For the third installment of my “Retailing on eBay” series, I’d like to take a minute to talk to you about finding drop-shippers. There are plenty of lists out there where you can find drop-shippers. Usually though, no one is giving you the straight dope on the quality of these companies, and you have no…
Have a Green Holiday: Use LED Rope Light to Decorate
Aside from being enviro-friendly, LED rope light is pretty nifty, and can come in an assortment of colors. While you might think of LED rope lights as the kind of thing you’d find in bars, as step lighting, in movie theaters, store windows, decks, patios, boats and RVs, I tend to think with some red…
I Should Never Blog Before Coffee
I miss my boss. She always made the coffee in the morning, and was here early enough that it was ready by the time I got to work. She’s left for a Christmas vacation, and now the coffee goes unmade. I’ve been drinking sodas the last few mornings, but that doesn’t quite do the trick…
Small Businesses Can Look Big
In the internet age, any small business owner can make his company look big with a professional website, toll-free number, and even better – your own Answering Service! With a Telephone Answering Service such as 1-800-We Answer Answering Service, you can have professional, friendly staff answer calls according to scripts that can either be written…
Get Free Software Every Day
For Windows users, there is a nifty web site called Giveaway of the Day that gives away a commercial piece of software every single day of the year. They usually do this by custom-packaging the app in a time-sensitive installer, and the download link is usually only available for that day. How are they able…
Retailing on eBay: Dealing with PayPal
Believe it or not, there are a few different ways to deal with receiving payment for the goods you are going to be selling on eBay soon. It is believed throughout most of the eBay kingdom that PayPal is the crown prince of payment systems. But I have it on good authority that there are…
The Good Ol’ Days: Skateboards and Grunge Music
I’m only 24, but sometimes I like to pretend that I’m old, and I reminisce about the “days of ol’” and how that music still “ain’t got the same soul.” I like that whiny grunge rock and roll. And the incessant whiny alt rock that followed. I also used to be really into skateboards, even…
Retailing on eBay: Don’t Buy ANYTHING
So, I’m finally just going to let the secret out. Every other website I go to looking for this information is charging exorbitant amounts of money or monthly memberships to get access to this kind of information. Here’s how I got started retailing merchandise I got at wholesale prices, on eBay for MSRP, and pocketing…
Online Income: Pay-Per-Post
So previously, I’ve mentioned that I am a member of a paid blogging group, and some of the posts you may see here are sponsored – that is to say, I get paid for writing completely objective articles that include their web press release information. It’s not exactly an ad, and they use it to…
My Nerves are Shot
I woke up this morning, took my meds and took a shower. I got ready for work, wasn’t rushed or hurried. Got to work, and students were lined up in their cars in the entranceway to the parking lot, waiting on a space to open up, none of them willing to budge. I begrudgingly went…