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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. Happy Holidays!

Stamps.com hosted a webinar titled Social Marketing for Small Business on November 17, 2010.  (Click Here to view the recorded webinar.) The presenter was John “ColderIce” Lawson from ColderIce.com.  The topic was developing a social marketing plan for the small business owner.  Here is the transcript from the webinar:  Eric Nash from Stamps.com: Hello everyone.  I want […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

If there is one thing that online consumers respond to besides sales during the holiday season, it’s free shipping.  A 2008 survey by Forrester Research showed that 75 percent of shoppers prefer to buy from sites that offer free shipping, a jump from 61 percent in 2007.  This holiday season, 73 percent of consumers told […]

If you have a specific, marketable skill, you can build a business by doing freelance work for businesses and individuals. Getting your freelance business off the ground takes a lot of networking, personal marketing, and chutzpah. You can increase your credibility to potential clients by adding these professional elements to your business communications. #1 Upgrade […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

There is a marketplace for every product, and at an increasing rate, the best place to sell your item is online. One of the most reputable places to sell items online without starting your own website is eBay – the world’s largest marketplace where a person can buy or sell products and services to a […]

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 […]

Here are five important tips for eBay shippers courtesy of Suzanne Wells, the eBay Selling Coach. Selling on eBay during the holiday season presents its own unique challenges.  Not only is December the busiest selling season, but it can also be very busy in the personal lives of sellers with holiday travels and extra family […]