There are currently ongoing strikes by Canada Post, causing inevitable disruption to the postal service in some major Canadian cities. If you sell on eBay, you may wish to temporarily set your preferences to prevent Canadian buyers from purchasing from you. I’ve already seen one eBay seller with an abusive message from someone in Canada who doesn’t think the strike is a good enough reason for not getting his item.
At the very least you should be managing buyer expectations by keeping them informed of possible delays.
Alibaba, the international trade directory have recently purchased Auctiva. Auctiva are well known amongst eBay sellers for their free listing templates and other eBay related tools. Auctiva have posted a Q&A on the buy-out on their website.
eBay have recently conducted research suggesting that many businesses who didn’t previously sell online have developed an eBay presence to help them survive during difficult trading times.
The report showed that 79% of High Street retailers believed that moving to online selling has helped maintain their business.
Businesses in rural areas have also turned to selling online to increase their customer base.
See the report for yourself (pdf document) in eBay’s Online Business Index
The BBC have reported a possible High Street toy shortage for Christmas. This could be an opportunity for toy etailers to clean up.
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How do I get my website seen in search engines? This is a common question and here’s our concise guide to basic search engine optimisation.
- Pick a domain name that contains your main keywords
- Use a domain extension that’s relevant, IE .co.uk or .com
- Make your page title relevant
- Fill in the meta tags properly
- Use the header tags correctly
- Write keyword rich content
- Submit a sitemap to Google
- Create internal links using anchor text
- Get some quality links to your site
This is a mini guide based on our article Basic Website SEO on our main site.
