eBay Talk

Your Guide to Web Hosting

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:05:00 +0000

Planning to find a web hosting plan for your blog but just can’t decide the best deal out of the thousands? There are too many web host companies offering almost the same webhosting plans? If this has troubled you, it troubles everyone else too, but webhostingchoice.com has the solution for you.

By consolidating hundreds of web hosting companies in one place, webhostingchoice.com promises to deliver you the best search-and-compare portal for you to compare web hosting plans of your choice. When you enter the site, you will see a quick web host search box from where you can start searching and comparing the recommended web host plans by simply keying in your basic requirements like Monthly Cost, Setup Fee, Diskspace and Bandwidth. For example, I did a test search to find the best deal that charged a maximum of $9.00 per month with zero setup fee, it returned with 675 results of the relevant web hosting plans, and webhostingchoice.com recommended HostGator among all of them. Of course, there’s also an advanced search option available if you want to compare some other features.

Besides allowing you to compare webhosting plans, webhostingchoice.com also provides a learning center that offers some essential guides to web hosting, I found the Dedicated Server guide very useful and informative especially when I’m planning to get a dedicated server soon.

There aren’t many easy-to-use websites like webhostingchoice.com, it is undeniably one of the best searchable web hosting directories that offers free guides and tips to finding the most suitable web host. The next time you wanna find an answer to web hosting, let the folks over at webhostingchoice.com help you out.

Too many credit cards?

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:11:00 +0000

Nowadays, we are inundated with credit card offers everywhere we turn, it is no surprise that most people hold more than one credit card. Not all of us are financial experts and thus it's not easy to manage a credit card account if you don't understand how credit card works, not to mention handling several credit cards at one time. Why not consider a credit card consolidation? Mint credit cards from The Royal Bank of Scotland are able to offer help.

Mint credit card is currently offering a 0% balance transfer for 13 months, subject to a balance transfer fee of 2.5%. This unique card comes with a wide range of features and benefits that are significantly worth considering. By using Mint credit card from now until 1 May 2008, you can enjoy up to 56-day interest-free period on purchases. And what's more, there's no annual fee ever, you can also get a complimentary supplementary card for your loved one, even for a friend. Other necessary features and benefits like online statement, online fraud protection, chip and pin security and 24-hour customer service are all included.

The maximum credit limit you can get on a Mint Classic Mc2 card is up to £7,500. However, the card is only for UK residents aged 18 or over, with a minimum annual income of £10,000. Too bad, if the card were offered in my country, I would have gotten one and started consolidating all my credit cards. So, for those who are eligible, what are you waiting for? Go grab one today and stop paying for more interest.

All you need to know about craigslist.org

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:01:00 +0000

Sure, eBay is undoubtedly one of the most popular sites on the Internet today by allowing people from all corners of the earth to auction their belongings on the Internet to earn some cash. However, there are other lesser known sites that are probably just as important out there as they too would help to improve our experience in the online world. For example there are certain "databases" around the Internet that catalogue a huge amount of information that helps us find what we want much faster. One such site would definitely be Craigslist.

For those of you who haven't heard of it, you obviously haven't been using the Internet long enough. Just like eBay, it was founded back in year 1995 - more than a decade ago. It basically catalogues a huge amount of information on the net and keeps them all very organised. Craigslist is essentially (as Wikipedia describes it) a centralized network of online communities, featuring free classified advertisements (with jobs, internships, housing, personals, for sale/barter/wanted, services, community, gigs, resume, and pets categories) and forums on various topics.

What's interesting to note is that Craigslist is in fact principally owned by a few companies, and among them is actually eBay, which is believed to own around one quarter of Craiglist. Considering how the revenue for the site in year 2006 was rumoured to be around 25 million dollars, it's not hard to tell why eBay would decide to purchase part of the company as well. It has become an extremely important and prominent site, even though it's surrounded by millions and billions of other sites.

For those who are interested in finding out more about Craigslist, I would highly recommend checking out a few sites out there which offer interesting information about Craigslist. One such site would be Craigslist Info (http://craigslistinfo.info/) which not only documents a large portion of the company's history, but also offers plenty of valuable tips about Craigslist. It offers information on simple things such as how to use the site in the first place to the probably more "advanced" features of Craigslist such as dating, housing, marketing, making money and even advertising on the site itself.

