Archive for April 16th, 2007
Google Expands Into UK PayPal Territory
We trust them with our search queries, e-mails, calendar information and, more recently, documents and spreadsheets. Now Google is preparing to keep watch over the holy grail of data protection – bank and credit card information. From today, UK customers will be able to use Google’s online payment mechanism, called Checkout, to make purchases through [...]
When Paul Fischer and Gregory Skibbee started eBay jewelry seller Windsor Auctions (eBay User ID: windsorauctions-usa) in 2005, they weren’t sure whether they should try selling internationally. But when Fischer, a 39-year-old Lutz, Florida, entrepreneur, and his 48-year-old co-founder looked more closely at what they would gain by going global, the choice was easy. “The [...]
With the soaring price of fuel, cuts in airline pilot training expenses had to be made somewhere… Picture courtesy Cybersalt
Dublin Mother's Baby Goods Gaining In Popularity
MSNBC: In 2002, Meredith Liepelt was a first-time mom living in Virginia and in desperate need of a burp cloth that didn’t bunch up on her shoulder. Dusting off her grandmother’s sewing machine, she whipped up an hourglass-shaped, chenille-and-flannel burp cloth that was beautiful, absorbent and the envy of other moms. Soon she was giving [...]
In Style Moms Founder Recognized As Strollerfit® Mom Of The Month
PRWeb: Redlands resident and mom of two, Tammy Gibson, has been recognized as the April 2007 StrollerFit® Mom of the Month (MOM). Created by StrollerFit® Exercise with Your Baby™, the premier stroller fitness franchise, the MOM Award recognizes the very best of the mompreneur community — businesswomen who inspire others with their brilliance and their [...]
Pope’s Car Doesn’t Make the Reserve on eBay
A 1999 metallic gray Volkswagen Golf believed to once belong to the pope went up for sale on eBay, but the auction ended Saturday without a winner. For the second time in two years, eBay hosted an auction for a car said to be Pope Benedict XVI’s old hatchback. Though bids surpassed $204,000, a reserve [...]
eBay Alternatives Showing Some Success
In years past, alternatives to eBay had a low chance of success, particularly if they were free sites. However, in the market targeted by eBay Express (fixed-price items), it appears this is changing. There are a number of ecommerce sites that have become quite popular. We’re going to look at a couple of them that [...]
Postage Increase Makes eBay Sellers Concered
Seventy-seven percent of eBay and online sellers are concerned about higher shipping costs when new USPS rates go into effect in May, and 26 percent are concerned that postal tools they use may not be ready when the changes go into effect, according to a recent AuctionBytes survey. Postal rates are going up in the [...]
What We Can Learn From ‘The Office’
Wired: Say you’re a small, semi-obscure paper-supply firm, under siege from the big boys: Staples, Office Depot-ever-expanding behemoths with bargaining power you can’t match and Web-based customer interfaces you can’t beat. Short of cashing out and going home, what do you do? If you’re Dunder Mifflin, you take a deep breath, throw open your doors, [...]
Wired: For two weeks, Steve Arnold trudged through the dusty farmland of Kiowa County, Kansas, a 6-foot rope trailing over his shoulder. Tied to the end of the rope was a metal detector cobbled together from PVC pipe and duct tape. Back and forth Arnold paced, pulling the jury-rigged device across the dirt, hunting for [...]
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine: Maybe a million bucks isn’t what it used to be (there are nine million households worth seven digits in the U.S. today). But by the same token, making a million is a more-attainable goal than ever. Not there yet? Then let us inspire you with the stories of 7 men and [...]
The Bulletin: One of the biggest influences on my business career has been my mentors, and I have had a handful of them. I can say without question that I wouldn’t have achieved a quarter of what I have accomplished without their guidance and support. All of them taught me something different. The one thing [...]
Google Buys Doubleclick For $3.1 Billion
USA Today: Seeking to expand its already well-honed ability to sell targeted Internet advertisements, online search leader Google Inc. said it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion in cash to acquire ad-management technology company DoubleClick Inc. The two companies announced the deal after the markets closed Friday. The boards of both companies have approved the [...]
