Logos and graphics can be tough to find when you need them and since everyone will need something like this 5 Star Customer Service logo in their eBay listings...

Our friends at All Business Auctions and iBusinessLogic.com have generously provided this eBay five star service logo for all of our readers free of charge.

Suggestions for use

• Insert this eBay 5 star service logo with standard text about return policies
• Include this eBay five star service logo with your invoices and email lists
• Insert this eBay five star service logo in your eBay me page
• Make it your mantra to give good service (as if it was not already your mantra)

Just follow the link (click the logo itself) to get the code for several sizes of the eBay five star service logo.

Enjoy! Courtesy - All Business Auctions, the Design Team at iBusinessLogic.com and us here at the Trading Assistant Journal!

Selling Real Estate on eBay has also been proven successful and is effective as a lead  and sales generation tool.  Therefore it seems quite interesting, almost unbelievable, that these two powerful eBay marketing tactics have yet to be joined with the creation of a well designed eBay Store for Real Estate.  Until Now...

Jason Chalkley, a Realtor with Watson Realty Corp, has commissioned an eBay Store crafted by: DesignLogic

The unique design of this eBay Stores real estate site is expected to create an influx of interest for the Realtor's Ormond Beach and Daytona Beach real estate listings.  Each property listed on eBay will gain worldwide exposure, not only within eBay but also through increased exposure to worldwide search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.  "This brings a whole new dimension of value to my advertising budget," said Jason Chalkley.

The image above is a "mock up" of the soon-to-be installed Jason Chalkley/Watson Real Estate eBay Store.  When the actual store is installed it will feature a cross advertising design powered by a unique Frooition software and control panel.  "Each real estate listing will interactively display similar listings from within the brokers store and it will do so on every listing through the eBay store website.  This is a crucial feature not available through any other design package to our knowledge," according to Scott Pooler (me) of iBusinessLogic & AllBusinessAuctions.com. "No matter how a visitor enters the site, they will view more than one property listing on a page. The design will encourage all visitors to surf all of the listings the realtor has available rather than simply click back to eBay or the search engine they came from when they are finished looking at the landing page." This feature is dynamically updated via the eBay API and does not need to be maintained. Simply launching new or additional listings will populate the cross selling engine that is a DesignLogic store powered by Frooition.

Jason Chalkley is a visionary when it comes to advertising real estate for his clients. He has invested in this custom designed eBay store with the express intention to draw new leads from the worldwide exposure eBay can provide.  "With the weak dollar and strong Euro, I hope to draw some European investors to my beautiful Florida beach properties through eBay," Jason Chalkley said. "Local Florida buyers will find our properties in the eBay store just as easily as foreign investors, so I see it as a win-win situation for my listings."

After the new store is installed Jason does not plan to stop with this initial phase of his real estate Internet marketing plan. Jason will call upon All Business Auctions to help him with inserting video tours of his listings as an added feature.  Jason has also started his first real estate WordPress blog with our help.  He plans on expanding his eBay listings with local area guides through digital download and possibly other real estate related merchandise in the future.

Cornerstone Commercial Supply Inc. is the proud new owner of an eBay Store designed by DesignLogic with Frooition and All Business Auctions.  

Our design work was completed over the holidays and installed on January 7, 2007.

Within hours of the installation of our custom eBay store design the client, Cornerstone Commercial Supply Inc., logged thier very first eBay store sale... Congratulations Cornerstone!

Richard Carpenter - Owner of Cornerstone is very pleased with the immediate and verifiable advertising exposure already generated by the site. "We have already had inquirys from professional carpet cleaners in other states asking about purchasing our best Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning machine packages and we do not even have any of them listed in the eBay store yet". "I am really excited about all of the exposure this eBay store".  Read More...

Call Scott Pooler at iBusinessLogic / All Business Auctions to learn about the benefits of an eBay store for your business.