Craigslist has been around almost as long as the Internet has been and it's obviously not going away anytime soon. For those of you who have not heard of it and do not know what it's about, I would suggest that you check out Craigslist Info as soon as possible to find out all about it as the craigslist information it contains is much more extensive than one would find on a simple blog post. All in all, Craigslist Info will probably answer most of the queries you have about this decade old database site.

New to internet marketing or still trying to get it to work for you?

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:07:00 +0000

You’ve probably created a decent website, submitted it to major search engines and hoped to make it the envy of the online world. Weeks go by, but there’s hardly a visitor to even see what you’re selling. How do you react to that? You start to throw in thousands of the same keyword into the meta tag, title tag and other closely related onpage optimization factors, hoping to rank well in the search engines. Again, you don’t see the results after a couple of weeks, only to discover that you get banned by the search engines for keyword spamming. You finally give up and conclude that selling on the internet isn’t your cup of tea. Does this sound familiar to you?

In order to get the satisfactory results, one website invariably needs a marketing strategy called Search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is the process of improving a website so that it ranks well in the search engines for a specific keyword or keyword phrase. SEO involves onpage optimization and offpage optimization, and it’s not as simple as we think.Therefore, we should assign the task to the internet advertising company and let the professional do the job for you. These great guys over at HTPCompany.com are able to offer their expertise.

HTP Company is a highly experienced internet marketing and SEO Positioning Company that offers the best quality consulting and solutions to help increase your traffic and grow your website. Although they charge for consulting, you can be assured of the value for money. From the available packages, you can choose to have only the ‘onpage optimization’, but why not beat your competitors and rank top in the search engines? You should also go for the ‘offpage optimization’ solutions, for example to buy text links. Apart from that, HTP Company also offers other Search Engine Marketing (SEM) strategies like ‘paid placement’ and ‘paid inclusion’. A tracking system is also included as part of the deal allowing you to easily monitor your results.

All in all, HTP Company is one of the impeccable internet advertising companies out there. You should start giving your website traffic a boost and HTP Company can help you accomplish it with consummate ease. If you haven’t a clue where to begin, then give these guys a call at 805-493-4450 today for detailed professional consulting and start seeing results shortest time possible.

New eBay homepage

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:14:00 +0000

eBay has finally rolled out its new homepage. The new landing page is a fresh look giving you a simplified interface allowing quick access to 7 key sections, namely:

Recent Activites
Go right to your favorite finds and searches
My eBay at a Glance
Get a bird’s eye view of everything you’ve got going on eBay
Shop by Category
Shop your favorite eBay categories here
Start Shopping
Look here first to inspire your next winning adventure
Join the Fun
Tips to boost your winning ways and Connect to your eBay buddies
Meet Our Family
Visit other eBay companies
From Our Sellers
Seller’s featured items

The design is one of my favorite eBay designs in recent years. In the past, eBay homepage looked so much of a commercial site, but the current design delivers a community site feeling - a clever move by eBay. With its new landing page design, eBay is expecting to bring in more new members, be it sellers or buyers. Ahem! Why not reduce the fees too?

If you haven't seen the new eBay homepage, head over to eBay and have a closer view. Happy eBay'ing.

Relocation.com for all of your moving needs

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:32:00 +0000

Once in a while, many people would definitely like to move to a new house, most of the time to experience a new environment and atmosphere. Undoubtedly however, many are often daunted by the task itself as it's definitely no small feat to completely move to a completely new environment. There are so many things to do, from things like moving your stuff to moving your vehicles. While moving is not an easy task, sites like Relocation.com has you covered.

It offers you help in terms of planning ahead and considering all the minute details to ensure that you are able to make a smooth transition to your new home. When the time comes, Relocation professionals will be able to help you make all the critical decisions and of course aid you with the task of moving itself.

For those of you worried about your vehicles, auto shipping is also available as a service so that those of you who want to continue using your current vehicle may do so even if you're moving across to a completely foreign land. Such people might also be interested in checking out international movers who are able to help you seamlessly move into a completely new country without much trouble at all. Being professionals, they'll be able to understand how to make the best decisions possible for you.

All in all, while moving to a new home is not an easy task, such services which can be easily found online have really made all the difference to people who are scratching their heads wondering how they should go about moving. Definitely check out the site if you plan on moving to a new house as it'd be a lot easier if you had some help.

