http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:44:37 -0700 Tue, 19 May 2009 16:54:38 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Summertime-brings-a-drop-off-of-sales-for-online-sellers?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Whether you have your own website, are selling on one of the big ecommerce sites such as eBay, Craigslist and Amazon or on one of the smaller alternative sites such as Atomic Mall (www.atomicmall.com) or eCrater (www.ecrater.com), the summe... Tue, 19 May 2009 16:54:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Summertime-brings-a-drop-off-of-sales-for-online-sellers?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m5d1-Swine-Flu-worries-could-benefit-eBay-Amazon-and-other-ecommerce-venues?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner The news of the Swine Flu (also known as the H1N1 virus) is all over the media. It has been labeled a pandemic and cases have been reported from all over the world from countries as far away as Hong Kong and New Zealand. Vice President Joe ... Fri, 01 May 2009 21:14:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m5d1-Swine-Flu-worries-could-benefit-eBay-Amazon-and-other-ecommerce-venues?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Online-Fraud-Alert-Nigerian-scammers-now-using-Craigslist-for-rental-houses?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner In the past couple of months many users of Craigslist (www.craigslist.org) have started seeing houses that look too good to be true for the price and as is often the case, the house price is too good to be true.Users from Nigeria have started hi... Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:23:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m4d30-Online-Fraud-Alert-Nigerian-scammers-now-using-Craigslist-for-rental-houses?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d8-Paypal-glitch-leaves-sellers-unable-to-respond-to-claims?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Last September Paypal (www.paypal.com) announced that they had a new "Seller Protection" program in case of disputes. Part of this program dealt with international transactions. According to Paypal, if a seller shipped a package via Global ... Sun, 08 Mar 2009 05:40:33 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d8-Paypal-glitch-leaves-sellers-unable-to-respond-to-claims?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Alibaba-and-Taobao-online-auctions-coming-to-the-US-and-Europe?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner With the news that Alibaba (www.alibaba.com) and Taobao (www.taobao) are in negotiations with many companies to bring their auctions to the US and Europe comes a lot of speculation as to what will happen to the landscape of the eBay alternatives and ... Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:37:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d6-Alibaba-and-Taobao-online-auctions-coming-to-the-US-and-Europe?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Chinese-auction-giant-AlibabaTaobao-looking-to-compete-with-eBay-and-Paypal-in-the-US?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Disgruntled eBay sellers who have long been hoping for a strong, viable alternative eBay ecommerce site might find help on the horizon from unlikely source. China and Jack Ma.Jack Ma founded Alibaba,  (www.alibaba.com) which is a very ... Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:15:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d5-Chinese-auction-giant-AlibabaTaobao-looking-to-compete-with-eBay-and-Paypal-in-the-US?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Press-Release-iOffer-unveils-enhanced-item-page?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner iOffer (www.ioffer.com) Press ReleaseOnline shopping consists of two elements: buyers and sellers. Buyers must be completely satisfied with their purchase, and sellers must provide the best service to retain buyers. Buyers must understand the full bu... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:30:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m3d2-Press-Release-iOffer-unveils-enhanced-item-page?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Atomic-Mall-closing-in-on-double-10K-milestones?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner The eCommerce marketplace site Atomic Mall (www.atomicmall.com) is closing in on a couple of milestones. At the time of this writing they are at 9,929 members. Just 71 members away from hitting 10K. That mark should be reached today or tomorrow at th... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:51:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d27-Atomic-Mall-closing-in-on-double-10K-milestones?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Online-sellers-forums-are-a-great-place-to-learn-about-ecommerce?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Online seller forums are a great place for sellers to gather, chat and share information about ecommerce. Sellers forums are gaining in popularity in large part because of the changes that have been going on with eBay and sellers want to discuss... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:27:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d26-Online-sellers-forums-are-a-great-place-to-learn-about-ecommerce?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Chase-The-Chuck-Wagon-an-online-auction-site-for-video-games?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner About a year ago I was in a sellers forum when someone came in and announced that they were launching a new online auction site just for video games my first reaction was, awesome! Back in the early 1980's I used to love the Atari 2600 and ... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:12:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Chase-The-Chuck-Wagon-an-online-auction-site-for-video-games?