Regular readers of this newsletter and my newspaper column know that I am a big fan of eBay's About Me Page feature. This is a special page you can create as part of your eBay account that is linked from your eBay ID (with a little About Me icon). You can use your eBay About Me Page as a sales tool. Customers can click on your About Me icon to get to your About Me page, which you can set up to include information about you, your interests, and even links to your website. ...

As a bonfide eBay expert and junkie, I read every eBay book that comes down the pike. Some, like Tim Mina's new book, "The Online Auction Expert's Bible to Selling on eBay," are excellent and should be read by anyone interested in selling on eBay. Others are not so excellent, and that's putting it kindly. I really can't say which one is the best selling eBay book of all time, but I can tell you there is one book in particular that I have been recommending for over a ye...

Did you know that eBay will help you locate products you can buy cheap, then flip for a quick profit? No? Then listen up, because I am about to let you in on a little known feature of eBay that can literally stuff wads of cash in your wallet in less than 24 hours. This is an eBay tool that I use every day to locate products that I can buy and resell or buy cheap and keep for myself and my family. And the great news is you can use it, too. What is it? It's eBay's Saved...

The latest concept for the internet entrepreneur is pay to surf. Do I mean you get paid to sit on your butt and surf web pages? Yes, absolutely! I know many people would think it impossible to get double digit returns on their money daily, but that is in fact what is promised by these sites. How do they work? The concept is very simple. You establish an account with them and then start surfing. They display pages that others want advertised on a timer of anywhere from 15 t...

Anyone who has switched from a dial-up modem to broadband DSL knows the advantages of DSL internet access. The differences between the two are truly astounding. When people begin surfing the internet using broadband DSL after struggling with a dial-up modem, they never want to go back to a slow and often unreliable dial-up connection. Broadband DSL connection speeds vary, but the average DSL connection rate ranges on average between 128 kilobits per second all the way up t...

The speed of incoming and outgoing internet computer data can vary between broadband DSL and cable modems. Understanding how cable modems operate in comparison to DSL provides a better understanding of why broadband DSL is the preferred choice in broadband technology. Cable modem internet service is used mainly in residential settings rather than for business use because it is usually offered as a package deal with cable television programming. Cable programming uses sepa...

Broadband DSL has opened a whole new world of creative opportunities for individuals and businesses alike. DSL has made ordinary internet browsing extraordinary. With astounding speeds and reliable connections, broadband DSL puts a new spin on sending and receiving e-mail, streaming audio and video, and all internet activities that are best preformed with a dependable speedy connection. Broadband DSL allows users to receive telephone calls while surfing the net, so why not...

Q: I recently received an email that supposedly came from eBay that said someone had attempted to log into my eBay business account without authorization (whatever that means). The email instructed me to click a link to re-enter and confirm my account information to make sure that my account had not been hacked. Being naturally paranoid I contacted eBay directly and found that my account had not been hacked and that this email was actually from someone trying to steal my eBay...

In order to run a successful eBay or online store business, you need a quality product. But the one problem with trying to find a wholesale or dropshipping product is the prevalence of scams. As a result, many people risk getting ripped off by websites that offer bogus merchandise. So before you go out and try to find a product at a wholesale discount, you should follow a few simple rules. When you are looking at a wholesale source, you should look for: ? A large se...

?Would you let someone walk into your home, take whatever they wanted and leave as if nothing had happened?? No! Of course you wouldn't. So why are you letting them do it to your website? WARNING: If you are using PayPal , Clickbank or a number of other payment processors for your digital downloads YOU ARE LOSING MONEY!!! Using a simple two step operation those in the know can read your website, download your product for free (Steal it) and be gone without you ...