online or both…and the entire process from properly collecting tax locally and for each state, to keeping track of what was collected and then filing and paying it can be particularly taxing. Amazon makes that process easier for its third-party sellers. Here’s how it works. It used to be that retail sales tax was only collected from brick and mortar …
The Growth of Amazon…How It All Started
It all started in 1994 when Jeff Bezos, who left his job as VP of a Wall Street firm, read an article about Internet commerce and its enormous projected growth. That, my friend, was the impetus for Amazon, and here’s how it all went down… As the story goes, Bezos made a list of 20 products that he felt would …
Stock Your Kitchen with the Niftiest Gadgets Available to Make Your Life Easier
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When Math Meets Cooking
Ever wonder what happens when math meets cooking? It happens at Houseware Warehouse, where our measuring tools provide all of the answers! Let’s face it…some of life’s most wonderful moments can often be measured by good eats; and many of the best recipes require accurate measurements. Consequently, you need the tools to turn those ingredients into gold (or at least …
Protect Your Tables with Cool Looking Coasters
Protection is important to all of us. We protect our homes, cars and other things we consider valuable with insurance coverage. We protect ourselves from drenching downpours by covering ourselves with umbrellas. We protect our booboos by dousing them with peroxide and covering them with Band-Aids. Guess what…you can also protect your tables from drinks by covering them with cool …
Mechanics depend on their box full of tools to keep your car running at its best. Computer techs depend on their technical gizmos and gadgets for diagnostics. Plus, you would want your contractor to have access to all the best tools to build your house. You get the idea. Everyone needs the proper tools to get their job done right. …
Catering Businesses Thrive When They Shop at Houseware Warehouse
Attention caterers! Shopping at Houseware Warehouse can improve your bottom line. When you purchase your catering supplies through Houseware Warehouse, you are able enjoy substantial savings. High quality catering supplies are nice and they are even nicer at wholesale prices! Houseware Warehouse is America’s leading wholesale kitchen supplier, allowing us to provide the top-quality products you need for your catering …
Are You Catering an Alabama Sport Event? Get Roll Tide Coasters!
What caterer worth his or her catering salt would be without Roll Tide coasters for an Alabama sporting event? No worries! At Houseware Warehouse, we roll out the red carpet for our Bama brethren. We’ve got you covered! Head to housewarewarehouse.net, America’s leading online kitchen supply wholesaler, and choose from assorted decorative designs from…you guessed it…team sports, to beautiful beach …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon
Want to know why you should be selling on Amazon? Because it is one of the easiest ways on earth to make money! In other words, if you have a quality product that is in demand and has the potential to yield a decent profit margin, you are in business! Plus, a third party seller can benefit from Amazon’s years …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon: Consumer Confidence
What makes you confident enough in a vendor to make a purchase? Is it that you know a company is viable and can stand the test of time? Is it that the company owners seem to take an interest in more than just its profit? Is it that the professionals within that company seem truly genuine about its customer care? …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon: Established Brand
Did your mother ever tell you to be careful because you could be judged by the company you keep? Well, that is often true, but not much of a problem if you keep the “right” company. Take the company of Amazon, for instance… Say you want to get into business, but you don’t have much money to purchase and store …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon: A Reliable Business Partner
There are several things you need to have to develop and maintain a successful business. Two of the most important are quality and reliability. If you have quality products to sell or a quality service to provide, along with a reliable business partner like Amazon.com, the rest will fall into place. When you team up with Amazon.com, you only have …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon: It’s Easy
Wouldn’t it be great if you could resell quality products with a decent profit margin without lifting a finger? Well, the good news is that you can! Resellers who use Amazon, simply need to acquire in-demand products – such as Houseware Warehouse online wholesale kitchen items – and put them up for sale on Amazon, one of the world’s (if …
Why You Should Be Selling on Amazon: A Huge Customer Base
