BuyitSellit a Free Option for off eBay eCommerce Webstores – Buy it Sell it Review

buyitsellit logoAs Trading Assistants we are always looking for ways to sell.  We have all heard about the "advantages of an eBay store" and really there are some great reasons to take advantage of that low cost opportunity to bring new traffic to your listings from outside of eBay.  A correctly set up eBay store is worth every bit of the $15.95 monthly fee. 

Use of a "stand alone" eCommerce website has always been recommended, even by the experts at eBay.  Setting up an eCommerce or OSCommerce store has not always been a simple task.  But now there are other new and exciting options to expand your market. A new review series has been started to explain the advantages of these off eBay webstore options.

You can read the first installment about the free webstore Buy it Sell it (by inkfrog) here: Buy it Sell it

http://allbusinessauctions.com/blog/2008/02/14/google-buy-it-sell-it-ebay-competitor-review-buyitsellit-vs-ebay/

Cornerstone Commercial Carpet Cleaning Supply – eBay Stores Design – Update -

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

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

Top 10 New Years eBay Store Resolutions for Small Business Owners

Magic of New Years ResolutionsTis the season for New Years Resolutions

As a small business owner do you have an eBay plan for 2008?

Small business owners are bombarded by multiple ideas, emails and suggestions concerning how they should run, improve and increase business this time of year. Among these New Years Resolutions ideas is one which I consider to be the most likely to provide a return on investment for any business owner... I suggest any small business should research the viability of adding an eBay marketing plan, including the use of an eBay store, to the present marketing budget. If you have not already looked into the potential of eBay and eBay Stores, you should designate this as one of the top priorities for your company in 2008.

No matter if your business has an established eCommerce Internet website or not, adding an eBay business/marketing plan to your retail or wholesale operation is not only a revenue producing sales tool but also a promotional venue with an unlimited potential to increase your businesses bottom line and overall worldwide branding exposure and recognition. So lets make looking into eBay a primary New Years resolution for your company, here are 10 resolution ideas and the possible benefits of following our advice:

Top 10 New Years eBay Store Resolutions for Small Business Owners

  1. OPEN and eBay store and stock it with merchandise- This is the first step! Once you make this initial step, your business will be on its way towards gaining worldwide exposure for your brand and a robust and lively new customer base. All built in to the incredible and free built in SEO advantages of an eBay store. Question: Are you aware that more searches are initiated for products on eBay each day than on Google? In fact there are more searches completed each day on eBay than on Google's entire system and every search within eBay is initiated by a consumer looking for a product to buy. People search on Google for free information. Which place do you want your products found?
  2. Build up your positive feedback number- By building the eBay account feedback through purchases and the sales of your store merchandise new and exciting features of your eBay account will become available. Once your feedback rating exceeds 100 all of your fixed price and store listings will be gaining even more Internet exposure on eBay express and you will qualify for many other programs within eBay. When your sales exceed $1000.00 per month, your business will be listed as a PowerSeller. Powerseller status indicates to the consumer that you are a steady and reliable resource and that they can have confidence buying from you. Additionally, when your sales surpass $3000.00 per month, your business will qualify for a reduction in PayPal fees.
  3. Advertise your business locally via eBay - Create excitement and build confidence with your current customers by telling them about your new and exciting eBay store. Your customers will all know what eBay is and you will be amazed at how they will react to the news of your businesses move into eBay. Immediately you will gain a reputation for being cutting edge and Internet savvy.
  4. Set up a Trade - In / Trade - Up Program for new equipment sales - With your company eBay store and Continue reading “Top 10 New Years eBay Store Resolutions for Small Business Owners” »

11 Most Commonly Suggested ways to Make Money on eBay and why you should Avoid most of them

eBayPardon us for a moment while we play "Devils Advocate" to explain the reasons why some of these 11 most commonly suggested methods for making money on eBay, are impractical or more accurately, are methods destined for failure.

If your goal is to start an eBay based business you should read this article.

The best way(s) in our opinion, to make money on eBay as part of an well crafted eBay business plan, will be revealed after our review of these more "commonly" touted methods.

The text in this post edited in italics is a previously compiled list of 11 common methods for sourcing products to sell and make money with on eBay. The article was originally written by a self appointed drop ship guru by the name of Mike Makler AKA "The Coolest Guy in the Universe".

Last Year over 20 Billion Dollars worth of product was sold on Ebay. (Yes Billion with a "B"). Many people are earning $10,000 or more selling on Ebay. Many more would like to sell on Ebay but they face that big hurdle - Where Do I find Items to sell on Ebay. Here are the 11 Best Places to Find Items to sell on E-Bay.

