Archive for May, 2006

The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around the network:

Tracking Phone Orders and Keywords
Buying a Car on Ebay
Is Your Business Franchiseable?
Bioperformance Update and My Opinion
An Interesting Use of Google Adsense & Craigslist
Franchises for Mom
Bioperformance Shut Down by Attorney General

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Last week, Mike Arrington reported that eBay has begun “selectively removing listings from sellers who point to their Rapleaf reputation profilesthat link to RapLeaf.” RapLeaf is one of Opinity’s partners, a company that wants to create a portable standard for reputation.
Here’s a conversation between Bill Washburn and me that begins by discussing the relationship between [...]

Style Bytes: 
I had so many favorites saved on eBay that I wasn’t allowed to add any more. Here’s a few new for you so that I can start looking for others.
Starstruck Vintage

Apparel, shoes and accessories starting at low prices.
The Olive Shoppe

Lots of beautiful dresses starting low, but selling quite high. If you find the dress [...]

If my name was Om, my blog would be called Omygahd and I would have a Valley Girl mascot.
GigaOM: 
This week’s PodSession is about eBay shopping for partners. This is inspired by recent buzz about eBay looking to take on Google with new allies such as Microsoft and/or Yahoo.
EBay is voicing its concern with its checkbook [...]

LifeHacker: 
Former Ebay store employee Sean Blanda lays out some practical tips for auctioning off your stuff, from the best times to run your auction to how to encourage a bidding war.
For instance, he says photos of whatever you’re selling is a must, and that you should avoid setting a reserve price:

Whatever you do, unless you [...]

The Big Picture:
Interesting to note: All three web giants hit their 52 week lows today; Of the three, I find eBay intriguing — especially if we slow down.
That said, there is never a reason to buy a stock making a 52 week low. Never.

Online Business Help:
You can get a good deal from purchasing an adsense website on ebay but…
* You should use some caution *
I have seen the same exact design sold on ebay everyday of the week. You may get 30 or so of these sites (different topics) for about $99. The 30 sites total 6,000 pages.
Similar [...]

AllBusiness:
Most eBay users don’t know the extent of eBay’s seller-specific services. And sometimes sellers are so involved with their auctions that they don’t take the time to find out about new helper tools. Here are a few excellent tools to help you with your online business. Even if you’ve used some of these before, it [...]

Techcrunch:
Rapleaf is a new feedback and reputation startup that aims to be the open version of eBay feedback. For more information, see my initial profile and launch post. Rapleaf is a product that I strongly endorse and believe in (and I asked for something like this last year in this post).
In what I see as [...]

I know that most serious eBay sellers have had these types of thoughts. I will watch this blog closely and I hope it continues…
eBay Seller Vigilante: 
Why do I think eBay needs to be held accountable?
This blog is to get us on the same page and focus on the corporate giant which is eBay who has [...]