Archive for December 26th, 2006
About eBay: Does your holiday shopping this year involve a lot of books, movies, and video games? Are you having trouble finding them all on eBay, but wary of paying retail price for them elsewhere? The eBay website and trading area Half.com may be just what you’re looking for. Half.com makes it easy for buyers [...]
eBay Checkout Program: AuctionBlox
Michael Gosford: One of the most difficult things when you decide to sell a product or item through an auction website, like eBay, is picking out a checkout program for your auctions. Well, if you are an Australian-based seller, one of the best choices for you might be AuctionBlox. Here, through this informative article, we [...]
eBay Learns The Hard Way with China Market
When eBay bought EachNet, China’s then-leading online auctioneer, in July 2003, it seemed the world’s most-promising e-commerce opportunity would only be eBay’s to lose. But in three years, EachNet’s market share fell by more than half, according to iResearch, a firm that studies market trends, as shoppers turned to a competitor more in tune with [...]
Elmo’s Net Worth Goes Up Thanks to eBay
T.M.X. Elmo could be called “King Elmo” after claiming the throne as the must-have toy of the 2006 holiday shopping season.The 10th anniversary edition of the fuzzy red doll was in such demand at the peak of the Christmas rush that it was selling on eBay for as much as four times its retail price [...]
Skype Ltd. Continues to Target Business Market
Skype Ltd. will continue to aim at the business market, adding functions for specific business needs, executives said this week at the company’s development center in Tallinn, Estonia. The company’s most recent 3.0 version of its software allows system administrators to configure and control Skype use across an enterprise and Skype will build on that. [...]
Charissa Bear: If you’re like many stay at home moms, you are thinking about starting your own home based business so that you can earn a little extra money to help with family expenses or maybe even to pay for a nice family vacation this year. You’ve probably scanned the usual options: the party plan [...]
eBay Trading Assistant Program
Michael Saunders: Auctions are excellent tools for diversifying funding streams for nonprofit development professionals. The emergence of ubiquitous online access have made online auctions an excellent vehicle for nonprofits and charities to raise funds while engaging stakeholders and other consituencies in their causes. eBay, the leader platform for online auctions also provides a number of [...]
The lure of starting a business on eBay can be a strong one, and I am going to share with you the realities that some people are afraid to tell you. Out of all of the businesses you can start, this seems to be the easiest and requires the least amont of investment, and I [...]
Finding a Real Wholesale eBay Supplier
Matthias Mazur: With all the rubbish running on the internet, with all cons sitting behind their computers just waiting for another bait to arrive, finding a good a wholesale supplier nowadays is like looking for a needle in a haystack. And the big problem when you finally get a hold of some links to wholesale [...]
Jeffery Rush: It would seem that there have been some major disappointments presented to those who were able to preorder the Sony Play Station 3 game console. The biggest problem was that with the limited quantity of consoles made available to the numerous stores that ordered them were not nearly enough to go around. Retail [...]
Small E-Tailers May Not Get ‘Safe’ Mark
Associated Press: Claudia Race knows she must look out for scams. So as an Internet entrepreneur working out of her home in New Braunfels, Texas, Race wants to use all the tools available to assure customers they can trust the vacation-rentals service she is about to launch. But because her small business is so new, [...]
Yorkshire Post Today: A Yorkshire woman is hoping to prevent infuriating episodes encountered when taking what should be a relaxing shower. Jill Parkinson has invented a portable shower head holder for use in bathrooms where showers have no wall fixings. Shuc aims to stop the need for showering with one hand while holding the shower [...]
Google Steps More Boldly Into PayPal’s Territory
The New York Times: Steven Grossberg, who sells video games online from his home in Wellington, Florida, recently sent an enticing offer to 20,000 customers: $10 off any purchase over $30 using a new payment service, Google Checkout. Traffic on his site more than tripled, and best of all, he said, Google picked up the [...]
$350 Million Food Niche: Low-Glycemic Products
MediaPost Marketing Daily: Unheard of just a few years ago, low-glycemic foods and beverages are establishing themselves as a viable niche in the mainstream U.S. market–with expected year-end sales reaching $350 million, according to Low Glycemic Index Food and Beverages in the U.S., the latest market research from Packaged Facts. Low glycemic foods include whole [...]
Matt Alderton at Work.com: College students are more famous for skipping class than for being classy, more highly regarded as thrifty shoppers than as sophisticated consumers. Still, smart companies covet their attention, as well as their approval. Why? Because even though they may not make a lot of money, college students spend a ton of [...]
