Miscellaneous
Shawn Hogan – eBay Scammer Or Victim ?
Many of us followed with great interest back in August of 2008 when Shawn Hogan (owner of the digitalpoint forums and successful web entrepreneur) was taken to court by eBay for cheating and defrauding them over $15 million via the eBay affiliate program.
eBay & Paypal Coupon for November 2008
Ebay has released another Discount Code for select eBay members. Like normal, you must get the email or announcement in your My eBay in order to use the coupon. You also must have a PayPal account. The Code is: CHOLIDAYNOV2008 It will give you 10% off up to $100 and is effective from now until [...]
Doba
If you’ve visited here lately, you’ve likely seen an ad banner for a company called Doba on the top right of the site. It’s not there anymore. I went and signed up for a 7 day trial membership to give it a go and see what the service was like. Upon signing up, you do [...]
Win a $75 eBay Gift Certificate/Coupon
I received an email from a Masters student at the London School of Economics who requested that I pass along a link to her thesis survey. The survey is on eBay and bidding practices and really only takes about 5-10 minutes depending on your connection. The questions are very straight forward and easy to answer. [...]
Harry Potter misprints causing stir
I think it goes without saying that if you make several million of something, you’re bound to make a mistake or two. It’s inevitable. Which is why I think it less surprising than some that there are misprints and errors in some of the latest Harry Potter book. Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final [...]
Is PeSA for the seller and by the seller?
PeSA is the Professional eBay Sellers Association. It’s name, taken for face value, infers that it’s an alliance of all eBay sellers. The word their name is missing is “elite”. It’s an elitist group for only the elite of the eBay seller world. Seller Membership Eligibility PeSA Seller Membership is open to all active eBay [...]
Man finds his baby book on eBay
One of Bill Mack’s relatives noticed the baby book on eBay and notified him of it’s availability. The scrapbook contained more than 40 “congratulations on the birth of baby” cards, a list of gifts received, receipts from the hospital, birth announcements from the Crescent-News and Cecil Cyclone, Easter cards, Christmas gift cards and first birthday [...]
Wanna buy a company? Try eBay.
More and more companies are turning to online auction giant eBay to liquidate themselves. More than 10 dot-coms have recently sought buyers on the popular auction site. Search engine DigForIt.com sold for $25,400 this month after promising bidders “great revenue potential.” SynapseLife, an online calendar and organizational site, sold for $60,000 despite warning it had [...]
eBay to increase affiliate payouts June 1
As of June 1st 2007 eBay will be increasing their payouts to affiliates. The new structure will pay out between 50% and 75% depending on the total amount of sales that are created through your affiliate links with the 50% tier ending at $99.99 and the 75% tier beginning at $3,000,000.00 and above. Payouts for [...]
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. [...]
