Archive for October 12th, 2006
Ups and Downs to Dropshipping From eBay
Dropshipping is a very popular method of selling products online. Once you have found a suitable wholesale dropshipping distributor it is a way of making money without much cost. However, there are a few aspects to dropshipping you may want to consider before starting to use this method. This article provides readers with insight into [...]
How To Make Extra Cash Through eBay
Ebay is a great place to go when you need to buy something and you don’t want to pay retail prices, if you don’t mind buying a gently used items, or you just can’t get the product that you are looking for in your area. Not only can you buy great items on Ebay, you [...]
Recently some of the fees on eBay were raised and what was the immediate reaction from some sellers? “We will all boycott eBay, that will bring them to their knees.” They cried. What a load of old rubbish. eBay is a massive company that makes billions of dollars in profits and a few whining sellers [...]
Not All eBay Sellers Happy with Best Match
Moving into the holiday shopping season, video-game seller Steve Grossberg would prefer eBay Inc. not tinker with the search technology on its site. Grossberg, president at Budget Video Games Inc., which brings in about $2 million annually from online sales, said the search technology works, and wants to know why eBay would try to reinvent [...]
eBay Takes Caution with PS3 Sales
Everyone went nuts last year with the unavailability of the Xbox 360, and this resulted in a giant mess over at the home of the world’s biggest online auctions. From scam artists to outrageous asking prices, potential consumers faced a veritable mine field, and eBay doesn’t want a repeat performance with the PS3. The company [...]
Instigator Blog: Devil’s advocates are everywhere. You know why? Because it’s easy to say no. It doesn’t take much thought, and it sure doesn’t take much work. The devil’s advocate is the person that kills action for the sake of killing action. Here are 5 reasons to say “yes�: 1. You’ll learn something. Even if [...]
Half Of Women-Owned Firms Are Home-Based
Independent-Mail: Karen Claflin and Chanda Williams’ business started with a simple rant. The mothers were discussing how much they’d spent on pricey boutique hair bows during the holidays. As they talked, Mrs. Claflin, who has a 4-year-old child, mentioned that they could probably make the bows themselves. So they did, and it didn’t take long [...]
Web Overtakes Newspapers In Europe
AFP: The Internet has overtaken newspapers and magazines as Europeans’ main source of news and feature-type information, according to a new study. On average, Europeans spend an average of four hours per week online, compared to three hours reading newspapers and magazines, it added. In 2003 they spent only two hours a week online. “The [...]
Letting Consumers Control Marketing: Priceless
New York Times: REMEMBER the old advertising slogan, “Let Hertz put you in the driver’s seat�? Marketers of all sorts are now being urged to give up the steering wheel to a new breed of consumers who want more control over the ways products are peddled to them. Exhortations to bring consumers into the tent [...]
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work: Andy Gregg may not have reinvented the wheel, but he has reinterpreted it. Gregg owns Bike Furniture Designs, which transforms recycled bicycle parts into sleek, eco-friendly furniture. Combining skills developed in art school — he is fascinated by early-20th-century furniture design — with mechanical chops he began polishing at age [...]
Starting a Real Estate Photography Business
Small Business Trends Radio: Looking for a fun and profitable small business to start? You might consider real estate photography. With our growing orientation toward graphic information and the continuous need to use our time more efficiently, real estate photography is a solution for online shoppers and consumers of real estate information. In this show [...]
Is It Time for You to Start a Business?
USA Today: What are you waiting for? If you’ve been thinking about starting a business, perhaps you’re waiting for “just the right time.” But is there ever such a thing as just the right time to go into business for yourself? Sometimes it’s the right time, and you’re not even aware of it. When I [...]