Amazon has amassed an enormous quantity of qualified shoppers – who are prime (Please excuse the pun.) for the picking. If anyone in their customer base is online searching the Amazon website, that person is either browsing for something in particular or ready to pull the trigger and purchase an item. That person has probably shopped there before, most likely …
Differences in Shipping Methods on Amazon: Orders Fulfilled by Amazon
When you are selling a product on Amazon, is it better to ship your items directly to your customers yourself or is it better to just let Amazon handle it for you? The answer is pretty simple. It entirely depends on what works best for you. For instance, if you feel that you can easily handle shipping directly to your …
Differences in Shipping Methods on Amazon: Options and Innovations
Amazon, a pioneer in its industry, offers a host of incredible shipping options and innovations of which you may not be aware (I certainly wasn’t!)… First, let’s address the Secure Delivery with a One-time Password option. This Amazon delivery choice ensures that customers receive a one-time password via email after an item has shipped, adding yet another layer of security …
Differences in Shipping Methods on Amazon: Orders Fulfilled by You
There’s fulfillment of your dreams, a sense of fulfillment in life and then there is the fulfillment of your orders when you sell items on Amazon. Here’s a good question. When you sell products on Amazon, is it better to self-ship your products or let Amazon handle your product fulfillment? Amazon offers both options to sellers because, although Fulfillment by …
Writing Good Product Info: Product Specs
There’s nothing worse than buying a product online and then realizing, when it arrives, that it isn’t quite what you thought it would be – ended up being a waste of money or wasting your time with a return. That’s why, as a seller, you need to write product specifications that are correct, as well as appealing. Size matters. Potential …
Writing Good Product Info: Questions and Answers
A very helpful portion of good product information is a Questions and Answers section. This part of your product copy can address things that your customers frequently ask or additional items that may help them as they purchase your product. A well written Questions and Answers section can also help increase your sales, as well as your customer satisfaction. Take, …
Writing Good Product Info: Good Descriptions
Okay, so here’s a question. Would you rather eat boiled hot dogs from a vendor cart or an all-beef kosher deli dog that you can get slathered up with any condiments you favor and that smells like great times at the ballpark? How about that play you were thinking about going to see? Would you be quicker to buy tickets …
Writing Good Product Info: Research
What if you are selling a kitchen widget and your product information is focused on the fact that it is compact, but what you don’t know is that there are twenty other compact kitchen widgets being marketed on the same venue? Hmmm, that’s not good. You probably won’t sell many. However, if you focus your copy on the fact that …
Writing Good Product Descriptions: Include Abundant Info
Ever go to the grocery store and leave something off your list? Then when you get home, you can’t try the recipe you intended because you would be missing a key ingredient? If the whole point of your visit to the store was for that specific purpose and you are like me (and probably most folks out there), you’re not …
Writing Good Product Info: Catchy Title
When you hear a name like Gertrude, you may picture a very old lady with thick glasses hanging from a chain around her neck and a tissue stuffed in her garishly flowered blouse (So sorry to all the hot, young Gertrudes out there!). The name Bessy might conjure up images of a black and white cow happily grazing in her …
Self-shipping vs. Fulfillment by Amazon
When you sell on Amazon, is it better to ship your product/s yourself or let Amazon handle your product fulfillment? That’s a good question, and the answer is that it entirely depends on what works best for you. Let’s give you some information that may help you make that decision. If you are already set up to conveniently handle your …
How to Get Good Photos of Your Product
Pictures are worth a thousand words, and that especially holds true in advertising and marketing. So if you are planning on selling on Amazon, top-quality product photos that generate appeal will help to facilitate and expedite sales. To get those great shots, you need to keep several things in mind. First, you want to make certain that you have the …
How to Write Good Product or Service Descriptions
As my mother used to say about everything from burnt dinner to an ugly dress, “It’s all in the presentation.” Not that there’s anything wrong with your product or service. I’m just saying that even the most incredible products and services can be presented either poorly or extremely well…very possibly causing them to sell poorly or extremely well. That being …
How to Create an Account for Selling on Amazon
