GetThatWholesale is pleased to announce a partnership with the business to business resource site and print publisher Internet Retailer. The two companies have joined forces in a new project they believe will provide their retailer users with a powerful tool to locate wholesale suppliers and product. It will now be possible for users of IR’s website to access GTW’s 3500 wholesale supplier listings directly from their site’s business resources section.

Discounts make the secret that keeps thousands of online retailers in the business. Even if we were millionaires we’d still be happy to get big bargains. We really like to pinch and squeeze and want to pay half or quarter price for the products we buy. That is why online shopping deals have caught on in a big way.

It has become the habit of the retail world to begin selling Christmas merchandise
earlier and earlier each year. The popular consumer affair blog The Consumerist even
humorously keeps track of sightings made of Christmas decorations as they appear
in various retail chain stores.

In many ways this makes sense, the importance of Christmas to retail businesses is impossible to overstate. With the exception of the grocery industry, Thanksgiving has all but disappeared from the retail calendar and it looks like Halloween is in danger as well. This may be a mistake that retail stores and online businesses can not afford to make.

Sen. John McCain recently held eBay businesses up as a model for success in the present economy and in a limited sense he was correct. For many people eBay provides at least a supplementary income and allows those living in …

 If your small online business has outgrown your Paypal account take a moment to pat yourself on the back and then learn some basics about the next step, Merchant Accounts.

To be able to process credit cards on their own computer a merchant will need to get one of the many processing software packages available. Some brand names to look at include, TakeCharge, PC Charge Pro, or Anycard. Which software package chosen will depend on the type of computer you have, PC or Macintosh, what additional features you are looking for, and which you find more convenient to use. You should expect to pay between $200 and $400 and most downloadable packages have a trial period before you have to pay.

As any clothing or fashion accessory retailer will tell you licensed merchandise is a must any children’s apparel or novelty business. For better or worse, we live in a pop culture driven society. Television, advertising, and the movies have as much impact on our manner of dress, the way we talk, and the values we communicate to others than does religion and politics combined.

Here are some of the most popular licensed brand names and brief descriptions of what has made them must haves for any clothing or related merchandise retailers. If you’re hoping to sell children’s apparel these are some names to seriously consider.

If you haven’t done so, it is time to get with your wholesale supplier and get those hot selling summer items in stock. The biggest boost to summer items comes at the beginning of the season when consumer excitement over …

If you are planning to start out a business but do not yet know what to engage into, you should take into considerations the possibilities of retailing closeouts. Many people would buy closeouts simply because they are cheap and if you would really spend enough time rummaging through the stocks, you can always find good quality merchandize somewhere among the heaps. Closeouts are actually one of the best ways to stock your store as you can buy closeouts are minimal cost and sell it a double or three times the price depending on the condition of the item.

Click Fraud is a huge problem!

Google recently called click fraud “the single biggest threat” to their business model!

Whether your competitors are clicking your ads on a regular basis or fraudulent web publishers are having others click on your ads for them, chances are that at some point you have been the victim of some degree of click fraud! Some of our customers have discovered that 50% of their PPC budgets have been the result of fraudulent clicks! (Others have discovered little to no click fraud but continue to subscribe in order to keep an eye on their clicks).

In order to decrease a store’s loss (shrink) you must be able to identify and react to shoplifters. You can improve your ability to do this by removing any bias or preconceived notion as to what a shoplifter looks like. Having preconceived ideas about shoplifters only limits how many of them you will catch. Do you really think that the homeless guy dressed in rags and stumbling around the store is the type of target that is causing the majority of your loss? NO! He is the easy target that might lift an item or two but anyone can spot him, you’re a trained professional right?. As a retail store owner it makes sense to be aware, you need to cut through the exterior and look for the behavior. People are creatures of habit, ask any police officer and he will tell you he has seen and heard the same thing from people over and over again. Shoplifters are no different. There are several different types of shoplifters to be aware of.