http://www.vendio.com/vendable Driving currency from change - News and comment from the world of online multi-channel selling Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:40:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Monday, eBay announced Cross Merchandising where watched items will appear at the bottom of sellers listings. This is an opt-out program, and you’ll need to decide if you want your items displayed in other seller’s listings, at the cost of having their items displayed in your listings. Typically, in a ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/11/18/should-you-use-ebay-cross-merchandising/ There are many ways to save on eBay fees, but really ONLY three MAJOR ways to reduce fees. SPEND LESS – INCREASE YOUR SUCCESS RATE – SELL OFF EBAY. Those are the three key ways to reduce the fees you spend on eBay. Here are a few ways to tackle ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/11/12/5-ways-to-really-save-on-ebay-fees/ So, right now, you might be gearing up for the holidays..listing more and working longer and it not time to think about inventory. January is a long ways away..Or IS it? When I talk to sellers, I often find that they carry a lot of excess inventory. Using the term “carry ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/11/09/holiday-headaches-excess-inventory-and-taxes/ Sony announced this past week that the sales of the PS3 more than doubled to nearly 500,000 units last month. The increase comes most notably after a $100 price drop and the release of a new slimmer design. Now priced at $300, the aptly named PS3 Slim consumes less power ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/11/07/consumers-wrongly-fall-for-the-slimmer-sexier-ps3/ As you create items for you Vendio store, you can set a sale price, start date and end day, but what if you didn’t set these when you created your items and don’t feel like editing all your items? Well, you can use Find and Replace to do those changes in ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/11/04/attracting-sales-by-using-sales/ It’s days before Halloween, and you don’t have a costume picked out. Been there. Done that. And, I am there again. You would think that some type of experiential learning would kick in, but you would be wrong. I am the kid who touched the ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/10/28/research-proves-that-procrastination-is-triumphant-this-halloween-season/ With all the discussion, information (and angst) about DSRs and Top Rated Sellers and the eBay change of the week, sellers may forget to pay attention to the basics. New sellers inundated with the volumes to learn may never learn the basics. So today, let’s take a trip down “Basic ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/10/19/sometimes-it-is-all-about-image/ Recently, we added over 70 new eBay templates to the Vendio Platform and just this week, we added over 30 additional holiday templates. Found in this batch of templates, will be the fall holidays – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas. The holidays are approaching fast, so go ahead and take a few ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/10/16/vendio-adds-even-more-ebay-templates/ For those who are Microsoft Users, you’ll probably want to download the latest patch that was released yesterday, as it plugs some security holes and vulnerabilities. On October 5, a hacker published a counterfeit secure socket layer certificate for PayPal. Microsoft is holding an online webcast today at 11 am ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/10/14/october-microsoft-patch-record-number-of-vulnerabilties/ There is a lot of concern over the eBay Top-Rated Seller program, and today, I spoke with a Vendio Merchant/eBay Seller who liked the program and was benefiting from it, so with all the negatives being posted and discussed, I thought we should take a minute, look at the positives. ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/10/07/congratulate-ebay-top-rated-seller/