The River, the Ranch & The Bay

Year End “Best Of 2009” RRB Radio Show 12-30-09

Melinda — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:42:10 +0000

This was an amazing show with a fabulous line up of guests including Marsha Collier, author of the eBay for Dummies Series of books, Janelle Elms of OSI Rock Stars, Richard Brewer-Hay of eBayInkBlog.com, John ColderICE Lawson of www.3rdPowerOutlet.com, Brandon Dupsky of eCommerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA), Cindy Shebley of WebSellers Circle, Dave White of eBay & Beyond www.basicstobusiness.com, Paul O’Brien of Outright.com, and many more. Be sure to listen to the archive, episode number 80 dated 12-30-09. Our guests wrap up 2009 with trends, highlights and predictions for the coming year.

Jen Cano of Hammertap on RRB Radio Weds 12-16-09 8 pm ET

Melinda — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:17:01 +0000

Jen Cano of Hammertap joined The River the Ranch and the Bay (RRB Radio) with “What’s Hot on eBay” and updates on where Zhu Zhu pet sales are now! This was a great show! Jen gave us an update on the famous, or should I say infamous, Zhu Zhu Pets, the adorable toy hamsters elusive to buyers in local stores as eBayers raked shelves and sold them on eBay. These darling creatures even made it on eBayInkBlog.com, as posted 12-09-09, It’s a Hamster Holiday, complete with a heat map, a visual indicator of all U.S.-based transactions that occurred on eBay from November 1 to November 30, 2009. After a few hamster giggles, Jen gives RRB Radio listeners research information on bibles that is money in the bank! Jen’s tips include, what bibles are selling for the most money, what features to look for, what is the average sell through rate (STR) for bibles on eBay, and so much more. Finally she gives tips for selling depression glass and salt and pepper shakers, and what color glass sells the best. We have had the honor of having Jen Cano on RRB Radio several times in recent months, be sure to check out the archives of 11-11-09 and 11-18-09 for more research tips, and how important research is to selling items on eBay! Click here to listen to this entire show of 12-16-09, get some giggles and a lot of great info!

Jen Cano of Hammertap Joins RRB Radio Weds. 02-10-10

Melinda — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:02:07 +0000

Jen Cano of Hammertap.com joins RRB Radio Weds Feb 10th 8 pm

Check out Hammertap’s 10 day FREE trial by using link below!

Click Red Mic Button to go to TalkShoe & listen to show archive

Our guests 12/02/09 were terrific ~ Janelle Elms of OSI Rock Stars and Ariel Schmorak of ShipSurance

Janelle has just launched a new shopping deals site! Shop with Matty and keep more moola in YOUR pocket! To get a sneak peek of Janelle’s new site, go to http://www.moremooladeals.com. And let me warn you, Matty is one cute little heifer who will show you some deals you simply cannot resist! Under Janelle’s guidance, Matty has become quite the savvy social media diva! You can become a fan of Matty’s Facebook Fan Page @ http://www.facebook.com/pages/More-MOOla-Deals-with-Matty, and follow her deals on Twitter @MoreMoola! And hot off the presses, Janelle has joined the WS Radio Online Sellers Network! Her first show will be Weds. December 9th, 9 a.m. PT. Congratulations Janelle, we wish you the best!

Ariel Schmorak of ShipSurance gave the scoop on ShipSaver, now available through eBay’s Selling Manager! ShipSaver (ShipSurance) is a third party shipping insurance for ecommerce sellers that will save you a fortune over USPS insurance rates and insures First Class International shipments. Be sure and check out ShipSurance for your shipping insurance needs! For quick access to the application in Selling Manager, visit http://www.shipsaver.biz/.

