Blog discussing the recent ruling in eBay’s antitrust lawsuit

How often have you found that little voice in your head causing you to put off something you really didn’t want to do? Unlike a large corporation that has departments that handle each thing, we are a do it all company so to speak. How to be a more efficient ecommerce seller.

Just wanted to share this speech from the eBay On Location event. The content and topic are really actionable and good for any small business, so I figure I would post it on the blog. Let me know what you think? Post your feedback! Enjoy, John (ColderICE)

It’s the begining of a new week and of course that means another great episode from Brent and myself on Watching Amazon the podcast. This week we take a look at Amazon and “the arts”. For the first time ever The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Gala was streamed LIVE on Amazon with a hosted event. [...]

You can listen to this NEW episode of   or at http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-24026/TS-620544.mp3 There is something you can do to make more money online in your ecommerce site that is almost a guaranteed win-win for you and your customers. Have you updated your store design? When was the last time you addressed that dusty webstore you created back in [...]

  RBH from eBay Ink Blog is going to hold a Twitter Chat (see announcement below). What is cool about it though is that he was the inspiration came form Marsha Coller’s #custserv chats and he gave her full recognition for it.Remember Picasso once said, Good artists copy, great artists steal. This guy said it too…(RIP Steve Jobs)   What a great [...]

Saying BIG CONGRATS to a friend, blogger and ecommerce pioneer Kevin Harmon. Today it was annouced that he is joining the executive team of a large clothing e-tailer BHFO. Press Release….BHFO, INC ADDS KEVIN HARMON TO EXECUTIVE TEAM Cedar Rapids, Iowa – November 14, 2011 – BHFO, Inc, a large e-commerce seller of clothing and other [...]

Hey all, here it is…the very FIRST episode of Ecommerce Bits TV is live. It’s been a long time coming, but finally the work is out and I am proud to say I like it.  Do me a favor and play the video (is only 7 mins long) and let me know what you think [...]

ColderICE Friday Newsflash! Hey gang, this is Johnny in the house again. Here are today’s hot links and as usual the link to the full story story. If you enjoy them, please share! Are Twitter Followers a Company Asset? When you leave a company, it’s expected that you’ll turn in your keys, the password to your [...]

Based on data from the IBM Coremetrics Benchmark, all online holiday shopping in November is also expected to grow as much as 15 percent versus November 2010, with the growing influence of mobile devices such as iPads and Android phones being among the key factors. The IBM Coremetrics Benchmark analysis gathers data directly from the [...]

ColderICE Friday Newsflash! Hey everyone, this is your boy John in the house again. Here are today’s hot links and as usual the link to the full story story. If you enjoy them, please share! Social Utility: Google vs. Facebook Ever since Google launched G+ the opinions, theories and conversations about their strategy have exploded throughout [...]

Small businesses created 30,000 new jobs in October, but employees are working fewer hours and making less money. “The seasonally adjusted trend in hours worked and compensation has turned down” These are among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between Sept. 24 and Oct. 23. [...]

Google Plus for BUSINESS is HERE…Well almost, but close enough!!! If you have a Google Apps business account you can register for Google Plus and sign in. Starting now you can manually turn on Google+ for your organization. Once Google+ is turned on, your users will just need to sign up at google.com/+ to get started. For customers [...]

How big is Black Friday for Retailers? If Black Friday 2011 is anything like 2010, retailers are going to be swimming in cash while shoppers bathe in savings. Black Friday deals drew 212 million shoppers to stores in 2010 and collectively spent $39 billion on products and services. The average amount spent by a Black [...]

Experts expect a record-breaking holiday season for ecommerce sales, with estimates reaching upward of $36.5 billion. Of course, the official kickoff to this critical selling period comes with the Thanksgiving holiday, quickly followed by Black Friday and Cyber Monday. To make the most of this epic event, check out this whitepaper from ecommerce provider, Volusion, [...]

The other week on the RRB Radio Show I was talking about the risks of FBA for small eBay sellers just looking to jump on the “new thang” with FBA. My main complaint was how little control you have over the fees for fulfillment. So I did tell the host(s) that sellers should proceed with [...]

Stamps.com® (Nasdaq:STMP), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to over 400,000 customers, today released the Holiday Shipping Survival Guide for E-commerce Retailers. The free, downloadable guide offers shipping best practices and industry data for any e-commerce business to streamline their shipping process and maximize profits throughout the holiday season. This guide [...]

Stamps.com® (Nasdaq:STMP), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to over 400,000 customers, today released the Holiday Shipping Survival Guide for E-commerce Retailers. The free, downloadable guide offers shipping best practices and industry data for any e-commerce business to streamline their shipping process and maximize profits throughout the holiday season. This guide [...]

Stamps.com® (Nasdaq:STMP), the leading provider of USPS® postage online and shipping software to over 400,000 customers, today released the Holiday Shipping Survival Guide for E-commerce Retailers. The free, downloadable guide offers shipping best practices and industry data for any e-commerce business to streamline their shipping process and maximize profits throughout the holiday season. This guide [...]

We get this question several times a month – “What should my conversion rate be?”. The answer is: “it depends!”  It should be no surprise that website conversion rates vary by segment, as they typically have different types of customers, value propositions and sales cycles. To answer the question in a more useful way, we [...]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — October 12, 2011 — oDesk, the largest and fastest-growing online employment platform, today announces a partnership with X.commerce, the new open source e-commerce platform launched today via a joint effort between eBay, PayPal and Magento.  This partnership provides X.commerce users access to a directory of highly skilled developers, enabling merchants to [...]