ecommerce

Need some last minute tips to help get your holiday e-commerce orders shipped? Watch this video to learn the secrets to simple order fulfillment. [field name=iframe] Happy Holidays!

If you sell on eBay, then you will not want to miss this great video on how to source products at thrift stores. Jason Smith and Bryan Goodman of “Thrifting with the Boys” share tips and tricks in this Spreecast on what products to look for and how to sell them on eBay.  This is […]

Following these three tips can drastically reduce the time you spend fulfilling orders and can help you ship your product out to your customers faster and easier. Tip #1  Get Organized If you’re shipping multiple products on a regular basis, it is critical that you know exactly where your inventory is.  This will allow you […]

Learn E-commerce Secrets for the Upcoming Holiday Season! Have you done everything you can to prepare for the holidays? Stamps.com invites you to learn how to drive more traffic to your site and handle the increased demand. To deliver some key ingredients for holiday success, we’ve teamed up with two technology partners – TrueShip, a […]

The USPS Flat Rate boxes seem like an easy and convenient way to ship merchandise for any business.  You don’t have to worry about the weight of the items in the shipment and as the USPS says, “If it fits, it ships for one low price.” In many cases  Flat Rate packages are often a […]

If you are an eBay seller, you have to wear many different hats in order to operate a successful business.  Daily operational tasks — preparing and posting listings, collecting payments, shipping sold orders and relisting unsold items – often steal time away from focusing on the best methods to run your business. Free – No […]

Outsourcing payroll is an excellent alternative to in-house payroll processing for today’s small businesses. Through a relationship with a professional payroll services provider, an employer can expect to realize several benefits, including consistency and reliability, a reduction in cost and workload, reduced risk, expanded offerings for their employees and peace of mind. Payroll can be […]

This week, the U. S. Postal Service, UPS, and FedEx all raised their shipping rates.  While the USPS raised retail rates by an average of 3.9 percent (3.2 percent for Stamps.com customers), UPS Ground and FedEx Ground both raised their rates by an average of 4.9 percent.  In our latest, survey, we asked customers to […]

It’s essential to inspect and evaluate your online store every now and then. You never know when you’re doing something wrong or missing out on something important that’s making you lose a huge amount of traffic and potential profit every single day. Here’s a wake-up call to alert you on common online store mistakes that […]

Are you ready to start a social media program for your business? Or have you started using social media but you are not satisfied with the results? Social media provides tools that can transform your small business but what is the secret? In this power packed webinar, you will learn: -How to harness the power […]

To find local businesses or services, consumers used to open a phone book or look in a newspaper. However, the Internet has changed the way that people search for local products. Now consumers visit a search engine and type in keywords to find whatever they want, including local companies or products. Google’s New Free Tool […]

If you are an eBay seller, shipping internationally is one way to gain millions of potential new customers without costing you a dime in advertising or marketing. 49% of the buyers on eBay live outside of the USA, which means that opening up your auctions to the rest of the world is a great way […]

The most common complaint I hear from ecommerce sellers is that they don’t have enough time. But really the bigger issue is how you use that time. Have you ever felt like a robot? You churn through your list of tasks – photographing and researching and describing and listing and shipping and responding and…repeat. Too […]

Whether you have a new product to announce, an opinion to share or a business venture to discuss, a blog is a great  way to get your ideas out into the Internet and invite helpful feedback. Blogs are also a great way for small businesses to interact with customers and engage potential new customers in your products […]

EDIT: Thanks to everyone who joined our webinar!  If you missed the webinar, click here for a replay. Join Stamps.com for a FREE webinar to learn more about how to optimize your holiday shipping program. What: Free webinar to discuss USPS shipping best practices for the busy holiday season When: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at […]

Stamps.com has partnered with SCORE, America’s premier source of free and confidential small business advice for entrepreneurs, to sponsor a free e-Guide that shows how free shipping can help boost e-commerce sales. With free shipping becoming an everyday promotion in the e-commerce environment, sellers are encountering more pressure than ever to offer their consumers the same […]

With the rise in identity theft and online security breaches, good password management has never been more important. Strong passwords ensure your information is kept private. Here are 6 tips to keep your online passwords secure: 1. Include a combination of upper and lowercase alphabetic characters, symbols, and numbers. 2. Make sure the password is […]

Twitter is a powerful communication tool for growing a small business. The service provides a great way to communicate with your customers and get instant feedback regarding how your product or service is perceived in the customer’s eyes.  It also provides an easy and free method to promote special events, new products or special promotions […]

In the part one of this Twitter marketing for small business series, we covered how to choose a username, how to write your bio and the one tip that will guarantee your success. In part two, we’re getting more in-depth with eight suggestions for tweets, how to gain more followers, how to handle customer complaints, […]

The U.S. Postal Service raised its rates in May 2009 for most classes of mail, including first-class mail and individual packages. This annual raise, which the USPS is expecting to implement annually, will help the agency keep up with inflation and continue to operate efficiently. While many web retailers will just pass this postage rate […]