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Hello from FillZ!
So it's getting to be that time of year again: the days are getting longer and warmer, the kids are almost out of school, sales start to slow a bit and summer vacation is on everyone's mind. Even though you want to kick back and relax, now is the time to start thinking ahead to the upcoming Textbook season.
To help you get started, we have collaborated with Chrislands, eCampus, TextbooksRus and TextbookX to bring you some very special offers* for the Fall season:
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25% off your start-up cost before June 30
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14% commission for the entire month of September**
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12% commission from now until September 30**
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Logo branding feature free for 60 days
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*Sellers already registered on these markets prior to receiving this email are not eligible for this promotion.
**Normal commission rate of 15% begins October 1, 2008.
Amazon published a great top-selling textbook list recently. Check out the list to see if you have these items in stock. Click here.
Finally, we'd like to tell you about a few changes around the FillZ office. We're very proud to introduce Mike Slywka to the FillZ Team as Systems Administrator. Mike graduated from the University of Calgary with a BSc in Computer Science and comes to us with nine years of Sys. Admin. experience. He started with FillZ in the middle of May and has already made some great contributions to the Team. Welcome Mike!
I'm also sad to announce that this is my last day at FillZ. It has been a great pleasure working with all of you over the last two years. It was really exciting to be part of FillZ and to watch it grow from a two-person operation with clients primarily located in North America to a company with 10 employees, tons of new features and growing international exposure. If I'm ever shopping for media online, I know exactly where to go to get the best service, from the best people ;)
I wish you all much success, happiness and good health for the future.
Happy Selling!
Aleksa H.
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Marketplace News:
AbeBooks:
Payment method changes: New payment card options were released to buyers on June 2nd, ending seller direct credit card orders through AbeBooks. [read more]
Alibris:
Highlights from the most recent newsletter:
Commission caps: A new fee cap is being introduced that limits the commission Alibris charges to $60 per item.
CA shipping allowance increase: Canadian shipping reimbursements for books shipped to, from and within Canada were increased on May 12.
Half.com listings growing: Alibris is expanding the number of listings appearing on Half.com from 2 million to 15 million to ramp up stock for the upcoming textbook season.
[read more]
Barnes & Noble.com:
Dives into m-commerce: BN.com has launched www.bn.com/mobile targeting BlackBerry and smartphone users. Buyers can now order from B&N through their mobiles. [read more]
Sales up: Sales were reported to be $99.6 million for the first fiscal quarter. That puts B&N.com up 7.2% over last year. [read more]
Borders:
3P site launches: Borders.com relaunched after ending their partnership with Amazon. In addition to Borders' two million books, CDs and DVDs, Borders will offer more than 60 million used books by accessing Alibris' inventory. [read more]
eBay:
MySpace moving toward ecommerce: PayPal has developed a Storefront feature that can be embedded into blogs and websites. MySpace is the first social networking site compatible with the Storefronts. The new widget allows sellers to create virtual storefronts where customers can shop for goods and leave ratings and reviews of the experience. [read more]
Adapting to new feedback rules: At the end of May, a new service called Fair Reputations was launched to help buyers and sellers resolve monetary disputes. [read more]
More policy changes: eBay has made modified policies that previously imposed limits to multiple listings. [read more]
Canada Post collaboration: Canadian sellers will be happy to hear that eBay has partnered with Canada Post to launch a new co-branded flat rate box class for shipping via CP's Expedited Parcel or Expedited Parcel-USA ground parcel service. [read more]
Partner News:
Endicia:
More great features: Endicia has partnered with USPS to offer special discounted and/or free services to high volume shippers using expedited services. [read more]
IMA:
IMA explains feedback: The Internet Merchants Association has launched a "public service" site targeting buyers who may not understand the impact of negative feedback on a seller's business. [read more]
FillZ News:
New Site Features
Our Technical Team has been very busy this last month:
Edit price field: If you're adding orders manually to FillZ, you can now edit the quantity and price of the listings. [see example]
More Options: With the growing number of marketplaces available to media sellers we have decided to add three more custom slots on the marketplaces configuration page. You can now list your items on up to 9 Custom Markets.
Barnes & Noble.com purges: B&N.com has just released a new purge function that will replace the manual purges. Starting Monday, June 16, you'll be able to do direct purges through FillZ for B&N.com.
Bug Fixes
Endicia Dazzle:
Large box priority: These are now appearing in Dazzle correctly and no longer as "priority envelope".
No estimates: The bug that was affecting international first envelope has been zapped. You should now be seeing estimates for this mail class.
Delivery confirmation: DC should is included in the .xml file again for first class mail. If you are still seeing issues with this mail class, please let us know.
<Value> omitted: The bug that was omitting the <Value> data in the postage.xml file has been resolved.
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This year Shaun Jamieson attended BEA on behalf of FillZ and here's what he had to say:
"I had the opportunity to meet with several current and potential customers. It was great to meet long-time FillZ sellers like Jay Davies. Clients like Jay are what our business is built on and I really enjoyed meeting him in person.
The main topics of BEA this year were 'green' initiatives for publishers, Google book search, and the Amazon Kindle.
Overall, green initiatives are front and center in more and more people's minds and it's great to see such a large transformation taking place within the book world.
As for Google book search, a year ago publishers were apprehensive, but this year a panel of publishers participating in the program whole-heartedly gave their support for the program. For more information about GBS, click here.
The Amazon Kindle has created a stir in the book world over the last several months. At BEA, Jeff Bezos had a live and unscripted discussion with Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail, about Amazon and the future of the Kindle. Currently, Amazon has 125,000 titles in Kindle format, representing 6% of the total sales for those books. Click here to read an interesting analysis of ebook sales for both Sony and Amazon."
Stay tuned for next month's report on eBay Live!!!
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| Trade Shows |
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eBay Live! 2008
Come see Shaun, Marc, Tyler and Cory at Booth #962 in Chicago, IL. Be there! June 19-21, 2008.
Seller's Conference
Clear your calendars for the weekend of July 18-21! We would like to invite you to be our guests at the upcoming Seller's Conference in Seattle, WA.
When you register and mention FillZ, you'll receive a $25.00 rebate per attendee. Click here for more info.
If you're at the show, stop by the FillZ table and meet Marc, Lee-Ann, Trish and Cory!
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| Survey Results... |
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Are in!
We've posted the results for the postage survey you filled out for us and have also provided a few comments to some of the questions that came up. To review the results, click here.
Thank you again for taking the time to participate - all of your feedback is greatly appreciated!
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact us.
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| New Seller Tips |
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Are you new to FillZ?
Are you wondering:
why you're getting bombarded with reports from Amazon?
why orders you've already fulfilled before you signed up with FillZ are in your account?
Visit our "Top Ten Things for New Sellers to Know" page to find answers to these questions and more!
Click here.
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