Archive for May, 2007

Increase your online store conversion rate!

Increase your online store conversion rate! Average ecommerce conversion rates, top ecommerce conversion rates.


Just Reached 10,000 eBay Feedbacks (Again!)

We just reached 10,000 feedbacks on our Tacklemania eBay account.


My eBay Business Part 2 - Sourcing Product From China

Sourcing product from China

We needed to find a good supplier to get us some reasonable quality fishing reels (and rods if we could find them) from China.


How To Write The Best eBay Product Titles & Boost eBay Sales!

Why would I write about making better eBay product titles to boost eBay sales? Isn’t it easy? Doesn’t everyone do it?
Well, Yes and no.
Yes, it is easy to write a descriptive title, so people understand what you are selling, but you have to work a little harder to make sure you get the highest number [...]


Protect Your Business With a Trademark

Don’t get caught out. Plan a little bit. Choose your business name and your product names carefully. You want to find a name that isn’t trademarked (or if it is trademarked, not in your business area).


How Much Is Your Blog Worth?

How much is your blog worth? As much as you think it is!
Well, that would be my answer anyway. Most people don’t blog for a living, or for the chance to sell it big one day to retire on the proceeds.
I wrote a short piece on the value of an online business here a little [...]


More Great eBay Seller & Analysis Tools

Looking for a great list of eBay tools? Some of these links will help you analyze eBay competitors, others will help you work out the best listing times and strategies.
So, on to my new list of eBay tools :

Auction Intelligence
eBay Statistics (from 2003, getting a little old)
Terapeak (I have used this service, pretty good information)
Hammertap [...]


Review of Shawn Knight’s Blog

I have decided to keep adding a few reviews of blogs that I find interesting, and of course blogs that may link back to me! :)
This time it is the blog of Shawn Knight.
Who is Shawn? he is a 24 yr old website owner, running his business full time. His website is www.ocia.net. It looks [...]


Taking Great Product Photos

Taking great product photos is often the key to great sales and conversion in ecommerce and online retail.
It simply AMAZES me how many (seemingly) professional/full time eBay sellers there are that have a good range of products, good turnover and good sales potential but TERRIBLE photos.
Improving our product photos made the single biggest improvement to [...]


Growing a Customer Base Using eBay

Building a customer base using eBay is not that easy to do if you are only using eBay’s tools.
In the North American market there has been a push from the top eBay sellers to broaden their businesses by selling in other marketplaces (like Amazon, Overstock etc) and to build their own ecommerce storefronts.
eBay fees can [...]