It has been a little while since eBay put their Detailed Seller Ratings into effect, and so far it’s pretty easy to keep up with the flow of things. Nice to keep on top of a good rating, and take pride in your feedback. DSR’s do not impact the overall Feedback Score, but provide a [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called “Spark an idea Thursday.” As part of this tradition, I’ll be sharing with you my experiences and interpretations for each week’s topic for those of you who sell products or services online.
I invite you to grab our image over there to the right and carry the tradition through [...]

Have you ever joined an online group and saw the other members promoting particular businesses to each other? For example, a handful of cloth diapering businesses are promoted over and over again on some of the mom forums I’m a member of.
If you’re one of the busineses promoted often by your online group, you know [...]

Sparkplugging is starting a new tradition called ‘Spark an Idea Thursday’. Each week we’ll be sharing some great ideas for a topic of interest to our readers. We invite you to grab our image and carry the tradition through to your own blog! If you do, please link back to this post so we know [...]

The next big step you need to take is choosing an eCommerce Platform.
There are several requirements and aspects to consider during this process.
But first, let me make one point – nothing you do here is permanent! Many people get stuck in this phase and take way to long to analyze the pros and cons of [...]

Okay. Now you have found your profitable niche. You researched the market. You found suppliers for your product line.
You are FINALLY ready to get started building a store.
As I mentioned in the last article, you now need to get your financial and legal ducks in a row.
You should spend some time learning about the different [...]

Okay.  Finally - the “How To” title that I promised!
By now you have come up with several product ideas.  Hopefully, you started with a market and discovered their needs - checkout my article on Choosing a Market First if you missed it. 
There are three main components to understanding the potential success of a product or product line. 
1. [...]

How is your target product research coming along? Are the answers coming or are you feeling overwhelmed? Both? Neither? Still don’t have a target product, so you don’t even have anything to search?
Talk to me, baby.
I have received a good number of emails from other blog authors who write about selling [...]