Archive for August 7th, 2006
PayPal Still Has the Leading Edge
With all the buzz about Google Checkout, PayPal is still the king of payment processing, especially for small online merchants who rely on its full array of tools and services to boost sales.For Web store owners without expertise in online selling or those who have less sophisticated sites, PayPal can fill the gaps and put [...]
Robert Mitchell has a great piece, Skype Slips into Business, that looks in some detail about how Skype is being used in a variety of business environments.I resisted Skype for a long time, but now find it invaluable. I’m also recommending it to associates, especially those smaller companies that have multiple sites, but don’t (understandably) [...]
Fake Items Sold On eBay Still Get Positives
Anyone buying at auction on ebay could, with a large probability, find that a forgery has fallen into their hands. This has been shown by a study by the Professor of Marketing at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz (Germany). For one month, individual auctions for particular perfumes were observed. Around 85% of the auctioned [...]
TV Execs Not Sure eBay Ad Auction Will Work
SEVERAL CABLE NETWORK EXECUTIVES ARE finding fault with a fledgling plan to sell ad time on television via an online auction. They say the proposed e-commerce-based system won’t be able to deliver the multifaceted marketing packages that advertisers demand.With the rise of DVRs and demand for engagement, marketers are seeking campaigns that go well beyond [...]
CNNMoney.com: These days, you really can’t start a small business without getting on the Web, but it’s also never been harder to score a snappy URL. There’s reason to worry about a shortage of marketable domain names. To date, more than 70 million domain names have been purchased, and most – if not all – [...]
New Twist To The ‘Mom And Pop’
CNNMoney.com: The notion of a typical “mom and pop” business is getting a makeover. Yesterday’s image of a family-run corner store is giving way to nail salons, Internet-based auction sites and even motorcycle dealerships, according to the Census Bureau survey of small businesses run by one or more people that range from home-based firms to [...]
Business Fills An Itty-Bitty Niche
St. Petersburg Times: Last December, Cecilia Sayre went to a shower for a single mom who had recently adopted a child from China. Though she wanted to find a gift that held personal meaning and cultural relevance, she was stymied by the lack of selection. “Though Chinese pajamas are gorgeous, a person only wants so [...]
Craigslist: An entreprenuer in Texas is offering to scan family photo albums and place them on a DVD for safe keeping. He offers to organize the photos according to date or subject matter and only charges 25 cents per photo. Any one with a scanner and a computer with a CD or DVD burner could [...]
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Get Rich Slowly.
This week’s Carnival of Business is up at Consumerism Commentary.
Making Dough Selling to Fratboys
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work:: Reading a business magazine in the doctor’s office inspired Joseph Tantillo to try his hand at online retailing. At the time, he and his wife were expecting their first child and wanted to work from home. An article about starting an online store jumped out at him, he recalls—and, as [...]
