Archive for March 7th, 2007
eBay Affiliate Program Releases New Changes
eBay released a game-changing letter to affiliates today. It’s good stuff. Affiliates can now link to their own eBay auctions and profit from commissions on completed auctions and new customer acquisition. This holds great potential and was previously verboten, if I am not mistaken. Why does this matter? Lets say an eBay seller want to [...]
PayPal Partners with Megaglobe Inc.
Megaglobe.com, a new international search engine, has forged a unique e-commerce partnership with PayPal. According to the innovative two-payment system, users can either pay with credit cards issued in 50 different currencies, or with a PayPal multi-currency option. In addition to its powerful search formula, Megaglobe comes in as many as 45 different languages, and [...]
PayPal, the world’s top online payments company, said on Monday it has translated its Web site into Japanese to make it easier for Japanese shoppers to use its services. The company, a unit of online auction site eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile , Research), said that a week from now it would begin offering a [...]
PGA Auctions: Praveen presents Review of “The Rich Jerkâ€? – Get It Free, Plus $1 posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, “A review of the Rich Jerk e-book and how to get it free – the book contains a section on “Selling Wholesale on Ebayâ€?.â€? Tom Murphy presents The American Flyer Prewar O Gauge [...]
Number Of Items Listed On eBay Increasing
The number of items for sale on eBay has increased from a year ago, but more listings don’t necessarily guarantee a big quarter for the online auctioneer. eBay Goldman Sachs said Tuesday that eBay (nasdaq: EBAY – news – people ) listings from Jan. 1 through March 4 were up 5.8% from the corresponding period [...]
Buying Mega Millions Ticket on eBay Could Backfire
Tickets for tonight’s $370 million Mega Millions jackpot were so hot they were being sold on eBay for twice their face value. A Lakewood seller posted three tickets for sale on one-day auctions that ended Sunday. One of the five-play tickets, which cost $5, sold for $11.61. Other five-play tickets sold for $7.80 and $6.90. [...]
Panasonic’s New Sleek Skype Phone
There’s something tremendously appealing about making phone calls for free, and that’s made easier when you can quickly link up to your home’s Wi-Fi network and make calls over the Internet without even needing a PC. That’s what you get with Panasonic’s KX-WP1050 Skype Wi-Fi handset, and along for the ride comes slim and attractive [...]
Skype is a peer-to-peer (P2P) application, meaning that users connect to one another directly and not through a central server for communication. Skype initially uses Internet-based servers to authenticate users when they log in and to track their status, but when a “chat” or instant message, “voice call” or “file transfer” is initiated, the parties [...]
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: Thirty-four-year-old Jeremiah Hutchins, who describes himself as having an “entrepreneurial spirit,� moonlighted as a trucker at night, hauling everything from Campbell’s Soup to Little Debbie snack cakes. Hutchins listened to AM radio as he drove and the airwaves were filled with talk surrounding the high-profile trial of a man involved [...]
Inventor Has 350 Ideas On Market
OC Register: Every inventor has a thousand ideas. But it’s the rare one who has 350 of his ideas actually on the market. Meet Zlatko Zadro, president of Zadro Products. After careers selling large computers and refurbishing real estate, Zadro decided in 1983 to try marketing one of his inventions. The result is an international [...]
Yahoo Finance: You probably remember that guy or gal from college who roamed the dormitory halls, the parking lot, and the bleachers before every big game hawking snarky and ironic T-shirts. John Anton was one such guy. “In 1985, while I was a student at Arizona State University it happened that my fraternity was having [...]
Startup Journal: In its search for growth, eBay Inc. is starting to go after teenagers’ wallets, teaming with social-networking sites to lure younger customers. The San Jose, Calif., online auctioneer is working on launching a feature for visitors to social-networking company Bebo Inc., which caters largely to teenagers. The idea is, Bebo users would be [...]
Rhonda Abrams at The Passionate Entrepreneur: Once you start your own business, the advice pours in from all sides: Your sister has a great idea for a marketing campaign. Your brother thinks you should get a franchise. Your father wants you to be tougher on your employees. And your mother, who’s worried about you, suggests [...]
