AVCOSA is a trade association representing interests of antique, vintage sellers
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Blog Posts
The Eyes Have It
Posted by AlleyKat's on November 2, 2009 at 6:54pm
Learn to make your own Squidoo lens - step-by-step
Posted by Diana on November 1, 2009 at 8:18am
To Market We Will Go....
Posted by AlleyKat's on October 29, 2009 at 7:03pm
I Put A Spell On You.....
Posted by AlleyKat's on October 24, 2009 at 8:27am
Pumpkin Palooza
Posted by AlleyKat's on October 21, 2009 at 8:18am
Makeup Monday gets a Fresh Start
Posted by AlleyKat's on October 19, 2009 at 8:35pm
Children Of The Dust by Clancy Carlile
Posted by mybookbarn on October 14, 2009 at 11:25am
Are you taking full advantage of Squidoo to get your name out there in cyberspace ?
Posted by Diana on October 8, 2009 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments
Vintage linens and clothes and toys - Oh my !
Posted by Diana on October 8, 2009 at 12:18pm
Ebay Stores on Facebook and MySpace
Posted by online seller on October 7, 2009 at 5:30am
Tyrolean Handbag Company: on No 555 of eigth's avenue in NYC
Posted by Dr. Joachim Wiegert on October 6, 2009 at 9:48am
Some of my favorite books
Posted by mybookbarn on October 6, 2009 at 8:15am
Growing up in the 80's
Posted by mybookbarn on October 4, 2009 at 12:06pm
Explore the Highway!
Posted by mybookbarn on September 29, 2009 at 2:38pm
Currently Reading...
Posted by mybookbarn on September 24, 2009 at 12:40pm — 1 Comment
The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy
Posted by mybookbarn on September 23, 2009 at 8:52pm — 2 Comments
Missing Niece
Posted by Comycgyrl Collectibles on September 22, 2009 at 9:43pm — 2 Comments
Trends I am seeing in Retail
Posted by Whitlow Unique Collectibles on September 22, 2009 at 7:33pm
Buyers & Sellers, Be Part Owner Of Your Own Auction & Split The Profits
Posted by Scott Christenson on September 22, 2009 at 12:24pm
25% off Bonanza on (9-13-09) at Bonanzle.com
Posted by Mark Broy on September 12, 2009 at 8:30pm
Welcome to AVCOSA
AVCOSA, the Antiques, Vintage & Collectibles Online Sellers Association, is the online resource of news and information for sellers of online antiques, vintage and collectibles (AVC) businesses.
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Topic of the Week: Buying at Flea Markets 19 Replies
We're going to continue our buying discussions this week focusing on buying at flea markets. Do you employ different shopping strategies when shopping at flea markets than other venues? If so, what...
Tagged: collectibles, collectables, antiques, antique, antique show
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by Craig Phillips / B & C Emporium 4 hours ago.
Topic of the Week: Identifying Our Biggest Challenges as Online Sellers 39 Replies
Since our inception and through various threads, many have commented on the many challenges we face as online AVC sellers. I thought it would be appropriate to start a new thread that would allow u...
Tagged: e-commerce, ecommerce, selling antiques online, antiques business, antique
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by Vince Jelenic Nov 5.
Seller Responsibility re: Recalled Items 2 Replies
There's an interesting post on the Ruby Lane blog about our seller responsibility when it comes to handling recalled items. Anyone with direct experiences? Based on the government regulations, are ...
Tagged: product research, selling antiques online, government recalls, recalls, antiques
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by Carolyn O'Bayley Nov 5.
FaceBook Info Please 25 Replies
I figure I have to go with the flow and open a Facebook account. To me it has always been where my son's have socialized with friends and so I never thought of it as a business outlet, but based o...
Tagged: promotion, business, facebook
Started by Cheri in Sales & Marketing. Last reply by Holly Lane Antiques Nov 4.
