Safer online shopping
As more people begin to use the internet for many of their purchases, there is an opportunity for criminals to cash in on the mistakes that both consumers and businesses make, in order to make the whole online shopping experience so much easier and faster.
Helpful Hints when looking to buy something from an online [...]
May 2, 2008Music sellers to pay $100 million
It looks like thousands of music writers and publishers could be looking at getting part of a huge $100 million payout from Time Warner, Real Networks and Yahoo after a court established a system of payment that would suit all parties.
Although having said that, this will not necessarily mean that these music content providers [...]
May 1, 2008eBay started as an experiment
Its wonderful when you are able to make your hobby pay, this can take many forms from writing to teaching, but sometimes there comes along somebody who not only can make it pay, they can turn their hobby into a multi billion dollar business.
Granted this does not happen that often, but this is exactly [...]
April 29, 2008Safer online shopping
Despite what some people may be saying, books are still one of the most popular items for buying online, in fact it could be said that the internet as we know it would not be around if we had not been buying books online, all those years ago.
But as ever there is a need [...]
April 28, 2008Male order, men prefer to shop online
The High Street may the domain of the female of the species, but it would seem that there some guys out there are just as driven by the latest fashions, expect that with men they do not visit the High Street stores, they have a much more relaxed and homely way of getting the latest [...]
April 22, 2008Apple world the new shopping experience
Move over Second Life, because Apple is looking to go virtual. This is the new concept in shopping for your Apple devices. The company have applied for a patent which could see the Apple stores either replaced by or enhanced by the creation of a virtual Apple world.
It has to be said that this [...]
April 17, 2008Tax free internet shopping to end in the states
In the states if someone buys a product from a company based in another state they do not have to pay tax on the item, which can work out at good saving. This is very similar to what happens here in the UK. We can buy certain goods from Jersey and get a good saving [...]
April 4, 2008Trapster fights speed cameras
Normally if you are driving along and someone flashes their headlights, it means that they either know you or that there is a police speed trap down the road, this friendly warning system is ok. However naturally not everyone is going to let you know, but there could be a new system that works like [...]
April 2, 2008Plant a tree and watch it grow online
It is almost impossible for anyone not to have seen the schemes that allow people and businesses to plant a tree in some foreign land, which is good for the environment, but in reality is not so great for the people who buy them, because once they have paid out, that’s it end of story.
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Unlimited downloads on iPhone
For some people the worst thing about downloading music and other material is the choice followed very closely by the cost, which could be why Apple are said to be looking into the possibility of making the initial cost of the devices more expensive but in exchange for this extra charge, the users would be [...]
March 19, 2008Man auctions life on eBay
Some people dream about living in paradise, while other goes ahead and live the dream. But occasionally the dream ends and there is nothing else to do other than either get on with life as it is or return to where you had originally come from.
For Ian Usher, he lived the dream in Perth, [...]
March 17, 2008Shopping basket no sales not followed up
It would seem that there is a lot of lost business happening on many ecommerce sites. But it does not necessarily have to be like that at all. What we are talking about here is the amount of times that an online shopper goes through the buying process only to bail out when it comes [...]
March 11, 2008Beatles on iTunes at last
There are many people today who will be very pleased to hear that ex Beatle Sir Paul McCartney has just signed a deal worth £200 million that will see the music of the fab four being available for the first time on iTunes.
Of course all of the cash will not be going to [...]
March 7, 2008Facebook partners with iTunes
Facebook are always on the look out for some great money making opportunities, after all as they say it is a great marketing tool and why not everyone needs to make some cash from somewhere, don’t they?
By opening up a music section this will allow the users to shop online for their music but [...]
February 22, 2008Firefox downloaded 500 million times
Great news for fans of Firefox the browser has been downloaded over 500 million times, it is just amazing to think of that many computers out there all running Firefox which is and always will be the best open source browser out there at the moment.
As if that was not enough the Firefox 3 [...]
eBay suffers from changing fees
It would seem that the love affair with eBay the online auction is fading for some sellers who have over the years built up very successful business around the site and have also helped eBay become what it is today.
But the recent changes in how the site charges sellers for placing their items on [...]
Top Valentines gifts for girls
This time of the year is one gift after another, we had Christmas and now there’s Valentines Day, mothers day and of Easter to come. But Valentines Day is a nice day, it’s when we shower the person that we love gifts etc, but what are the best ones of this year?
Here is a top [...]
February 8, 2008eBay changes seller’s fees
The most famous of all online auction sites eBay is going to be upsetting quite a few of their regular sellers, as they will be increasing the final sale commission meaning that for item that is sold the seller will have to pay more commission, but if the item fails to sell then they will [...]
February 6, 2008eBay to stop negative feedback
There has been a lot of talk regarding the online auction business eBay and in particular the way that customers leave feedback, the problem is that it has been believed that the feedback may not be as worthwhile as it may initially had seemed. With fraud being one problem and the fact that their customers [...]
February 4, 2008Is the Nintendo seal needed again?
If you remember the older Nintendo games they carried the legendary “Original – Nintendo – Seal of Quality” which was printed in gold on the side of all packaging. There have been calls for this to return and analysts have even been asked to look into it, but they say no it should not be [...]