This is an important week for online retailers - including us online booksellers! These few days before the holiday give us time for our final preparation before Black Monday. Black Monday is the Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, aka. the biggest online shopping day of the year. As the Wall Street Journal said today, “With the rapid expansion of the Internet, the Monday after Thanksgiving has grown to be the all-important kick-off to the online holiday shopping season. On that day, consumers head back to work - and their computers - ready to shop after the long holiday weekend.”
Use this week wisely and make sure all of your books are listed for the holiday season, your website Christmas incentives are implemented, and you have plenty of bubble mailers (gratuitous plug).
Ok, it’s Thanksgiving week so I can finally begin talking about Christmas without a subconscious disdain for the protracted “holiday season.” In any event, Auctionbytes has a nice little article on “Christmas Tips for eBay Sellers.” Worth a look, if just to get your creative juices flowing.
Over at my wholesale bargain book site, LRABooks, we are offering bubble mailers in bulk at extremely competitive price points. By far the best deal is on the truckload (350 cases), but we now also offer 10 cases of #2 and #4 as well as 5 cases of #6 at very competitive prices. We will soon have #3 and #7 available in 10 case quantity.
The best part of our offering is that we do not charge shipping through our site, but rather we have the customer use their preferred carrier account. This allows you to choose your carrier, ensure exact shipping charges (no hidden handling fees), and take advantage of the discount you have worked out with your carrier (good for ABA members who use FedEx). As always, truckload shipping is free.
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