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Princess Diana Gown for sale on eBay

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 07:07:00 +0000

The WE Television Network is auctioning off a gown worn by the late Princess Diana on eBay. This elegant dress designed by Catherine Walker of London, was originally worn by Princess Diana to the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 and to the opening of Miss Saigon in 1989. In 1997, just a month before Princess Diana’s death, WE tv purchased the dress and started to display it along with other gowns purchased from auction in a six-city tour to raise money for the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

All proceeds of the sale will go to America’s Promise Alliance, a national non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of disabled children. At a starting bid of $125,000 , the dress is expected to fetch over $1 million. Although at the time of this writing, there’s no bid yet, the gown is already worth a great deal of money.

This classic event dress of Chiffon is preserved in excellent vintage condition. According to the auction listing description here, the dress will arrive professionally cleaned, wrapped in acid-free paper and muslin, and packed in a white box. This auction listing is limited to pre-approved bidders or buyers only and it is going to end on Aug-22-07 17:00:00 PDT.

The beautiful gown will eventually be sold and the money will go to the charity. I truly believe that is exactly what Pricess Diana would have wanted.

Share your auctions on RSVPBUY.com

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:23:00 +0000

Not too long ago, I suggested you promote your eBay listings on RSVPBUY.com here. For those of you who have not seen that post or have not heard of this site, RSVPBUY describes itself as "a syndicated International Social Publication" that will allow you to "share your upcoming events, online auctions" in order to "discover a new audience". Thus, allowing you to advertise basically anything from an eBay auction to a local event you might be holding. RSVPBUY allows you to get the word out about such things.

New to auction marketing or still trying to get it to work for you? You should then try the free service offered by RSVPBUY.com. It's really quite simple to get the word out about your eBay listing on RSVPBUY.com. One is able to set it as a "private" or "public" auction so as to allow or disallow the public from viewing the particular auction. Also, just enter the date of your auction or event, be it a wedding, the starting up of a business and thus the need for a partner, your band doing a concert in the area.... Absolutely anything at all, the list just goes on forever. There's no limit as to the type of auction or event you would want to advertise, as long as it is family friendly. While the last post on this same site was done just a few weeks ago, I'm glad to say that it has recently introduced several updates that will undoubtedly make it a more attractive site to use.

For example, one of the latest and major upgrades they made was the ability to add video comments. In the past, anyone could comment on any of the events, but only with text. Now, at the comments page, one is able to add an embed video comment code from either YouTube, MySpaceTV, Flurl or LiveVideo. This makes for all the more interesting content on the website even if it's just the comments. It considerably makes RSVPBUY a much more interactive and impeccable website.

All in all, RSVPBUY.com is still a relatively new site, but with an extremely unique feature: it gives you the ability to get the word out about your latest and greatest event. For anyone out there who wants to attract more attention about their eBay auction or website, RSVPBUY would be an extremely useful site for them as well. If you want to promote your eBay auction listing, head on over to RSVPBUY.com, get the feel of the website and start sharing your auctions today.

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Free Webinar for eBay Sellers

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:20:00 +0000

The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA) is bringing you a FREE one-hour webinar, "Benefits of Cause-Marketing: Put the Power of the Ribbon to Work for You!", on Thursday August 16th at 2pm ET (11am PT/eBay Time). In the webinar, Kristin Cunningham (General Manager, eBay Giving Works) and David Yaskulka (Vice President, Product Marketing, Kompolt) are going to give you enough information about:

How to differentiate your retail brand
How to attract new customers and improve customer loyalty
How to leverage eBay cause marketing to build your multi-channel retail brand

Apart from that, you can also expect the most sought-after special guest Elizabeth Bennett of Africa Direct, a Platinum PowerSeller and winner of the 2007 eBay Community Hall of Fame award, sharing her valuable tips and expertise.

As a eBay seller, one always faces a struggle to maintain and improve the business. We are all in the same boat. Don't miss this golden opportunity. This money-can't-buy webinar is open to all eBay sellers. You can register it here. It's time to learn from the experts. I'll see you there.

Advance Restaurant Finance

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:20:00 +0000

Do we eat to live or live to eat? Either way, everyone needs to eat still no matter how bad the economy is and hence, F&B seems to be the most stable and profitable business until today. However, running a restaurant requires huge working capital for renovation, kitchen wares, furniture etc. Not everyone has that amount of working capital available, as a result, a business loan is definitely required in order for the merchant to sustain in the competitive market. Nonetheless, getting a working capital loan isn’t as easy, but these guys at Advance Restaurant Finance are able to assist you with restaurant finance.

