Welcome to the Internet Merchants Association (IMA) blog. IMA is a non profit trade association and home of some of the foremost merchants on eBay as well as merchants who sell on Amazon, Overstock, Yahoo or their own websites and merchants who operate brick and mortars. IMA was established to provide its members with a forum for exchange of ideas, to build upon each other’s best business practices, and to have a unique presence online. Buyers of members’ items can know for certain that IMA members adhere to those best business practices. Our sponsors include Amazon, eBay, Google and many other major companies who are listed on the column to your right.

Our IMA Voices blog will focus on some of the most common and important challenges impacting today’s business owners. Some of the topics we will discuss include:

Avoiding some common business pitfalls (e.g., grow too fast but not wisely; relying too heavily on credit; etc.)

Current business news

Expanding your business to multichannels

Dealing with the ever changing business conditions

How to smoothly and wisely transition from being a part-time/small business owner to either a full-time/medium or large business owner

Memorable ways to brand and market your business

Recaps of pertinent business conferences

Reviews of hot business books

Unique challenges and advantages of selling on particular online venues like Amazon, eBay, Yahoo, your own website, etc.