BuyBundle.com is a new site that connects Amazon sellers with Google and gives us a storefront.
It’s FREE for the first three months – through the holidays! yipee! – so what do you have to lose?
And, users of The Art of Books can set up buybundle as a custom venue to integrate their inventory automagically!
Click here to sign up!
You can see my store here!
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Send a free printed postcard to U.S. Military personnel serving overseas.
It only takes a minute, it’s free, and it’s a great way to say Thank You with Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving right around the corner.
Click here!
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Now, if you live in Canada, you can get gallery images on ALL of your listings on the ebay.com site for $50 a month with the eBay.ca Seller Pack.
What sort of impact will this have?
Scott Wingo from Channel Advisor did the math:
Gallery is usually $.35 so if you list more than 143 items a month, you safe significant money on this plan. In fact here’s a schedule:
Listings / Savings
143 / break-even
1000 / $300
2000 / $650
5000 / $1,700
10k / $3,450
30k / $10,450
100k / $34,950
Some are speculating that eBay is using the CN site as a testing ground for this. (I’d rather they use sellers located in the state of Georgia.) I’m doubtful/skeptical. I think they hope to use the CN promo to try to *force* more US sellers to use gallery images in order to *compete* with the CN sellers.
Sorta like the monster store fee hike which they hoped would *force* more sellers to list in core. According to medved, that plan isn’t working very well.
Sonja Larson 18, of Deerfield Beach, FL
Christina Powell, 17, of Jacksonville, FL
Christa Hoyt, 18, of Archer, FL
Manuel (Manny) Taboada, 23, of Carol City, FL
Tracy Inez Paules, 23, of Miami, FL
May they rest in peace.
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What’s HOL99 #1? Its’s the first of two holiday themed special sales put on by the sellers of club99. These are no reserve auctions running on eBay.
Search during the sale week for HOL99 in the title to find all kinds of goodies including:
Holiday Gifts for the young, old, and in between!
Shoes, accessories, gloves, hats, jewelry, clothing; seasonal decorations; anything RED or GREEN; drink, goodie and feast cookbooks; Christmas, Jewish, Thanksgiving or Kwanzaa holiday craft books, booklets or patterns of any kind; magazines or books from November or December; angel; Santas; elves; reindeer; lights; menorahs; crosses; Christmas trees; ornaments; November or December themed items: textiles, art, figurines, holiday stationery, postcards; dolls, toys or plush animals; holiday music and movies or books. Anything that fits in with the holiday rush!!!! Don’t forget that Veteran’s Day falls in November. You could find military stuff, too!!!
We’ll be listing stocking stuffers for young and old as well as a military care packages (stockings to go to deployed soldiers!) and other patriotic items.
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Among life’s simple joys and one of the things I enjoy most about selling online is that I get the pleasure of *meeting* wonderful folks with whom I would not have otherwise crossed paths.
Debbie Haviland, a gifted artist, is one of those. Our paths crossed on the ‘net today when she found her calendar in my store.
You can see more of Ms. Haviland’s work and learn a bit about the artist by clicking here to access her website.
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I saw Flags of Our Fathers last night. I went with my mom, who was married to a WWII Navy vet and my son, who is a member of the Army National Guard and plans on joining the Marines after college.
It’s a wonderful movie – a big thumbs up from all three of us. Stay till the very end – they show photos of Iwo Jima and the flag raisers during the credits.
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Go to a trade show without the expense!
This fall’s show is 10/24 – 10/26. And it’s FREE to attend?
What is it?
eComXpo: 100% Virtual & Online
* First online virtual tradeshow for eCommerce Marketers.
* An easy, quick way to keep up with this rapidly evolving marketplace including email, search, affiliate, regulatory, branding, advertising, and technology trends and challenges.
* All the benefits of a top tradeshow, without the costs, hassles, or travel that make traditional tradeshows out of reach for 98% of participants.
Speakers include:
Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine and John Battelle, FM Publishing
Steven Denton, LinkShare
Nick Mihailovski and Paul Botto, Google Analytics
Alan Lewis, eBay
John Kim, Yahoo! Search Marketing
and more . . .
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An example of what is NOT copyright infringement
Apparently, SalonQuest is threatening to sue an eBay seller for copyright infringement . . . . for including a photo of the bottles of Aquage shampoo she is selling in her listings.
Apparently, SalonQuest’s lawyers missed the day they taught fair use doctrine in law school.
SalonQuest is making other, equally frivilous claims.
If I could get my hands on some Aquage, I’d list it. 
Hey, SalonQuest . . . did ya notice I used a photograph of your product on this blog entry?
Read more here!
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We’ve used Sellathon off and on for about two years.
We just re-upped because it’s time for that pre-holiday tune-up.
eBay is . . . well . . . eBay these days . . . and we want to make sure that every word counts and that every listing placed in its best location for the holiday season.
Sign up for a 30 day FREE trial by clicking HERE!
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We are pleased to announce our association with AbeBooks
Please stop by and browse through the aisles of our new storefront there. Please check back for new listings added weekly.
Can’t find what you need at Upon A Book?
Search the listings of the other fine merchants at AbeBooks by clicking the button below!
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It’s that time of the year . . . to send his or her favorite treats to your soldier or marine who won’t be home for the holiday!
Order a Halloween style military care package today!
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