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Meet Doba Member Ovais Ali: Engineer by Day, Online Retailer by Night

When Ovais Ali wakes up in the morning, he knows full well that before the day is over, he’ll have worn two completely different hats. This fulltime software engineer moonlights as a successful part-time ecommerce entrepreneur, where a good deal of his sales are processed by Doba and fulfilled by Doba’s drop-ship suppliers. The way [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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Partnership With Doba Doubles Savtira’s Inventory

Doba recently partnered with Savtira (www.savtira.com), an e-commerce platform provider that’s well known for building online stores for clients who sell both digital and physical goods in one shopping cart. This new partnership adds an additional 1.75 million items to Savtira’s already extensive multi-million-item catalog. A newer provider of B2B cloud commerce solutions, Savtira’s catalog [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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The Online Retailer’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday Survival Guide

There’s really no way to sugarcoat it. We’re in the midst of a sluggish economy and consumers are clutching their pocketbooks like shipwreck survivors hanging onto a life raft. But if there were any period of time to be totally immersed in ecommerce, this is certainly that time. Consider these factors: According to Volusion, a [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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12 Selling Strategies for a Successful Holiday Season

When it comes to selling your merchandise online during this fast-approaching holiday season, it’s good to have an overall picture of your game plan. But the truth is, the devil is still going to be in the details. And the details are in the fine-tuning of your marketing strategy. Below, we’ve tailored a dozen or [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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Doba Again Sponsors eBay Radio Party & Conference in Vegas

In our continuing commitment to support eBay-related education at rock-bottom prices for both new and emerging Sellers, Doba is again sponsoring the eBay Radio Party & Conference, being held June 22 and 23 at the Flamingo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. As many experienced eBay Sellers know, this annual gathering hosted by the [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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‘My Deals’ Makes Selling on Facebook a Walk in the Park

It’s been three months since we introduced My Deals to Doba members, and the software application that gives online retailers the ability to open a storefront inside Facebook has proved to be a huge success. So far, 1,100 Doba retailers and entrepreneurs have activated My Deals and are selling their products online through Facebook. An [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

President
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We’re in Vegas for the eBay Radio Party

Editor’s Note: This is one of these instances where ‘what happens in Vegas’ isn’t necessarily going to stay in Vegas. As the title of today’s blog post suggests, we’re in Las Vegas, NV, today and tomorrow (June 23-24) for eBay Radio’s Las Vegas Party — a two-day event for ebay sellers who want to lean [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

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My Deals: Doba’s New Push to Facebook Tool"> Introducing My Deals: Doba’s New Push to Facebook Tool

It is with great pleasure that today we officially announce My Deals, Doba’s newest software release that allows small and independent online retailers and entrepreneurs to find and sell products online via Facebook. My Deals is a Facebook application designed to give online retailers the ability to open a storefront right inside of Facebook. After [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

President
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Attend the 2010 eCommerce Summit for FREE

What are you doing April 13-15, 2010? If your taxes are done and you want to improve the profitability of your online retail business, consider attending the 2010 eCommerce Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sponsored by Doba, eBay, and PayPal, the eCommerce Summit brings together small business owners and retail industry leaders who want to [...]

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Brandon Delgrosso

President
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