Archive for August 21st, 2006
SellingPower.com: After successfully closing a sale, it is only natural to ask for referrals. But have you tried asking for referrals when the customer doesn’t buy from you? Even if the timing is wrong or your product is just not right for the person you are dealing with, that doesn’t mean it wouldn’t be right [...]
30 Second/One Question Interview with Chuck Huckaby
My next participant in the 30 Second/One Question Interview series is Chuck Huckaby. I asked: One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure. What product or service have you imagined would be a good business opportunity, but you’ve rejected because it’s too off the wall? Chuck responded: The more I think of it, I’ve never rejected [...]
This week’s Carnival of the Capitalists is up at Forty Media Blog.
Opening An Ebay Drop-Off Store
AuctionBytes.com: Seven Tips For Entrepreneurs Considering Opening An Ebay Drop-Off Store: 1. Get eBay experience. Getting experience selling on eBay is crucial before making the decision to open up an eBay-related business. 2. Choose your location wisely. Think warehouse, not retail store. 3. Get help! Hire some help to help you run the business, even [...]
The Belkin Skype WiFi phone is a phone that looks like your cell, but works only with Skype and only over WiFi. It’s about the same size as a larger candybar style phone—maybe 125% as long, wide, and thick as a Sony Ericsson T610. We got our hands on one and ran it through our [...]
PayPal is Bias Towards Legal Business
Paypal doesn’t want your business, even if it is perfectly legal. Paypal:Multi-level marketing plans, also known as “network” or “matrix” marketing, include any business in which a person receives proceeds from his or her own sales of goods or services, of recruited members, or any combination thereof. Similarly, PayPal prohibits as a Multi-Level Marketing plan [...]
Google Didn’t Crush PayPal After All
Googleâs much hyped Google Checkout is not turning out to be the eBay PayPal killer that was speculated at launch less than two months ago. Google planned on users flocking to âFind it with Google. Buy it with Google Checkout,â? but the touted âcheckout option that makes buying across the web fast and easyâ? does [...]
EBay In Unique Quandary Will Differences of Sellers And Shareholders
It’s no surprise that as the chorus of complaints about eBay has grown louder, the company is in the midst of a major slump in its stock price. These things are bound to go together as the company’s financial health is based on that of its buyers and sellers. And many of the sellers’ complaints [...]
How Can EBay Justify Their Rate Increases
Recently, eBay announced an increase in fees and other measures specifically targeting eBay store owners. Now, you would only expect fees to increase once in a while – we all realise that eBay is a business after all. There are three things that I want to address: 1. eBay’s justification of the fee increases 2. [...]
Businesses Built to Flip On EBay
Ebay is a fantastic worldwide marketplace where almost anything you can imagine is being bought and sold at any given moment. And for the entrepreneur, this now includes businesses. Now this may not be the initial game plan in a entrepreneur or angel investors strategy, but it actually could make a lot of sense in [...]
This week’s Carnival of Personal Finance is up at Money Blog Network, and is written in the style of Dr. Seuss: The Carnival of Personal Finance is here! ‘Tis the morning of Monday, so let’s get in gear! I hope that you brought out your coffee or tea With money posts plenty, I think you’ll [...]
