Wholesale 101

If you haven’t been attacked by “Online Seller Haters” or the “Reseller Hate Mob”, you just haven’t sold online long enough because nobody (and I truly mean NOBODY) is off limits! And for those of you who haven’t yet encountered these lovely, kind and sophisticated people (*SARCASM!*), let me explain what they are and what they do then we’ll discuss how to deal with them: WHAT THE HECK IS AN “ONLINE SELLER HATER”? It’s usually people who have chosen to follow you on soci …

Yesterday we discussed How to Get Someone to Change a Bad FAKE Review, but what if the review is REAL???  Today I’m going to tell ya exactly what to do:Fact: It’s impossible to make everyone happy. I explain it to my employees like this:“A farmer could come in right now with a dozen of the best Red Delicious Apples hes ever grown and he still wouldn’t get 5-stars”. Why? Because someone who works here just doesn’t like Apples, so even the best-of-the-best apples wont make them happy. …

If the review is completely bogus, chances are you may never be able to get them to change it because, for whatever reason, they want to hurt you or your company, BUT it's absolutely worth trying!Before you choose which route(s) you want to utilize; how stupid is the review?  If it's utterly obnoxious, you might not even want to bother.  For example, if the moron claims you shipped them a dead cow leg instead of a blouse... WTF?  Nobody would ever believe this, so you shouldn't re …

If you are a small business owner and you are looking for 100% FREE, no catch, no gimmicks, here's the ultimate list of must-haves!  (Let me note that my list is specifically geared toward online sellers but these programs can be used by anyone!)Typing Documents and Taking Notes Open Office - 100% FREE "Word", "Excel" and other super important programs!Google Docs - I now use Google Docs the most because it allows me to access all of my documents from any device, any time, anywhere!Ta …

Arrrgh!!! NOTHING is selling!!! I need some SALES!!!! WTF is going on?!?! Let me tell ya how to fix it!As I have said in lots of other articles; selling online is nothing more than a simple formula:Traffic + Listings = SalesMarketplaces get tons of traffic, so the only thing that can be “wrong” is the listing. I know, it sucks to hear your listing is the “bad thing”, but it’s true. So let’s find out WHY so we can fix the problem:First, how many listings do you have? Think of each listing as …