Diane Kennedy CPA Tax Loopholes Author & Megan Hughes

Melinda — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:54:26 +0000

RRB Radio guests Diane Kennedy, author of Tax Loopholes for eBay Sellers, and Megan Hughes joined us to discuss all business tax matters, and offered some terrific advice for all ecommerce sellers. If you aren’t on her mailing list and you are involved in a small business – you should be! Just click the book photo to go to her Tax Loopholes site! Be sure to check out our archives to catch this replay of 10-28-09, it was a great show regarding sales tax, the importance of keeping records, and valuable deductions all eBay sellers who work from home should be taking!

We would like to thank Diane Kennedy and Megan Hughes for being our guest and welcome them back again soon!

Griff Shouts Out to OSI Rock Stars from Seattle

Melinda — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:47:23 +0000

Enjoy this Video Clip from Janelle Elms, OSI Rock Stars Leader taken at seller’s dinner in Seattle with John Donahoe and Griff!

Another Cool Amazon helpful email

Melinda — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:27:19 +0000

Here is another email I’ve begun receiving as an amazon merchant – I really like how they help sellers find and keep in stock the products customers are looking for!

Dear merchant,

We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. During the past month, there has been interest in the product(s) listed below, but there was no available inventory from any sellers as of 08/10/2009.

As you have listed these products for sale on our website in the past, we wanted to let you know about this buyer interest, in case you want to offer them again on Amazon.com.

B000XTH2L8, Bearington Bear Baby Huggles

You can update your inventory quantities either one at a time or through a feed. To edit products one at a time, go to the Seller Central Inventory tab and click “Manage Inventory”. Find the product you want to update and click “Edit”. After updating the Inventory (Quantity), click “Save changes”.

For information on updating inventory quantities via feeds, view our Help pages in Seller Central:

Seller Central Help > Manage Inventory > Frequently Asked Questions > Managing Products and Inventory

If you do not wish to receive Popular Out-of-Stock notifications, log in to your Seller Central account. Under the settings tab, click Account Info. Next to the Notification Options, click Edit. In the “Out-of-Stock notifications” section, click the radial button named “Disabled” then click the “Update” button at the bottom of the page.

Thank you for selling with Amazon.com.

So if anyone sells the Bearington line, get your baby huggles listed quickly!

Amazon.com Top Out-Of-Stock Products Report

Melinda — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:58:15 +0000

Anyone else getting these? Don’t know if it’s ALL Amazon sellers? or Pro-Merchant sellers? or FBA Merchants?

Just curious, as always and hoping to share some information. . . . this is very interesting and is the latest one I’ve received. It was dated August 13th . . . .

We regularly review the products our customers look for on our website. The products listed below are some of the top products in the Toys category that customers were interested in during the last month, but are currently unable to purchase because there was no available inventory on our website as of 08-10-2009. Although inventory levels can change quickly from the many sellers on our website, we wanted to let you know about this customer interest.

ASIN, Title
1. B00289HF4K , Step2 Sand and Water Cart

2. B000CQ75DM , Disney's Cars Wall Stickers

3. B0007Q1JES , Doodle Pro Glow

4. B002BBNPL2 , Transformers G1 Reissue Green Devastator

5. B001HL3S28 , Neca Nightmare Before Christmas Ceramic Storage Jars set of 3

6. B000050ZEA , Tech Deck Bike System U1 Extra Frame 2-Pack- See product description for brand and color

7. B00004YSYQ , Child’s Hoover Upright Vacuum

8. B001N4P08O , Sonic The Hedgehog Exclusive Action Figure Shadow The Hedgehog

9. B0002P5GD4 , Dora Explorer: Dora’s Talking Dollhouse w/Lights, Sounds, Music and Diego, Boots, Swiper – Exclusively at Toys”R”Us!

