Read more RICHARD'S BLOG J.K. Rowling and How Perception Can Boost Sales UPDATE: Both of the books I listed at the higher premium (perceived) price – see the full story below – sold with two weeks of being listed…which just goes to prove the point about ‘customer perception’ being SO important when it comes to sales. Well I guess I better...
RICHARD'S BLOG My Profitable Golden Niche of 2013 Revealed. In 2013 I sold a lot of Music CDs. But of all my CD sales there was one particular sub-genre which outshone all the rest, and yielded the greatest profit margin of all. This very specific type of music CD might surprise you when I draw back the curtain and...
RICHARD'S BLOG University Library Books – UPDATE The Results of Our University Library Visit. Last week Liz (my wife) and I set off to visit one of our friendly Universities, with whom we have worked for the last five years, and it occurred to me that this trip would give me a perfect opportunity for...
RICHARD'S BLOG The Best Day of the Week to Buy in Charity Shops I meant to go to just the Post Office this afternoon, but as always I got distracted and found myself browsing in a few charity shops. I found some great buys – more than on most days, and I was reminded that Fridays are simply the best day of...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to stay legal at car boot fairs The advent of spring heralds two particular joys for me: the start of another Formula One Motor Racing season, along with the beginning of the open-air car boot season. Both quite diverse subjects, I grant you. Technically, we have a couple of weeks to go before spring is...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Profit From Seasonal Sporting Events One of my earliest childhood memories involves watching Wimbledon’s tennis coverage with my mother on a rather small, flickering, black and white TV screen. In 1962, Rod Laver had just won his second Men’s Final on the trot, and as my mother is a fellow Aussie, she had good...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG How to Profit From ‘Crossover Collectibles’ I have been a Star Trek fan for more years than I’ll care to admit. It used to be very uncool in the early days to admit to liking the program… a little bit like admitting during the 1970s that you liked the music of Abba. But as the...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG 3 Everyday Things You Can Rent Out For Cash ‘I have a problem I think I should warn you about,’ said John, a rather diminutive gardener who was following me around our garden… A few years ago I was interviewing some local gardeners to look after our garden, on behalf of our tenants whilst we were away. It...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG 2 Online Selling Platforms You Should Check Out… Sometimes it’s easy to get tunnel-vision when it comes to selling anything online. If you were to ask any random person on the high street how they would go about selling products online, I’ll bet you a pound to a penny that they would mostly answer ‘eBay’. This answer...
Read more RICHARD'S BLOG More great eBay alternatives Last week I started to look at alternative websites by way of comparison to the Goliath that is eBay. There is no doubt that eBay has a commanding market reach, but oh, those fees! This week I have delved deeper to come up two further contrasting websites which might...