I think we should be part of it, each of us must play a role, and all of us must contribute as much as we can.  YES, the Internet must offer quality, relevancy, real content, we cannot argue with the concept.

 If you want to keep your account on Google AdSense open:

• you need to focus on original content that people want to read
• you have to update your website frequently
• you have to be creative

Treat Google AdSense as an opportunity not as a given, and is always your job to make the opportunity work in your favor. Make you content relevant and your AdSense account will stay open.

Digital Delivery of Information Products: eBooks, VIDEOS...

I was looking for a while to find an instant Delivery Software for eBooks, and finaly I got exactly what I want!

You simply cannot use manualy URL delivery for an Info-Prod. If  during the night when I am at sleep, a customer buy an eBook from my eBay Store using BIN button, the best time I can manually deliver the download URl is after 6 hours or after 10 hours, if this is the difference in time my customer will open my email next day!  This is not acceptable, using BIN, customers expect an instant delivery of the URL for download.

 "My Delivery Dispatch (MyDD)" is an eBook Delivery Software technology, which allows you to totally automate the delivery process of your info-products and organize your customers into an easy to use DataBase.  Personally, when I want to buy an eBook, I am looking to see if it is an "instant delivery" mentioned, if it is not, I go to the next eBayer!, The same will happend to you as well, if you cannot promise an instant delivery.

Using MyDD Software you:

• Build a list of hungry prospects & Follow up
• Build Credibility
• Create a Residual Income
• You Know all your Customers by name
• You will get Digital Product Security
• The whole system (software) takes 2 minutes to install
• No button encryption is necessary
• Instant follow-up

And much more features:

• You can have Unlimited Products to sell
• Unlimited Email Messages
• Transaction Log
• Easy to use Administration Panel
• Error Logging
• Adjusts to any supported currency
• Emails you each time an item is sold and sent
• the most important works with eBay like a charm, and more...

This is why I highty recommend to you MyDD Software.

Changes in Seller Ratings – The good old Feedback, will never be the same!

eBay have decided to do some significant changes to the current Feedback System in two areas:

• the Feedback Profile page
• the Leave  Feedback flow

The reasons are to:

• improve a buyer’s ability to accurately rate a transaction
• differentiate  the best sellers from the crowd
• add a new dimension to eBay’s online reputation

The new feedback system will allow buyers to rate transactions based on:

• item description
• communication
• shipping time
• shipping and handling price

The rating will be based on a 1 - 5 scale, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest rating.

Also

I think the new features will boost customer confidence, the good work of the best sellers will be rewarded, and will help there good reputation stand out at a glance.

Doors2Stores Shopping Mall

You have probably noticed the "Why shop eBay Stores?" image in some listings (including mine) and never had the time to dig out and find the meaning of it.  I’ll explain it in a nutshell:

Click here to learn about eBay Stores and the top quality stores proudly participating in Doors2Stores

Search the Web: Need more targeted traffic? Join TrafficSwarm for FREE!

Sellers have always complained that

• Ebay Stores aren’t visible enough
• they have to indirectly find ways to advertise the Stores
• cross references at the end of listing are not enough 
• to buy packages that do this is expensive ...

Two energetic eBay Sellers have created the perfect solution – A Shopping Mall called  Doors2Stores.

In this Shopping Mall you‘ll find a concentration of eBay Stores in just one place, or  you can also  find and shop in individual Stores that you can bookmark or add to your eBay favorites, and that is available to you whenever you come to eBay to Shop.

Don’t limit yourself to eBay auction and BIN items because you are missing out on the best eBay has to offer.

To join with your own Store to Doors2Stores Shopping Mall, you must click on the image above, read everything  and if you like it, click on  the link to join Doors2Stores. Your Store will be revised and approved to be part of the Doors2Store Mall and will be in Doors2Stores in the next 2-3 weeks.

The beauty of Doors2Stores is:

• eBay approved the creation of Doors2Stores and the problem of visibility was solved in a very elegant way
• It is FREE to join!
• Some eBay features were extended to work with Doors2Stores as well (the best example is: an item you win in live auction or BIN can be combined with a seller Store item and  this will save you time and shipping costs)
• It is also educational as, if you have a sloppy Store, you will be encouraged by competition within the Mall  to work on  the design and functionality of your own Store.

My advice is  – Go for it! You have nothing to loose and a lot to gain.

 eBay the "Best Offer"

When you list items on eBay, some of them are selling, others don’t. You re-list items that don’t sell, and once again some of them are selling, others don’t .  Usually after listing an item twice, you decide to put it in the eBay Store (if you have one). You re-list changing the Format from Auction to Store Inventory, and choose Duration 30 days, or GTC (Good ‘Till Cancelled). Sounds familiar?

A good trick to encourage people to bid is to create your listings with “the Best Offer” option; buyers can offer a price they are willing to pay for that item. You have a couple of choices listed below and if you accept the listing will close and the buyer will have to pay the offered price.

Note:  The Best Offer feature is available for listings in the Fix Price (Buy it Now) and Classified Ad (only in certain categories).

