Monthly Archive for April, 2006

E-Auction-Air has learned that Exxon / Mobile has acquired the rights to the Sun and plans to offer it for sale on eBay in the coming weeks.

“Actually, we’ve owned it for some time”,explained company spokesperson, Drew Turneabe,”While a sentimental favorite of the company, we nevertheless found it a superfluous holding and are therefore placing it up for bid on eBay”.

Proceeds from the sale, according to industry insiders, will be used to fund future executive retirement plans.

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Links from this week’s show:

Power Press Web Site Marketing Strategy - Very powerful tool for getting publicity & traffic as well as links to your web site or even your auction.

eBay Guides - Use them / write them to drive traffic from natural search results on Google,Yahoo, etc..

Fotolia - Excellent site to sell or source stock photography…you too, can be a stock photo professional.

eBay Stores - If you haven’t done so already, open one. There are lessons to be learned applicable far beyond eBay.

e-Junkie - Sell downloads on-line using PayPal.

APO/FPO Explained - Its far easier than its made out to be and it opens up a very large market. Be not afraid.

FirstGov - The official portal for everything, and I mean everything , the government has to offer.

CharityFolks - Visit this site then visit last week’s recommended site, AuctionAnything…now, add it up locally and you might just have a business plan.

Google’s SketchUp - Model software to create 3-D images, plans etc….A cheaper and more flexible alternative is Delgine.

Seth Godin’s Blog - Ditch that troublesome customer.

Retro Sources - Many links to all things retro.

Auctions4Wheels - eBay Motors alternative with no listing or FVF’s.

Wired News 10 Wackiest eCommerce Sites - 5 of which you heard about here first.

BNFUSA DropShippers - The grandaddy of ‘em all on eBay and the source for absolutely nothing unique or profitable, IMHO.

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Ready or not, here comes eBay Express…have you taken the steps necessary to be included? Following on the heels of last week’s show, another source reports that eBay has been in talks with Yahoo & Microsoft since last fall. Vendio nixes Yahoo Auctions. An on-line seller parlays a paper clip into a one year lease on a house….and he isn’t through yet! Google Local is open for business..care to take a ride? Special for E-Auction-Air Listeners…Save $200 on your registration fee for the Small Biz Games.

How applying a little 4th grade math to your auction business can result in a 25% increase in profits. WhataCollection is a great all-around site for all things collectible…and while we’re on the subject, we’ll show you a simple way to use Google Read the rest …

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What if eBay and Yahoo merged?..There are some interesting reasons why it might make sense for both. The Internet Marketing Center makes its fortune promising that you can make yours…trouble is, the $8,000,000 a year business it’s touting as a perfect eBay model is MIA. Could eBay, Yahoo or Amazon actually be considering a separate dedicated wireless network all of their own?

“The Worst eBayer Ever” is actually a pretty clever scheme to help drive traffic to another business venture. How you can use basic tools on Google to uncover your next market niche…but you have to know how to search. Keywords are king and its good to have a site where the best free keyword tools are all in one place. Thinking about the jewelry market? Then you’d better be familiar with the hundreds of terms your customers expect you to know.

A free coupon site that allows you to design your own coupon and campaign and that will do most of the heavy lifting for you. The IRS Auction site is only “Top Secret” Read the rest …

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Thank-you and Congratulations to E-Auction-Air’s Glorious Listeners in the People’s Republic for being #1 in total foreign listening hours last month!

While you may be foreign to some, you’re E-Auction-Air Homies to Us.

Currently, 15% of the world’s population is on-line..could it be that lower auction prices are the result of over-population? 60 Second Ideas is a gold-mine for jump-starting ideas by learning from the Best and the Brightest on-line from around the world.

If you’re thinking that an “off the shelf” e-commerce package is going to deliver top shelf results…think again…one hint is that there is more than one front door to every web site. Tired of seller’s ripping off your copy…we’ve got a site Read the rest …

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eBay and MercExchange trade punches before the Supreme Court meanwhile the US Patent Office dismisses MercExhange’s patent claim as “obvious”…what then is this fight all about? Well, its really about power..the courts, patents & lying down with elephants.

Overstock.com Auctions declares open season on the “level playing field”…tune in and find out how sellers can now drive down listing fees to less than 3 cents!..and learn how E-Auction-Air listeners can save $15 in the process. How about a site where you can track all of your news feeds as well as add your own store / auction product feeds for an international audience?..its RSS as it should be: fun, practical and just maybe profitable for you. A site that will buy from you and ship to eBay starved buyers Read the rest …

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