A Gift Basket can either be brought in from a wholesaler and then resold on your own site or sites such as eBay or Amazon.

But stop for a bit and think - what do I sell ? Can I group some of the items together ? If you can answer yes to that question then you can make up a gift basket. Now as soon as you group a few items together, add them to a simple basket, but some tissue paper in the bottom of the basket and then added a see through wrapping to hold them into place and put a ribbon and gift card. You have a lovely gift basket.

Now not only do you have a lovely Gift Basket you can charge a lot more for the products as people see this as a premium gift.

To get your juices flowing here are some ideas for Gift Baskets : -

Baby Gifts

Bridal Gifts

Pet Gifts

Gifts For Her

Gifts For Him

Etc, Etc.

Hope this gives you some ideas for the up and coming holiday season.

Another idea from Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires.

Happy Gift Basket making

Now the way I like to look at eBay Descriptions is the fact they are you sales letter or sales pitch. An eBay Description is your shop front it is the way you are going to sell your item - or if it is poor not sell.

So lets get going and I will tell you my way of writing eBay Descriptions.

Stage 1. - Write a good title, this is the first thing people will see, and this is what buyers will click on to get to the full Descriptions. Use all the Characters. Do not fill it out with silly things like @@ !! etc. Use the words that your buyers will use to search for the item.

Stage 2. - Now you have written, the title you come to the eBay Description, a good idea is to repeat the item title at the top of the eBay Descriptions. This helps both the buyer and the search engine spiders.

Stage 3. - Once the title has been written, you come to the main body of the sales letter and the eBay description. Write it as if you are chatting to a mate in the local bar or over a cup of coffee. Make it sexy, if it has a story about the item tell it. This is where you do the selling.

Stage 4. - If you are selling clothing give people the sizes, what it is made out of, if it still has the tags, if it is still in the bag. Tell them and show them with pictures as well.

Stage 5. - If the item you are selling has a fault in it tell and show the people it in the eBay Description. Be very honest with the people, tell them where the problem is with the item.

Stage 6. - A good thing I find to put in is your shipping and postage costs this lets people read what the prices are. I always put this at the bottom of the eBay Description and put it in 10pt Times New Roman Font and put it in blue. This lets it stand out. Normally I put some thing like this:

Postage to the UK is £1.75 this includes 1st Class recorded Delivery. The Rest of the World is £4.99.

Stage 7. - If you have any terms and conditions put this at the bottom of the item description.

Above all write to sell, but do not go over the top and always tell the truth.

Another selling idea brought to you by Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires.

The Supplier is Jim Oldroyd Discount Books.

This company has been around a very long time, and is trust worthy and they deliver on time and all the books come as new. To know more pop along to their website at http://www.oldroyd.co.uk/
where you can see the complete range of books, prices, terms and conditions.

If you wish you can phone them on : 01732 463356

Jim Oldroyd Books.
14-18 London Road,
Sevenoaks,
Kent.
TN13 1AJ

This was bought to you by Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires.

Happy online Selling

Last night I was at a Church meeting and a girl who I have helped in the past get going on eBay came over to ask me a question. She said a friend of hers had sold a mobile phone and in the last few minutes of the Auction it had jumped to over £400  nearly  4 times what the phone was worth new and this was a second hand phone.

Then she said the buyer had a zero feedback and had emailed he straight away and said once they paid please could they send the phone to another country instead of Germany.

I explained to this girl this was a con and to contact eBay who who help her through the problem.

For those who are new to eBay how this works is someone buys an item, emails you to say email it to a friend. You say sure, they pay you sometimes through Paypal, but normally another means.

You send the goods………………………………………………….

Then PayPal say to you sorry this was an illegal account or no money in the account.

You loose the item and loose the money.

So if you get something like this happen do not send the goods.

Happy Selling

Andrew

Well at long last I have listened to Janelle over at OSI RockStars and have put into action what she told me some weeks back.

I have now Launched Linford Direct Training . Over at this site I shall be listing my and coming classes,    e-commerce resources, and new classes will be added on a regular basis. These classes will either be run by myself or one of my trusted friends.

