Archive for January, 2007
I-Bid is a big boon for the Illinois Government
The Illinois website I-Bid(ibid.illinois.gov) has become quite the little money maker for the state. The sales on the site last year brought in over $350,000. That’s an increase in over $100,000 from 2005. They’ve also managed to amass a little over 12,000 registered members. It’s no eBay, but bidders can find used items from the [...]
PayPal to issue Password key fobs to users
Cnet is reporting that Paypal is getting ready to offer a Password key fob to it’s users. The fob will have a rotating password that changes about every 30 seconds and will act as a third method of authentication for user logins. The “PayPal Security Key” will cost $5 for personal PayPal accounts, but will [...]
Get your own MIG Fighter Jet
If you hurry, you can still bid on a MiG 21F USSR Fighter that is being sold on ebay. The current price is at $23,000.00 and rising. I’m not sure what the actual value of this is, but they’ll ship it here for $5000. According to the auction the jet is demilitarized and ready for [...]
Agloco: Get paid to surf the web
Agloco is a new and improved company that pays you to surf the web. You download a toolbar (still in beta) and surf for a maximum of 5 hours a month. Everybody in your downline does the same. Everybody gets paid. It’s not a new idea, but it is an improvement on the ones that [...]
eBay ProStores coupon code
If you’re a eBay store user, you may have gotten a letter in the mail today with a promotional flyer in it for eBay ProStores. While many of us haven’t taken the jump to a online store presence and I don’t know that if I did, I would use ProStores it might be worth a [...]
How will new shipping rates affect you?
Early in 2006 (May) the USPS filed a proposal to make some rather significant changes to the postal rates. If approved (and it probably will be), there are some changes that could certainly affect your shipping practices. Most important will be the overall rate increase. This amounts to a $0.03/ounce increase for first class. They [...]
eBay announces fee increases for January 30th
Bill Cobb, in his latest newsletter, announced the new fee changes that are effective January 30th, 2007. Not really much of extreme note. Insertion fee for $1.00 to $9.99 range changed from $0.35 to $0.40 and the final value fee for the $25 to $1000 range changed from 3% to 3.25%. There are a few [...]
Do you have goals?
Do you, like most everyone else, start off the year with the best intentions? Do you write down a list of goals that you’ve made for yourself to achieve during the coming year? Well, in business, particularly online business, the best intentions may not be good enough if you don’t follow through with them. You [...]
eBay down
The website for Auction supergiant eBay is currently down.(3:31PM Central, US) Nothing seems to be loading anywhere on the site. Anyone got any dirt on this? Reasons or rumors. We don’t care. Update: That didn’t last long. It’s back up now.(3:36 PM Central, US) Still, an outage at all is quite the hiccup at eBay. [...]
Anything Goes Deal starts today
Don’t forget to check out the Domino’s Pizza Anything Goes Deal treasure hunt on eBay that starts today! It should be a lot of fun even if you don’t get the $9.99 item. [tags]dominos,anythinggoesdeal,anythinggoes,treasure hunt,ebay[/tags]