Want to know how to create an account to sell products or services on Amazon? Here’s how you get started… First you should know that there are some requirements for service providers. If you are selling your service through Amazon, you need to carry general liability insurance with a limit of at least $1 million per occurrence. If you are …
How to Research a Product You May Want to Sell on Amazon
Okay, so you’ve decided you would like to sell on Amazon. Now it’s time for the bigger decision. What should you sell? You know that you want to sell something that is profitable and reach a large enough audience to stimulate enough sales to make it worth your while. With Amazon, you’ve already mastered the “large market” part of your …
Why Sell on Amazon
Why would you want to sell your product on Amazon? The answer is simple. Amazon is a ginormous company – considered one of the “Big Four” technology companies, lumped with some serious heavy hitters. Maybe you have heard of Google, Apple and Facebook? Amazon reaches over 95 million unique viewers every month in the United States alone. Who wouldn’t want …
The Joys of Juicing
Today, it seems everyone is on a futile search for that magic elixir. Hold on, there just may be a miraculous solution that is not quite so fruitless! You can jolt your body into healthy happiness by juicing! Juice for better health. The joys of juicing are numerous and varied. Juicing is an easy and delicious way to consume more …
Knife Sharpening Basics
One of the best tips for preparing better meals is to use a sharp knife. The point is that when you use a sharp knife, meat slices are more tender, fruits and vegetables maintain their integrity instead of turning into a mushy mess, and your meal presentation is so much more visually appealing. Sharper kitchen knives also give you more …
Wholesale Supplier of Amazing Kitchen Gadgets
Come on, be honest! Everyone loves buying an innovative gadget. It’s like getting a new toy, right? Aside from making your life more interesting and fun, amazing gadgets can make your life easier – especially in the kitchen! Houseware Warehouse is America’s leading online wholesaler of kitchen supplies, so it is only fitting that they also offer many very cool …
Cleaning Supplies from Houseware Warehouse
Like to keep things clean? Us too! Get everything you need to keep your kitchen (and a lot more!) clean at America’s most trusted online kitchen product supplier…and get it affordably. Houseware Warehouse has been around a while, so we know clean; and we have an enormous inventory of high quality cleaning supplies to prove it. Keep your refrigerator pristine …
Best Breakfast Gadgets from Houseware Warehouse
Are you the type of person who would much prefer to pair bacon with anything on the planet, than to pair your favorite sparkly Riesling with some delicious, dark, Belgian chocolate? Is Aunt Jemima one of your favorite people? Does a great cup of coffee get your morning juices flowing? Does your mouth actually water when you imagine a warm, …
How to Use a 3-cup Polished Aluminum Espresso Maker
Good things come in threes…The Three Stooges, The Three Musketeers, three bean salad, Three Dog Night, tri-colored pasta…if you are religious – The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost…AND – wait for it – the 3-cup Polished Aluminum Espresso Maker from Houseware Warehouse! Mmmm, I can already smell that rich aroma filling the kitchen. Is your mouth watering yet? …
How to Clean Your Barbeque Grill
Keep your barbeque grill clean and in tip-top shape, and you’ll be grillin’ like a villain all year long! Here’s what you need to know… One of the most important parts of your grill to keep clean is the grate area, so regular maintenance is essential. Every time you grill, you should brush your grill grates clean with your grill …
Closeout Deals at Houseware Warehouse
Do you know what a closeout deal is? Closeouts are the clearance or final sale of goods at slashed prices to reduce inventory on certain stock. There could be any number of reasons for a closeout sale: it could be for something that is will no longer be carried; it could be for an item that was initially over ordered; …
Caring for Stainless Steel
Stainless steel is terrific because it is more resistant to rust and corrosion than other materials, yet dirt and grime can still put your appliances and other stainless steel items at risk, and fingerprints as well as water stains are its kryptonite. But don’t fret. There are tons of easy ways to clean your stainless stuff, so get ready to …
Wholesale Products for Your Online Store
Always wanted to start your own business? Thinking about retiring, but wondering how to adequately supplement your income? Already have an online store, and want to increase your profit? Here’s an idea that can put a wad in your wallet. Offer Houseware Warehouse kitchen supplies at your online store. There are plenty of reasons why you should. Houseware Warehouse is …
Opening an Online Store Can Be a Great Opportunity, and Houseware Warehouse Can Help!
