If you’re like most business owners you take great care in selecting your keywords. After all, these keywords are valuable doorways for buyers to find their way straight to your products. In a perfect world, you are at the wheel deciding which keywords are most profitable for your business.  

There has been a surprising amount of academic study of the buying habits of people using eBay and similar auction sites. These studies have revealed a number factors that a seller can use to improve their conversion rate and profitability.

The year’s biggest holiday is approaching fast but there is still time for retailers to make some preparations. Merchants who sell items primarily intended to be presents should have every thing already in place so let’s take a look at some Christmas specialty items.

Artificial Christmas Trees:  Although some consider fake Christmas trees a tasteless scandal many people particularly those with a business they want to give a festive look like artificial trees. They don’t need watering, the needles stay put, and there is no question what to do with the tree once New Year’s Day rolls around.

If you are buying or selling anything on the web you are aware of the advantages Paypal and companies like it offer. A reasonably priced and simple alternative to merchant accounts. Paypal has become nearly irreplaceable to online charities and businesses alike. In fact, payment processors like Paypal are often the only choice for new businesses since merchant accounts require extensive security information and prohibitively high initial fees.

When new small business people enter the online and traditional resell world one problem they often face is an elaborate and often confusing set of new terminology. GetThatWholesale wants to help. As part of a new effort to provide information helpful to retailers we offer this brief list of term commonly used in the wholesale industry. Look for more in future posts.

The wholesale industry is now so thoroughly focused on the web, it is easy to forget about an important niche for many wholesale businesses, the flea market. The curious and rather repellant term is a translation of the French Marché aux Puces, a large, outdoor bazaar in Paris. This market was given its name by the unhealthy conditions and vermin infested goods it was rumored to sell.

Pet supplies has been one of the fastest growing niche retail markets for several years. The overwhelming success of the retail chain Petco is a testament to the economic prowess of puppies and the people who love them, as is the fact that more than half of all American homes have at least one dog or cat.

A more practical eye looking to substantiate this claim should consider that by the end of this year retail pet supply’s sells are expected to top $50 billion.

If you have an email address chances are you’ve been exposed to some sort of fraud or another. Nearly everyone has been sent an email informing them of an international lottery they have won and all they need do is send a small deposit and the winnings will follow. A personal favorite of mine was a marriage proposal from a Baharanian princess that needed money to escape her tyrant of a father. Although most cons are appeals to greed it was pleasant to see one that was an appeal to a misguided knight errant sense of romance.

It is easy to think of fraudulent activity as all being aimed at consumers but the Better Business Bureau thinks differently. They have warned new and small businesses that they are commonly targeted by criminals and have made an effort to educate them about the nature of these attempts.

The Dow Jones industrial average has climbed above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed this symbolic threshold in afternoon trading Wednesday. It has been seven months since it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9.

Just send me as many clicks as possible please.
In the world of advertising we would better serve our needs by asking for more buyers not clicks.
Before the coalition of pay-per click promoters starts to light their torches and lift their pitchforks allow me to clarify. There are many pay-per click platforms that work well and provide response. That said, the fact remains just as many offer limited response with a seemingly endless supply of clicks. If those clicks don’t convert then what are they? Worthless.