August 31, 2009
Scot Wingo posts a great run-down in his Amazon Strategies blog of Walmart opening up a limited-run marketplace. Like Wingo, I see a greater online landscape of major retailers offering marketplace extensions to their sites in the future. The reason a big company like Walmart would even consider exposing their customers to another vendor’s goods [...]
August 31, 2009
My desk PC died with a failed power supply this weekend. It’ll take a few days to get a replacement delivered and installed here. This right on the heels of a day’s adventure with a failed battery in my van! Aaargh! Sorry about the delay. In the meantime, I’ll post some other stuff to the [...]
August 26, 2009
On July 31, I had a conversation with eBay about its recent “SR2″ announcement. The scheduled changes are sweeping, sometimes dramatic, and can be confusing. (You can see them coming as important dates on the Calendar tab.) There will be new Seller requirements, more Powersellers – and a new “top seller” level, changes to DSRs, [...]
August 25, 2009
Here’s a segment fresh off the board from my recent conversation with Jim “Griff” Griffith, Senior Manager of Seller Advocacy at eBay. A Media Seller friend had asked if I couldn’t get Griff’s thoughts on some shipping & DSR challenges faced by these Sellers pinched by Shipping Caps and low DSRs. Griff’s suggestion is presented [...]
August 11, 2009
Please join us for a discussion of successful e-selling this Thursday night, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM in Oklahoma City. The monthly OKC Metro eSellers meeting will be at Asbury UMC [click for map] 1320 SW 38th ST Oklahoma City, OK 73119 Directions: 405.308.4299 Meeting Itinerary Q&A. Bring your questions and get answers while we’re [...]