Prospective online sellers hoping to setup a Ruby Lane shop and receive the Lucky Number 13 Anniversary promotion, received a welcome extension today.

The response to the Lucky Number 13 Anniversary promotion has been so fantastic that we extended the offer an extra 13 days to ensure that everyone who wanted to take advantage of the promotion had a few extra days to do so.

As I sit here typing this and look at my calendar, I see that Christmas is a short 95 days away. Yes, folks, just 95 shopping days left until Christmas!

Between now and then we have Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving. 

There I was in my loft surrounded by dozens of garments bags, boxes of listed stock, shelves crammed with hats and purses, boxes of more stuff yet to be listed and then of course those obligatory boxes of junk you swore would be sure fire sellers only to find out how wrong you were. I raised by eyebrows and wondered, how did I get so much stuff and what in the hell did I need up here again?

As a graduate of "Packing & Shipping for Beginners," I would like to pass along some tips I've learned beyond the basics that can boost an item's chances of arriving safely, look more appealing to customers and keep shop owners' costs down.

Some shops have hundreds, if not thousands, of items for sale. It can be daunting to look at all of them page by page. The following tip will show you how to maximize your viewing pleasure and speed up the viewing experience.

This is a reminder that today is Free Listing Day for all Ruby Lane Shops. The promotion began today at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and will end 11:59 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. This means that for items that you add to your shop during this period, you will not be charged the normal 30 cent listing fee (15 cents for Charter Shops). You must have a positive balance of at least $1.00 in your account to take advantage of this promotion. Items listed during these days will be included in the count for maintenance charges if they are still listed in your shop on October 1.