Another Way to Promote Your Online Business

Here’s another selling venue I learned about recently.  It’s called Addoway, and it’s a great way to gain more exposure for the items you have listed online.

In my opinion, Addoway is AWESOME for several reasons.

1) It’s FREE.  Yes, that’s right.  FREE to have an account, free to list, free to sell.

2) It’s easy.  SUPER easy.  It took me about 10 minutes to set up my account and my storefront.  With Addoway, you simply IMPORT your listings from eBay, Etsy, or Bonanza (or all of them.)  You can also import your feedback score too so buyers know that you’re a trusted online seller.

3) Buyers can pay vial paypal.  You simply link your Addoway account to your paypal account so your customer can pay you.

Here’s a few more things you should know about Addoway:

* You can sync your Addoway store with your eBay store daily or as often as you’d like to.  This way, when an item sells on eBay, it’s taken off of your Addoway storefront and when you list new items on eBay, they’re added to your Addoway storefront.  The sync is a manual process, so you have to go into Addoway and tell it to sync for you.

*When you sell an item on Addoway, you do have to manually go into your eBay listings and end that listing, it won’t disappear off of eBay (this includes Etsy and Bonanza.) during the sync process.

*When the buyer pays for an item, you’ll have to log into your paypal account and print the shipping label through paypal shipping, there’s not a link on Addoway that links you to paypal shipping.

*Did I mention, it’s FREE????  There are no listing fees, no final value fees

I set up my Addoway storefront on Saturday and the next Friday night, just 6 days later, I had my first Addoway sale and it was paid for right away

Here’s my referral link.

Here’s my storefront.

Surviving the eBay Christmas Buying & Selling Season

♫ Here comes Santa Claus, Here comes Santa Claus, right down Santa Claus lane ♫

The eBay Christmas buying and selling season is quickly approaching.

I find that the Christmas season for my store seems to start at the end of September and usually lasts until about the end of January.

Since that’s a hectic time of year anyway, I try to be proactive with my eBay listings so I’m ready for the Christmas season before it hits.

All year long, I stock items that I think will be great for the Christmas season.  Some are new items, others are pre-owned items.  I figure that if they sell in the mean time, that’s a bonus for me.  This way, I don’t have to rush to get things listed once the season hits.

During the Christmas selling season, I find it’s important to stay on top of shipping. I try to ship promptly all year, but it’s very important during this time of year.  Over the weekends when something is paid for, I print the label and have it sitting and ready to go by my front door  Monday morning.  That way when I get up on Monday morning, there may be a few things that need to be shipped out, but I don’t have to spend my morning shipping.  I can list a few things I found over the weekend.   I also try to ship items out 1st class or PRIORITY whenever possible.

I  try to not overwhelm myself with listings.  I push to get as much as I can listed before the end of October, but still list things as I find them during the Christmas season. Sometimes I only have time to list an item or two per day during that time of year.  I tell myself it’s OK.  I’d rather list a few things a day than nothing.

Make sure you keep a close eye on your shipping supplies and printer ink this time of year.  Order them ahead of time so you’re well stocked.  There’s nothing worse than running out of tape or  bubble wrap  in the middle of a huge pile of items you’re trying to ship out.

During the Christmas season, lots of new buyers find eBay and others order at the last minute.  Just expect to get some cranky buyers.  I get people who buy an item and send an email the next morning wondering why they haven’t received it yet.  Don’t let rude or cranky Christmas buyers rattle you, just expect it and be professional with them.

Every year that I sell on eBay, the Christmas season gets more and more hectic, so I figure I must be doing something right……don’t get frustrated that you have so many items to ship out or tons of customer questions, that’s the reason you’re selling online right?  To get items sold.  I love shipping, that’s when I hear CHA-CHING!!!

Keep things in perspective, and most of all, make time for what’s important to you and your family this Holiday season