Archive for June 27th, 2006
PayPal’s Dan Levy Talks Safety & Trust
Auction Bytes PayPal’s Senior Director of Trust and Safety Dan Levy discussed trust and safety issues in using eBay and PayPal in an interview with AuctionBytes.TV. Sellers have been concerned about the risk of sending items to unconfirmed addresses, which is a requirement of eBay’s new Express marketplace. Levy said sellers can make their own [...]
Mpire Adds New eBay Consignment Features
Auction Bytes Mpire introduced new consignment features to its eBay auction-management program and is running a summer seller promotion. New features in Mpire Builder include a consignment central page, a consignment supplier page, a consignment-items listing page and a streamlined method for entering items quickly.
ebay Express Making it Easier for Shoppers
MSN NBC I’ve been hearing from lots of eBay sellers: What’s this eBay Express site all about? Will it really bring me more business? Why aren’t my items listed on the site? How do I know if someone buys my items? That’s a lot of questions, but eBay sellers like to feel they’re in the [...]
Google & eBay Join Together to bring Free Wi Fi
Seattle PI FON, a company funded by Google Inc. and eBay Inc. to promote free wireless Internet access, will start selling routers for $5 to encourage consumers to share their Web connections with others. Consumers buying the routers, which usually cost about $60, will need to let others use their Internet connections and in return [...]
It’s time for some speedlinking so I can close some long neglected Firefox tabs: Working From Home In A Recreational Vehicle Revenge of the Home Business Entrepreneur – Throw The Tomato! Web Auctions: New Jackpot For Middle Americans How Many Ebay Sellers Do It Full Time? Five Things Every Micro-ISV Should Know About Intellectual Property [...]
How Many Ebay Sellers Do It Full Time?
Got Ads: According to Meg Whitman’s keynote (she’s the CEO of eBay), at the eBay Developer Conference: 1.3M people make their living selling full-time on eBay
Paul Graham: Now a startup operating out of a garage in Silicon Valley would feel part of an exalted tradition, like the poet in his garret, or the painter who can’t afford to heat his studio and thus has to wear a beret indoors. But in 1976 it didn’t seem so cool. The world hadn’t [...]
This week’s Festival of Frugality is up at Free Money Finance.
Fat America: A Big Opportunity
Business 2.0: There is no polite way to say this: Americans are fat, and they’re getting fatter. More than 60 million Americans are obese, up from 23 million in 1980. Another 28 million are expected to join their ranks by 2013. … Heretofore, the main business response to this overwhelming demographic trend has been the [...]
