To buy or not to BUY that is the question...

This past month has been, well lets just say it's been a lonngggg month.  Just to let you know this post is asking you my readers your advice on e-commerce.   Here is my dilemma.....

• I currently have a site that is built to sell on ebay, but it's a dummy site "store front".  Using auctiva.
• I want to expand my business with either drop ship or wholesale inventory. 
• I honestly don't want to use ebay anymore due to the final closing fees. (But I'm debating if what I sell will it be worth it or balance out?)
• I want to be able to edit my store front the way I'd like it.
• I don't want to spend so much money monthly, but I do want to be able to have freedom with editing.
• Are using the actual free trails worth my time?

(I mean I understand if you want something for less, you should expect less, but I'm debating on which one and how it's working out for others.)
 Does anybody use any of these sites below?

• 1FreeCart.com
  I currently have the free site, but there are a couple of options that I'm considering paying for, like the $15 a month deal, but I don't like the fact the site is full of adds that I can't make money from, you know what I mean?
• freewebstore.org
  This site offers a free web store, but only allows 15 items, then after that if you want to expand you can move up to the $10 for 50 items or $19 for 150 items.  So far I pretty much like this one because of the ease of customizing the layouts.
• Weebly.com
  I'm this site because it is drop and drag to customize your layout.  I don't like the pop out for making payments with paypal.  I feel the customer will confused on why there is a pop out for a certain item, or they have a pop up blogger which then makes them have to take the time to turn it off.  It's not shopping friendly to my point of view.
• Webs.com

These are pretty much all my free to really cheap options.  I've also checked out

• Vendio.com
• Inkfrog.com

Well if you have any suggestions or advice for me post it here or email me at shoptilyoudropdeals@yahoo.com  Thank you again for everyone that visits this site.  I also want to let some of you know I just now got your emails because I hardly check the email address that I guess I have for this site, which I will be changing now, so please bare with me, and I will respond to your emails shortly :)  God bless you all.
~Serena

Let me take you to the wild wild west...

    Recently I had to update my survey pages that I am on due to the change in how many people are in my household.  I want to make sure you all know it is very important that you do make sure your profiles are up to date.  The reason being is your surveys are targeted by your profile, which you probably already know.  But especially if you have a new baby in the family or recently changed jobs, you may be more likely to receive more emails. 
    So as I was going through my profiles I found a site that I love to get surveys from because usually their target is really based on your profile and the survey rate is usually really high!  The survey site that I enjoy is Opinion Outpost - http://OpinionOutpost.com/join/4459499 .  If you haven't already you should check it out.  They offer  Amazon credit or check, your choice!
~Serena

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Year long break...

Well that doesn't mean I haven't been trying to make money online, just blogging about it has been a struggle for me. On top of that I just received a new bundle of joy in September to a baby girl, whom is now 7 and half months!


Well lately my means of money making have been with eBay and ecrater. Ecrater has been awesome because there are no listing fees nor closing fees, which is really awesome. So my tip today is to get rid of everything you have that you don't really need and place them on www.ecrater.com so you clean out and make a couple of quick bucks.


Ha ha don't worry I will back with better tips tomorrow, this was more like a hello, I am back, nice to see you kind of message. Take care and God Bless.


~Serena


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Have time to surf for Traffic to your site?! Maybe you don't but a lil investment can...

I recently signed up for this site.

-EasyHits4U

  Hadn't used it for about a month.  Then yesterday while I was finding ways to promote some of my sites I tested it out.  To me it seems very legit and works to help promote your site.  Once you sign up, then you can either buy credits to have your site promoted, or you can surf other peoples pages, and get credited for each page you look at.  So far, it's built some traffic to my site, but hopefully it'll gain customers soon!  We'll see.  If you know of any other great exchange sites and would like to share them, let me know!

Selling MakeUp Online as a mark. eRep

I've been a mark rep for about 2-3years now, and I'm really just getting the hang of it.  First off lets make sure you are what you sell.

• Do you love make-up?
  
• Do you love mark make-up products?
• Do you like to share what you love to friends and family?

If you answered yes to all these questions, then you are ready to begin!!

As my title states - Selling Make Up Online as a mark eRep is the main goal of this blog, but this is not your only option!  You can sell this in person at school, at work, shopping, or where ever you encounter people.

Now on to being a mark eRep! 

A mark eRep is a person who is a mark rep but maintains her own personal site like pictured below                                            http://shughes.mymarkstore.com/       

Now lets talk business.  Sometimes you have to invest in 

something to make more of something.  So with that being said when I started I had to put in $20.00 to join...butttttttttt....Don't get scared...you are investing in tools that you will need to help make your business a success.  Below is an image of what you will receive.  At the time when I signed up, I only received lip gloss, mascara, and magalogs.   Now your really getting a steal with this.

OK, so now you are equipped with you tools.  It's time to start making money!  

• If you don't have facebook, myspace, or any other social networking site, it's about time you get on the band waggon!!  These sites will help you market your product.  
• If you have a blog, blog about the different products that you have tried from mark.  Write reviews of the product on how well it works. 
• If you are not shy show some images off with you and your product on.
  

So where's the money?!?!

Once you set up your site from mark, and you start advertising your site to friends, family, and networks you will hopefully start seeing people purchase from your page.   You will receive a percentage of the actual price of the item that you are selling, usually about 40%. 

What are you waiting for?!?!

Send me a message @ contact_rena@hotmail.com for  more info on how you can get started, or if you have any questions.

Cash Lagoon

I just signed up for another money making network or what not.  Its called Cashlagoon.  So far I haven't tested all the features, but right now here's a list of ways you can make money with it.

• By referrals
• Signing up for Cashlagoon you receive $1.00
• Signing up for offers listed.

Good luck!!