Advance Restaurant Finance, a licensed lender, specializes in short-term working capital loans for small to medium-sized merchants like restaurants and retailers. For those businesses with poor credit history, it’s not a barrier at all as Advance Restaurant Finance specializes in that too and they make getting business loan a breeze.

Check out Advance Restaurant Finance today and experience the ease of restaurant financing.

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50 Cent's Chrome Lamborghini sold on eBay

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:40:00 +0000

A custom-chrome 2005 Lamborghini Murcielago was recently sold on eBay for $310,000. What?! $310,000 for a used Lamborghini Murcielago?! Yes, for the same price the buyer could have gotten a brand new 2007 Murcielago, but not all eBay buyers are bargain hunters, some of them just hunt for big name items.

This luxury convertible sports car is rumored to be owned by rapper 50 Cent. In the listing description here, it reads "This Murcielago has had one celebrity owner, it has been the subject of numerous magazine articles and has been on television on several occasions." Although we wouldn't know if the Murcielago was belong to 50 Cent, the same car was spotted as he was pulled over in New York. There are pictures of 50 Cent and his Murchielago in circulation too. Anyway, he must have gotten himself a new ride, good for him too.

Buying big name items seems to be of a lifestyle statement nowdays. So if you're looking for new eBay sources, selling celebrities' trash ain't a bad idea. Let's go search their trash bins. "Paparazzi, it's my turn, gimme that trash bin." *giggling*

I signed up for PPP!

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:35:00 +0000

You may have noticed that I’ve been writing sponsored posts during the past few weeks. Yes, I signed up for PayPerPost. Before signing up for PayPerPost, I used to spend a lot of time and effort on Blogsvertise, Sponsored Reviews and many other similar blog advertising programs. I wasn’t really keen on PayPerPost ‘cause I thought it’s hard to get my blog approved on this top-notch advertising community. I was wrong. When I found out a housewife from my country, Malaysia, was one of the top earners earning 4 figures a month from PayPerPost, I was stunned. If she could do it, why not me?! I quickly signed up for PayPerPost without further hesitation and added this blog for approval. Within 2 business days, I managed to get the approval to write sponsored reviews or posts offered by PayPerPost.

PayPerPost emphasizes on blog ethics and being honest to our readers is what PayPerPost always encourages. Therefore, a disclosure is always required when you post a review. In other words, you are free to write or say whatever you want according to your genuine thoughts, PayPerPost has no restrictions on how you should say about an advertiser’s product or service. Whereas, other similar programs require you to give only positive reviews about an advertiser’s product or service.

After a month of blogging for PayPerPost, I just got to tell you that I love PayPerPost. The user interface of PayPerPost is neat, clean, user friendly and colorful! Unlike other similar programs, PayPerPost has the largest advertiser base, meaning that you don’t need to wait ages to get a writing offer. However, as writing for PayPerPost is getting competitive, thus you are required to complete a post within an hour after taking the opportunity. I used to spend days to complete posting for other get-paid-to-blog programs, but now I can complete it in an hour. This not only makes me feel competent, it also helps to improve my writing speed.

I wasn’t really active enough in the first month as my schedule was terribly tied up, but still I managed to rake in about USD84 for only 7 posts done in the first month. I have wasted too much time, I should have started earlier. I will continue to support PayPerPost and contribute my best. About the USD84 that I earned, I already received the payment from PayPerPost, and I happily spent it on a pair of designer sunglasses. Yay!

eBay alternative: Start selling on Facebook

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:35:00 +0000

Do you have a Facebook account? If you don't, better go get one today. If you do, there's a good news for you, you can now start selling on Facebook already. Buy.com announced a new Facebook application on August 7, letting Facebook users to buy or sell their stuff on Facebook.

For those who do not know what Facebook is all about, Facebook is a free social networking website that connects your network of friends. By creating your profile on Facebook, you can exchange private or public messages and join groups of friends. However, the viewing of detailed profile data is restricted to users from the same group of friends. Facebook also provides a platform allowing anyone to create applications that interact with Facebook core features, and Garage Sale is the latest application launched by Buy.com to provide a new era of buying and selling online. Facebook users can now directly post their personal items for sale on their profile page and buy items from friends that you already know and trust. To help users get their hands on, Garage Sale provides two online video tutorials showing you how to buy and sell using Garage Sale, check out the tutorials here.