727-596-6900

The professionals at iBusinessLogic are bringing the world of Internet marketing to an established Brick and Mortar distributor of Carpet Cleaning supplies and equipment in the Tampa Bay area.

iBusinessLogic 's first task has been to set up the inventory of this commercial carpet cleaning distributor in electronic format and to enter it into the AuctionLogic business class ebay management software suite. We are proceeding with this project while we complete the design of the eBay stores templates with our DesignLogic and Frooition graphics and eBay stores certified designer teams. The eBay stores design and listing template is nearly complete but since we have all of this great product to promote, there is no reason to wait. We at All Business Auctions have begun the soft launch of this client onto eBay with a basic eBay stores design provided by eBay.

Once DesignLogic & Frooition has Cornerstone's new eBay store design completed they can simply do a quick install of the eBay store design without changing any of the items already running on eBay. One of the great features of our AuctionLogic software suite is that once the Cornerstone branded and customized eBay listing template is ready for use, we can simply choose to change the template of any store item from within our software without ever having to re-enter item description information or details. Once the Designlogic / Frooition template is installed our client will have the ultimate flexibility available for changing and editing both live eBay listings and thier own promotions within the eBay store. Featured items will be promoted / cross marketed on each and every listing with this eBay stores design and software solution.

Next on the agenda, after the eBay store is up and running and generating revenue, DesignLogic will formulate , design and implement a complete a full eCommerce website for this client. This will allow the client to direct traffic from eBay to the eCommerce website and sell his primary product which is Truck Mount Carpet Cleaning Machines.

In addition we plan on developing informational products for this client. Digitally delivered info products are a great way to get a company brand and company links into the hands of a focused and targeted audience. The informational products ideas we have for this client are extensive and we fully intend on helping Cornerstone Commercial Supply inform and educate its customer base with Commercial carpet & floor care e-books, e-reports, e-reviews on equipment and other video and audio based informational products.

We have been working for years to reach a level which would allow All Business Auctions / iBusinessLogic to create comprehensive and effective Internet marketing plans which start with the awesome power of eBay traffic generation. We believe we have found the right combination of tools, services and mentoring programs which will allow any brick and mortar business like Cornerstone to survive and thrive in the new world of Internet based marketing.

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Frooition's incredible eBay store design - Pirate PartyOriginally uploaded by All Business Auctions

As you can tell from previous posts I am very enthusiastic about our affiliation with the premier eBay stores designer in Europe and the U.K. - Frooition.

One of the most impressive aspects of the Frooition design of an eBay store is the cross selling capability.

With a eBay stores design powered by Frooition, your store will have features not found in any other advanced or eBay supplied stores package. Your listings will cross sell other listings and your categories will promote other categories - all automatically.  Changes can be made on the fly and it all integrates seamlessly with the eBay API.

I am sure I will have ample opportunity to extol the virtues of Frooition here and on our iBusinesslogic.com website in the future. For now, please read the Frooition blog post below, visit their site at www.frooition.com and check out the amazing designs and functionality they have built in to the system.

We are proud to help Frooition and our clients with this incredible package. If you do give them a ring, please tell em Scott Pooler at All Business Auctions sent ya!

At Frooition we are lucky enough to design with such concepts as the Pirate Party Store. With a swashbuckling theme tune to the website and a matching pirate eBay shop design, it is a delight to see these designs come together. I am sure they have recruited plenty of shipmates since the design was installed!

There products include games, activities, chocolates, decorations and even beach party accessories!

Link to a full screen shot of the Pirate Party Store eBay Shop Design

Tags: eBay Design, ebay shop design, frooition e-commerce, website design

Uploaded by All Business Auctions on 27 Nov 07, 12.51AM EST.

We have have just created this new eBay stores design with our DesignLogic team in conjunction with Frooition in the U.K.

Cornerstone Supply is an established brick and mortar supplier of commercial carpet cleaning equipment and cleaning agents, specializing in heavy duty truck mounted carpet cleaning machines.

Our iBusinessLogic team of professionals and solutions will be bringing this company to eCommerce in a big way - starting with an eBay store designed by DesignLogic and powered by Frooition. Listing services provided by AuctionLogic will keep the inventory of this operation online via eBay with a minimal learning curve and maximizing uptime of inventory.

