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TEN years of Service & Honest Information
May 13, 2010 volume 10-issue 19
Your editor: Jan Tallent, rimdigest@usa.net
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Publisher's Spot
Featured Article: The Google Gadget that Makes Selling Online a "Snap"
Positive Quote
Fun Tip or Site
Funny of the Day
Recommended eZines
Publisher's Goodbye and Legal Stuff
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Featured Article
The Google Gadget that Makes Selling Online a "Snap"
By Merle http://MerlesWorld.com
If one or all of the following applies to you, please
raise your hand - "I want to sell something on the Net",
"I have no technical or coding skills", or "I don't want to
be bothered with a merchant account".
Do I have your attention now? How about if I told you
that there's a quick and easy solution to your online
selling problems? Well, thanks to Google, your prayers
have been answered. Google Labs is a testing ground
for new services thought up by the geniuses who work
there. One of their latest concoctions is called "Google
Checkout Store Gadget". Its basic function allows you
to copy and paste some code onto any webpage or blog,
and become an instant merchant selling your own products.
Let's take a look at the "man behind the curtain" to
see how it all works. The very first step is to open
a Google Checkout Merchant account, which is easy to
do by going to http://checkout.google.com/signup
Fill out all of the required information, and you'll
also need to input a bank account where your hard earned
sales funds will be sent to. Google Checkout will process
all incoming orders for you. The orders will appear
under the "orders tab". On another note, make sure to
uncheck the box that says, "my company will only post
digitally signed carts", then hit the save button. Also,
make sure to write down your "Merchant ID" number as
you'll need it later on.
The next step is done using a Google Docs Spreadsheet
which will track all your inventory. Google provides
a template that can be copied which can be found here,
http://tinyurl.com/yhebl4y . Take out the "dummy" product
information and replace it with your own. There are
separate columns for each item, even for shipping
information. Each product can have its own separate
shipping charge if need be. Keep in mind when filling
it out that it can be viewed by the general public,
so don't include any private information in it.
After you've entered all your items, hit "share" in the
upper right hand corner, and publish as a "web page".
Also, check the box that says "Automatically Re-Publish
when changes are made."
Google makes it easy to set up your online store by
using http://storegadget.googlelabs.com . It takes you
through the process step-by-step, and when finished you
click on "start publishing" and select where you'd like
to embed the code, for example your website, Blogger, etc.
Copy the code and paste it where you want the gadget to appear.
There are no coding skills necessary, and anyone can do it.
Really, it's that simple.
If adding to a Blogger Blog, go under "edit layout",
add a "gadget", then click "add your own", and paste
the gadget code. Now you're selling items from your
Blog that quickly.
So what's all of this going to cost? There is a small
transaction fee charged by Google Checkout for any
monthly sales as follows:
Under 3,000.00 2.9% plus .30 per transaction
3,000.00 to 9,999.99 2.5% plus .30 per transaction
10,000 to 99,999.99 2.2% plus .30 per transaction
If you've been putting off getting up a store front
because you thought it was too difficult or technically
complicated, Google really has simplified the process.
With "store gadgets" even a child can sell online.
For more information see these resources:
http://googlecheckout.blogpsot.com Checkout Blog
http://tinyurl.com/ybd8ksk Google Checkout Store Gadget Forum
http://tinyurl.com/n2c2dy Google Docs blog
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Merle's Mission Blog- "Rants, Raves and Random Acts
of Kindness" a self proclaimed "Internet Junkie" with
a passion for net marketing, affiliate marketing, social
networking. An avid Blogger and writer with several
niche sites to her credit. Find out more at
http://merlesworld.blogspot.com Follow me on
Twitter http://twitter.com/msmerle
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Positive Quote
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-- Tom Morris
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Fun Tip or Sites
Thank Your Military Posted by Brianna Donovan
Great video about thanking our military with
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Funny of the Day
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