Once a Buyer makes a Best Offer, you have a couple of options: Accept the Best Offer and close the listing Respond with a counter-offer Decline the Best Offer and tell the buyer why the offer was rejected Allow the offer to expire on its own in 48 hours How to offer “The Best Offer” in your list: Go to the “Selling format” section in the Sell Your Item form Select the check box for Best Offer

 

Like other goodies on eBay you have to be qualified to accept “The Best Offer” on listings:

• You must have a feedback rating of 10 or more or be ID Verified
• To create a listing with a quantity larger then 1 and Best Offer, you must have a feedback rating of 30 or more, and be a registered user for at least 14 days  or ID Verified 

How you submit your Best Offer:

• Find a list that accepts Best Offers
• Click the “Submit best Offer” link, or the “Make Offer” button, in the listing
• Enter your Best Offer price
• Enter an optional message to the seller in a Message text field
• Review the terms at the bottom of the page, select the checkbox, and click the Continue button
• Review the information on the Review and Commit Best Offer page, and then click Commit Best Offer button

The Shipping cost of the items with Best Offer is not negotiable; there is a technique of including shipping in Best Offer. In some cases the buyers are using Best Offer because the Shipping is not reasonable and the overall price is not acceptable.

The Checklist to get started as a Seller on eBay

1. Register with eBay, create UserID, Password  2. Open a seller account.  3. Open an PayPal account, do the “verify” as well  4. Fill in preferences for both:   Seller Account   PayPal  5. Create the “About Me” page. The “My world” page was been added in 2006 and a lot of functionality  has been was created for it. Both are optional, but it is good to have them for advertising yourself, your business, your Web Site, and to build trust. People will begin to know you through the “About me Page” and “My World Page”.  6.  Download the eBay toolbar – it is free  Always look to see if Account Guard is green   Always look at your messages through eBay, not through Outlook or other SP  7. Download TurboLister, a free eBay software. The benefits include pre-designed listings templates with a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) description editor and you can reuse the templates  8. Decide where your pictures will reside. Initially I suggest eBay Picture Manager for a while.  9. Buy your digital camera: Buy a brand name, as this way you will get a compatible editing  software 4.0 megapixels or better Macro – ability to focus 1 inch from surface Ability to turn flash off 10. Buy wrap materials, it is cheaper on eBay 11. Order your free boxes from USPS Now you can start to be a Seller! The sky is the limit!  Good luck!

  Note:

After you are an established seller/buyer on eBay  you can sophisticate your eBay activities:

• Start to sell items of value (after 100 positive feedbacks the buyers will trust you!)
• Open an eBay store
• Learn how to market yourself on eBay
• Learn to use eBay tools effectively.

What are a Blog, an Audio Blog. Why we need them!

Think about a Blog as an online journal wherein you can casually write

• your thoughts
• ideas
• opinions 
• practically anything that you want people to read

Blog is short for the term weblog. Blogs come in different styles, formats, and settings, depending on the preference of the user. The majority of blogging sites, offer built in features such as hyperlink, texts, pictures etc.

Some bloggers choose to make their blogs more audio friendly, by using spoken word entries, instead of writing texts. This is called audio blogging.

We need them because it is a eazy way to comunicate, Blogs are Free, Blogs can produce traffic to your websites.

Click on “On-line Tools and Services” to find websites which will let you start Blogging.

I recommend using http://Blogger.com which is owned by Google so you have a better chance of getting listed on the search engines.

An eBay Seller's Checklist.

Now you are a seller and... Being a seller requires a lot of responsibility, and sometimes you might feel like you're not doing everything you should. This simple checklist will help you keep on top of things.

Have you found out everything you possibly could about your items? Try typing their names into a search engine - you might find out something you didn't know. Always try to provide more information about it than they do. Do you monitor the competition? Always keep an eye on how much other similer items are selling, and what prices they're being offered. Have you got pictures of the items? It's worth taking the time to photograph your items, especially if you have a digital camera. Are you emailing your sellers? It's worth sending a brief email when transactions go through. You will be surprised how many problems you could be avoided just by communicating with potential buyers. Also, are you checking your emails? Remember that potential buyers can send you emails about anything at any time, and not replying would make them go somewhere else instead of buying from you. Do your item description pages have everything that buyers need to know? If you have any special terms and conditions, then you should make sure these are displayed too. Have you been wrapping your items correctly? Your wrapping should be professional for the best impression. Double Packing for fragile items. Always use first class post - don't be cheap. Do you follow up? It is worth sending out an email a few days after you post an item, asking "Was everything alright with your purchase? I hope you received it and it was up to your expectation."

More than anything else, being a really good eBay seller is about providing genuinely good and honest customer service. That's the only foolproof way to protect your reputation.

Forms which aren't Opt In

I have discovered the hard way that eWeber lets you create only Opt In Forms like forms from Squeeze pages etc

If you need a Survey Form/Feedback Form or any other Form which doesn't require Opt In you have to use other Software Application.

First you may find that your host already has a system which will allow you to create Forms but if not, you can find a free service here:

http://www.bravenet.com/webtools/emailfwd/index.php

All you need to do is copy the html code that they provide for you and paste into your sourse code of your page.