And you thought Amazon just sold books
Amazon appears to have diversified a little over the years, there was time when it was books and more books, this it where they made their name and money, but as with every successful internet business, it has to be organic and grow according to the market that they are serving, clearly Amazons customers desire [...]
January 17, 2008Free postage costs €1,000 per day
When the world largest book seller Amazon decided that it would be a good idea to offer free postage on their products in France it seemed like a very good idea, little did they know that it would end up costing them thousands of euros?
The problems started with the French booksellers union suing Amazon, the [...]
So what did you buy on eBay?
The online auction house eBay sell millions of items, most are useful everyday items, but occasionally there are some really weird and wonderful items, here are just a few:
A woman from Florida sold her grilled cheese sandwich that appeared to have the face of the Virgin Mary upon it. The item was purchased by [...]
January 2, 2008How to cure shopping addictions
Having a cupboard full of unworn clothes and unopened boxes with the contents still intact means only one thing that you could be suffering from an addiction to shopping, which may seem rather an extreme addiction, but an addiction like this can be just as damaging to your finances and home life as any other.
If [...]
Top selling albums of 2007
Despite all of the hype about which artist’s album would be number for the year, it was a rather unexpected winner, Amy Winehouse’s Back to Back has been named as the best selling album of the year in the UK.
With over 1.8 million copies plus an additional 265,000 of a special Christmas version, the other [...]
Hammonds crash car for sale on eBay
For anyone who ever wondered what happened to the Vampire Jet car that Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond had his now famous crash which nearly killed him while driving at nearly three hundred miles per hour?
Well this car is currently being stored in a warehouse just north of London, and has been there since the [...]
Apple sells over five million iPhones
Apple will joyfully shout out to the world in the new year that have sold over five million iPhones, which must be a magical number to Steve Jobs and Co, I mean you only have to do the maths on that one to figure out that it works out to a nice turnover.
So the iPhone [...]
Blockbuster Christmas price hike
The massive film and game rental company Blockbuster has been playing the part of scrooge this year as they have given their customers a price rise instead of a Christmas present, this has angered many of their customers.
Blockbuster run a monthly fee service and it is the highest tier of service that will have to [...]
Big Bird for dinner
There was a time when a simple chicken or turkey would have been great for a nice Christmas lunch, but times change and so do the demands of the consumer, which is probably why we are seeing some really different main course being offered in restaurants and now also available for the dinner at home.
Multi [...]
Hampers for Christmas
Hampers over the internet are an unlikely product and yet for one small farm business this product has proved to be a really successful business and they are now selling a wide range of hampers.
These hampers can be made up of a variety of products:
The Lincoln Red Hamper
Pasta Lanterne
Seggiano Tomato Sugo
Fine Cheese Co. Crackers for [...]
Customer services the Amazon way
Imagine someone who enters an auction sale on Amazon only to find that the item which happens to be a laptop is no longer available and so proceeded to complain and making even mentioning that the laptops had been taken by their staff etc.
In reply Amazon begin to tear strips off the guy who happened [...]
Is eBay going to be banned in France?
If there is one business that demonstrates how success can be achieved on the internet then eBay has to be the one, and yet recently there has been a series of high level attacks on the business and this one in France is just another attempt to get eBay to sort its act out.
The French [...]
Shop girl is new Lara Croft
It would seem that Miss Jolie is far to busy to remain as our vision of legendary tomb raider and member of the aristocracy, which is a shame she played the well.
So who can we expect to see on the cover of games magazines and full size cut outs standing in the games stores?
Well this [...]
Skin covered book up for auction
A rare and somewhat unique book is going to be auctioned away at Wilkinson’s Auctioneers in Doncaster. Despite the almost grotesque nature of the book covering, it is an important book, the skin is believed to be that of one of the conspirators from the famous gunpowder plot in 1605, and in those days it [...]
November 30, 2007US Government fails to get records off of Amazon
We have heard a lot about the various governments that attempt to gain information from the various online websites where the ordinary person can sell products and hopefully make some money in the process.
But the governments of the world want their cut of the profits and so in an attempt to find out how much [...]
Yours purchases made public
Users of Facebook are fairly angry as they have noticed a little box that has appeared on the browser which tracks some of their online purchases, the box initially has a warning stating that their information is going to be shared with other Facebook users, but as it only lasts a short while some users [...]
November 16, 2007Second lifers can get free Linden$
Getting your hands on some free Linden Dollars has to be good news for most second lifers, and we are going to show you exactly how to do it.
There are many marketing opportunities for businesses on Second Life and this is how you can earn some free cash!
First Opinions Panel
Earn2Life
Slam X
Reperes
World Stock Exchange
Linksoapbox
Market Truths
Chino Yray [...]
Great Christmas shopping sites
With not much time to go before Christmas the prospect of heading off to the town centre suffering the traffic, cold and people pushing gets even less appealing. Which is why shopping online has to be the best way to beat the winter blues.
Here is a list of ten websites to ease your online shopping. [...]
Woman steals $400,000 from QVC
Finding a little loophole on a website is not that surprising these days, no matter what sort of security measures they have put in, there is always going to be someone somewhere who either looks for or finds by accident a way of getting away with not paying for something.
But in this case Quantina Moore-Perry [...]
Buy Nothing Day!
At this time of the year the top priority for the average person is to spend money on the way up to Christmas and the New Year, however there are those who are very anti spending and they have created a Buy Nothing Day, this is set for November 24th and there are several ways [...]