Garage Sale will gradually become one of the best eBay alternatives, as they only charge 5% commission for every completed sale, considering eBay fees are the biggest challenge to selling on eBay. However, critics say eBay will not be endangered by this new service, simply because sellers on Garage Sale can't access to big base of buyers like eBay do. Only their friends are able to view the listings and buyers are still likely to hop on to eBay to do a quick search on prices.

Nevertheless, Buy.com has provided us, eBay Sellers, a new eBay alternative. If eBay continues to hike the fees, Garage Sale will be our new home.

Protect Your Writing

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:25:00 +0000

Take it from a blogger, it's not always easy to come up with things to write, and even when you do it's even harder to turn out a quality post or article. This is also true for many other people, be it teachers or even students in schools, everyone will have to write an article once in a while. Thus, when so much effort is put into it, one would rather not see it being passed off as another person's work. Such plagiarism is rampant today, especially with the internet making it all the much easier for others to copy your work. However, thanks to sites such as iPlagiarismCheck.com, such a crime can be prevented.

iPlagiarismCheck is a site which will check all forms of media, be it online or offline to ensure that plagiarism doesn't occur. Its user base of more than 2 million people are able to submit their documents and let iPlagiarismCheck take it from there. The site will ensure that your work is not copied by others through a few patented approaches, for example they check websites such as blogs, directories, caches, etc. Also, they check all forms of publications, be they hard or soft, as their software is able to check books, articles and even journals. Thus, they are obviously extremely meticulous in the way they go through other pieces of work to ensure that your article is protected. They go so far as to check for sentence structures and even paraphrasing to ensure that even subtle attempts at plagiarism will not escape. The patented algorithm iPlagiarismCheck uses is obviously extremely impressive.

Furthermore, the prices at which the site sells its services for is extremely affordable. They have kept in mind that many of their users would most probably be students, thus the starter package goes for only $5 which allows you to submit one document. The student package is only $20 and will allow the user to submit up to five documents, this would obviously be the perfect package for students. There is also the $35 advanced package and the $65 Super-Saver package which allows unlimited submissions for one whole year. Thus, no matter if you're an occasional writer or an avid one who loves to write everyday, iPlagiarismCheck will have the price point that suits you the best.

All in all, plagiarism is an extremely serious crime whereby culprits will face serious consequences such as heavy fines or even jail-time. However, with technology advancing at such a rapid rate, it's becoming increasingly easy for anyone to commit this crime. Hopefully, with sites such as iPlagiarismCheck, more people will be deterred from copying other's work.

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Obares, real estate resources

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:40:00 +0000

Dealing with real estate can be a real pain for many of us who have no idea how to approach it. There are simply too many factors to consider when you start to deal with real estate, and most of us aren't inclined to try and understand it. One of the most troublesome things to do is to find the real estate that is up for sale in the first place. It might sound silly but having to try and find out such simple details might be a pain for some. However, sites such as Obares will make this a bit easier for some.

Obares gives you the best resources to help you find real estate in the United States of America to buy and sell. This includes the entire process of purchasing your new home right up to the day you move. Let's take for example the real estate in Decatur for sale by owner. You're instantly able to view certain details about the town such as the a picture of it on google maps and also the percentage of each race living there. All this will factor in to your ultimate decision of choosing a new home or building which you would like to purchase. Of course, on that same page it will list the apartments for sale as well as some real estate agents whom will be able to aid you in your search for a new home. There are also links to several important aspects of the city such as public schools and libraries, hospitals, churches and even movers in Decatur.

All in all, this site will definitely help many people who have a tough time deciding where they should move to. For those of you who are in this exact predicament, check this site out, it might prove useful for you.

Promote your eBay listings on RSVPBUY.com

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:32:00 +0000

eBay has certainly made it a lot easer for almost anyone to sell an item online, be it a unique antique of some sort or an unopened product that you wish to sell, eBay will allow you to sell your item in the form of an auction. However, setting up the auction on eBay is the easy part, getting people to know about your auction is the tough part of selling on eBay. It's almost a certainty that there will be quite a few other auctions that are selling the same item as you are, so it won't be easy for people to notice yours. However, thanks to sites such as RSVPBUY.com, you are now able to easily promote your auction online in the form of a new "post" or even video on the site.

RSVPBUY.com is a site that was just set up recently and is still in beta stages. On the homepage, it describes itself as "a syndicated International Social Publication" that will allow you to "share your upcoming events, online auctions" to "discover your new audience". Basically, this site allows you to "advertise" your project, video, workshop, online auction, etc. In fact, you can make use of this site to promote anything you want for free including your eBay listings. At the time of this writing, the posts on the front page range from a dance camp to an online auction for a car. The possibilities are endless when it comes to what you want to promote on this site. You can even attach a video to your promotion to attract even more attention.

