Monthly Archive for May, 2006


Show 05-28-06: eBay, Yahoo & Site Diversion, VeRO Rampage, Buyer’s Guides as Revenge, Stores & Web Directories, Google Base Help, 1% Solution, Creative Feedback

Want to sell Nitrous Oxide illegally to those under 18? “IT” is no problem on eBay.
Yahoo & eBay strike a deal that will only serve to distract buyers from your auctions. Under 18 and interested in buying some bad gas?..no problem on eBay. VeRO owners using their clout to stifle any and all competition. Buyer’s Guides as a means to really unload on them that done you wrong.

A simple site that provides a useful service that you cannot find anywhere on eBay. Adding your Store to web directories is an important step you’re most likely not taking. A Gift Basket supply wholesaler and some ideas about marketing…ever thought that you might be too descriptive in your descriptions? Read the rest …

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Show 05-21-06: Overstock Auctions New Stores, Symantec & McAfee Software Crackdown, Interview with Ken Walton, author of “Fake; Forgeries, Lies and eBay”, Fund Raising, Free Flyer Publisher, e-mail Spiders Squashed

Software pirates defy industry giants..
Overstock.com Auctions announces Store feature to be added to the site. Symantec & McAfee join forces in crack-down on sellers of illegal copies of their software on eBay. Imagine: all the information ever composed (written word, film, audio & web) compressed and available in a tool the size of an Ipod…now imagine that you are a book publisher fighting the scanning of books by Google…conclusion? Someone is on the wrong side of history.

Listen in to our interview with Ken Walton, author of Fake; Forgeries, Lies and eBay. The coverage of the book so far has concentrated on the caper..there are, however, very interesting lessons to be learned that every eBay seller Read the rest …

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Show 05-14-06: PayPal Dispute Resolution, Overstock Oasis, Power Press Website Marketing Strategy, SiteAdvisor, Cross-Promotions, 78% of Us are Invisible, eBay Store Names, Niche Items, Niche Wholesalers, BlogCollector

PayPal’s recently appointed “Dispute Resolution Manager”.

PayPal announces a Dispute Resolution Process, tracking all information and correspondence in one spot…additionally, PayPal also announces a partnership with Equifax, “Equifax Credit Alerts”, that will alert PayPal members of any attempt to open a financial account in your name. Overstock.com announces an “Oasis” for attendees of eBay Live. Latest stats on our Power Press Web Site Marketing Strategy.

Siteadvisor alerts you before you visit a sit as to whether it’s safe or not. We’ve found a site that shows you how to easily make any password virtually un-hackable. Are you putting eBay’s cross-promotion feature to good use? Study shows that 78% of small business websites are virtually invisible Read the rest …

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Show 05-06-06: Store Name Hijacking, Amex 5% Off Fedex, $135K Con, First Fuel Bank, eBay’s Ad Format, Unclaimed Baggage, Common Keywords

Recently discovered Diebenkorn in E-Auction-Air’s attic…note the authentic signature…note too that my certificate of authenticity carries with it a certificate of authenticity bearing witness to authenticity of the certificate, if not the painting.

eBay Store loophole makes it possible to appropriate another sellers ID as your store name…but the real story is how you should be naming your store and its not what you’re probably thinking. Is the USPS going to allow “forever stamps”? Fedex users can be getting an additional 5% off their bill by using American Express. eBay fraudster, Kenneth Walton, comes clean about his $135,000 con…it ain’t art and it ain’t pretty. Lucky folks in Minnesota can use First Fuel Bank to hedge their gasoline prices…let’s hope this idea is catching on.

Is your IP rejecting e-mail files that are too large; either sending or receiving?…there’s a free service that will handle files up to a gig in size. Steve Weber’s blog is an excellent reference for all things re book sales and book collectibles on line….titled, appropriately enough, “Selling Books”. YLDFire is a site that will gladly do, for a price, what eBay already does for free Read the rest …

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