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  1. Walter Hay

    CHASING TRENDS

    MARKETING 
    While updating my Marketing Psychology book I came upon some information that surprised me. I found three large digital marketing companies that all promoted the idea of searching for what products are trending. I won't name them, but they are well known and they all follow the same pattern...
  2. Walter Hay

    Amazon Rate Increase

    MARKETING 
    They don't call it that of course, but it's only a "fuel and Inflation surcharge". At 5% as of 28th of April, FBA vendors on Amazon will see it for what it is, a fee increase. Coupled with Amazon's very successful greedy efforts to increase the numbers of vendors by the thousands, the platform...
  3. Walter Hay

    Madison Metropolitan School District email address for book order

    OFF-TOPIC 
    Moderators I hope you will bear with me on this. My son in law has informed me that a Fastlane member (avatar unknown) has ordered two of my books but the email address provided bounced with the message that it had been disabled. He received this message 550: 5.2.1 The email account that you...
  4. Walter Hay

    DELETING A SOURCING AGENT from my book

    I am sorry to report that the one and only Chinese sourcing agent that I have ever recommended; Jing Sourcing, has failed miserably in dealing with a mistake they made in handling an order for a Fastlane Member. For several years they have given excellent service to Fastlane members, but there...
  5. Walter Hay

    UPDATES on SOURCING, IMPORTING & LOGISTICS while the upheaval lasts

    Recently I have posted updates in two threads relevant to these subjects, as well as commenting on these subjects in other threads, and judging by the small number of responses, I think they are largely going unnoticed. I believe these subjects are important enough to warrant their own thread...
  6. Walter Hay

    The Life of Rabbits - Can Humans Survive

    MINDSET OFF-TOPIC 
    Murder, Abandoned Babies, Attacks on the Elderly - These were all features of rabbit life described in "The Doomsday Book - Can The World Survive" by sociologist Gordon Rattray Taylor. (1970) Disturbed at the rapid growth in the world's population, Taylor set out to determine the effects of...
  7. Walter Hay

    Bubbles and Smell

    MARKETING 
    A simple cleaning product such as dishwashing liquid contains ingredients that provide absolutely nothing towards the obvious primary objective of the product - i.e., to clean the items being washed. But if you leave them out the product will not sell. WHY? The answer is expectations. The...
  8. Walter Hay

    What's worth more than money?

    EXECUTION 
    Yesterday, out of the blue I received an email from someone who bought my sourcing and importing book in 2014. He told me of his tremendous success, having built a huge business that employs his entire family; himself, wife, and five grown children. His website is brilliant, he now...
  9. Walter Hay

    NEW B2B BUSINESS in a BOX

    MARKETPLACE 
    REDUCING THE BOX CONTENTS Now offering the B2B business as a stand alone business. FORGET ABOUT FRANCHISING THE BUSINESS — YOU CAN MAKE BIG PROFITS B2B without the legal hassles of franchising. From comments received it has become apparent that members find the idea of setting up a nationwide...
  10. Walter Hay

    Chinese Amazon Sellers Learning CENTS the Hard Way

    MINDSET 
    50,000 CHINESE SELLERS' ACCOUNTS CLOSED. In May, Amazon at last acted to deal with the fake and paid for reviews that have been the normal behavior for huge numbers of Chinese sellers. The reasons given in a public announcement by Amazon include "improper use of review functions", "soliciting...
  11. Walter Hay

    BEWARE OF OBSOLETE or WRONG INFORMATION ON BLOGS.

    As I read posts on the forum it is often apparent that the post is referring to obsolete information that has probably come for some “expert’s” blog. I have seen one heavily promoted blog that invites questions, but they are never answered and the information prompting those questions is years...
  12. Walter Hay

    FIRE SAFETY FARCE - Why the Blind Die in High Rise Fires

    OFF-TOPIC 
    The reason why I am posting part of my 3 page investigative article is that I want to raise awareness and also offer free of charge the details of the simple solution that I have invented. Anyone with sufficient interest please let me know. I would like to have a strong assurance that the person...
  13. Walter Hay

    How Commission Reps Helped to Rapidly Grow My Business

    My importing and B2B marketing business began its life in our farmhouse 1 ½ hours’ drive from a big city. I started the ball rolling by travelling to the outer suburbs and visiting schools where in face to face discussions with school principals I obtained orders for school badges, mostly...
  14. Walter Hay

    Protect Your Brand From Your Overseas Suppliers

    In the thread I posted a few minutes ago: Amazon FBA sellers MUST have their own website I promised to post a thread on the subject of protecting your brand from suppliers. I though the easiest way was to copy a chapter from my book Labels That Exploit because that exlains it in detail...
  15. Walter Hay

    Amazon FBA sellers MUST have their own website

    Readers might have forgotten the importance of the C for Control in CENTS, but although it might be too late for some this thread should serve as a wake up call. Sellers who once could find ways to learn the details of their..... NO....... Big Jeff's customers, have lost their last source of...
  16. Walter Hay

    ALIBABA's $2.8 billion fine.

    An article in the Wall Street Journal has provided information about the whopping $2.8 billon dollar fine imposed on Alibaba by Chinese corporate regulators. Here is an extract: "China’s antitrust regulator imposed a fine equivalent to $2.8 billion against Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for...
  17. Walter Hay

    GIVING VALUE REALLY WORKS

    MINDSET 
    It is not uncommon to see posts questioning the merits of having as your first business rule: “Provide Value”. Today I received a PM that gave me a tremendous boost. I am not writing in order to boast, but to encourage newcomers to give serious thought to the concept of giving value. The...
  18. Walter Hay

    15th Edition of PROVENGLOBALSOURCING

    SOURCING 
    With Covid 19 causing me to delay the 2021 revision until now, I have decided that the massive changes in international commerce have settled into a pattern sufficient to choose now, after months of preparatory work to finalize that revision. My thread: CHINA PLUS ONE STRATEGY | The Fastlane...
  19. Walter Hay

    CHINA PLUS ONE STRATEGY

    SOURCING 
    I am in the process of writing a 2021 revision of my sourcing and importing book, but I thought I should post this extract now because it is so important. With the onset of what became known as the Trade War between China and the USA, followed by the pandemic there has been a growing interest...
  20. Walter Hay

    World Trade Since Covid19

    Bad news is relished by the media, and it rubs off on businesses and consumers alike. Is the world economy dead on its feet? It depends on which news media or organizations you get your information from. Beaurocratic organizations such as WTO and the Worldbank still remain bearish on the subject...
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