Cyber Monday is one of the busiest online shopping days of the year, and for those of us who work at Doba, that means we’re going to take a few days off to spend some quality time with our families and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday. Because, come Monday morning, we’re going to hit the [...]
To do what Angie Taylor does for us here at Doba, you have to be organized. As a sales and marketing analyst, Angie runs reports, handles quality assurance issues and manages all of Doba’s call campaigns. That means making sure our sales reps keep in touch with new and existing clients who might need more [...]
Selling products successfully on eBay is a battle that involves much more than winning over the hearts and minds of consumers online. And like any other plan of battle, your success depends on how informed and up-to-date you are on a variety of issues. We here at Doba believe one of the best sources for [...]
Attention Web Retailers: If you’re not well into your Halloween promotions by now, you’re getting a late start on the game, and this year in particular, you might want to step up your efforts. That’s because the National Retail Federation (NRF) says nearly seven of 10 Americans (68.6 percent) plan to participate in some form [...]
Typically, we launch the summer season with a Fourth of July-themed guide to red, white and blue-ing your aisles. This allows online retailers who use Doba’s product sourcing software to capture the patriotic sentiments in the air as well as events that accompany the dog days of summer. This year, we wanted to point out [...]
Call us clairvoyant! A couple of weeks ago, we published a blog post titled Seasonal Merchandising Alert: Dads & Grads, which suggested that Father’s Day and graduation season is an untapped gold mine for online retailers. Well, this morning, the National Retail Federation issued a report corroborating our May 15 blog post. Are we prophetic, [...]
Ashlee Toney joined us late in the summer of 2005 as a customer support representative and was later promoted to fulfillment specialist. She now supervises our entire fulfillment operation while pursuing her college degree. As our Fulfillment Supervisor, Ashlee and her co-workers are in charge of on-boarding new suppliers, as well as processing and tracking [...]
While Father’s Day flies low on the radar for most retailers (as compared to Mother’s Day and other major holidays), merchandising for ‘Dads and Grads’ can bolster your early summer business. According to the National Retail Federation (NFR), per person spending in both categories should increase by between 2.2-3.9% this year over last. In the [...]
Mike Bailey has worn a lot of hats since he joined us back in October of 2005. He was a marketing engineer until June of 2006 when he assumed duties as front-end engineer. He maintained that position until spring of 2009 when he became senior software engineer, a position he still holds. Here’s what Mike [...]
Today, we’re playing catch-up with news about the folks who work with us at Doba. Late last summer we ran a blog post about what our employees are up to in their personal and business lives, so let’s just call this blog post “Doba’s Water Cooler Stories: The Sequel.” To get us started, our Co-Founder/Chairman [...]
