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J So if you have allowed your certification to lapse or worried about the upcoming renewal fee – be happy. Here is the new fee schedule.
I was excited . . . BUT . . . was it real – or was someone pulling Ina’s chain? Then – the news leaked onto Griff’s Facebook page – where he posted what looks like the same screenshot Ina was sent!
And then, I received my PowerUp eBay Magazine and . . . . it made me wonder AGAIN cause the language is so ‘iffy’ Check this out “Starting in October, when you offer Free shipping you COULD automatically get 5-star DSRs for shipping costs when your buyer chooses free shipping” emphasis is mine but WHY use the word COULD instead of WILL? And then today RBH and the eBayInk Blog say this “I’ve received some questions about whether sellers will now receive automatic, 5-star DSR’s for free shipping. I’m pleased to tell you the answer is yes! And, this isn’t a test – effective Aug. 24, we began defaulting the shipping cost DSR to 5 stars when eBay can verify a buyer did not pay for shipping.” So I GUESS it is safe to say we free shippers are getting automatic 5 star DSR rankings, as we should, IMO, for ‘reasonable shipping charges’. at least, that is MY interpretation TODAY – what do you think? Quick Update – hat tip to Ina again . eBay spokesperson Johnna Hoff said the policy change currently applies only to U.S. and Canada marketplaces and said eBay is evaluating roll-outs to other locations. eBay Ink blogger Andy Chase said via Twitter that the policy would be “coming soon to other sites including UK, DE, AU.”
Thanks to Ina Steiner for bringing this gentleman and his report to my attention. I have participated to a small degree in Amazon’s FBA program and have plans to scale my participation way up. In my opinion, it is a ‘no brainer’ for a small business person like myself who wishes to scale up significantly. Going with a fulfillment service is like hiring a shipping dept, at a much lower cost. Especially if you are selling product on the Amazon platform, Amazon FBA deserves your serious consideration. I found these further comments and graphs supplied by Mr. Friedland in his report extremely interesting. “Friedland said FBA significantly enhances conversion rates for third party sellers, and Amazon has put strong incentives in place in the toys and games category for the 2010 holiday season that encourage third party sellers to use FBA. Amazon’s plan to materially increase fulfillment capacity in 2010 was driven in part by increasing FBA adoption, he said. ”Further,” he writes, “we think FBA adoption is a key driver in eBay’s poor recent performance in the U.S. (eBay.s Q2:10 non-vehicle U.S. GMV increased 2%, compared to 37% estimated organic GMV growth for Amazon in North America).” Interesting to me that he tied the Amazon FBA adoption to lower sales on eBay – hmmmm. And check out these graphs!
Got your attention with that one, eh? LOL This is a really good resource I want to pass on. It is a website by Andrew Lock. What brought this to mind right now is the most recent “Nifty Click”
One of the great things about the internet is the vast amount of free education out there! One of the bad things about the internet is waiting through the sales pitches masquerading as education! I was introduced to Shawna Siegel (used to be Shawna Fennell) last year in February when she ran this amazing online Event – called the New Life Event – meant to relate to breathing New Life into your business. I was absolutely astounded. Here were some of the TOP internet gurus sharing a wealth of information – all for free. Not only that but I won about $300 in prizes that weekend and so did a LOT of other folks! Pretty amazing. So I was truly honored to be one of the presenters this year and I hope my presentation on Why and How You Should be on eBay helped a few. I did hear of at least one person opening a store so I’m hoping that went very well for her. You missed it? Well, no worries, Shawna and her crew spent hours going over all the recorded audio and now ALL the presentations are available for you to listen to on your own schedule. I don’t care what level you are at – if you are an internet entrepreneur you WILL find some great help here. So click on the banner to go to the home page where all webinars are listed or check out the speakers’ page or just go listen to me, LOL Many, Many thanks to Shawna Siegel, Rene, AKA Mom and the crew from 1choice4yourstore Another way to save a trip to the Post Office – coming soon to your area?
And here is another resource I’ve stumbled across. Caldecott Awards are given to excellent children’s I’ve been running around online for a long time but is it possible I’ve just discovered THE tool to help me keep track of my life? It looks that way although I’ve only started using it. You can download a PC app, there is a ‘webclick’ thing for the websites and an iPhone AND droid app too . . . just go to EVERNOTE and check it out AND report back, please!! cause I’m sure there’s a lot more it can do that I just haven’t discovered yet! So, even though this is new to me – I’m sure it’s actually been around forever and I would love y’all to tell me how you use it! What do you use it for? Amazon Bans Refurb Ink and Toner Cartridges Much thanks to Ina Steiner at Auctionbytes for the info on this one. I remember many times when large groups of sellers were put out of business when eBay made a decision like this one – remember Magazine subscriptions on eBay? or e-books? suddenly – they were no more. Wonder what this will do to Ink sellers on Amazon? I’m not a refill fan – too messy for my liking, but I occassionally buy the refilled tanks on eBay – what do you think? |
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