MarketWatch for eBay…”What I Want Is Paranoia”? LMAO
Check this video out from MarketWatch, thanks to our buddy Randy Smythe for posting this on his blog earlier. The best part to me is when the guy in the video says, “what I want really want to sense is paranoia out of the management team…” Ouch, that is pretty straight to the point, LMAO. That comment comes at 2:20 minutes into the video....
read moreHow Get Your Items Listed On Buy.com
I got friends in HIGH places now. Yep, if Randy Smythe was not big enough before, he just upped the ante. Randy joined Buy.com just a few short weeks ago, among some “hoopla” for lack of a better term. So today, I got the opportunity to get him on a call. The dude has been crazy busy and I wanted to check in with him. I must say that he has acclimated to the new roll over there VERY nicely. Randy is responsible for the 3rd party platform marketplace. And what he says on the call was SHOCKING! Look out eBay and Amazon, it sounds like there is a new “playa” ready to sit down at the...
read moreDo You Do Business on eBay? Top eBay Twitter People You Should Follow NOW!
This is sort of a carry over from the Follow Friday stuff. I was just thinking about good news/story sources on eBay. NOT the folks that are sellers, but more of the folks that actually Tweet stories or even write them about eBay. This is NOT a top 10 list or even a popularity list, it is just my personal folks that I follow SPECIFICALLY for information on the goings on in eBay. There are many more that I can include, but this is all I felt like sharing this week. Plus it is the weekend and I want to take the rest of the day off … ENJOY! @MarshaCollier Marsha Collier is probably the MOST...
read moreThings Done Changed: Randy Smythe From Diamond Seller Buy.com Drops in For A Chat
Wow, we got a new “intelligent” President, a Clinton back in power, an Indian movie sweeps the Oscars and Randy Smythe working for Buy.com?!? Now that is change! LMAO So it has been a little over 4 weeks since Randy went venturing to the “other” side of things. I check in with my friend to see how things are over there. He is such a great guy to chat with ALL THE TIME, and this one is NO LESS exciting that all the other calls we have done (more Randy Smythe Interviews and stories). The big topic on this call is the eBay’s TOP secret, Top Seller conference. Randy crashed the...
read moreMessage In A Bottle: Dear eBay, From the Great Minds of Circuit City Leadership
Hey, I just listened to the eBay earnings call today. Not too good, and I am sure Randy Smythe is doing a little “happy dance”. He was pegged by readers on AuctionBytes blog to be the new CEO of the company, LOL But I made this video earlier today to post later on, but after hearing the call today…I figured it is good to go right now. So, PLEASE re-tweet this one if you think it is worthy?!? I know that the folks at eBay must begin to listen up, or the writings of Circuit City, a company 3x as old as eBay could be repeated on eBay. I dunno about you, but there is something to be said...
read moreIf The Economy Is Sick and You Had The Cure, Would You Tell Someone?
Wow, I am just looking at all the great comments that have been posted about this SPECIAL interview series we are doing here on ColderICE.com this week. Some where in all of these interviews (we are now at 4 out of 7, so 3 more are to come) there is YOUR answer. You can find it, no matter what you SELL or where. There is an answer, a morsel, a grain of wisdom, strategy or encouragement that can make your 2009 the greatest EVER. How do I make my business the best it can be? I listen to smart people, and I have personally interviewed some of the smartest people in e-commerce and put them up...
read moreIs Buy.com Leaving eBay? Let’s Ask Randy Smythe
Look folks, I am doing this whole week of interviews, before my birthday on the 13th for many reasons. But a big reason is to highlight some of the mentors, movers and shakers in eCommerce and reflecting on how they made a difference for me and my business personally. So I am so glad to have Randy spend a little time with us here on ColderICE.com for this interview. – John Got your attention with that title didn’t I? Well that is really a valid question and our buddy Randy Smythe is the man who can give you an “educated guess” for the answer. And I DID ask him...
read moreComparing eBay Traffic to Amazon Utopia Bites ?!? WTF?
Both Randy of My Blog Utopia (check out his latest interview with me) and Ina of Auctionbytes, both were featured in my top 5 bloggers for eBay sellers. I was reading them and had things to share about eBay traffic and Amazons. So I added one more traffic report just for the hell of it?!? Randy thinks that eBay is on the decline and Auctionbytes showed charts that look like the traffic does show it is soft. I throw my hat in the ring and I got another chart to show you! Plus I am using my new screen capture tools that you can see my desktop and I will walk you through this as I test my new...
read moreIs eBay’s Next Move Backwards?!? My Latest Chat with Randy Smythe
You know him and you love him. He is the happy ol’ dude at the end of the block who you visit on your way to the store. But then you end up chatting with him till the store closes and you have to go home with nothing purchased. You look up and the day is long gone. (press play button) That is what it feels like when I get the opportunity to talk to my buddy Randy Smythe the blogger from My Blog Utopia. He is full of so much experience, wisdom and plan old gruff that it is always thought provoking that entertaining. This interview is a follow up from the eBay Top Seller conference...
read moreThe Scarlet Letter Part Duex: Buy.com and eBay Get a Second Smack Down from PeSA
Because you loved this movie so much there is now a sequel….NOT. But there is a sequel to what I have dubbed the Buy.com Scarlet Letter saga, that now PeSA (Professional eBay Sellers Alliance) has step into the ring. Today they have released a response to this first letter from “unknown” that was sent to our friend Randy Smythe of My Blog Utopia last week on October 15th. He wrote the original article on his blog called “On eBay: The Little Guy Can’t Take it Anymore!” and gave me an exclusive interview that very morning after he got the letter right here! Since...
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