10. B0012534BO , Sonic X – Messenger Side School Bag (Sonic, Knuckles and Shadow)

11. B001D6FOZ6 , Plush Piper Bunny Huge 24″

12. B001PZC1KQ , 18″ Appa Plush Toy from Avatar the Last Airbender

13. B0015KTXJ8 , Fisher-Price Kid-Tough DVD Player Case Blue

14. B000G0KT6Y , John Deere Gator

15. B000P3C3CK , Fur Berries

16. B002CC636O , Extreme K-bikes

17. B000TSF5E4 , Disney Lion King Figurine Set with Simba

18. B00265YLTS , Indoor/Office Cornhole Set

19. B001JBWX0O , Disney Hannah Montana Large Rolling Luggage Backpack

20. B00003005E , 78″ x 60″ 36 Pocket Sun tanner

21. B000J37KDI , Wooden Art and Craft Supplies Set

22. B000W0EUK4 , Aqua Leisure Aqua Leisure Swim School Soft Touch Deluxe Fabric Arm Float

23. B000PFRC9W , Death Note Movie Size Notebook DN-001D

24. B00083HHP0 , Slurpee Maker

25. B001G5D6EA , Lincoln Logs Woodland Express – 290 Pieces

26. B0006VXWLW , Tomy Star Bright Light Show Musical Baby Night Light

27. B000Y0E1DS , Bazoongi Kids 7.5ft Trampoline JumpPod

28. 0641551568 , Mood Meter Magnet / Individual Feelings Chart (Emotions, Moods, Emoticons) How Are You Feeling Today?

29. B001DBKWYY , Star Wars Clone Wars Backpack – Warfare

30. B000FTW3YW , Olivia The Pig Take-Along Bedroom Playset

31. B001732ZIE , Sony PSP 2000 Slim LCD Replacement Screen with Backlight

32. B0018LEQ64 , THE SHIELD OF CAPTAIN AMERICA

33. B000B652XS , ICE AGE 2 THE MELTDOWN SID and PALS FIGURES

34. B0021JSDWU , Sofina Caribbean Island – Big Recreational Inflatable Floating Island!

35. B00000IUA7 , Collector’s Series Saturn V Rocket

36. B000B652YW , ICE AGE 2 THE MELTDOWN ELLIE and PALS FIGURES

37. B0026H1J1Y , Mini Kick Scooter – ORANGE, for kids age 2-5, the quality 3-wheel scooter

38. B00000IZYR , Chicco Flip ‘n Play Table

39. B0009ANJN6 , Pixel Chix DollHouse #1

40. B000OV0X3O , Starfish Baby Float

41. B000CNF7GC , WWE Official Scale Ring Series #2 – WrestleMania II Cage Match

42. B00160004Y , Clone Wars Backpack - Black

43. B000K7DO6U , Harry Potter Hogwarts Backpack

44. B0026VUZM4 , Disney Hannah Montana 17″ Rolling School Backpack

45. B000L75HRS , WWE JAKKS REY MYSTERIO KIDS ROLE PLAY COSTUME WITH MASK PANTS and PAIR OF GLOVES

46. B000KGAS4M , Littlest Pet Shop Teeniest Tiniest Pet Shop (Puppies)

47. B000JP43K4 , Lazytown Lazy Town Roleplay Toy Sportacus’s Energy Power Arm Bands

48. B00008BR9T , Lamaze: Freddie the Firefly

49. B0006HCVZO , Bang!

50. B0003069PC , Mattel Superman Electronic Action Cape

If you need assistance listing your products, please visit our Help Guide:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=1161236

Thank you for selling with Amazon.com

Sincerely,
Amazon Services

Maybe this could be our beginning Hot List for Christmas products?

Wholesale source from Marsha Collier

Melinda — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:36:04 +0000

Everyone on the show and all the listeners really enjoyed Marsha’s appearance on the show recently and she shared a LOT of great information. One particular site that I was really intrigued with is the GREAT REP site. It’s a neat place I’d never heard of and it can help you find the local rep for almost any line of products you want to sell wholesale. There was a lot more great sites and info Marsha shared, including her fantastic example of how to fill out and use your FREE Google profile (click on the picture to see this), but I wanted to remind our listeners and spread the word about the Great Rep site especially!

Charity Bra Auction – updates!