Topic of the Week: What Promotional Tools Have Been Most Successful? 5 Replies
Throughout last week's TOW re: biggest challenges for the online AVC seller, many of us identified PROMOTION as the single greatest challenge. Although this will be a multi-part series to address ...
Tagged: selling antique, selling antiques, sell antique, selling antiques online
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by MaggieDressler Nov 3.
AVCOSA Member Web Site Directory 29 Replies
I had originally posted this as a blog but realized that if you wanted to respond to the post, a discussion would be more conducive... I'm in the process of adding an AVCOSA Member Web Site Direct...
Tagged: collectibles resource direc..., collectibles directory, vintage directory, antiques directory, antique directory
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in AVCOSA Announcements, Idea Submissions, News. Last reply by Carolyn O'Bayley Nov 1.
Tias Releases "Hot List" August / September 2 Replies
As most of you know, Tias compiles and releases a "hot list" of most searched keywords each month which offers an indicator of what types of items are most popular on their Web sites. Following is ...
Tagged: antiques assn, antiques association, antiques assoc, antiques, hot list
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Selling Venues. Last reply by MaggieDressler Oct 27.
Topic of the Week: Auction Buying Strategies 20 Replies
Many of us find our inventory at auctions so I thought it would be worthwhile to share our strategies for buying. Keep in mind that auctions take place on and offline - from eBay to the local weekl...
Tagged: antique, antiques, bidding, auction, online auctions
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by MaggieDressler Oct 27.
Topic of the Week: Merchandising Offline 5 Replies
Note: I am starting a discussion series called "Topic of the Week" or TOW, which will pose a new question or issue to the group each week for discussion. If you have suggestions for weekly topics, ...
Tagged: antiques, collectibles, antique, brick and mortar, antique mall
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Sales & Marketing. Last reply by Julie Law, Orallo Oct 26.
Topic of the Week: Tips for Estate / Tag Sales Shopping 13 Replies
Since we discussed auction buying strategies in last week's TOW, I thought it would be helpful to discuss other sources of inventory - this week, let's share tips and experiences re: shopping at Es...
Tagged: collectibles, collectables, vintage, antique, antiques
Started by Julie Law, Orallo in Business Basics. Last reply by Lisa Oct 19.
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Pennsylvania Antiques
by MaggieDressler Added October 28, 2009 at 12:14pm
Grandma's Stores
by MaggieDressler Added October 28, 2009 at 11:49am
Holiday House
by MaggieDressler Added October 26, 2009 at 11:00pm 1 Comment
Maggie's Vintage Glass
by MaggieDressler Added October 26, 2009 at 10:44pm 1 Comment
My Family
by MaggieDressler Added October 26, 2009 at 10:35pm
Sample Pics - Jewelry
by Julie Law, Orallo Added September 30, 2009 at 7:50pm
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Use Google Shopping To Find More Antiques (aka Google Base / Google Product)
AVCOSA wants to promote the concept of doing your antiques shopping through Google, not just through eBay.
It has a few names, but whether you call it Google Products, Google Base, or Google Shopping, it's the way to find more of the vintage treasures you want.
Google Base indexes the items that are listed all over the web - everyone from Ecrater and Bonanzle, to Tias, and Rubylane, as well as eBay and 100's more sites -- AND it includes lots of individual seller's shop websites, too.
So you will see more of the items that you are searching for, all in one search results list. You don't have to go to each individual site and enter your search terms over and over.
Once is enough. And you will find items from sites you didn't know existed, hadn't thought to include in your daily quest, or just didn't want to hassle with clicking on.
So, next time you are looking for antiques, that special item for your collection, the perfect gift for a vintage fan -- just be sure to go to Google.com, click on their SHOPPING link, and you'll be seeing more desirable Vintage goodies at one time.
For sellers, your success at selling antiques and collectibles doesn't depend as much on which site you use, as long as your listings get indexed by Google. Simply make sure that ALL of your listings get uploaded to Google BASE.
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