In the first article in this series, I talked about some “must do” tasks for getting and keeping your shop in order for selling. Last week I offered suggestions for promoting your shop using social networking. For the most part, the ideas I’ve discussed so far require an investment of your time with little or no investment of money. However, we’ve all heard the basic business truth that “it takes money to make money”. Said another way, in order for a (more…)

I recently celebrated the one year anniversary of my LOC Design Studio shop on Zibbet. I can truly say from first hand experience that 2010 was a very good year for Zibbet and Zibbet’s sellers! The growth and development of the venue has been incredible. The features that attracted me to Zibbet are even better today than they were a year ago. Let’s take a walk through 2010 and review the wonderful improvements, upgrades and (more…)

It’s December 1 and that means that only twenty-four shopping days remain before Christmas. Most brick and mortar retailers have already decked their halls with all things Christmas. But what about online shops? What preparations should you be making to encourage Christmas shoppers to buy in your ZIbbet shop?

Decorate One thing you can do is spruce up your shop with (more…)