Hhhhmmmm..... Come to think about it there aren't many sites out there that will allow you to easily promote your event or auction for free so that it can gain more publicity. RSVPBUY currently has a very small user base, but as it grows and as more people hear about this site, it'll definitely become the perfect place to attract more visitors. This site is definitely on the rise and there are many other features that are yet to come. Thus, one should definitely watch out for this up and rising site.

*This is a sponsored post*

Sell dropship products with Shopster

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:32:00 +0000

Selling dropship products on eBay is growing exponentially as more and more eBay sellers realise how much more convenient and profitable it is. Many dropship providers are beginning to enter this relatively new and lucrative market. Some have been major failures as most of them are scams. However, one the other side of the coin, you have relatively reliable dropship providers that seem to do everything right where others go wrong, and one of these dropship providers is undoubtedly Shopster.com.

Shopster’s dropship services allow you to sell easily on eBay or any other online auction sites without having to store the inventory. Being a competitive dropship provider, Shopster makes dropshipping a breeze. With their integration of eBay Turbo lister, you can export your entire dropship list to eBay compatible file format including images and full product descriptions with just few clicks away.

Shopster is not just a dropship provider, it also helps you create your own storefront on your own domain complete with dropship inventory and services. With only $29.95 a month, you will get a fully customizable storefront, you will get to choose the products you want to sell from the 700,000 products available, and the real draw is you set your own prices.

Shopster offers a free 7-day trial allowing you to access to the internet’s largest inventory of dropship products and test drive the ease of selling dropship products on eBay with the help of Shopster.

Planning to sell dropship products on eBay? Looking for a reliable dropship provider? Planning to have your own online store? Planning to move your eBay customers to your own online store? Planning to be the next Amazon? You should try Shopster. Sign up now for a 7 day free trial. No commitment, all the upside!

Spence Diamonds

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:46:00 +0000

Marriage is probably one of the most important moments in a person's life, which is why everyone should cherish the moment and make it as special as possible. However, one also has to consider the proposal itself as that moment is equally special. One of the things that will definitely make this moment extremely unique is the perfect diamond. In such a case, Spence Diamonds will probably help any guy touch his fiancee's heart.

Spence Diamonds was founded in 1978 and has constantly been selling one of the most unique diamonds since then. It takes a different approach to selling diamonds, as they specialise only in diamond jewelry, thus ensuring that one is able to get the best quality diamonds possible. You can either buy diamonds through their online store, or through Spence stores which are welcoming and are a comfortable environment in which you can purchase the most suitable diamond for your fiancee. Furthermore, Spence Diamonds also offers a comprehensive purchase protection which includes a 45 day Return Policy, Loss Protection and a Lifetime Trade-up Policy.

While there are many diamond retailers out there now, by patronising Spence Diamonds, one can be guarenteed that he or she will not regret the purchase. If any guy out there is pondering over what he should do about his marriage proposal, he should definitely not give Spence Diamonds a miss.

eCrater - eBay Stores alternative

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:19:00 +0000

Today, with eBay’s doubled fees, you have to give half of your profits to eBay in terms of fees. Not only that, Paypal’s fees also eat up a significant amount of your profit. Most eBay Stores Sellers also feel the chain wrapped around their throats, and to beat the competition – or simply to survive – they often lower their prices, they have to get some sales rather than none. eBay’s continuously fee hikes have significantly pushed away its users and united sellers to make a big move somewhere else. eCrater.com has been building up a pretty strong following and it has become one of the best alternatives for eBay sellers especially eBay Stores sellers, even some of the PowerSellers can be found on eCrater.

Although eCrater is not an online auction site like eBay, the core factor is there are no fees on eCrater. eCrater is a 100% free online marketplace and web store builder. It definitely comes in handy for those who don’t like the fees from eBay. Buyers can easily browse and compare between thousands of products from all the stores available. On the other hand, eCrater allows sellers to easily create their own free online storefront in minutes. Sellers get free website hosting, a free subdomain and a powerful administration control panel to customise their free online storefronts integrated with Google Checkout – which is free for sellers too.

