Archive for February 14th, 2006
The Potential Return on 15,000 Affiliate Pages?
Someone asked Shawn Collins: My goal is to make 25 to 30 different Web sites on different topics – each having 500 to 700 odd pages per Web site. Through these 25 Web sites, I want to gross US $60 to $80 per month promoting different category products, as well as having Google AdSense income [...]
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Wiki: The first item sold was Omidyar’s broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, he contacted the winning bidder and asked, “did he not understand the laser pointer was broken?” Omidyar received the following email in reply: “I’m a collector of broken laser pointers.” (The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar’s fiancee [...]
Wiki: A bid sniper is a person or software agent for timed, open auction web-sites (Yahoo!, ebay), that places a high bid during the last few seconds of bidding and prevents other users the opportunity to counter with a higher bid. (source: ebay) This is often accomplished with the assistance of bidding software. On-line auction [...]
Yahoo News: Tiffany & Company, the famous New York-based jewelry retailer, is suing San Jose, California-based online auction firm eBay for allowing its Web site to be used to sell counterfeit jewelry. The landmark lawsuit also alleges that eBay, in addition to facilitating sales of fake Tiffany goods, also makes millions of dollars from fees [...]
Google Desktop eBay Watcher Plug In
Google: Never miss an auction with the eBay Watcher. View items from your eBay Watch List. Track the current price and time remaining on each auction. Click on an item to see more details about the auction like end time, start time, bid history, high bidder, seller, and item number.
Yahoo Finance: Slide, Inc. announced today the launch of their Slide Player for eBay. Slide Player, which works with Windows and Macintosh computers, is a free application that turns the latest content from thousands of websites, including eBay, into moving Slide Shows that are constantly updated and can be watched on any website or computer [...]
BusinessWorks: You have a great business idea, or a niche, maybe you can provide a service no one else can. What next? Have you thought of concept from a market size, intellectual property, human resources needs, competitive position and financial requirements point of view? Take a Business Proof of Concept test at StartupVentureToolbox, a comprehensive [...]
Show Makes Gang Members Business Owners
Associated Press: This gang-plagued Central American nation has found a new twist on reality television, putting wayward youths in a house and filming as community leaders turn them into small business owners. On Friday, the 10 former gang members inaugurated the fruits of their efforts: a car wash and shoe repair shop. The producers of [...]
Dealing With The Loss Of People Resources » Entrepreneur’s Journey – by Yaro Starak mall business owners will no doubt one day hire staff to take over some of the roles within their business. As their organisation grows they will likely hire more and more people to deal with increased demand and expansion needs. The [...]
Simon Cowell: Serial Entrepreneur
Business Week: British-born high-school dropout Simon Cowell is perhaps one of the most recognized figures on American TV. Best known as the acerbic judge on the Fox show American Idol (his signature phrase: “I don’t mean to be rude, but…” is also the title of his 2004 memoir), Cowell claims that at heart he’s a [...]
Entrepreneur: My husband and I have been married for more than 13 years–and we knew each other and dated for six years before that–so I would hardly call myself an expert on dating since I’ve been off the market for almost 20 years now. However, I have a lot of single friends and hear plenty [...]
You’re Never Too Old To Make Your First Million
Times Online: Guy Garfit is getting ready to launch his first business, an online shop selling large-print books for the visually impaired, at the end of March. Like any entrepreneur, he is alternately excited and nervous, constantly fretting about delays and spending every waking hour focusing on his venture. Unlike the majority of entrepreneurs, however, [...]
