Source: The Phoenix Business Journal
Online retailing giant eBay and the U.S. Postal Service are bringing their Small Business Tour to Phoenix Aug. 17-19.
The tour will bring experts from both organizations to teach area residents how to buy, sell, ship and grow their business online. The three-day event provides hands-on training, resources and small business specialists from eBay, the Postal Service and Entrepreneur magazine.
Since 2003, the Postal Service and eBay have worked together to provide small businesses the tools to succeed in business, whether from home or from an existing brick and mortar location.
More than 724,000 people are currently making a part- or full-time living selling on eBay and one in six Arizona residents is a registered eBay user.
The tour will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on the 17th through the 19th at Double Tree Inn, 5401 N. Scottsdale Road.
The tour will include several education areas such as a traveling home office lab in which an eBay small business expert will host one-on-one consultations on how to scale and build an eBay business.
A separate event, eBay University, will be held from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Holiday Inn Hotel Mesa, 1600 S. Country Club in Mesa. EBay University is an in-depth educational session with three educational tracks, “eBay for Business” (presented by Entrepreneur magazine), “Selling Basics” and “Beyond the Basics.”
Current or soon-to-be eBay users can learn about creating listings, determining pricing and managing listings to starting an online business. Other focus areas include tax tips, best practices, shipping options and tips for online safety and marketing.
Pre-registration for the free Small Business Tour is available online at usps.com/ebayday.
EBay University costs $59, although those who register by Aug. 19 at www.ebay.com/university can bring a friend for free.