Archive for August 30th, 2006
Britney Spears Leftovers Pretty Costly on eBay
A sandwich which was partially eaten by Britney Spears is being auctioned on internet auction site eBay.The waiter who served Britney and her husband Kevin Federline at a recent function has also put his leftovers up for grabs on the site.Both Britney’s egg sandwich and her husband’s accompanying corndog have already attracted bits in excess [...]
Google & eBay In It For the Longterm
Google and eBay may butt heads when it comes to e-commerce, but yesterday they announced a deal that has the two Net giants sharing revenue on search-related text ads delivered on eBay’s sites outside of the U.S. They’ll also jointly develop “click to call” ads.The deal shuts out eBay’s U.S. advertising partner, Yahoo, and shows [...]
PayPal co-founder Has Fraud Lawsuit Filed Against Him
PayPal co-founder Peter A. Thiel and his hedge-fund management company, Clarium Capital Management, are accused of fraud in a lawsuit filed Monday.The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by Amisil Holdings Ltd., names Thiel and Clarium as defendants, along with Clarium officers Jason Portnoy and Mark Woolway.Amisil, a risk [...]
Finding And Selling Collectibles on eBay
eBay is one of the largest auctioneer sites on the Internet and literally millions of people use it to either buy or sell items. It is a particularly favorite site for collectors. No matter what you collect, be it cuckoo clocks, antiques, sports memorabilia or jewelry of every kind, you can find it there. This [...]
Have you ever wondered how those Powersellers sell hundreds or thousands of dollars a month on eBay? Once they have the buyer in front of their auction, and they’ve read the description, what encourages them to place a bid? Include a Picture: You MUST include a picture with your listing. Statistics show that auctions with [...]
MarketingSherpa: Podcasting is about to celebrate its second birthday and we don’t know of a marketer out there who isn’t at least mulling over the possibilities. Invented in August 2004, podcasts are one of the fastest-growing media channels in history — from the podcasters’ side anyway. The good news is millions listen to podcasts. The [...]
eCommerce-Guide: With eBay fees up and shares in an overall freefall, there’s no shortage of alternative auctioneer and Web store companies courting disgruntled sellers. And while no one can match the traffic at eBay, some of these smaller companies are seeing a spike in business. Here are three businesses, all experiencing steady growth recently, that [...]
Los Angeles Times: The first note of Ray Foulkes’ weekly piano lesson is the staccato double ring of his telephone. Every Monday at 8 p.m. Foulkes picks up his cordless phone, clicks on the loudspeaker and sits down at his piano to practice jazz and pop standards with teacher Mark Miller. Miller listens closely to [...]
Entrepreneur Blog: Shure Pets, a pet-products distributor that works through independent sales reps and home-party sales, is running a contest to find the best new pet invention. The winning product of the Ulti-mutt Product Invention contest will be sold by Shure Pets, and featured in its catalog and newsletter and by home-party salespeople. Shure Pets [...]
Mom Turns Lunch Bags Into Business
The Beacon Journal: Three years ago. Kristi Thomas was a stay-at-home mom of a second-grader. Each morning, Thomas would spend a few moments adding a special touch to her daughter’s school lunch bag. Some days, it was a love note or words of encouragement. Other days, it was a brainteaser, joke or fun fact. Whatever [...]
6 Tips for Working at Home With Children (tags: workathome) A Graphical History of Home Values (tags: realestate graphs)
