If you’re ready to ship, you’ve obviously made a sale (or a few!), so congratulations! Hopefully you made a little profit as well. After all, that is the point, right? Here are a few helpful tips about shipping to help keep your shipping costs as low as possible. Benjamin Franklin said it best when he…
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Many people have come to embrace the lifestyle of making a living via eCommerce. It seems there is a target audience out there for just about any type of product you want to sell. In most cases, when you decide to sell a product you own online, the first instinct you have is to create…
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Inventory Matters now and well into Quarter One It’s November and Black Friday is approaching—only many box retailers are changing their pre-game holiday shopping tradition. Some are no longer waiting for Black Friday to begin their incentives: Toys-R-Us, for example, is opening on Thanksgiving Day. “Last year on Cyber Monday, there were more than 16…
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When I was a kid and the family needed something, like an appliance or a bedspread, we went to The Mall. Usually before we made the big drive and the half day commitment, mom and dad looked through the paper for coupons or sales ads. Of course, I loved going to The Mall: the lights,…
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What’s the future for third-party sellers on Amazon? In 2000, when Amazon opened its Marketplace to third party sellers, they changed the way neighborhood shops do business. Little mom and pop shops could suddenly open their doors to the world market. But when your storefront is on Main Street of the World Wide Web…
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When it comes to selling online, especially through Amazon, you already recognize that it’s all about profitability. With some profit margins being razor thin, you need to be sure you’re up to speed on any changes that will affect those margins. You also know that during the upcoming holiday season, competition (both by price and…
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There are no shortage of theories and methods available with a cursory Google search that will provide advice and direction to win the buy box. Unfortunately, some of what you will read gives you the impression that a company’s software can “virtually guarantee” that you will win the buy box. Others will tell you that…
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Store Automator is a new and ever-expanding product that helps your online retail business by offering easy to use and affordable software that includes: An Inventory Management module that can manage your inventory levels over multiple channels, A Channel Management module that can help you expand your reach and develop new income streams, and…
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Amazon Repricing – Let’s get the real scoop! Just as every cell phone provider says their network is the best, so too does every Amazon Repricing software! We at www.www.storeautomator.com know that every Repricer has its pros and cons – from pricing to contracts to ease of use and to functionality. But let’s save that…
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If you already have an online store (such as through your business website or another channel such as Amazon) you certainly have had to deal with the issues of effective Inventory Management. Ordering too much, not ordering enough, uncertainty of your stock at any given moment…these are all issues you’ve had to deal with, I’m…
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