All products are posted to the world's most famous product search engine – like Froogle - as well. Best of all, your eCrater web store supports unlimited number of products. However, it’s not advisable to completely migrate your store from eBay to eCrater at one go, this way, you’re hanging your business to death. Diversify your business, and slowly redirect your customer base to your new eCrater Stores.

1800nodrugs Helpline

noreply@blogger.com (spvn) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:57:00 +0000

There are several vices in this world: smoking, drinking, gambling. All of which are extremely addictive and once one gets caught in any of them, it's hard to get out. However, one of the worst vices that one can get caught in is drugs. It has extremely severe consequences and it's hard to stop this bad habit. However, sites like www.1800nodrugs.com will hopefully help some people stop relying on drugs.

1800nodrugs is a non-profit website that offers rehabilitation referral service absolutely free. Such a service is extremely important for anyone who wishes to quit drinking or stop taking drugs as it is not easy to find a drug rehab program that will fit your specific needs as they vary on a case by case basis. However, one can be sure that 1800nodrugs will help to find the appropriate treatment solution for every individual.

However, 1800nodrugs does not only help drug addicts, rather it also helps people find the appropriate program to quit alcoholism. While the consequences of drinking are not as severe as that of taking drugs, it still has certain detrimental effects as thus people having trouble with quitting drinking will also find this site extremely helpful.

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Sellathon, Solutions for Serious Sellers

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:51:00 +0000

Webmasters place counter on their website to track and analyse traffic allowing them to plan for a series of marketing campaigns. What if you can place a counter too on your eBay auction listings? Are you looking for a tracking software for your auction listings? Sellathon has one for you. Top eBay sellers have used Sellathon for years to hone their auctions. Sellathon is a developer of auction tracking and analysis software that enables eBay sellers to track visitor’s behavior.

The innovative Sellathon’s ViewTracker 3.0 allows you to place a counter on your auctions and tells you, in real-time, exactly where your bidders are coming from and how they’re finding your auctions. Besides, you will also be able to learn what keywords your visitors searched for, what category they browsed, if they’re watching your auction, how much time they spend on your auction etc. If you wish to see more in depth statistics, Sellathon’s ViewTracker is able to give you the traffic data for individual listings and pages.

With the 2nd generation auction counter, you can easily generate sales and traffic reports helping you analyse your data and make informed business decisions. Driving visitors to your auctions is not easy but knowing your visitors wins you half of the battle. So go to Sellathon and get a 30 day free trial.

Stop Your Addiction

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:03:00 +0000

Do you have a drinking problem? Alcoholism seems to be one of the biggest problems nowadays. Excessive consumption of alcohol not only causes financial losses, it also creates health problems not to mention marital problems. Many people with alcohol problems don't recognize when their drinking gets out of hand. It’s generally accepted that individuals seeking an early treatment for their alcoholism have very good probabilities of recovery.

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Doba, certified eBay dropshipper

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:01:00 +0000

There are dozens of dropshippers on the market ready to dropship products to your buyers, however, there are also dozens of fake dropshippers out there ready to rip you off. Therefore, it’s wise yet difficult to find a legitimate dropship company to provide the droshipping service. Reliable dropshipper like Doba can do the job right for you.

Doba isn’t just a typical dropshipper, they are in fact a premier online auction service provider and educator packed with valuable resources for eBay entrepreneurs. Doba is not only a product sourcing tool that gives you access to an incredible selection of wholesale products that are ready to dropship, they also provide the technology, tools, education, training and support to help you succeed in eBay selling.

Best of all, Doba is your trusted source for dropship products as they are the eBay certified service provider and you are always guaranteed the lowest wholesale price. Stop looking elsewhere for unknown dropshippers, check out Doba and start a 7-day free trial today to experience the ease of selling. Let’s sell on eBay the Doba way.

PayPerPost Funds $7 Million

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:01:00 +0000

PayPerPost has just raised another $7 million in Series B funding making it the first get-paid-to-blog company with over $10 million in capital. This second round investment was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the company's Series A and later joined the Board of Directors. Congratulations, PayPerPost.

Below is the Press Release:

The PayPerPost Revolution Accelerates, Sponsored Blogging Marketplace Secures $7 Million Series B
Draper Fisher Jurvetson leads round and joins Board of Directors

ORLANDO, FL – (June 12, 2007) – PayPerPost, the leading marketplace for advertisers to reach bloggers and other consumer content creators, today announced it has completed a $7 million second round investment led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, an investor in the company's Series A and one of the world’s leading high-technology venture capital firms. The financing brings the total amount of capital raised by PayPerPost to over $10 million, giving the company considerable resources for further development as the industry’s leading Consumer Generated Advertising marketplace. Additional participants in the round include existing investors Inflexion Partners and Village Ventures as well as new investor DFJ Gotham. With this investment, DFJ Managing Director Josh Stein also joins PayPerPost’s Board of Directors.

