We now accept Google Payments!

For ease of shopping, we have now added Google Checkout to those of you looking for another way to pay besides using Paypal. I know that there are some out there leary of PayPal so we have been looking into other ways of accepting payments to make shopping on our site easier. Stay tuned....we will also be adding Amazon Payments in the near Future!

Nice to see you...

I have been busy updating my website and adding a lot of toys. Right now I am offering FREE SHIPPING on orders over $75! So, feel free to take a look and order now before it's too late! If there is something in particular your are looking for and don't see it, let me know. I'll see if I can find it for you. Just email me at kidsplacefortoys@bellsouth.net

Toys, Toys, Toys

As we get closer to the holidays, I am trying to plan ahead with how to run things while selling on eBay, Amazon and my website. This is my third year selling on eBay but my first on Amazon and my Website. I have been asked by some other sellers if I had a "list" of things that need to be done, or even how do I know what to sell at Christmas. My first answer is "I don't know what will be selling at Christmas until 3 weeks before Christmas". And even what may be hot right now may not be 2 days from now. It's ever changing on ebay so it's important to understand this so you don't drive yourself crazy driving all over the place looking for something that has lost profit. This is the honest truth!!

From now until around the end of November sales will steadily pick up...After December 1st, watch out and hold on to your butt because it's a WILD ride until December 23rd lol.

As for a list of how you can prepare ahead of time, here are some things off of the top of my head. As things progress, I'll come back and add to this to help you try to stay sane:)

- Order your shipping supplies NOW, especially if you order from the USPS. They will run out by Nov 30th, guaranteed. Stock up on tape, paper, labels, business cards, box cutters (there is a cool one you can buy from Lowes), TONS of newspaper and bubble wrap, large polymailers, and brown kraft paper. Most of these things can be found in bulk from you local Sam's Club, Walmart, BJ's or Costco or even eBay. (I will usually buy an extra "something" while I'm out shopping so that it's not a large cash outlay at one time.)

- Have cash available and/or a NO INTEREST credit card to use to purchase your toys on. I can not stress enough about how very easy it is to get into debt when using the credit card, so cash is a good choice if you are not structured enough to pay off the credit card right away.

- Stock up on food, make casseroles etc and freeze them starting around November so you have ready made meals and don't have to resort to fast food. Seriously, my first season selling that was all my daughter and I ate:( It got old real fast. I know some sellers will use places like http://www.supersuppers.com/ that are the meal planning places you go into and premake the meals to freeze for a month at a time. Make it a party and invite some friends to go with you.

- Hire a helper to help take pictures, do listings, watch the kids, stick a load of laundry in, pack up boxes for shipping etc. You can easily find a teenager to come in and help you a couple of hours a day and they love the extra cash:)

- Plan your holiday routine now. Shop for your friends and family now while you are not rushed, tired, cranky and hungry. Put up your holiday decorations EARLY, probably before Thanksgiving. Also, decide HOW you are wanting to spend the holiday with your family. Just the immediate family on a certain day, Family on one day etc. This way you can plan around it so that it sounds like FUN and NOT an obligation to you when the time comes.

This is all that I can think of right now...I know as time goes on I'll have more so be sure to mark this so that you'll be able to come back and read it. Also, if you all have any comments or suggestions, PLEASE make them, I'd love to hear from you.

Sincerely,
Michele

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Only 3 more days....

until our HUGE total inventory sale is over!

Stop on by our store at http://www.kidsplacefortoys.com/ to take advantage of the fact that I turned the big 40 this month!!!

We have over 300 items on sale RIGHT NOW, ready and waiting to be shipped to YOU.

And if you do happen to make a purchase from us by the end of the month, let me know that you saw this post before making your payment and I'll take an extra 5% off of your purchase price!!!!

Check us out at http://www.kidsplacefortoys.com/

or on ebay at http://stores.ebay.com/Kids-Place-for-Toys

6 days left to take advantage...

of my 40th Birthday Sale on eBay!!

Check it out because once October 1st rolls around the sale is OVER.

Now is your chance to take advantage of the fact that I turned the big 40 this year.

If you can, save our store in your favorites because we are always running Shipping Specials or other things to give you a chance to save some $$$'s.

Check us out at: www.kidsplacefortoys.com or our ebay store at http://stores.ebay.com/kids-place-for-toys .

It's my birthday this month!

And to celebrate my 40th birthday I have everything in my store marked at 10% off!!

Help me celebrate my 40th birthday by clicking this link. It will take you directly to my store. Check it out! I might have just what you were looking for!

http://stores.ebay.com/kids-place-for-toys

I also have my website up and running also at:

http://www.kidsplacefortoys.com

Welcome to our Blog!!

We want to be your one stop shop for all of your kids toys! If you don't see anything in our stores that you need...just ask!!! You may contact us through here, or through our stores on the web or through ebay!!

We will provide personal shopping for you to help keeps those kids of yours HAPPY!!

-Michele