Show 02-26-06: Ad Format Expansion, Edgio, PayPal Cellular Payment, Google’s Web Page Creator, Credit Card Processors, Blurb.com

eBay announces Ad Format is being rolled-out to include additional categories…sounds like a good idea; now how does this fit in with the new fixed price listings & expanded store search?…Is there enough room on the screen? Meanwhile, PayPal awakens to last week’s story re TextPayMe and is pulling together their own peer-to-peer cellular payment service.

Is Edgeio the next big idea? Sounds like it just might be…bypassing auction portals and letting you list via RSS straight from your blog, with no Final Value Fees. Googles App of the Week is a free web page creator; this is getting dull, almost as dull as most of their other Apps. On the other hand we have Yahoo’s Flickr, a lesson on how an App can be launched that is both useful, unbelievably viral and chock-full of ideas….like QOOP. Remember IBM? Quietly last year, they patented a vending machine that will take in your item, price it and, theoretically, make it available on the internet.

So, you change your eBay and PayPal ID / Password as frequently as you change your socks…trouble is, there might just be a back-door open equally in need of your attention. Need a Credit Card Processor? TopTenReviews is a good place to begin your search. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re dealing with a visual medium on-line and a lot of us could use some practical advice re design…and Before&After magazine makes it simple and fun. SilverJewelryClub.com is one auction seller’s e-commerce solution with some interesting twists.

Blurb.com is a step above other print-on-demand solutions….a smart, easy interface that can make your book projects look professional. I am so jealous of FlapArt…”How to Murder a Complete Stranger and Get Away With It”..Curious? United Auction for liquidation items. BagButton for sucking all the bad air out of your shipping and packaging problems.

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