I am often asked how and when I started shopping on-line and also selling on-line.
I started shopping online in the summer of ‘99 with Gothic Auctions which prompted signing up for paypal almost instantly as everything was in Dollars. My first purchase was from a Canadian seller.
By the winter I was actively selling on [...]
Was eBay your first?
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: E-Business · Paypal · Social Shopping · eBay
Christmas Marketing – What to do in November.
November 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments
Follow on from:
Gearing up for Xmas 2007 – What to do in October…
Week 1:
You have done your research, you campaign has had 7-10 days. Pin point your successes and failures.
Ask yourself a few questions:
1. What campaigns are working?
2. Why are the successful campaigns working?
3. What campaigns are not working?
4. Why are they not working and [...]
Tags: Consultancy · Internet Marketing · Shopping Comparison · Social Shopping
Marketplace meets social, meets blogs…BT tradespace!
October 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Well Hairfreax is testing out BTtradespace
You can advertise 5 items for sale free when you sign up or more if you pay a tiered subscription fee. This system is simple to use and encompasses a blog, photo gallery, community, paypal payments, event promotions, product advertisement and much more. This system has embraced the social aspect [...]
Tags: Auction Management · Social Shopping · eBay
Different types of E-commerce Shopper
October 18th, 2007 · No Comments
Not all online shoppers are created alike. They all have different goals and strategies for their online shopping which relate to different needs. When developing an online service or e-commerce store you need to try and cater for as many of these types of shopper as possible. You can use basic ‘shopper models’ to organize [...]
Tags: Consultancy · E-Business · Google · Internet Marketing · Paypal · Search Engine Optimisation · Shopping Comparison · Social Shopping · Web Mastering · eBay
Facebook profiles become indexed by search engines….oh no!
September 5th, 2007 · Comments Off
Now your facebook profile will be indexed in google:
Since your search privacy settings are set to “Everyone,” you now have a public search listing. This means that friends who aren’t yet on Facebook will be able to search for you by name from our Welcome page. Public Search Listings may only include names and profile [...]
Tags: Google · Social Shopping