01-29-06: eBay Listing Violators, Ringfo, CD Sales, Classifieds, Shuffilicious, Scanning Books, Jargol

According to CNN, the future of auctions may very well be “classified”.. will eBay’s dominance continue in light of MSN & Google’s plans to compete for ads & search? eBay announces major changes for listing violators, a revamping of policy language and an easier way to turn the bad guys. Are your e-mails to your customers being read..or even opened? A new study reveals insight as to why they aren’t and what steps you can take to make sure they are.

The $100 Business Idea Generator..10 steps to zeroing in a a profitable niche. Are you missing out on an excellent up-sale that can make a serious addition to your bottom line? Its been there all along and we’ve got an example of a source for the tools you’ll need to make it happen. Three practical hints for helping stem identity theft that you probably hadn’t thought of. A new site for new CD sales that offers a new spin on downloading…they keep the CD, you get the music and you have the right to resell the CD; all without the CD ever having left the site.

The story of Shuffilicious; an excellent study of how to design and build a unique product; the pitfalls and lessons learned. Ringfo quietly “rings in” just how comparison shopping works with a cell phone….and this, trust me, is only the beginning. Listen in to hear an example of how it works.

Scanned images and pictures from old books; a site that offers an excellent design source and a template for how to do it yourself. Jargol has fresh product ideas from all over the country as well as helpful tips from industry pros on how they find items for resale. How retail sites can often be wholesale goldmines…two examples of how to shop the competition for profitable bargains. A cheat sheet for corporate phone numbers that has the tricks you need to reach a “real” human.

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