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Archive for December, 2007

Not again - The eBay MakeTrack trick

Posted in eBay pulse, tagged , , on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I really wish I didn’t see this one. I have people waiting for me to deliver code today and I don’t need another distraction.
This listing on the most watched list has the eBay affiliate trick in it. They added the HTML code (below) to the listing description. It does 2 things. When you [...]

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My Blog’s Most Viewed Posts this month

Posted in Quality of Life, tagged , , on December 31, 2007 | No Comments »

So long 2007.
Here’s the most popular posts of Dec. 2007. Time for me to upgrade to a better blog setup so I can get perfect stats to slice and dice.

Another eBay Pulse manipulator - Kekoa64 has a challenger

Jeff Paul’s Shortcuts to Internet Millions
Outstanding Paper on How Sellers Manipulate eBay Pulse to Gain Watchers -Kekoa64 update

Watching [...]

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MicroPlace.com - international microfinancing that yields a return

Posted in Cool Ecomm sites, tagged , , , on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »

Pierre Omidyar - founder of eBay - stated at the 2006 eBay Developers Conference that he was focused on international microfinance. It took me a while to understand what he was talking about.
Microfinance is peer to peer lending. You lend $100 to a farmer in Eastern Europe to buy seed and fertilizer or a female [...]

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eBay Mystery auctions

Posted in eBay pulse, tagged , on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »

Here’s some sweet mystery auctions. I’m partial to sugar. These listings fall just below the Pulser listings.

These sellers use the old fashioned method in getting watchers; they promote their listings using their networks to get on the eBay Pulse.
If you look at the Candy Cane listing, they promote the listing by showing snapshots of their [...]

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Smoooooth user interface on MyBannerMaker.com

Posted in Cool Ecomm sites, tagged , , , , on December 27, 2007 | No Comments »

This site has a stunningly smooth, beautiful and simple user interface.

It uses jQuery open source Javascript. Javascript runs within your browser and can query the server side without reloading the entire page. This is known as AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML).
eBay has a new Javascript showcase on sellers’ store page views. It looks like Auctiva’s flash showcase [...]

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How is a Get-Rich-Quick ripoff different from a scam?

Posted in Get Rich Quick schemes, tagged , , , , on December 26, 2007 | No Comments »

A friend’s father paid $7,000 to Paramount Marketing Group Online Inc. for a web page last week. And here is wonderful work of art: http://www.5317.supereasyshopping.com/
Thanks to the following articles, he recovered his money through his credit card company.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/276/RipOff0276387.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/229/RipOff0229876.htm
A couple of identical requests from the top eBay Pulsers made me stop and think: What is a [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Posted in eBay, tagged , on December 24, 2007 | No Comments »

Merry Chrismas Cristmas Christmass Xmas!
Check out how some eBayers spell Christmas in their auction titles: www.esellerstreet.com/mzplt.php?keywords=christmas

Try it with your own keywords: www.esellerstreet.com/mzplt.php

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Watching Kekoa64, Josh Kulp and MysteryGiant for 24 hours - The mechanics behind the high watcher count

Posted in eBay pulse, tagged , , , , , , , on December 19, 2007 | 13 Comments »

There are three top eBay sellers featured on the eBay Pulse (Pulsers) who have tens of thousands of watchers on their listings: Kekoa64, MysteryGiant, and Josh Kulp (jjfjq). To have this many eBay watchers on a listing, you need: #1. a way to generate the watchers, and #2. a method to keep watchers on an [...]

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DefendDrew.com website traffic stats - 2 million hits in 2 days?

Posted in Get Rich Quick schemes, tagged , , , on December 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »

The Defend Drew Peterson website, defenddrew.com, was set up to get donations for Drew’s legal defense - Joel Brodsky. He has not yet been charged or named a suspect in his 3rd wife’s death or 4th wife’s disappearance. But the site was overwhelmed with 1/2 million hits in 4 or 5 hours. Perhaps they should [...]

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Drew Peterson turns to website to get $$$

Posted in Get Rich Quick schemes, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Heard of Drew Peterson? He’s the 53 year old retired Bolingbrook, IL, police sargent who’s 23 year old wife, Stacy, went missing on Oct 28. Well, he lives close to me.
In fact, I live within 4 miles of two allegedly murdered women. Lisa Stebic was a Lunch Lady at my daughter’s elementary school. Lisa went [...]

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Which cash-back shopping site should you use? FatWallet vs BigCrumbs

Posted in Cool Ecomm sites, eBay, tagged , , , , , , on December 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »

FatWallet.com and BigCrumbs.com both pay you back a portion of their affiliate commission when you click through their links to make an online purchase. Most online retailers pay 1% to 10% affiliate commissions to websites that send buyers to them. FatWallet pioneered the model of paying part of their commission back to buyers.
How do the [...]

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How to find the number of watchers on an eBay item - works for US and UK

Posted in eBay pulse, tagged , , , , , , on December 10, 2007 | No Comments »

The eBay Pulse page shows you the most watched items. But here’s how you find the actual number of watchers on those items. Until now, only the eBay seller had access to the number of watchers on an item.
This link shows you the most watched items in the collectibles category on eBay.com: http://esellerstreet.com/search.php5?catID=1. Either a [...]

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