Copyright © 2005-2006 Mike Makler the Coolest Guy in the Universe

Original Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com
About The Original Author:
Mike Makler has been Marketing Online Since 2001 When he Built an Organization of over 100,000 Members

1 - Garage Sales

The Strategy that works best with Garage Sales is stop by at the end of the day and offer to buy all the merchandise they have left. You can often spend $25 - $50 and then resell on Ebay for $500 or more.

  • Why is this a very difficult way to make money on eBay? - Because for every item you spend the time to find at a garage sale you must perform several time consuming steps before that single item can be sold on eBay. Each item must be evaluated, cleaned, tested, described, photographed, categorized, listed and stored. This is a lot of time invested in each item purchased at "Garage Sales", and that time is multiplied by a factor of however many items you purchase in that lot for $50. Therefore, for each 20 item lot you purchase for $50, you will spend approximately 20 hours of your time getting those items listed on eBay. How much is your time worth? Lets say you value your time at a very low $10 per hour, now your investment in these 20 items is worth in excess of $250, not including the time or gas money spent in finding the original "Garage Sale". Will each lot or haul from these "Garage Sales" net even one item which will return your investment in time and cash? Will all of the items sell on the first listing on eBay? How much more money will you invest in eBay fee's and charges to sell these used cast off "Garage Sale" items? - Garage Saleing is a fun pass-time for the retired and a possible business endeavor for people who work at Flea Markets, but for eBay it is a losing proposition. Suggesting that eBay sellers should source product using this method is similar to suggesting to gamblers that they can get rich by playing bingo.

Continue reading “11 Most Commonly Suggested ways to Make Money on eBay and why you should Avoid most of them” »

eBay's Real Problem: eBay still divides the world of commerce into “stores” and “auctions per Michael Bloomberg

In the Silicon Valley Insider, Michael Bloomburg writes about eBay and its stagnent growth. Mr. Bloomburg proposes this is due to eBays adherance to an auction platform.  Mr. Bloomberg writes:

eBay still divides the world of commerce into "stores" and "auctions." This is understandable given eBay's heritage as an auction site, but it's also the reason eBay has had such trouble moving beyond the auction paradigm into broader commerce. 

We agree to a point but I propose a solution...

eBay should include the listings of established sellers in the general search, no matter if they are store listings, fixed price, or auction... This would provide the eBay buyers with a comfortable search experience and allow them the best chance to find what they want, when they want it. And it would allow business owners who utilize eBay stores more profits through more sales.

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12 easy Steps To Become a Money Making eBay Superstar Powerseller – eBay Powersellers Credo

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12 easy steps to become a Powerseller

If you have struggled to become an eBay Powerseller, you are not alone.

It can be difficult to decipher the formula of successful eBay Powersellers. Not every "Powerseller" is a financial success but it is the term eBay uses to gauge the professionalism of its selling community.  If you are a Powerseller you may not as impressed with the title as eBay may want you to be. The best and most profitable Powersellers know marketing, copywriting, inventory and cost control techniques and they use many tools and solutions to help them automate the business as much as possible.  To be a successful and profitable eBay Powerseller is much more involved than what eBay or some eBay guru book writers may want the public in general to believe... But it can be done and the first step is to actually get on the road to become an eBay Powerseller...

First, what is an eBay Powerseller? Continue reading “12 easy Steps To Become a Money Making eBay Superstar Powerseller – eBay Powersellers Credo” »

Welcome – Cornerstone Commercial Supply to iBusinessLogic / All Business Auctions!


Cornerstone Commercial Supply is pleased to announce that after years of brick and mortar retail and wholesale sales of commercial carpet cleaning, janitorial and floor care supplies and equipment, that they are entering the exciting world of e-commerce as an internet and eBay seller!

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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Can anyone clean up on eBay?

Can anyone clean up on eBay?

  • If you sell collectibles like this Hummel - You could
  • If you find a niche you enjoy - You might
  • But if you're a brick and mortar business already - you will!

Brick and mortar retailers, wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers need to be aware that they already have 90% of the required ingredients to become very successful eBay and eCommerce retailers. In house these businesses already have the manpower, the sources of supply, the shipping capabilities and the product knowledge required to become a successful Internet marketing organization.

If you own or work for any kind of brick and mortar business mentioned above... You should look at adding eBay and then eCommerce to your business! Another stream of income could not be a bad thing and the brand exposure worldwide is always a good thing.

Give it a try or ask us for help!

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Frooition's incredible eBay store design – Pirate Party


Frooition's incredible eBay store design - Pirate Party
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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

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DesignLogic Created Frooition Powered eBay-Stores Design for Cornerstone Supply

 

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.