Archive for August 9th, 2006
Now You Can Get Fresh Produce on eBay
The tasty crunch of sweet corn is just a couple of clicks away for folks outside of the Midwest thanks to some Iowa entrepreneurs.The golden, buttery bounty seems be everywhere in Iowa — in grocery stores and on street corners being sold out of the backs of pickups. But since the craving for sweet corn [...]
Did eBay Miss Out on MySpace Partner
Why didn’t eBay partner with MySpace? Well, I’m not sure. It could have been a combination of reasons. One reason could be that eBay didn’t feel there would be any synergies from such a move. Another reason could be that paying more than $900 million for MySpace partnership could have rocked the share price further, [...]
Skype Backs iSkoot in Marketing Products
Skype is hitting the road. Skype will be working with iSkoot to market an application that will put Skype contact lists, VoIP and instant messaging services on high end mobile phones. The two companies will first market the application to mobile operators who could offer the iSkoot services to their customers. Ultimately, they will also [...]
Wedding Insurance Millionaires
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work: When planning their wedding in late 1999, Karen and Roger Sandau were struck by how risky it was to give large, nonrefundable cash deposits to vendors without any protection if something were to go away on the wedding day. From a vendor going out of business to an important family [...]
Trendwatching.com: As part of the never-ending health trend and obesity obsession, school lunches are a hot topic across the world. Two Dutch entrepreneurs came up with their own solution to the lunch challenge (adding in a bit of convenience as well): Lunch4Kids. Packaged like a McDonald’s Happy Meal, each lunchbox contains sandwiches, a drink (milk [...]
Looking For Canadians EBay Entrepreneur of the Year
The search is on for eBayâs Canadian Entrepreneur of the Year. Last yearâs top winner, âurban humanâ? began by selling clothing part-time to finance his education, and within six months was selling to fashion buyers around the world.The 2006 grand prize is $5000, with $2000 for second place and $1000 for third place. The deadline [...]
eBay Lauches New Sell Your Item Form
eBay has launched a new “Sell Your Item” (SYI) form, used by sellers to list items on eBay.com. According to eBay’s announcement, the new form is faster with fewer pages, and is flexible – allowing sellers to customize it to hide options they rarely use.Beginning later this month, eBay will slowly switch sellers who use [...]
eBay Stores Not Getting All You Search For
Bay sellers have discovered another glitch in eBay Stores search. This glitch prevents eBay’s search tool from finding all of a seller’s Store inventory once a buyer has clicked on a Store category. Last month, users uncovered a glitch in which searches in eBay Stores did not bring back all results on default “Title & [...]
Own a Piece Of Tiger Woods Cake Via eBay
Tiger Woods’ 50th PGA Tour win was a piece of cake … and now apparently, you can own that piece.A piece of this cake, which was to commemorate Tiger Woods’ 50th PGA Tour win, is now up for sale on eBay. (Free Press, Julian H. Gonzalez / Associated Press)The Buick Open acknowledged Woods’ milestone last [...]
Couple-Surfing: ‘Love Me, Love My Blog’
CNN.com: A man and a woman sit side by side in a New York cafe, drinking beer, sharing food, and not saying a word. Instead of chatting, they are typing on a laptop about the tunes played through a shared iPod. As the Internet evolves — with its Webcams, iPods, Instant Messaging, broadband, Wi-Fi and [...]
Google, Yahoo! Agree To Independent Click Fraud Audits
TechCrunch: As the outcry by advertisers grows louder than the assurances from Google that click fraud is not a substantial problem, representatives from Google and Yahoo! publicly announced that they would accept independent click fraud audits. Of course the true independence of any audit will need to be closely watched. The pay per click advertising [...]
After-Prom Business Generates $1 Million A Year
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work: Remember the prom? The limos, the dresses, the late nights spent wandering around town looking for after-prom fun? Yoel Silber has found a way to cash in on that market with Promtix, his one-stop shop for after-prom adventures. He sells tickets to cruises, comedy and dance clubs. Says Silber, “In [...]
