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Archive for February, 2008

eBay Pulser Kekoa64 went NARU yesterday afternoon, Feb 27.

He’s a smart guy. He doesn’t need to use illegitimate marketing tactics to build a successful business. Look at how well Robert Kiyosaki does selling the same product, “How to get rich on passive income.”
Best wishes to Kekoa!

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Cool Color Picker

I’ve been busy working on a new user interface on my eBay banner maker site. There are a lot of color pickers out there, but Farbtastic is exceptionally nice looking, easy to use and fully functional. I just hope we can put it in a popup without any problems.

You gotta love people who [...]

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I track the top 20 items on the Pulse in the Everything Else category. This chart shows a glitch that started on Feb 13 at 12:45 pm PT. I subtracted the starting number of watchers so you can compare them on one graph.
It only affected these four listings:
56,730 Watchers - $19,464.44 Just [...]

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eBay ran a 20¢ insertion fee sale on Wednesday, Feb. 13.
This sale has a pretty large impact on eBay commissions as reported by Commission Junction. The low commissions are noticeable 5 to 7 days after the insertion fee sale because that’s when the eBay items will end.
For example, the commission on this eBay item [...]

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Google Street View

My mom and I went to Chinatown in Chicago yesterday. It was a belated Chinese New Year / Valentines occasion. I googled the Double Li restaurant at 228 W Cermak and to my surprise I saw -> the Google Street View for Chicago!
Street View is available wherever you see blue outlines on the street map.  It’s great [...]

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First, I don’t use Black Hat techniques. Now on to the post…
One of my blog posts was linked to in the Black Hat World forum: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo/6113-ebay-cookie-stuffing-listing.html
The entire forum contains very interesting discussions on Black Hat techniques and scripts.
My blog got about 100 hits from BlackHatWorld.com. What’s noteworthy is the location of the visitors. A [...]

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Which items sell the most on eBay?  It’s important to know what’s selling because it tells you how much you can sell.  So before you invest time and money in a niche, check out how well other sellers and products are doing.
Now you can see the top selling items on the eSeller Street search page which uses [...]

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The affiliate payout for eBay.co.uk sales increased by 15 -20% on Friday.  Before this, the revenue share started at 25% and the ACRU started at £7. 

eBay sellers pay for the affiliate program with their fees which can run 10% to 25% of a seller’s total sales.  Affiliate programs are considered a cost of sales like advertising, radio, marketing or promotions for a [...]

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eBay’s Bill Cobb announced a new eBay.com seller fee structure effective Feb 20, 2008.

I used this fee calculator to see what it means for eBay affiliates. http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/feecalc For an average eBay sale of $25, the total seller fees (Sales Amount) increases from $1.86 to $2.34.
This yields a 25.5% increase in the affiliate payout. The other [...]

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I get email.
Sometimes I get, “I disagree with your point” or “Did you know there’s a problem with your site?” (Thanks very nice person, Jake!) Unfortunately, this is not one of them.
StalkerJones is a mean one. He/she writes (and by the way, I’m MW):
MW’s Business model: Ambulance chase, scam people by writing [...]

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