Last week I reviewed the use of Zibbet’s RSS Feed feature to connect your shop to your Facebook page, Twitter account and Community account. You can also use Zibbet’s RSS feed feature to connect your shop to your Blogger blog. To connect your shop and your blog via an RSS feed:

1. Click the ‘Subscribe to shop RSS feed’ link on your shop’s front page.
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could list a new item in your shop and have it automatically posted on your blog, your Community page, your Facebook page and Twitter? It just so happens that Zibbet offers all sellers a tool called an RSS feed that allows you to do just that. RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It’s programming that allows dynamic data from one site to be “fed” to (more…)

Both Basic and Premium shop owners can create sections for organizing inventory. Premium shop owners have the added advantage of being able to rearrange their items and present them in a more appealing, shopper friendly order. I work three days a week in a small retail store where we are constantly rearranging our merchandise. I’ve been amazed at how quickly an item that we’ve had on display (more…)

Now that you know how to create, edit and rearrange your shop sections, let’s take a look at how to use those sections effectively. Your primary concern should be making your shop easy to navigate by shoppers. You want them to be relaxed and to not become overwhelmed as they browse your wonderful listings. While it’s good to have shoppers remain in your shop for more than a few seconds, you want them to stay because they’re (more…)

Last week I offered some suggestions on how to spruce up your shop for the new year. One of those suggestions was to rearrange your Premium shop. Related to rearranging is reorganizing with the use of shop sections. Whether your shop is Basic or Premium, you can create an unlimited number of shop sections that are customized for your inventory. Making your inventory easy for shoppers to navigate will increase (more…)