Bakersfield.com: Christy Baker, a stay-at-home mom, liked the idea of buying educational games for her children, but found they were expensive and the children lost interest in them after a while. She did some research to see if there was anyone who rented games for systems such as Leapster and Vtech, but found none. She […]
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Cyber Monday is, of course, what is touted to be the busiest day of the year for online sales. It comes the Monday after Black Friday (the Friday after Thanksgiving that kicks off the holiday shopping season at bricks and mortar stores), reports Inc.com. Here’s where, you, the online seller, have a distinct advantage over
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Relief might be in sight for retailers afraid that somebody somewhere has secured a patent covering some mundane process they regularly do in the course of selling stuff – be it the way customers swipe payment cards, their methods for collecting loyalty program data or the functioning of their Web site’s shopping cart feature, reports
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Silicon Valley may have discovered the perfect business: charging real money for products that do not exist reports, The New York Times. These so-called virtual goods, like a $1 illustration of a Champagne bottle on Facebook or the $2.50 Halloween costume in the online game Sorority Life, are no more than a collection of pixels
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The New York Times is reporting that PayPal is seeking new ways to use its payment system. PayPal held its first developer conference in San Francisco to officially open its platform to software developers wanting to include payments in their Web or cellphone applications. With the new platform, any software developer can embed PayPal’s technology
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Brian Spaly’s quest for the perfect pair of pants led him and former roommate Andy Dunn to start a Web-only clothing company that wants to sell men’s trousers that fit – without the need for fitting rooms writes The Associated Press. Mass-market pants, the kind you find at chain stores, are often baggy and frumpy,
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The wedding day is a special moment in any couples life and it is one that can be quite costly. Put that together with the millions of people that are getting married each year and that makes this a very profitable industry to be in. This is something Patricia Ottoni, the owner of The Goodie
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Google’s ever-expanding product line just got even bigger thanks to its new Commerce Search, a search function tailored for retailers. The service, which incorporates Google’s search capabilities into your online store, carries a price tag of $50,000 a year according to TechCrunch, but Google says it’s worth it. Their claim is that faster search speed
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Three years ago, twenty-somethings Peter Crawfurd and Michael Yang were would-be web entrepreneurs in search of a business idea writes Entrepreneur. Their top criteria: something they could start with limited funds, and something with big potential to scale. Avid consumers of tailored dress shirts, they decided to capitalize on their knowledge of custom-made clothing and
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Fast Company: Last week, Wal-Mart cut the price of some popular new books to just $10, a slice of over 60%. Not willing to be out-done on home turf, Amazon matched them. Wal-Mart went down to $9. Amazon went to $8.99. Target jumped in tardily at $8.99. Then Sears jaunted into the battle and dropped
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