After our initial eBay stores setup and implementation we plan on designing and launching a eCommerce website and blog for this company.

Wish us luck as we hope to provide these types of services for brick and mortar businesses for the foreseeable future.

Frooition is the premier eBay stores design solution in the U.K. and Europe. Some of the U.K.'s largest retailers rely upon Frooition to implement and manage their online sales strategies. We are certainly proud and honored to be linked in business and in friendship with this outstanding company and we only hope that our DesignLogic services can benefit from and provide value to Frooition and our clients alike.

Features of Frooition eBay shop Design:

Dynamic Design that allows you to change content features within “Manage My Store”; this allows you to add new categories and edit them without changing your design html
Design hosted using dedicated servers
Specify list or gallery view and sort by preference
Easily change your eBay store description
Rename and re-order categories and automatically format the design
Change the location and content of the promotional boxes Create/edit your custom pages while keeping your standard design template intact
Full control of your about me page - Having a professional design will greatly enhance your eBay and Internet presence, making your eBay shop stand out from your competitors. It enables you to build a consistent and professional brand. It gives your customers confidence enabling you to get better margins on your products. It can make you look bigger than are giving you a competitive edge. Customers are encouraged to use “buy it now” increasing your trading velocity and profit. It encourages the use of the store front as a key part of the selling strategy encouraging cross sell and upsell while saving your money on eBay fees.

Features of a Frooition eBay Listing Template Design:

Dynamic store categories (meaning customers can easily track back to your store) The ability to search your store directly from the template
Add to favorites and watch item will be incorporated into the design and made more prominent – meaning higher close rates and repeat purchases.
Customers will be able to sign up for a store newsletter – meaning you can repeat market to drive sales
Add and save custom terms and conditions and update them from one place – meaning you don’t have so much repetition when formatting your listings
Save listing code as text files on your hard drive meaning you can easily re-list products and services, no matter what listing software you useYou can also add custom promotion boxes to drive sales and gain extra customers
You get a 10MB Image Storage where you can host product images thus saving picture fees to eBay
The system pulls in various data dynamically such as your contact information – if you change your contact details on eBay they will change automatically in the design.

The listing template solution will allow you to quickly and easily create professional templates that will carry across your existing branding giving you the ultimate branding package, increasing customer confidence even more than you get with your eBay store.

The listing template system has a web based console where you will create a new listings with your design, all you have to do is fill in the required fields specifying title, description and then either upload an image or point to its location. The software will then generate your listing in html pulling all the relevant fields into the correct places with the suitable layout. Once the listing has been generated you will see a preview of the listing and, once you are happy it is correct, it can be saved to your hard drive and copied and pasted into eBay, via “Sell My Item”, Turbolister or Selling Manager Pro or third party providers like AuctionLogic. DesignLogic  can even have your standard template code installed into the AuctionLogic Business Class eBay management software suite so you will only have to enter the standard information for a listing once and let the system manage your listings from that point forward.

If you have any questions or comments about Frooition, DesignLogic, AuctionLogic or All Business Auctions, we will be pleased to answer or reply at any time. Just give us a call 727-596-6900 or drop a comment into the box below.

Scott Pooler

CEO

iBusinessLogic

All Business Auctions

Originally uploaded by All Business AuctionsContinued as Promised....

As discussed in my previous post, this is a very high quality item which has been entrusted to my company to list for sale.

This is a 2.0 ct Solitaire Near flawless and colorless round brilliant cut diamond mounted in a tested and stamped 18k solid white gold setting encrusted with over 80 secondary natural diamonds for a total carat weight of diamonds equalling 2.86 carats.
 

• Was my trading assistant company just given this opportunity because we have an eBay sign on our front door?
• Did we simply luck into this possible sale?
• Is there any reason why we were chosen over any one of the reputable jewelers in our community?

I like to think the answer to all of those questions is NO.

Now, why do I think this?

If you think someone will bring an item like this in off the street simply because you have an "We sell on eBay" sign on your store window... you have more faith in the eBay brand than I.  eBay is an incredible brand and it does generate enormous interest among consumers but does the brand or the sign in your window generate confidence in the store operator or does the store operator generate that interest through standard honest and innovative business practices?

