Starting 2012 Right: Clearing Your Head
Happy New Year! I’m still having trouble writing 2012 on my paperwork, how about you? I know it’s already near the end of the first month of our new year, but I’m still working on making the changes I...
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Starting 2012 Right: Make a Clean Sweep
Let’s get radical! Let’s do something crazy! Let’s face it, you’ve read all the articles about clearing the piles on your desk, the files on the floor and getting organized. Have they helped, or does...
View ArticleStarting 2012 Right: Goal Setting
So far in this series we have talked about clearing your head and making a clean sweep of your workspace to start 2012 with a fresh outlook. Now let’s talk about setting goals to help you start the...
View ArticleeBay Return Center: Becoming an Amazon?
With the 2012 Spring Seller Update, eBay is introducing a new seller return center. I know there are many eBay sellers who are upset about the site’s changes regarding return policies and see it as...
View ArticleeBay, Amazon: a Tale of Two Marketplaces
After the recent article I wrote on the new eBay return center received so many extremely emotional responses, I started doing a lot of thinking about the eBay seller community. While I was shocked at...
View ArticleOnline Sales Tax: Whose Side Are You On?
Lately, one of the biggest discussions among e-commerce merchants is the topic of collecting sales tax for online purchases. In fact, if you Google the phrase “sales tax law,” you’ll get more than 291...
View ArticleAvoiding Negative Feedback on Amazon
Feedback has always been a way for buyers to differentiate between sellers. Do they want to buy from the seller with 87-percent positive feedback or the seller with 100-percent positive feedback? While...
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Avoiding Negative eBay Feedback
eBay, in a sense, created feedback. It was the first shopping platform that asked its users to leave comments about their transactions. Did you know that, in the very beginning, eBay feedback was not...
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Tax Write-Offs: Can I Deduct My Vacation?
I recently co-wrote my first book, Introduction to Tax Laws for Amazon Sellers. While this may not make me a tax “expert,” it does mean that I field tons of questions every day about tax laws and tax...
View ArticleAmazon Seller: Don’t Go Broke Sending in Pallets of Stuff
Q: I have hundreds of products I want to send in to Amazon for fulfillment. How can I do this without going broke? A: You just scored the mother lode of merchandise, and it’s the hottest-selling item...
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