Archive for April, 2007
The Harry-est Town in America?
Amazon has been keeping track of the pre-order sales of the newest Harry Potter, The Deathly Hallows, and amassing a list of the Harry-est towns in America. So far, the states of Virginia and Washington seem to be leading the race with 7 of the top 10 cities and Falls Church, Virginia in the lead. [...]
eBay buys MicroPlace
This one slipped through my radar for a while, but eBay announced that they had purchased the micro finance company MicroPlace back towards the beginning of the month in a TownHall. MicroPlace allows for micro finance loans. At the moment, nearly a month later, there doesn’t seem to be any real way to see what [...]
J.K. Rowling signed Harry Potter poster for charity
There is a nicely framed Harry Potter movie poster from the first movie up for signed by J.K. Rowling”>auction on eBay. It’s over on the UK site and is currently at about 700 pounds. Not sure of the exchange on that, but I think it’s about 1300 US. All of the proceeds go to the [...]
Feedback 2.0 finally getting rolled out
The changes to eBay Feedback that Bill Cobb mentioned way back in January are finally set to roll out in the U.S. They’ve been testing them in the U.K. for quite a while now and it seems that for the most part they’ve been accepted and work out pretty well. I personally can’t wait for [...]
eBay millionaire shares secrets
Corey Kossack is the founder of Koss DVD on eBay. He currently has revenue of over $500,000 a year with that company. In his first year, he sold over 25,000 DVDs. He is a genuine eBay success story. And he’s sharing his story in a new book. “eBay Millionaire or Bust: Hidden strategies that maximize [...]
Auctions of the week: April 22 2007
There aren’t any auctions of the week this week. Some health problems with my son have caused it to be a very busy weekend and start of the week, so I haven’t had the time to do the auctions of the week this week. Submit some for next week and we’ll come back stronger than [...]
Store of the week: 2007 Best in Stores edition
I’m going to take a break from picking stores this week to point out the contest that is going on right now on eBay. It’s the 2007 best in stores contest! If you have an eBay ID, you can log in here and vote for the best store in four different categories. So, this week, [...]
Build a Niche Store to up your eBay affiliate earnings
Maybe you’re like me and run your own website. Maybe you even do like I do and list a few affiliate links to eBay for your auctions like I do. It brings in a little extra money on the side but we can earn more! As a website or blog owner – You’re going to [...]
eBay Profits 2007 eBook released
I just got notification that the eBay Profits 2007 guide eBook has been released and is now available for purchase. It’s a pretty hefty eBook that has tons of great information on how to optimize your eBay experience as an eBay seller. As of this writing the book is only $27, but could go up [...]
AuctionTagr: Tag your auctions
If you follow the “Web 2.0″ crowd at all like I do you know that one of the biggest things going in the social media space is the ability to tag things. Giving something a tag gives you the ability to associate a word or words with it that means something to you. Give something [...]