As well as doing One-on-One , Group Classes which will be held in the Lichfield Staffordshire area, I shall also be running webinars for people who live to far away. So if you need Training pop on over to       Linford Direct Training , and take a look.

I can here some of say, what will happen to this blog, well it will stay the same, I shall add news, tips, hints, resources, product sources as normal, but I will be able to add general e-commerce items as well, so it will become a one stop resource for new people or those who have been online sometime, and my Training Classes will be over at Linford Direct Training.

Please remember that this new site is very new, and was only put up last night, and I shall be adding graphics, pictures over the next few weeks.

Happy eBaying

Andrew

The Company is called Peaksdale.

The Company was formed in 2002 by Barry Snelson. He went to Staffordshire University and got his work expierience at the local factory called Royal Doulton. It was here that Barry fell in love with sculpting. After his work time there, he taught at several local colleges and did free lance work, for some of the leading design companies in the UK.

Later he joined Sherratt and Simpson and this is where he started his love of Westies. Then six years later he formed Peakdale and using the talent of the local people in Stoke-On-Trent, he carried on his love of design work, and with the help of these very skilled people we have wonderful items being produced on a regular basis, using the finest materials and each item is hand painted.

On the site the company talks about an affiliate program, but I think if you give them a ring or email them, then you can talk about buying in bulk as a trade buyer.

Unit 1 The old Brick Works
Bakestonedale road
Pott Shrigly
Macclesfield.
Cheshire
England.
SK10 5RX

 0161 494 5939 
0161 494 8987
info@peakdalesculptures.co.uk
tradeenquires@peakdalesculptures.co.uk

This idea works well for single mum’s to as they can work around the children !!!

Well I guess there are many ways but here is Andrew’s How To List Faster formula.

Before we start I am looking at people doing their buying at a weekend, but of course this will wotk when ever you buy.

1)  Put all your purchases on the table, and where necessary clean them up, and check evrything is ok.

2) Take a piece of paper, and write at the top what your item is and the price you paid.

3) Do some research if necessary into pricing

4) Write your discription on this sheet of paper.

5) Weigh and get your postage sorted and write this down.

6) Repeat the above till all your items have been done.

7) Take your pictures of each item - also write on each sheet the photo number that the camera give you.

The reason why you do this on paper is so that you can list from a main computer, lap-top, computer cafe etc.

Now you can start to list.

9) Upload all the photos to your computer and if necessary crop any.

10) Take the 1st sheet of paper, and fill out the eBay selling form.

And it is as simple as that. Like I said it lets you list from anywhere as you can carry the sheets of paper all over the place with you, and the photos can be on a lap-top or memory stick.

Also it allows busy people to just list when they have 10 mins here and there as all the hard work has been done.

And when the items sell at the bottom of the sheet put the selling price. So you have a complete record of the sale.

Give it a go and see How To List Faster. And if you have your own method leave it in the coments section for us all to see.

Happy eBaying

Another idea bought to you from Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires

Well at long last overstock has opened up for business here in the Uk. They have over 600,000 products available for us to buy from the USA. And I think soon they will be  adding stock from the other countries they are working in,  so watch this space.

But at the moment it allows us to buy great stock from USA at some cool prices. This site is fantasitic for product ideas, trying out stock to see if it works here in the Uk. Go and take a look.

So if you are looking for USA stock to resell or just to buy, for your self head on over to http://www.overstock.com

Happy eBaying
Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires

We all like to save money and we all like to talk. But I can hear you saying yes but it costs money and even more money if they live abroad, and if you use the old method of using a telephone then yes it does. But I am going to tell you about away where you can chat and even see each other through video, and the cost Free. Yes I did say FREE.

Skype has many services and the best thing you can do is pop a long to their sites and take a look what is best for you.

For My Friends In The USA You Need The USA Skype Store

For My Friends In Europe Click Here

How do you do this…….. Well for example you sell on eBay a Teeth whitening product, well show a picture of someones teeth before they use your product and one of them afterwards.

Or you might be selling a special car wax polish, again do a picture of the car before and the car afterwards.

Please make these real pictures and not fakes……..because it is wrong, illegal and will harm your business.

Another posting from Andrew Milburn and My Auction Empires.