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441 posts tagged selling
What a seller is agreeing to
Six obligations and three protections. The ones that bite are measured rather than written.
Strikes for sellers
Five named reasons, a ninety-day window, and what actually happens.
Turning a buyer into a regular
The cheapest sale you will ever make. What produces one, in order.
Promoting a show without spending money
Five things that cost nothing, and they outperform the paid ones early on.
Getting your first hundred followers
The only asset that compounds. Six ways to earn them, in order of what works.
Updating your GST or business details
Where each one lives, and the two that stop money if they are wrong.
Giving a buyer a GST invoice
The order carries an invoice already. What yours shows depends on one field you set.
Cash collected on delivery
You keep the cash, so the fee comes off your balance. Six conditions, and the ones that surprise people.
Delivering locally yourself
One of the four methods, and the best one for several kinds of stock.
The courier lost it — now what
You are the sender, so the claim is yours. What to do for the buyer first.
Choosing a courier
You book it yourself today. What to compare, and the one thing that decides most of it.
Setting your no-show terms
Three numbers on the item: how long, how much, and whether it spoils.
The rules for hosts
Short list. Three of them get accounts suspended rather than warned.
Live show items vs always-on listings
They do different jobs. Most stores need both, and here is the split.
What to do after a show ends
Eight things, in the half hour afterwards. The first two decide most of it.
My stream keeps dropping
Six causes, in the order they actually happen. The auction survives all of them.
Keeping your chat civil
Three tools, and one the app describes that you do not actually have.
Handling questions while you sell
The awkward one is the useful one. How to answer without losing the room.
When should you go live?
Your own buyers tell you. Where the answer is, and why copying somebody else is the wrong move.
Weights and dimensions, and why they matter
The courier bills the greater of the two. An unentered weight is a bill you get later.
I sold something I cannot send
Tell the buyer today. Three options, and why the slow version is the expensive one.
Giving each item its own delivery rules
Delivery is set on the listing, not only on the store. Three families, and when to use each.
Changing a listing that is already up
Most things, any time. What an auction will not let you do, and the one edit to avoid.
My listing is not showing up
Six reasons, in order of likelihood. Only one of them is a problem.
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