U: So…how are things with you
M: not bad
U: good
U: any good news on eBay
M: ebay stuff is going smoothly.
U: great
M: scarves sell quite good. just no papercutting sells so far
U: maybe we can put together a simple video so you market on youtube
U: it would be fun for me to do that
M: what video? about those scarves and papercuttings?
U: just something that relates to your ebay store
U: if not…its ok
U: i knew the scarves would sell
M: 🙂
U: they are beautiful
M: I will have some new scarves
M: long ones
U: yes
U: and make plans for the holiday season
U: sales will explode!
M: 🙂
U: i’m happy to see this ebay thing being a positive experience for you
M: when I get some cost back, I will order more scarves, different but also beautiful
M: I’m happy about it too.
U: and it will grow…now a small flower
M: I have checked some scarves from a different manufactor
M: juse need to wait for a while 😛

U: hello
M: 🙂
M: how r u?
U: a little better
U: and you?
M: good
M: I have important news to tell you
U: oh really
U: should i stand up for this?
M: sure, stand at attention please
U: standing
M: OK,
M: Ebay has changed its rules
M: When they caculate their commissions, the shipping and handling price will be included for auction-style listings.
U: really
M: They will take 9% of the shipping and handling price as commission.
U: i’m not aware of this
U: maybe for canada only
M: really?
M: one lady from Cyprus bought one of my scarves 🙂
M: where is it, by the way?
U: in the Mediterian Sea
U: near greece and Turkey
M: Africa?
U: no
M: Asia?
U: in the mediterainian Sea
U: europe
M: ((nod))
M: oh, i c
U: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus
M: It’s the ending day of my auction listings.
M: can you guess how many scarves have sold today?
U: 3
M: 🙂
M: 5, but only two have made payment.
M: And one made a bid on two scarves but the auction hasn’t ended now.
U: thats good.
U: making progress
U: imagine if you were marketing your ebay site
M: but the price isn’t high.
M: but it’s still quite good, right?
U: yes…very good
U: it takes some time to build
U: you just started
M: I’m eager to sell out at least one, so I put the price of two scarves which are very, very nice to the minimum. They are sold out really, but the benefit is quite low 😛
U: well…its important to build a good score
U: then people will have more confidence
U: but…at around christmas time
U: you should be able to really make a killing
M: 🙂
U: Stock up on these scarves for christmas
U: they make great gifts
M: It’s long time away
U: and are easy and light to give as presents
U: i know
U: but all businesses build up for that time of year
U: and its good to sell now
U: but the big sales will come at christmas
M: it’s scarf season now
U: true
M: oh, i c
U: but its gift giving season at christmas
M: ((nod))
M: Monther’s day is coming
U: yes
U: big gift day
U: good point
M: 🙂
U: and mothers look good in scarves
M: ((chuckle)) sure
U: so…prepare for it
U: add into the description or heading about a mother’s day gift
U: so it comes up as a key word
M: 🙂
M: I was sort of surprised by the sales. the scarves I thought would sell out soon didn’t sell out. The scarves I ignored were popular
M: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170634132095
M: two buyers competed for this one
M: It happened that I ordered two in total
U: really?
U: not very attractive to me
M: One is from Cyprus
M: another one is from Canada
U: the shipping cost to cyprus will be high?
M: it depends. I will ship it by letter mail
M: The scarf is light and thin. I think that around $2 should be ok.
U: thats the advantage of selling scarves
U: low shipping costs
M: ((nod))
M: it’s neck scarf. the shipping fee for long scarf should be high, even by letter mails.
U: i see
M: 🙂
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M: the link
M: may you tell me those colors on it in English?
U: Looks like gray, rose, and scarlet
M: do you have another word for that color you name gray?
M: that’s like the color of leaf in some way.
U: olive
U: the photo is so small…its very difficult to give an accurate color
M: how do you name that pattern? can name the picture pattern on it, right?
M: can name the picture on it “pattern”, right?
M: They are all flowers
U: floural?
M: 🙂
M: the link
U: wow
M: The owner names it “Abstract Pattern ”
U: ok
M: what does “Pattern” means here?
U: pattern…is the outlines of the design
M: 🙂
M: the link
M: please have  a look at this one. And tell me if there are some mistake in the description.
M: I wonder if I use the word “Holy” correctly
U: Delete the word holy
M: why?
M: Is the word “holy” only used to relate to Christians’ God?
U: i don’t know
U: anyone can use the word
M: why do you say “delete the word holy”?
U: its not a holy scarf
M: it’s a papercutting, not scarf
U: whatever
U: its not holy
M: I mean that animal is holy
U: animals are not holy
M: It lives in heaven and has some magic power.
U: ok
U: leave it in there
U: and confuse everyone
M: What if that animal is used by the God in heaven?
M: 😛
U: i don’t know want to use holy then by all means use holy
U: nevermind that i explained why not to use
U: do not delete
U: let it sit on ebay
M: I deleted it already
U: animals aren’t holy
U: its that simple
M: 🙂
M: I see.
M: my scarves have 11 watchers.
M: 😉
U: good
M: but just one placed a bid on two.
U: good
U: it will get better
M: 🙂
U: when your score goes up
U: people will have more confidence in buying from you
U: ok
M: 🙂

M: 🙂
U: hi
M: how r u?
U: i’m fine and you
M: I’m good. Tks
U: how’s your ebay thing going?
M: These days, I have felt so much pressure.
M: I wondered if my choice was right.
M: Just now, things turned better.
M: At last, one placed a bid on my two scarves.
U: well…with any business venture…you need some sort of marketing strategy
M: what do you mean?
U: you need a way to tell the world you have beautiful scarves for sale on eBay
M: 🙂
M: I sent two emails to my older customers who bought my clothes before today.
M: told them about those scarves
U: thats a good start
M: then what else I can do?
U: youtube is a good way
U: you are good at twitter
U: try using that
M: I haven’t logged in twitter for a long time. I use Chinese micro-blog a lot.
U: make an account for “store-in-toronto”
U: people in China will not be your customers
M: I can change my twitter name to that.
M: that’s true.
M: Maybe I can use facebook too.
M: I have been working on my online shop today.
M: http://shop.coolder.com/
M: I showed it to you before. Now, I try to use it again.
U: Very attractive
U: a little marketing and it could do well
M: 🙂
M: even though people won’t buy my goods from that, they can find them and then go to my account on ebay.
M: I can put Google Ads on it too.
U: yeah…thats a good strategy
M: 🙂
M: I need to understand how it works and debug it too.
U: you are smart
U: you will figure it out
M: 😉