Stupid Passwords - Save 75% on eBAy Final Value Fees - Easy Shopping Carts - eBay Affilate Program and Press Release Marketing - Wholesale Video Game Accessories
Yet another example of a hijacker, this time in Britain, stealing eBay accounts by simply cracking stupid, easily guessed passwords. While eBay ignores such simple steps as qualifying passwords as to difficulty before allowing their use, isn’t it about time you took the time to make the hijacker’s job just a little more difficult?
Common wisdom is that once your business reaches a certain size on eBay, you open your e-commerce store and then only use eBay for slow-moving items or for loss leaders to drive traffic to your stand alone store. Trouble is, as with most commonly wise notions, there is a very big exception to this rule. Listen in as I explain how eBay can actually be used to market your store if you know how.
Clipfire is a site where you can use an RSS feed to drive a little traffic…and Rapidfeeds is an easy tool to create specific RSS feeds. But how you use these feeds requires some careful thought; such as including eBay’s affiliate program and Store Referral Credit in conjunction with a Press Release. Sell your item, get 75% off your FVF and make a commission on the sale!
I review two very friendly Shopping Carts, one of whom doesn’t charge a thing until something sells!!
Handmade soap is a tried and true item on eBay…and it sells with varying degrees of success. But, one thing missing in some many seller’s approach is how they market what they’re selling. I found one site that uses a very sharp marketing pitch that positions handmade soap so that it not only engages the customer but also entertains them…a good lesson for everyone.
A wholesale site for Wii, PS, Xbox, etc. accessories.
An independent auction site that shows us how by focusing on a particular niche can breathe life into something as humdrum as, well, another independent auction site.
Magnetic paper supplier for inkjet printers…that’s right, magnetic paper!
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Links from this week’s show:
Power Press Web Site Marketing Strategy - Write press releases that will drive traffic and buyers to your website or auction. Normally $37.97, you can receive $10 Off ($27.97) by entering “lonelyboy†(omit the †“) in the Promo Code box.
Man Hijacks 90 eBay Accounts - Its your password, stupid!
The Power Seller Report - A wealth of great information and research.
Wordtracker Free Trial - Use it as many times as you want…but USE IT!
RapidFeeds - Create RSS feeds and publish, or, import & manage existing ones. Use in conjunction with a Press Release.
eBay Store Referral Credit - Get back 75% of your Final Value Fees!
Flying Cart - Easy shopping cart that doesn’t charge until an item sells.
Web2.0 Stores - Another easy shopping cart with a more traditional pricing scheme.
Villainess - Sassy soap seller.
Game Asylum - Wholesale video game accessories.
I Do..Now I Don’t Auction Site - Auction site that proves with the right idea, even an auction site can make sense.
Magnetic Paper - If you don’t do something with this, I will!
This week I continue my cook’s tour of eBay and all things scam related. I visited a site that I’ve actually followed for quite awhile, one that is driven by a crusty old bird named “Doc”…one of those eBay stories of a once contented seller, done wrong, who now makes it his sworn duty to expose the width and breadth of scams on the site. And to that end, ol’ Doc has done quite a job. While he concentrates on the eBay Motors side of the business, he nevertheless manages to document an incredibly wide range of bad goings-on with extensive screen captures and data.