AWE0146 Sales Tax Alert And EBay Tips

https://awesomers.com/146 <--- Show Notes SALES TAX ALERT: If you want to help support California removing any back sales tax liability that is trying to be forced down the throats of amazon sellers please support this webinar. OMG and Fiona Ma have been instrumental in improving the sales tax nightmare that is California. This webinar is a fundraiser. Go help and through some $$ in even if you can't attend or pay full entry. This situation can impact all sellers and a proper resolution would help entreprenuers around the world: https://secure.actblue.com/do…/onlinemerchantsguild-webinar… (I have no affiliation or other financial connection, I just believe in the cause!) If you sell anything in California you should support this important cause. The typical scumbag politicians that are trying to ruin the lives of emerging entrepreneurs should be help accountable for ignoring the fact that Amazon has been and always will be the retailer. If you are an Amazon Seller thinking about expanding to eBay you need to know some of those eBay specifics. 7 Top eBay Seller Tips 1) OLD STUFF DOESN'T SELL: Take a minute and end and then re-list any old and stale listings that haven't sold in 12 months or more. The reason why is that Ebay keeps a percentage of how many stale vs. popular items you have. The higher the amount of stale listings the more likely they will suppress you as a seller in search. This means that your account may be active, but your items are not showing up in search. 2) FREE SHIPPING & 30 DAY RETURNS: Offer free shipping and 30 day returns. People who buy online have high expectations when it comes to shipping and no risk returns. Even if you think it hurts in the short run or you are worried that buyers will abuse the returns policy, Ebay says they favor those sellers that have these features. Without question these features will increase your listings visibility. 3) FRESH SELECTION: New items and sellers that are consistently adding new items will always get a bump in the eBay algorithm. Ebay wants to keep things fresh and visitors are excited when they see new selection as time goes onwards so if they see you are consistently adding new content, they will bump your listings. Even if you edit or modify existing listings this can also help the algorithm know that the content and listings are fresh. 4) TITLES MATTER: Use as MUCH of the title text as you can, but don't fill it with crap words like NEW, RARE, CHEAP. LOOK, etc., as that will actually hurt you more than help. Also, use caps for the first letter of each word, but NO words in all caps, and certainly no full titles in all caps. eBay's algorithm will not reward spammy titles, but it will rank relevant well crafted titles that match search intent. 5) A PICTURE IS WORTH 1000 WORDS: Add as many pics as you can add to a listing. Ebay bumps items with multiple pictures, so the more photos you add, the higher your listing will go. Your listing quality is impacted by the quality and the quantity of the images presented. 6) BIG DATA FOR THE WIN: If you are not already adding these data pointes please use item specifics. Ebay added this in the recent past and pushes this as their way to build a "catalog" and compete directly with Amazon. The more info you can add there, especially if it has a UPC, the better. Your ability to populate data specifics will differentiate you from listings with poor data sets. The algorithms will reward data by showing your listings more often for relevant searches. This will result in more sales. 7) METRICS MATTER: eBay is cognizant of the buyer experience like any other marketplace. If you embrace features like offering free shipping, free returns, getting top rated status, keeping all your seller metrics in line, and then use marketing functions to promote your listings you can drive visibility and SALES through the eBay selling channel. https://awesomers.com/146 <--- Show Notes

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If you are an Amazon seller, ecommerce entrepreneur, ebay seller or you want to learn how to sell online this Podcast is for YOU! What is an Awesomer? An Awesomer is someone who through a series of long-term actions and behaviors has demonstrated that they are not satisfied with normal. They are achievers to a penultimate degree in their own industry specialty or area of interest. There are no monetary criteria to be an Awesomer, in fact, many mega-wealthy people are not Awesomers. Some of them are Normies. Others are even Basics! Awesomers want to thrive; not just survive. Awesomers are trying to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. They are trying to make an impact, in whatever way they can, on the world. Many Amazon Sellers are awesomers. They took the Amazon FBA opportunity and they siezed the moment by taking action. If you are an Amazon Seller or interested in selling in eCommerce you should take a moment now and listen to all the Awesomer origin stories. Entrepreneurs solve problems in the world. They don’t create them. Awesomers are never done learning or improving. To become an Awesomer one must realize the journey to improve is perpetual. In other words, you don't arrive to the land of the Awesomer as a destination. Being an Awesomer means you are on the path of achievement for the sake of improving your life and those around you. Awesomers are 75% more likely to listen to educational or improvement podcasts.** What is a Normie? A Normie is someone who is stable and well established in life and ultimately is satisfied with the status quo. They don't want to rock the boat. They don't want to take risks. Normies are satisfied to survive. Normies are fine, just ask them. Awesomers have no problems with Normies. In fact, most Awesomers are surrounded by Normies who are their close friends and even family. More often than not Normies do not understand the plight of the Awesomer so they will warn the Awesomer to “be careful” or “don’t do it” or provide other guidance they mean to be helpful, but it is really just negativity that the Awesomer must overcome. We all know and love Normies and we are not criticizing Normies. We're only delineating some of the differences that exist between Awesomers and Normies. Normies are 84% more likely to listen to news about the Kardashians than Awesomers.** What is a Basic? A basic is someone who doesn't care about anyone which is often including themselves. They self-sabotage, they create problems, and they are not people that anyone should hang out with. They suck the life out of everyone around them by manufacturing drama, problems, or other nonsense. These people have chosen a path for themselves often by years and years of behaviors and actions which lead them to the life they have today; which is ok with us. We’re not judging. We just choose not to have our journey detoured by crossing the path of a Basic. (We also refer to this as the no A-HOLE rule.) 63% of basics have a cell phone only to play games, consume news or "vent" on social media.** **The preceding statistics for each archetype above is 100% made up. We like to make jokes. But we'll always tell the truth and set the record straight. The Awesomers.com podcast, hosted by Steve Simonson, will showcase some of the amazing origin stories of Awesomers from around the world. There are so many truly inspiring stories from people from all walks of life, but most often the Awesomers that will be focused on will be those who are also entrepreneurs. We'll be launching in the last half of 2018 as we build the systems and a team to support this important effort. We hope you will join us for this exhilarating journey! Many of these awesomers are Amazon sellers who have built an Amazon FBA ecommerce business and have started to see positive financial and lifestyle results.