Ecommerce

September 16, 2007

  • Passive Income and Freedom From Your Computer

    Earlier today I went to the gym to work out. Before I hit the treadmill, I logged into the gym’s public access computer and I took a few minutes to check up on a new website that I recently put up on the subject of “Golf Instruction.” Interestingly, I found that Google listed a page [...]

September 10, 2007

  • We’re crossing the chasm

    EARLY ADOPTERS
    I was just reading about a book that has been out for several years by Geoffrey Moore called Crossing the Chasm. His premise is that there is a group of people who love to be on the bleeding edge of technological developments (they buy the iPhone on the first day; they join Second Life [...]

September 4, 2007

  • Free web store service

    I just came across a site that looks like it is offering a pretty good deal for someone who is just starting to sell online products.
    The site offers free setup and hosting for up to 250 products. Wow! I haven’t tried them yet, but I would if I were starting out. You still have to [...]

August 31, 2007

  • Your own webstore on Amazon.com

    If I were just starting out in e-commerce, I would consider using Amazon.com’s new webstore option. It provides instant ability to take credit cards and fulfill orders through Amazon’s already existing structure. They also pay you a 7% commission for any products you sell that are listed on Amazon.com. You can add your own products [...]

August 18, 2007

  • I hate it when a 17-year-old makes way more money than I do on the web

    And I love it, too. I just read an article in Fast Company magazine (September 2007 issue, not yet up on their site, but should be soon: http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/) about Ashley Qualls, who built her own million-dollar website. She started teaching herself HTML when she was 9, then built her own website. When MYSpace became popular [...]

August 15, 2007

  • Create a book from your blog

    I just saw a cool demo of a new company that can take web content and make personalized online “flip-books” or print books.
    But what caught my eye for readers of this blog was specialized service they offer in which you can automatically create a book from your blog entries. It will initially work only with [...]

July 25, 2007

  • New Product: E-Junkie Video Tutorials

    The Web Whisperers have a new product: Downloadable Video Tutorials for learning to use E-Junkie’s Ecommerce shopping cart.
    The Ejunkie videos are quick, easy, and simple. To learn more about the videos and e-junkie, read Ryan’s review: E-Junkie Videos.

June 13, 2007

  • New Google service instruction video

    Google has updated a previous service, Froogle, a shopping site, and made it Google Base. You can sell your stuff through it.
    Check out this free instructional video that explains it all.
    http://freeiq.com/usinggooglebaseintroductiontofroogle

June 12, 2007

  • An all-in-one web commerce website

    EBay has just purchased and enhanced a non-EBay shopping cart/website setup service that you can get for as little as $6.95 a month with 1.5% commision they take on every sale. You can upgrade to more sophisticated services as your online business grows. They say you can have your site and ecommerce store set up [...]