Jillian Entertainment CD & DVD Wholesale Directory

It is almost impossible to calculate all of the different ways the Internet has changed our lives. It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of sending an email instead of writing a letter by hand seemed foreign and strange, but we all do it every day and it is hard to imagine life without it. The online world has also changed the way we do business. Millions of people all over the world now work from home thanks to online based businesses, and the one marketplace that has given birth to more online businesses than any other is the famed auction site eBay. While starting your own web based eBay business isn’t hard, there are a few things you should keep in mind before you start.
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One of the many things that makes opening your own eBay based business so attractive is how simple and worry free it is. You can go from being an eBay shopper to an eBay seller in minutes, and you can sell just about anything under the sun. Many people realize that with the ever changing economy, it helps to have a diversified inventory so that no matter what is popular at the moment, you can appeal to the widest audience possible. One product that many people turn to is wholesale DVDs. The DVD is still the king of all video formats and since just about everyone has a DVD player, you are literally appealing to everyone under the sun. Let’s take at a few golden rules you need to keep in mind if you are considering introducing wholesale DVDs to your eBay storefront.

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One of the things that makes eBay such a fun place to open your own wholesale DVD business is that it is a completely different business environment than any other. Imagine having the ability to give every store you shop at in the brick and mortar world a rating that everyone else could see before they shop there. Imagine having the ability to leave comments that people could see and read before they decide to step foot in the door. On eBay, consumers rule and businesses have to compete against each other for customers and for respect. Here are a few tips on how you and your wholesale DVD business can get ahead on eBay.

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Every year, millions of people start their own business with the highest of hopes. Some people choose to build a brick and mortar building and start their own shop or business, while others take to the online world and open up a virtual storefront. Regardless of which style of store you choose, the biggest decision you have to make is what product you want to sell. You need a product that is in demand, a product that you can easily get from a distributor and a product that you can make a nice profit off of. While there may be several items that fit into that category, wholesale DVDs might just be the best answer. Let’s take a look at just a few of the ways a wholesale DVD business can help you reach your financial goals.

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Hello Friend,

I've got good news and some bad news.

*** Lets start with the GOOD NEWS!

Most of you know by now that eBay cut CD and DVD sellers
a break in February. They have significantly cut the insertion
fees for sellers listing Books, Music, DVDs, and
Video Games.

If you are listing your items with a starting bid of 99 cents, then
you will see your insertion fees cut in half.

Read more about the cut at this link.
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*** Now there is the BAD NEWS!

eBay increased the Final Value Fee. So now it cost you more
to sell an item than ever before.

For most of us, the amount we save on insertion fees, will
be used to pay the higher FVF. From what I have seen
so far, this new fee structure has been revenue neutral for me.

Read more about the cut at this link.
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*** Now don't forget about the BEST NEWS!

eBay no longer charges for a gallery image. This is huge news!
I've tested adding gallery images to my dvd auctions and they
do provide a significant increase in sales. The problem before was
the extra 35 cents per auction more than offset the increase in
sales.

Now that gallery images are free, most of us should see an
increase of 15 - 20% in our sell through rate.

So by all means, start using the free gallery images. My testing
shows they will only help you.

Read more about the cut at this link.
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Good Luck with your business,

Brent Crouch

http://www.JillianEntertainment.com

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With eBay's new enforcement of it's Seller Non-Performance Policy, negative and neutral feedback are a big deal. Being content with a feedback rating of 98% plus is a thing of the past. Now that eBay has started factoring neutral feedback into it's non-performance algorithm, you have to address every negative and neutral feedback you get.
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Ebay has created a new policy known as seller non-performance that is causing lot of good sellers to be suspended. If you haven't read about this new policy, click on this link and do so right away.

Here are five things you should be doing to make sure you are not one of the good sellers that gets suspended due to this new policy.
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Question: How do you handle people who seem to blitz your site, who buy and do not pay. This has happened to us a number of times. They take a buy it now item remove it from my listing but do not pay. It's rather annoying. Do you have any solutions for this?

As long as I have been on eBay, I've dealt with non-paying bidders. There isn't a good solution for this problem, but there are a few things that may help.
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***SELLER WITH OVER 1.3 MILLION FEEDBACK***

Can you guess who this CD seller is? They have over 1.3
million positive feedback. Click the Link Below.

Guess Who?

***SELLER BEWARE!***

I'm in no way an eBay basher. I started my business on eBay
several years ago and am grateful for the opportunity they
provided me. But unfortunately, eBay has grown into a huge
bureaucracy and doesn't always do things the way reasonable
people would expect.

About 6 months ago, eBay decided to rid the site of "bad sellers".
I think this is a great idea. It creates more business for those of
us who are good sellers.
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A few years ago, I ran several tests on how effective the gallery image is in creating sales. The results showed a gallery image did provide a better sell through rate, but it wasn't enough of an increase to warrant paying an extra 35 cents for each listing.

I now use an automated program that makes the research a lot easier. I expected to find similar results. What I found, has me reconsidering using the gallery image for my own auctions.

In the month of August 2007, there were a total of 1,405,555 dvd auctions ran without the gallery image. These items had an average sell through rate of 20.58%.

During this same period, there were 443,195 dvd auctions ran with the gallery image. These items produced an average sell through rate of 48.82%. This is more than twice the sell rate of dvd auctions that didn't use a gallery image.

Lets look at these numbers a little closer.

If you were to run 1,000 dvd auctions, it would cost you an extra $350.00 to add the gallery image to each one. On average, you could expect to sell an extra 282 dvds for purchasing this option.

So should you purchase the gallery image for your dvds? It all depends on how much you profit per dvd. If you only averaged a profit of $1per dvd, you'd be spending $350.00 for gallery images to make an extra $282.00 giving you a loss of $68.00. However, if you are averaging a profit of $2 per dvd, then the gallery option would have made you an extra $214.

Ultimately, it's up to you to test your auctions and determine if this feature makes sense for you.

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