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Part-Four-eBay-Alternatives-Dont-believe-the-hype?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner POLLSPolls are a nifty tool that people love because they can vote and feel that they have a voice. The reality is that most polls are worthless. Especially the ones online and in particular polls that try to determine the "best" or "w... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:24:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Part-Four-eBay-Alternatives-Dont-believe-the-hype?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d23-eBay-Alternatives-Auctions-Worldwide-Blog?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner This came to my attention today and I asked the author (Chris Knight of Auctions Worldwide,www.auctionsworldwide.net) for permission to post it here. It's what I feel to be a true and accurate comment on the state of eBay Alternatives ... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:25:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d23-eBay-Alternatives-Auctions-Worldwide-Blog?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d23-Part-Three-eBay-Alternatives-Dont-believe-the-hype?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Grass roots marketing, aka Viral Marketing, is fast becoming the promotion tool of choice among many alternative eCommerce venues. Grass roots marketing is pretty much where you blog about the site and spread the word on sellers forums in a... Mon, 23 Feb 2009 07:29:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d23-Part-Three-eBay-Alternatives-Dont-believe-the-hype?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d21-eBay-Alternatives-eCommerce-sites-use-blogging-to-help-promote-themselves?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner There are many ecommerce sites for online sellers to choose from and the task can be daunting. While some sites send their members out to spam every forum or thread that mentions ecommerce, other sites have incorporated blogging techni... Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:05:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d21-eBay-Alternatives-eCommerce-sites-use-blogging-to-help-promote-themselves?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d20-eBay-Alternatives-Quantcast-and-site-traffic?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Traffic is a very useful tool for sellers to use when judging whether or not an alternative site might be worth their while. There are three well known sites that publish traffic statistics. Alexa (www.alexa.com), Compete (www.compete.com) and Quantc... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:33:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d20-eBay-Alternatives-Quantcast-and-site-traffic?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d15-eBay-Alternatives-Atomic-Mall-announces-product-feeds-to-Beat-My-Price?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner Online selling marketplace site, Atomic Mall (www.atomicmall.com), has announced that site listings are being submitted to the price comparision shopping site, BeatMyPrice (www.beatmyprice.com).Announcement from the Atomic Mall forums.I am pleased to... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:12:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d15-eBay-Alternatives-Atomic-Mall-announces-product-feeds-to-Beat-My-Price?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d14-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-niche-eCommerce-site?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner There are many different types of ecommerce sites out there that people use. Bartering sites, fixed priced marketplace sites and auction sites among them. Niche sites or specialty sites for collectibles attract many sellers and buyers as well. Here i... Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:20:19 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d14-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-niche-eCommerce-site?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-fixed-priced-marketplace-outside-of-Amazon?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner There are many different types of ecommerce sites out there that people use. Bartering sites, fixed priced marketplace sites and auction sites among them. Some of the biggest and most popular are sites with a fixed priced storefront format ... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:42:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-fixed-priced-marketplace-outside-of-Amazon?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-alternative-ecommerce-auction-site-outside-of-eBay?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner There are many different types of ecommerce sites out there that people use. Bartering sites, fixed priced marketplace sites and auction sites among them. Some of the biggest and most popular are sites with an auction format are eBid (www.ebid.net), ... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:21:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d13-Poll-Vote-for-the-best-alternative-ecommerce-auction-site-outside-of-eBay?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d12-eBay-Alternatives-eBid-Online-Auction-Site?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner There are many eBay alternatives to choose from and a lot of the most popular sites are strictly fixed priced "marketplace" sites. The largest "auction" site outside of eBay is eBid (www.ebid.net).Based out of the United... Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:58:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-2685-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner~y2009m2d12-eBay-Alternatives-eBid-Online-Auction-Site?cid=exrss-Philadelphia-eCommerce-Examiner