E-Commerce

Building Reciprocal Links through your Ruby Lane and Ruby Plaza shops Favorite Links Page

E-Commerce

April 26, 2011 - 6:28pm

The ‘Favorite Links' section of your Ruby Lane or Ruby Plaza shop is an important component to selling successfully online. Utilizing high quality, reciprocal links is one way to increase the rating of an individual web page in Google and other search engines. Your shop rating influences the rank of your shop in a search result for important keywords relevant to your shops content – the type of items you sell. The higher your page rank, the greater the visibility of your website at the top of a search result.

Unsuccessful Selling and Ruby Lane's Secret Shopper Program

E-Commerce

April 22, 2011 - 7:27pm

Adventures of a New Shop Owner on Ruby Lane

E-Commerce

April 19, 2011 - 2:44pm

I have enjoyed collecting and selling collectibles and farm primitives in an antique store but also wanted to sell online. I did my research and decided to open a Ruby Lane shop in February. It took a weekend to fill out forms and list my ten chosen item. On February 4, I got a gmail saying my shop had been accepted but I needed to make a few changes mainly in categories. I completed the changes and later that evening, Chessie & Nestor Go Antiquing was up and running.

Ruby Lane Radio Interview with Shop Owner Jennifer Asencio

E-Commerce

April 18, 2011 - 12:40pm

Reminder: Ruby Lane Is Hiring! Position Open for Shop Reviewer/Customer Support Representative

E-Commerce

April 18, 2011 - 8:38am

Come join the Ruby Lane & Ruby Plaza team! We're looking for a smart, talented individual who enjoys working in a fast-paced, flexible, interactive online atmosphere. If that's you, read on:

Ruby Lane is currently looking to fill a full time, work-from-home Customer Support position. We invite you, our shop owners to throw your hats into the ring. The ideal candidate is goal-oriented, self-disciplined, a self-starter, and has the ability to perform a variety of tasks working in a small, fun, well established company.

Ruby Lane Radio Interview with Shop Owner Janice Fingado

E-Commerce

April 14, 2011 - 5:28pm

Ruby Lane Radio Interview With Shop Owner Pat Marcum

E-Commerce

April 14, 2011 - 5:14pm

In Praise of Online Created Mailing Labels

E-Commerce

April 12, 2011 - 11:33am

After 11 years as a shop owner on Ruby Lane, I thought I had experienced almost everything. However, I encountered yet another "first" when an address I tried to use to create a label absolutely refused to work in my online USPS account.

I will never willingly hand address another package. I can't recommend highly enough creating shipping labels online to print yourself. They look dramatically more professional than hand written ones, and, further, they eliminate the possibility of errors by workers (and machines) trying to read shippers' handwriting.

What Online Selling has Taught Me about Patience

E-Commerce

April 12, 2011 - 9:01am

My husband says I have no patience. That is not entirely true. Being both a collector, and an online seller has taught me a lot about patience.

When I first started selling online, I was drawn to the fast pace of online auctions. I could buy something on a Saturday, list it on Sunday and have it out of my house the following Monday. Of course I wasn't making much money, but I sure was moving a lot of inventory.