Archive for March 7th, 2007

eBay released a game-changing letter to affiliates today. It’s good stuff.
Affiliates can now link to their own eBay auctions and profit from commissions on completed auctions and new customer acquisition. This holds great potential and was previously verboten, if I am not mistaken.
Why does this matter?
Lets say an eBay seller want to run an AdWords […]

Megaglobe.com, a new international search engine, has forged a unique e-commerce partnership with PayPal.
According to the innovative two-payment system, users can either pay with credit cards issued in 50 different currencies, or with a PayPal multi-currency option.
In addition to its powerful search formula, Megaglobe comes in as many as 45 different languages, and its advertisements […]

PayPal, the world’s top online payments company, said on Monday it has translated its Web site into Japanese to make it easier for Japanese shoppers to use its services.
The company, a unit of online auction site eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile , Research), said that a week from now it would begin offering a Japanese […]

PGA Auctions:
Praveen presents Review of “The Rich Jerk� - Get It Free, Plus $1 posted at My Simple Trading System, saying, “A review of the Rich Jerk e-book and how to get it free - the book contains a section on “Selling Wholesale on Ebay�.�
Tom Murphy presents The American Flyer Prewar O Gauge posted at […]

The number of items for sale on eBay has increased from a year ago, but more listings don’t necessarily guarantee a big quarter for the online auctioneer.

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Goldman Sachs said Tuesday that eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) listings from Jan. 1 through March 4 were up 5.8% from the corresponding period last year. […]

Tickets for tonight’s $370 million Mega Millions jackpot were so hot they were being sold on eBay for twice their face value.
A Lakewood seller posted three tickets for sale on one-day auctions that ended Sunday. One of the five-play tickets, which cost $5, sold for $11.61. Other five-play tickets sold for $7.80 and $6.90.
But the […]

There’s something tremendously appealing about making phone calls for free, and that’s made easier when you can quickly link up to your home’s Wi-Fi network and make calls over the Internet without even needing a PC. That’s what you get with Panasonic’s KX-WP1050 Skype Wi-Fi handset, and along for the ride comes slim and attractive […]

Skype is a peer-to-peer (P2P) application, meaning that users connect to one another directly and not through a central server for communication. Skype initially uses Internet-based servers to authenticate users when they log in and to track their status, but when a “chat” or instant message, “voice call” or “file transfer” is initiated, the parties […]