There is a ginormous amount of money to be made on the Internet. Get your share of the pie with the help of Houseware Warehouse. It’s easy, and here’s why… Think about it. If you choose the right products to sell, you can build a very profitable business, and kitchen supplies are a great choice! Let me ask you a …
A Brief History of Canning
The summer months (and all year round in Florida, for that matter) can produce the most delicious fruits and veggies, but how many zucchinis, tomatoes and peaches can one person eat at a time? Canning helps extend the joy, so that you can safely and deliciously enjoy some of your harvests or purchases at a later date. The history of …
Happy House…Happy Spouse!
Ever heard the saying, “Happy house…happy spouse”? Probably not, but it’s true! Everyone likes a nice house with nice things in it; and the kitchen is the room in which we spend the most time, so why not make it extra special for everyone? From to decorative ceramics for the wife, to chip clips for your hubby and a tri-blade …
Great Gifts for Dad
Often we think of what Mom needs or wants when it comes to kitchen products, but when you are shopping at Houseware Warehouse – America’s leading online wholesale kitchen product supplier – don’t forget dear old Dad! Some dads are barbeque pit masters, conjuring a spicy rub for some delicious Flintstone-sized ribs or sweet and smoky sauce for the perfect …
Dough Scrapers Are Ideal for Transferring Chopped Items
Ever find yourself fumbling to transfer a cutting board full of chopped veggies into your skillet? It can be cumbersome trying to funnel a ton of little pieces of whatever you are chopping into your pan. Even if you use your chef’s knife to scoop up what you have sliced or diced, let’s face it, even a large knife doesn’t …
Are you a glass half full or glass half empty kind of guy or gal? Well, it doesn’t really matter if we are talking glass storage jars, because glass storage jars are always great for storing your dry goods! First, let’s talk safety. The bottom line is that glass is just plain safer than plastic. Plastic is porous and full …
Make the Perfect Cake and More in a Cast Iron Fluted Cake Pan
Champagne flutes elegantly hold our bubbly; stately fluted columns were common in ancient Greek architecture; and Jethro Tull can play one heck of a fine flute; but there is one particular flute with a story that will bring beautiful music to your ears…and your mouth – the cast iron fluted cake pan! So, listen up… Those brownies with the nice …
If You Are an Outdoorsman, You May Find Our Booboo Box Handy
If you are an outdoorsman, you probably have your own set of gear for whatever adventure you have planned. It’s important when you embark on your journey that you pack light. Outdoor excursions can become cumbersome when you are bogged down with too much gear. So, you only bring what you need, and there is a place for everything. No …
For Those Hard to Reach Places, Houseware Warehouse Has Personal Back Scratchers
Ever try to scratch that pesky itch in the middle of your back only to find that it is absolutely impossible to reach it unless your arm grows a few more inches? It’s sort of like when you get that itch on your nose and your hands are buried in meatball mix. Well, don’t worry. Houseware Warehouse even has personal …
Cleaning the Microwave Is Yucky and Time Consuming. A Microwave Cover Is the Solution!
Okay, let’s be honest. There are lots of things in life we can do without…high health insurance premiums, that old potato you left in the bin much too long, your teenager’s way too saucy temperament and the ever-so-dreaded messes in the microwave. Nobody likes splatter. It’s not good when it’s gravy, sauce or oil, and it’s not good when it …
Having guests for Thanksgiving? Hide the Greasy Stove with Burner Covers
Baked on, caked on dark Karo syrup from grandma’s sweet potato recipe; mashed potato splatters from rushing to take the beaters out before turning down the mixer; a stack of dirty dishes that would make Caligula proud; of course, that mess of a turkey pan; pumpkin pie drippings on your favorite sheet pan and your nephew’s cranberry sauce debacle…Thanksgiving can …