eBay Mythbusters 2010 Price Change Challenge
Pin ItOn Tuesday January 26th eBay made announcements to price changes on the platform. The headline reads “Our Lowest Insertion Fees EVER…” So we decided to put that claim to the Mythbuster test. We all love to watch Adam and Jamie on the TV show drop and blow up stuff to see if it works, so I figure lets put this statement to the test! The STATEMENT: “I reject your reality and substitute my own” …Adam Savage (MythBusters) Since the announcement, I have had the pleasure of seeing and hearing all the comments both for and against the claim, so I will put it...
read moreHOLY COW Amazon Crushes It! Sales Up 42% over 2008 in 4th Quarter
Pin ItSEATTLE, Jan 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2009. Operating cash flow was $3.29 billion in 2009, compared with $1.70billion in 2008. Free cash flow increased 114% to $2.92 billion in 2009, compared with $1.36 billion in 2008. Common shares outstanding plus shares underlying stock-based awards outstanding totaled 461 million on December 31, 2009, compared with 446 million a year ago. Net sales increased 42% to $9.52 billion in the fourth quarter, compared with $6.70...
read moreMood Brightens; Outlook “Less Bad” for Retail Same Store Sales
Pin ItFewer Definite Declines, More Flat and One Moves to the Almost Certain Growth Column COLUMBUS, OH – (MARKET WIRE) – 1/26/2010 – Forecasts for same store sale growth are inching upward for retailers from a year ago, according to the January ForecastIQ® (a service from Prosper Technologies, LLC). Of the 27 retailers ForecastIQ® tracks every month, eight are likely/almost certain to see an increase in same store sales over in February and March (compared to seven in January ’09). More retailers are predicted to be flat and less are forecasted declines through March, indicating...
read moreCan U Sell More Today on eBay? Advertising Made EASY with AdCommerce
Pin It Last week, I sat down with Alexis van de Wyer for an interview. Alexis is the Director of Advertising for eBay, where he holds global responsibility for launching and developing AdCommerce. AdCommerce is eBay’s text advertising solution. He started his career in the telecom and finance industries, where he was in charge of developing and launching e-commerce and mobile commerce solutions. While I have been aware of the AdCommerce platform, some of the recent changes and the way eBay is testing and enhancing the systems are really making AdCommerce spends very lucrative for...
read moreColderICE As Seen On TV? – The Making of My Amex Commercial (pt 1)
Pin It“Can paperless billing get me paid faster?” That one line is burned in my brain probably for eternity. I had to say it at least 100 times in one day. That is my line on the now nationally televised American Express commercial that I was asked to appear in for American Express Open Forum The big question that people ask seems to be HOW? How, did I get a commercial with American Express? The simple answer is… I am a card member, duh?!? LMAO…but the more complex answer is “I do not know”. That is the reality of it, I simply do not know how I was...
read moreeBay Spring 2010 Fee Changes – The LONG version
Pin ItThe eBay changes have been announced, set to roll out at the end of March 2010. This is the first of 3 for the 2010 year for eBay. Read them and leave your comments in the comment section…what do you think? Lets hear it! OUR LOWEST FEES EVER COMING THIS SPRING: FREE AUCTION-STYLE LISTINGS, FIXED PRICE AS LOW AS 3¢ March 30, 2010 will bring eBay’s lowest fees ever. Sellers of all sizes will have a range of options for easy selling and maximum profitability. For the vast majority of sellers, the new fee options will bring significant savings with dramatically reduced...
read moreAmerican Idol – Do All Fat, Baldheaded Black Dudes w/ Glasses Look Alike?
Pin ItSeparated at birth??? Randy Jackson vs.. John Lawson (Me) Come on now, I just tweeted about the new blog design today and this is the response I got back from one of my Twitter followers… OK, come on guys I can’t really dis Randy Jackson but he got all the money and all I got was the looks, I am just way better looking than him LMAO. Dude, I am NOT Randy Jackson. Just because I am fat, black, bald and wear glasses does NOT mean I look like the guy from American Idol!!! I say this because a few years back when I was working for Accenture...
read moreColderICE Makes The List for eBay Ink’s Favorite eCommerce Podcasts
Pin ItI am sitting at home minding my own bees wax and hanging out on Twitter. Suddenly a tweet pops up from a friend and says: Then a few minutes later here comes another reTweet from my buddy Cliff, who by the way, has been a guest blogger her on ColderICE.com chimed in: So what the hell? Are you serious? So I had to go over there and look! WOW!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, Wow right? That is so freakin sweeeet!!! eBay’s web voice is put forth by a good English gentleman named Richard Brewer Hay better know as RBH to some "in the know". RBH is the editor of eBay Ink Blog and he...
read moreThe Evolution of SEO – Using Web 2.0 to Up Your Status and Ranking
Pin ItCharles is an ecommerce SEO expert who deals with online marketing for enterprise and small business application. Charles has run thousands of online marketing campaigns and launched hundreds of web sites. These experiences give him a pretty good feel about which strategies deliver the best results quickly and efficiently. Lumpkin is a huge believer in testing and market research. he likes to get into the market and understand it’s unique opportunities and weaknesses with as little time, money and effort as possible. This is #2 in the series of guest posts by Charles Lumpkin of...
read moreChannelAdvisor CEO Talks About the Yahoo! PriceGrabber Partnership
Pin ItChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo sheds some light on the recent partnership announcement between Yahoo! Shopping and PriceGrabber in this short video. LinkedTube For further details and to learn how this deal will affect your comparison shopping engine strategy, see a replay of ChannelAdvisor’s webinar and others archived at http://www.channeladvisor.com/webinars. Now that 2009 is behind us, it’s time to make 2010 the year that you SELL MORE! Top 5 reasons to attend Catalyst 2010: Keynote Presentations from Industry Experts • Scot Wingo, CEO of...
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