Fragile stamp in several places, then tape the invoice to the top to keep from mixing up packages.
After they are all packed, I weigh each one, writing the weight on the box where the label will go, and also on the invoice (which I keep). You can include an invoice in the box if you wish. When I am finished weighing the boxes, I then take them to my computer and print the labels.
Below are a few photos of how I have set up my packing station. Keeping this set up helps me get the orders out quicker and keeps everything I need at hand.
Good luck setting up your Packing and Shipping station!!!
Monday, January 3, 2011
New Items in my ebay store!!
Sandy's Collectibles and More carries glassware of all kinds and from all eras. Stop by at www.stores.ebay.com/sandyscollectiblesandmore.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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