“PayPerPost created this exciting new advertising space and has established itself as the industry leader,” said Ted Murphy, chief executive officer of PayPerPost. “Although we’ve only used a portion of our first round capital, this added support from investors unlocks significant growth potential. Our content creator and advertiser ROI metrics clearly demonstrate the upside for PayPerPost’s model. We intend to use this capital to build the infrastructure, visibility and professional expertise necessary to reach and retain a greater network of advertisers and content creators than ever before.”

Since its founding in June of 2006, PayPerPost has signed more than 6,500 advertisers to its groundbreaking service, which has enabled Consumer Content Creators to be compensated for their efforts discussing specific companies, products or services via blogs, videos or other media. The content creators are required to disclose relationships with advertisers on their blog, providing transparency for the end reader. Over 125,000 Internet postings, most in the form of blogs, have already earned money for their creators through PayPerPost’s innovative marketplace. PayPerPost recently released PayPerPost Direct, a disruptive new service that allows advertisers to contract and negotiate directly with individual bloggers they identify through a safe, managed system.

“PayPerPost has laid a strong foundation for the future,” noted Tim Draper, founder and managing director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson. “It continues to attract a critical mass of participants from both the advertising and blogging communities. Analogous to Overture’s sponsored search model, we believe PayPerPost’s business model holds disruptive potential and will enable the company to thrive in the evolving paid-content arena.”

To mark the $7 million dollar funding, PayPerPost has launched a new website detailing the company’s service offering at http://www.payperpost.com/. Bloggers and advertisers can easily sign up at the site and begin leveraging the self service marketplace.

The existing PayPerPost’s advertisers are mostly U.S. and European based, thus, personally I think it would be a smart move for PayPerPost to expand the market to other regions, for example Asia Pacific. With that amount of funds in capital, PayPerPost should really consider setting up offices in Asia Pacific region to sign up more advertisers from Asia Pacific as well, so that more and more advertisers and bloggers would benefit from the expansion.

For those who still don’t know much about PayPerPost, PayPerPost, founded in June 2006 by Ted Murphy, is the leading marketplace that connects advertisers with bloggers that pays you to write reviews, opinions or ideas about the advertisers’ products and services. In less than a year, PayPerPost already created buzz in the blogging world and has signed more than 6500 advertisers and growing.

In conjuction with the overwhelming funding results, PayPerPost rolled out a 7-day promotion called “Lucky 7’s”. This hot promotion is already rocking and it will end on the coming Tuesday (June 20) noon. During this period, PayPerPost will release several opportunities with pay rate of $10.77, $70 or $700!! These opportunites will not be segmented and are available to all registered users.

For bloggers who have yet to sign up for PayPerPost, what are you waiting for? Sign up today and join the celebration, who knows you could be the Lucky 7’er who grabs the $700 opportunity. For advertisers who are not familiar with PayPerPost yet, PayPerPost provides a handy blogger directory from where you can find a blogger for hire to review or promote your product, service or even website.

Personalise Your eBay Listings with SitePal

noreply@blogger.com (Chris) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:55:00 +0000

Are you tired of finding ways to bring more attractions to your eBay listings? Are you planning to make your eBay listings more personalised? Thanks to SitePal, eBay auctions have now become more interactive. SitePal offers an innovative way of integrating a talking character into your auction listings on eBay. Just follow the 3 simple steps to publish the animated speaking character of your choice and you can create a better eBay auctioning experience.

Sometimes, it’s nice to see a face and hear a voice when shopping online, considering there are millions of auction listings on eBay. It definitely makes bidders feel more confident in the purchase. Jesse Gonzales, a Platinum Power Seller, strongly recommends it to every eBay seller as it incredibly increased his sales by more than 700%.

Recording your sales pitch on SitePal is a breeze, you can record it by phone, by mircrophone, text to speech or even upload an audio file after designing the appearance of your animated sales agent. To experience the power of the speaking character, SitePal now offers a 15-day free trial, head over to SitePal today to test drive it today. It's time to personalise your eBay listings, fellow sellers.