It involved only about 1% of the suppliers on its global online marketplace, but the word from Alibaba.com last month was startling to retailers who pore through its webpages looking for products to buy at wholesale—[m]ore than 2,300 of Alibaba’s supposedly trustworthy China Gold [s]uppliers in 2009 and 2010 engaged in fraud, ringing up on … Continue reading Buyer Beware
DollarDays Introduces SBA-backed Loan Offering to Help Small-business Owners
This month, leading online B2B wholesale distributor DollarDays introduced a partnership with Superior Financial Group to help business owners secure Small Business Administration (SBA) loans. DollarDays is the premier online wholesale and closeout company that helps small businesses [...] compete against chain retailers by offering more than 140,000 high-quality goods at prices close to those at which large enterprises … Continue reading DollarDays Introduces SBA-backed Loan Offering to Help Small-business Owners
The Right Message
The problem started about two years ago, when ShoppersChoice.com LLC began cranking up production of product demonstration videos. The online retailer couldn’t stuff most of the items used for videos back into boxes and sell them as new. When it came to barbecue grills, for instance, cooking on them not only meant they couldn’t be … Continue reading The Right Message
The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: DollarDays, Scottsdale, Ariz.
DollarDays is an online wholesaler that helps small businesses compete against larger enterprises by offering more than 80,000 high-quality goods at closeout and wholesale prices close to those at which large chains purchase the same merchandise. The Scottsdale-based company was founded by Marc Joseph, who has worked at numerous retail stores, including Federated Department Stores, Crown … Continue reading The 1M1M Deal Radar 2010: DollarDays, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Marc Joseph, Author Interview
What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My book is The Secrets of Retailing...or How to Beat Walmart. My company is the largest B2B site on the Internet, where we sell over 75,000 general-merchandise products by the case at wholesale and closeout prices to small and medium-sized companies surviving and thriving … Continue reading Marc Joseph, Author Interview
Wholesaling 2.0
For retailers, it’s never been easier or cheaper to find products to sell. Retailers used to have to go to one trade show after another to find merchandise, [o]r they’d schedule countless appointments with salespeople hawking a wholesaler’s wares. Now all they have to do is go online to shop around for the best deal. … Continue reading Wholesaling 2.0
Small-business Advice: Pay What You Wish?
On the surface, it sounds crazy, but these days various types of businesses are experimenting with a format where customers are allowed to pay whatever they want for a service or product. The trend has been going on for years, as can be seen in [a] 2007 Springwise trend-spotting article about restaurants in cities including Denver, Salt … Continue reading Small-business Advice: Pay What You Wish?
Frugal Living Tip: Does Prepaying a Mortgage Make Good Financial Sense?
Those who enjoy living a frugal [life] generally try to avoid debt. Debt is bad financially, of course, because it involves paying interest, thus ensuring that whatever you've purchased ends up costing more in the long run than it would have if you paid the whole price upfront. Debt can also make you feel bad … Continue reading Frugal Living Tip: Does Prepaying a Mortgage Make Good Financial Sense?
Small-business Expert Interview: Peter Shankman, Founder of Help A Reporter Out
DollarDays Blog is pleased to share the expertise of Peter Shankman, founder of Help A Reporter Out (HARO). DollarDays Blog (DDB): Please tell us a little about yourself and HARO. Peter Shankman: Since I founded HARO in 2008, it has become one of the fastest-growing social media companies in North America. Every day, HARO brings nearly 30,000 bloggers, … Continue reading Small-business Expert Interview: Peter Shankman, Founder of Help A Reporter Out
Frugal Living Tip: Sometimes It Pays to Spend
We spend a lot of time talking on this blog about ways to save money, stay out of debt and live frugally. Living within your means is important, but it's also good to have some balance in your life. Over at Personal Finance Advice, guest writer Rebecka O. delves into the issue of excessive saving. In … Continue reading Frugal Living Tip: Sometimes It Pays to Spend