Ecommerce Today,

After black Friday comes Cyber Monday.  But all those Cyber Monday sales seem to be lasting all week or even longer.

I have found good results with posting to ebay this time of year.  Items that normally do not get any bid until the last few hours have been getting high bids early on and Buy it now is equally sucsessful.

I have also addes selling with Amazon on a few items, but Amazon’s restrictions on what I can charge for shipping is hurting.  I recently sold an item that Amazon would only pay 5 dollarsfor shipping but the shipping easliy cost me over $9.00.  Getting customers to buy from my own store is the most profitable for me, but you can’t deny the coverage you get from listing items on ebay and Amazon.

Magento’s complex design system has really hampered the launch of the new site. It is now a back burner project and using eBay has become more main stream for me. 

The killer with eBay is the fees.  The listing and paypal fee really cut in to any profit to be had.  The eBay market is intense and certain products can sell very quickly. 

Google also posted their SEO starter guide . 

This is a must read for any estore owner or blogger.   

Research and Markets has done a great story on the future of eCommerce in China.

The China Business to consumer e-commerce market is still in it’s infancey stage.  Most Companies there do not consider e-commerce as a primary channel for sales and have not invested in it’s development.  As China’s Middle class continues to boom  this tren is going to change and we will see tremdous online growth.

Look for China as a source for your next customer rather than only your supplier.

Iventa , a Commerce Planet, Inc. Company will become it’s own Publicy traded company.

According to the company’s press relaease,  Iventa will be givien a new name and they plan on being a leading provider of eCommerce solutions in the entertainment, community networking and small business markets. Iventa is currently serving enterprise clients in the lifestyle and entertainment industries. Rhino Records, SonyBMG, Warner Music Group, are just a few of thier big hitters.  They also work with numerous clubs and associations.

The economy is in the dumps right now, but all sources say that ecommerce is going to increase by 25% a year for the next 5 years.  That is amazing growth and that means every business should be doing some type of selling online if they want to survive.

I run a few ecommerce sites and I will be sharing my experiences here with you.

For those that don’t know what ecommerce is, it is simply selling your product or service online over the internet.