Archive for February 2nd, 2007
Be sure to check out this weeks Carnival of eBay sellers at The Auction Rebel. The Carnival Of eBay Sellers continues with issue number 11. This morning I received an email with issue 11 in it from Tom along with a note saying he was out of the country, causing a slight delay in getting [...]
Move Inventory with Markdown Manager on eBay
eBay introduces Markdown Manager to put specific items in your eBay store on sale. This week eBay has introduced a new (free) service for eBay Store sellers. Now you can put an item in your eBay Store on sale. It will continue to show the original price with a slash through it and then the [...]
Microsoft Looking to Compete with Google & PayPal
When Google launched an online-payment service called Google Checkout last year, many analysts saw it as a serious threat to eBay’s PayPal, which is currently the leader in online payment, offering its services not just through eBay but through million of other sites. Now it appears that Microsoft would like to join the online-payment party. [...]
Oprah’s Search For The Next Big Idea
Oprah.com: Do you have an original idea that you want the world to know about?� On Friday’s show, Oprah Winfrey invited hopeful entrepreneurs to pitch their creative and unique products during one of the three national trade shows that TV shopping channel QVC is sponsoring in Chicago, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles during the month of [...]
Niche Biz: Shopping In Reverse
eCommerce-Guide: Mike Moran and Doug Feirstein figured “there had to be a better mousetrap, a more fun, easier way to bring the service of eBay consignment to lots and lots of people,” says Moran, a self-described “serial entrepreneur.” “The amount of buyers on eBay far outnumbers the sellers,” points out Moran. “I think today it’s [...]
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: PickyDomains.Com is a perfect example of how to turn one’s talent into a profitable business. With ever expanding Internet and tens of millions existing websites, finding an available domain name that’s not already taken by cybersquatters can be a real nightmare. But one man’s problem is another man’s solution. Rather [...]
What To Do When Customers Complain
WebProNews: The ability to manage customers is one defining factor that separates your average worker from someone with management potential. Regardless of how careful you plan to operate your business, customers will always complain. So what can you do to help meet or exceed a customers expecations? 1. Don’t Lose Customers. The worst thing about [...]
Yahoo Small Business: With every passing day, entrepreneurs are finding ways to leverage the power of the internet to help them build profits, save money and operate more efficiently. 1. Make your website more interactive. 2. Add a simple shopping cart feature to your website and take orders online. 3. Submit invoices by e-mail. 4. [...]
Entrepreneur Finds Business Half Way Around World
Kiplinger: Ryan Comfort found the inspiration for his business halfway around the world. Comfort, who graduated in 2005 from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, was touring Asia before his senior year began when an oil painting in a Thai market caught his eye. Comfort learned that the artist painted oil copies of photographs, and [...]