I say that as a business person you can not be successful without the latter even with the power of an incredible brand in your window.

Did we simply luck into this possible sale?

I could say luck entered into it, but it would be under selling my business and I would be under evaluating my clients wisdom and business acumen, (and I would never do that).  This particular client came to us via word of mouth, (there is a bit of luck in that, I suppose).
Our client has sold numerous designer handbags through our trading assistant services on eBay. We have sold every Gucci, Coach, and Dooney & Bourke purse she has brought into our offices. One day recently, our client came in with a beautiful Ferla Brera Ostrich Shopper: and saw photos of a beautiful Diamond Tennis Bracelet on my 30"HD Cinema Display. I was editing these photos for a different clients Diamond Tennis Bracelet auction of a 4.2 carat natural diamond bracelet.

When our designer handbag client saw the photos of diamonds on my monitor she immediately asked if I could sell her diamond ring?  Of course we could list her diamond ring (I hesitate to promise an actual sale because without the proper research there is no reasonable way a trading assistant can offer absolutes. We offer a listing and then qualify the clients expectations).

Were we chosen over other possible sellers or jewelers through simple luck?

I really do not think so.

I think we were selected by this client because she was confident in our business practices. She had tested our services and she had experienced our level of customer service. Our eBay management & listing software (AuctionLogic) notifies the consignment client via email whenever an action is taken with their listing. When the item goes live on eBay, when the item sells, when the item ships and when their check is ready or mailed.  This simple value added service builds confidence in the client. When a client follows their item listed on eBay through our service they see the level of professionalism that we build into each and every listing. They see our custom listing templates, our high quality photogaphs and our additional slide shows. We believe seeing our eBay store design and the entireeBay online sales package builds confidence for our consignment seller, the seller is also confident that a potential buyer will be impressed with the same features of our online presence which impressed them when looking at their own item listed on eBay.
Confidence is king in the online sales arena and without the proper tools, the best photos, the right image editing and the best in listing software, stores design and listing template. We feel that to build confidence in our business we need to have confidence in our tools, our store, and our product.  Our product is how we present items for sale on eBay, if we do not do a great job then why should anyone ask us to do this work for them?  Listing on eBay is quickly becoming less of a unique skill, the way to stand out as a trading assistant is with the quality of your listings, the quality of your photos and the level of customer service you provide.  With the right tools, your trading assistant services can stand out, you simply have to invest is yourself and your tools.

We are continuing our quest for improvement and this is why we are feverishly working on an entire re-engineered version of the All Business Auctions eBay Store. Soon we will be the proud new owners of a dynamic cross selling eBay stores design powered by Frooition. I will post more information regarding this incredible new design for eBay stores in the near future.

Scott Pooler

ABA_2007-10-25_0125.jpg Originally uploaded by All Business Auctions When you are an eBay trading post operator or an eBay trading assistant, opportunities like this come along more frequently if you develop your business reputation and instill confidence in your clientele. When the opportunity to list a $36,000.00 piece of jewelry presents itself, will you be ready with the tools and strategies and experience to perform a successful sale?There are numerous considerations when listing an exclusive custom designed diamond ring such as this. How will you gain the confidence of a buyer beyond simply starting the auction at a ridiculously low price?  What is the marketing strategy for a piece like this?

High quality items deserve and demand high quality listings. If your goal is to provide quality service for your client and higher profits for your business, you should work towards the goal of creating an image which will impress the type of buyer who would buy your exclusive item. Starting with Images and continuing through description every part of an auction or eBay stores listing with an item like this must exude quality.

The image required to sell high dollar or big ticket items is best presented with a custom high quality and comprehensive eBay stores design. The listing template is like your own storefront. Your listing and your eBay stores design are what tell the world who you are as a business.  As a shopper, do you feel more comfortable in a disorganized and messy flea market store or in a high quality purpose built mall store?

Is your potential buyer more comfortable buying from a standard easy to set up eBay store and template? Or is the buyer more comfortable buying from a high quality custom made eBay stores design?

More... Later