Archive for February 15th, 2006
eBay Business Opportunities: Is eBay the next major ad marketplace?
Media Bistro: Will Rocketboom start a trend? We’ve loved those guys since we fell in love with them (well, actually, we were in line to fall in love with Amanda) at Corante’s Social Networking conference last fall, and now we’ve taken a call from another site with great ad inventory asking if posting it on [...]
Dealio Toolbar Comparison Shopping
e-commerce guide: Vendio Services today announced that its Dealio comparison shopping toolbar, now covers all product categories, thanks to a new partnership with Shopzilla, one of the Web’s largest comparison shopping site. Dealio claims to now covers virtually any product and category of products sold online. Vendio says Dealio now displays results from an index [...]
Buyer Distrust Could Harm eBay Sales
ZD Net: Symantec and VeriSign executives on Wednesday urged business leaders to protect the digital economy, warning that if online commerce doesn’t become more trustworthy, consumers might fall back on old-fashioned purchasing methods. “We can’t go back to the old way of doing business; that’s why creating confidence in the digital world is everybody’s job,” [...]
Studio Sues eBay Movie Pirates
DVD R: The Motion Picture Ass. of America have filed seven lawsuits in Los Angeles federal court against online auctioneers in four US states who they allege have been selling counterfeit DVDs of popular movies such as “Batman Begins” and “Million Dollar Baby.” “People who abuse online auction sites like eBay to sell counterfeit DVDs [...]
AuctionBytes: eBay has begun adding Store Inventory listings to its main eBay.com search results pages. However, sellers have begun complaining that the added exposure isn’t what they thought it would be. Two main concerns are a significantly higher number of items that may come back on a search, potentially overwhelming shoppers; and the lack of [...]
When No. 1 Has a Hard Time Hiring a No. 2
NY Times: Since opening her Indian tea shop in Jersey City 10 months ago, Amy Dubin has interviewed more than 40 people to be her assistant manager. She offered the job to two of them, and each lasted two days. The first balked at cleaning the bathroom, the second at doing the dishes and at [...]
Affiliate Summit Registration is Now Open
Shawn Collins: Registration is now open for the next Affiliate Summit, taking place July 9-11 in Orlando. Register now at affiliatesummit.com The conference is taking place at the Hilton, located in the WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort, and the Affiliate Summit discounted rate is $112/night. Photo by ecb29.
Dealhack Buyers Guide: Top Five Dell Shopping Tips Dell is a company that built its reputation in part by driving prices down, so it would be easy to assume that when you buy a Dell you are automatically getting the best deal. However, there is a fair amount of variability built into their merchandising m [...]
The Tax Benefits of Family Employees
Entrepreneur: Many self-employed people want to hire family members to work for them. But as with many things in life, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do this. Doing it correctly not only promotes family togetherness, it can also create tax savings for you. When you hire a family member your business [...]
Business Lessons From “The Entrepreneurial Mindset”
Peter Hupalo: New entrepreneurs can learn much from habitual entrepreneurs. That’s the premise of Rita Gunther McGrath and Ian MacMillan, authors of The Entrepreneurial Mindset: Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty. McGrath and MacMillan define “habitual entrepreneurs” as those who have made a career out of starting new businesses and launching [...]
How to Discover a Million-Dollar Idea
MSNBC: Another way to hit on a great idea: Take note of the obvious problems you encounter in everyday life. Not enough people allow an idea to permeate their psyche, even if it’s staring them in the face. Keep a pad of paper and a pen in your shirt pocket, your purse or on your [...]
Startup Journal: As a vice president and corporate counsel for a New Jersey-based defense contractor, Jonathan T. Mann seemed to have a good legal gig. His earned well over $200,000 annually, more than enough for his family to live on comfortably in a suburban community four miles from his office. But all wasn’t well. Mr. [...]
