八十餘人在4月11日參加了玉山科技協會(MJSTA)與亞城華人IT協會(ACIT)合辦的網路銷售的研討會。
玉山科技協會與亞城華人IT協會邀請了邱耀輝先生和李本平先生來分享他們在網路上做生意的經驗。 邱耀輝很清楚的將網路銷售及傳統生意做了個比較。 他從怎樣開始設定網站到如何增加網站在google 及yahoo的收尋中曝光。 邱耀輝也解釋如何在網路上設定付款系統和如何使用咻敼?緛斫o客戶寄貨品。
李本平和大家分享了他通過eBay在網路做生意的個人經驗。 他解釋在eBay有不同等級的用戶。 他說新的用戶必需在eBay獲得了10正面反饋之後才能在eBay 上標固定的價格做買賣。 他教給大家一些小技巧如何讓一名新的賣主能獲得10正面反饋。 他解釋了一些規則能保證使賣主從PayPal得到付款,并且他也舉例在PayPal系統中如何處理和買家的爭執。 李本平說 eBay是一個非常透明平臺,一名新的用戶能很容易從老練的賣主中學到相當的知識。 他也提及目前最成功的賣主在eBay是一對賣首飾的夫婦,目前他們的年銷售量有一千一百萬美元。
兩位講員在會議結束了之後還繼續的回答了三十多分鐘的問題.
數位觀眾也參加MJSTA和ACIT主持的晚餐, 並在晚餐期間繼續討論。對美東南玉山科技協會活動有興趣的讀者請上網查尋(www.montejadese.org) 。玉山科技協會正在接受高中生及大學生暑期實習申請,報名結止日期四月二十五日。申請表格及詳情請電王本桓770-883-2227。
Over 80 people attended the Internet Sales Seminar hosted by Monte Jade Science & Technology Association (MJSTA) and Atlanta Chinese IT Association (ACIT) on April 11.
MJSTA and ACIT invited Mr. Fred Chiou and Mr. Michael Li to share their experience of selling on the Internet. Mr. Chiou gave a broad introductory talk about doing business on the Internet by comparing the Internet sales to a traditional business. He started from how to set up a website to how to increase the website’s visibility during a search at Google or Yahoo. Mr. Chiou also explained how to set up a payment system and how to ship merchandises.
Mr. Michael Li gave a personal testimony about his experience on doing business through eBay. He explained different user categories on eBay. He said that a new user must obtained 10 positive feedbacks before being allowed to sell regularly on eBay. He also mentioned how a new user can obtain 10 positive feedbacks. He explained rules to guarantee payments from PayPal and he gave an example about handling dispute with a buyer. Mr. Li said that eBay is a very transparent platform to use and a new user can learn quite easily from experienced sellers. He also mentioned that the most successful seller on eBay is a couple selling jewelry and they have an annual sale of 11 million dollars.
Both Mr. Chiou and Mr. Li received and answered many questions from the audience and attendees continued to ask questions for over 30 minutes after the meeting ended. Many of them joined a dinner hosted by the MJSTA and ACIT and continued the discussion during the dinner.
Monte Jade Science and Technology Association is taking application for its 2009 summer internship program till April 25. Application form is available thru Monte Jade’s website (www.montejadese.org). For additional information, please call Mike Wang at (770)883-2227.