Used Books Are Not Dead! If you believe all of the hype from all of the trolls in the various Facebook Selling Groups, you may believe that used book selling is absolutely dead. This belief could not be further from the truth! Here is the success of one of my...

Don’t Send All Of That In! There are a bunch of retailers dumping after Christmas deals right now. I am finding a ton of great steals at Target, Walgreens and CVS. If you are into bundling, check out the dollar stores. My local Dollar Tree has some great filler items...

Hoodies, Hoodies & More Hoodies! Back in 2016, Amazon made a very clever move that combined Amazon’s dominance as a large online retailer with its stake in the mobile gaming market. Amazon introduced a service called Merch by Amazon. Originally, it was aimed at helping app developers. The primary purpose was to increase...

If you sell physical products online, you need to get a resale certificate. Most states require that sales tax be charged on goods sold within their state. Those collected taxes should then be paid to the state. Many online sellers question why they need a sales tax number. If you sell...

Time To Set Goals In today’s post, I would like to discuss goals setting. Before I discuss SMART, I would like you to consider Earl Nightingale’s thoughts on Goal Setting in the famous audio, The Strangest Secret. Have you ever wondered why so many people work so hard and honestly...

Amazon & Reviews A few months ago, Amazon banned incentivized reviews. Since this game-changing policy change, merchants have developed new tactics to generate product reviews and stay compliant. However, Amazon has again changed the rules…… Before we get started, let’s establish a golden rule: Amazon needs to ensure that their...

How To Grow Your T-Shirt Business Outsourcing Designs To say that I am having an absolute blast in my new business adventure would be a HUGE understatement. Designing shirts, marketing those shirts and then seeing some designs take off is beyond fun. If you throw in the fact that I...

What Is This Merch Thing On Amazon? About a full year ago, Amazon made a very clever move that combines Amazon’s dominance as a large online retailer / advertising platform with its stake in the mobile gaming market. Amazon introduced a service called Merch by Amazon. Originally, it was aimed at helping app developers....

Time To Clean Up The eBay Catalog eBay is asking sellers to help clean up their product catalog. It is also an open door to reporting the competition which can be a bad thing. To be blunt, eBay knows that their product catalog has flaws. Products and / or incorrect information appears on...

A List of Best Practices When It Comes To Amazon Customer Reviews Amazon buyers can submit written or video reviews for items listed on Amazon.com. Amazon openly encourages people to share their opinions, both favorable and unfavorable on every product in their online catalog. Here is Amazon’s official stance on...