Melinda — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:24:15 +0000

Beth Cherkowsky

http://www.depressionglasswarehouse.com
Levittown Pa. 19056
215-946-6068
bcherkowsky@gmail.comFor Immediate Release:

Support Breast Cancer Research during October 2009 – Breast Cancer Awareness
Month

Last spring a popular, platinum eBay seller, 3rdPowerOutlet, ran a charity
auction benefiting Breast Cancer Research. John Lawson, aka ColderIce, with
a little help from his friends raised over $3000 for Breast Cancer Research
via eBay’s Giving Works Program. Inspired by Mr. Lawson’s (aka colderice),
a network of eBay, Bonanzle and Internet sellers have organized a new
campaign to raise money for Breast Cancer Research during October which is
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Beginning October 1, 2009 we will be running an eBay auction per day of
“Fantasy Bras”. Creative confections with themes that are funny, beautiful
and inventive created by artists and crafts people celebrating the military,
their favorite hobbies (offroading) and car racing, flowers and dozens of
other themes. (pictures available upon request) Some notable eBay and
internet celebrities are joining the action by donating Fantasy Bras
including the original motivator, John “ColderIce” Lawson of 3rdPowerOutlet
and the ColderIce Blog, and Marsha Collier, author of the eBay for Dummies
series of books, Santa Shops at Ebay. Marsha is an eBay PowerSeller as well
as the Co-host of Computer Technology on wsradio.com at
http://www.marcandmarsha.com

All proceeds – 100% of the sale price of these auctions will go to Susan G.
Komen For the Cure – Headquarters – Certified for eBay Giving Works since
2003. MissionFish nonprofit ID 939.thru Giving Works (more information about
eBay Giving Works is available at http://givingworks.ebay.com/about.html).
Special thanks goes to eBay seller VMKinnovation
(http://stores.shop.ebay.com/VMK-Innovation) – who is donating a special
DoLife hat that will be included in each auction. The DoLife symbol
celebrates Life and offers hope.

Information and pictures of the donated fantasy bras and their creators will
be available here http://budurl.com/CharityBraAuction. This site will also
include links to each auction as it’s launched and information on the
proceeds of each auction.

Please join us starting on the evening of September 24th when the first
auction will launch at http://www.depressionglasswarehouse.com.

EJ Bantz & Dan on IMPORTING from CHINA as product sourcing!

Melinda — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:00:44 +0000

EJ Bantz is a full-time eBay seller and carries many products he imports from China. His success is great and only eclipsed by his willingness to share with others and desire to see others succeed as well. The best place to find EJ is on his new PORTAL site EJBantz.com or his facebook page where I find him often, LOL

I have truly enjoyed getting to know EJ through the eBay Radio Super-Secret-Chat-Board and it was wonderful to meet in person at the eBay Radio Vegas Convention! Was a lot of fun. EJ is so willing to share – and we just didn’t have enough time to thoroughly pick his brain in Vegas so we plan to do that tonight!

Dan is the owner of Quality Shipping Supplies (formerly LabelDog shipping supplies) – where I’ve been purchasing most of my shipping labels for a while now.

One of Dan’s new partners is Jeff Plitt of Plitt International, and he has written a book on our subject.

Jeff ’s company specializes in providing expertise to people and companies, large and small, that want to take advantage of the opportunities in China.

After many years of experience working with the Chinese, Jeff decided to write a book, Sourcing From China, a Guide for Small to Medium Businesses, detailing the process from beginning to end.

Jeff talks about everything from deciding if China is right for you, to finding factories, to negotiating prices, to sampling, to placing orders, to getting the product through customs, to finally getting it to your warehouse. Skid quantities, container quantities, shipload quantities, Jeff walks you through the process. You can purchase the book on Dan’s site Quality Shipping Supplies,

So the plan for tonight is to open up the floor and let YOU ask the experts. Have you ever considered importing? or thought about it? here is your chance to ask your questions!