Archive for April 19th, 2007
Fast Pitch: New Mexico work at home mom launches greeting card business to help charities, PTAs, civic organizations and sports teams raise money by selling automated greeting cards. Purchasers can send a high quality greeting card from their computer in less than 30 seconds. Greeting Cards for A Cause is an easy fund raiser with [...]
Big Chains Accepting More Online Payments Like PayPal
E-commerce consultancy Brulant have released results of its October 2006 and February 2007 surveys. One hundred of the largest online retailers, such as JC Penney, The Home Depot and Wal-Mart were investigated and the methods of payment they offered logged. In the intervening four months the acceptance of non-traditional payment methods, such as PayPal, Google [...]
eBay Drop Shop iSold It Stores In Trouble
The future of Online Revolution, the UK franchiser of eBay drop shop brand iSold It, appears to be in the balance amid reports that it has gone into receivership. The company is refusing to comment on its future, referring enquiries instead to accountants BDO Stoy Hayward. It hasn’t returned calls, but one of iSold It’s [...]
The Challenges of Making eBay a Career
Lisa and Hugues Deriau started The Frenchy Bee, an eBay store, for fun. But the business, which features French soaps, chocolates and gourmet items such as escargot and foie gras, was so successful they moved into an office within six months and have moved to larger spaces twice since. It was no get-rich-quick track, or [...]
GadgetCandy and Skype have teamed up to give away five swanky Skype phones. The Philips VoIP841 looks the business and works a treat, too. Now how about the chance to win one? The chic cordless ‘Net handset can carry all your Skype calls, but doesn’t require a PC. It’ll synchronise with your existing Skype contacts [...]
Skype Worm Infecting IM Chat System
Playing on the sex factor like a lot of worms do, the Mal/Pykse-A worm is spreading via Skype’s IM chat system. The worm poses as a link to a photograph of a young woman. Clicking on the link does display an image of a scantily clad model wearing stiletto heeled shoes, but only after infecting [...]
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Springwise: Just over a year ago, we covered Ether, which makes it easy for budding entrepreneurs to sell spoken advice and support by providing them with a dedicated 1-888 number for customers to call, and taking care of billing and payments. Now, a massive player has joined the arena. Skype’s latest software release includes a [...]
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine: Maxine Clark rode to riches on the back of a teddy bear. Clark opened her first Build-A-Bear Workshop in a St. Louis shopping mall in 1997. Now the international chain generates $360 million in sales annually and has made Clark a multimillionaire. In Clark’s stores, kids of all ages line up [...]
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Freelancing
PowerHomeBiz: I know a lot of folks who are into freelancing — web designers, graphic artists, writers and others. If you want to freelance, here are common mistakes to avoid: 1. Over-reliance on one client. When you find a great company to work for that pays well, often you stop looking for other clients. 2. [...]
Springwise: A new website in Malaysia, Tumpang, which is Malay for pooling, makes it easy for buyers to pool their resources to get a bulk discount on everything from fabric freshener to flat screen televisions. However, Tumpang has added an interesting twist on the seller’s side. Much like eBay, anyone can post an item for [...]
