Things that buyers can do to help small businesses in the collectables \/ comics \/ books \/ art market…<\/p>\n
* buy more, but be patient on mail-order during this difficult time;<\/p>\n
* buy quality books to donate to your favourite kids, to suitable libraries, to reviewers, or to offer as contest prizes;<\/p>\n
* pay off any ‘get it and hold it for me’ orders you had in progress, and perhaps collect them in person to free up warehouse space;<\/p>\n
* ask if there’s Skype + product flip-throughs on video, for people who want in-person purchase advice and the equivalent of in-store ‘pick up and flip it’;<\/p>\n
* visit their website, and if they’re a small store or gallery with no website then ask if they can take orders via phone or Skype;<\/p>\n
* build them a good website storefront, or help polish and refresh what they have already; <\/p>\n
* share expertise, e.g. show them how to best set up an auto-relisting storefront on eBay;<\/p>\n
* enjoy any virtual store and gallery tours they may have online, or encourage them to get a Steadycam (or good image-stabiliser software) and make some tours;<\/p>\n
* purchase their gift certificates, to use later in 2020 or to give as Christmas presents in December;<\/p>\n
* support them on Patreon or via crowdfunding campaigns;<\/p>\n
* purchase online services from them, e.g. they may know how to produce a nice catalogue, so could you pay them to produce a nice illustrated bibliography for your favourite neglected author, during their downtime;<\/p>\n
* sign up for their mailing-list, and also tell them what you’d like to see in future;<\/p>\n
* subscribe to any side-projects they may have up and running, such as magazines;<\/p>\n
* tell friends about their services, and that you’ve had good service from them.<\/p>\n
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Things that buyers can do to help small businesses in the collectables \/ comics \/ books \/ art market… * …<\/p>\n