“With Google Friend Connect (see http://www.google.com/friendconnect following this evening’s Campfire One), any website owner can add a snippet of code to his or her site and get social features up and running immediately without programming — picking and choosing from built-in functionality like user registration, invitations, members gallery, message posting, and reviews, as well as third-party applications built by the OpenSocial developer community.”

Google is really taking thing to the next level! I’ve searched the net for other providers of free social applications, and couldn’t find anything besides MyBlogLog.com

To all my blog readers, how interested are you in adding social features to your site? And if you are interested in doing this, what features specifically would you like to add first?

Personally, I want to add a community on this blog where people express their opinions with an identity attached to it. That way, any comments you guys make, your comment could link directly to your profile where other readers could learn more about you, what you are doing on the internet, and easily access links to your sites.

Comments should be a personal thing, and with the addition of pictures and profiles, we could really see a whole new level of blogging evolve.

Let me know what you guys think.

Rich Boy
http://www.TheRichBoy.com

After literally days of research, I found the solution! 100% Automatic CD/DVD delivery!

No trips to the post office, Ever.

This company will automatically do the following:

• Manufacturing / assembly
• Full color CD printing
• Jewel case (CD)
• Full color tray card (CD)
• Full color 2-panel insert (CD)
• Full color DVD printing
• DVD case
• Full color 1-panel insert (DVD)
• Full color DVD case cover (DVD)
• Cellophane wrapping
• UPC bar code
• 24-Hour rush manufacturing
• All inclusive price $1.75

It’s pretty much the PERFECT solution for all digital item sellers on eBay. Whether you convert your info product to CD or DVD, its the same price – $1.75 per disc, your cost.

We’re talking full-on Retail Ready "On-Demand" CD and DVD manufacturing. As soon as your customer buys your product, their order is submitted to the manufacturing system for processing and production. The order is guaranteed to ship out within 24 hours!

You don’t have to bulk order up front, (although you can if you want, with free shipping on orders over 500).

You don’t have to manually submit each order to the system. It does it automatically after the customer pays directly to your PayPal account.

EVERYTHING is automatic with this amazing software. It takes about 5-10 minutes to set up, and you are ready for "On Demand" CD selling on eBay!

If you are interested in Automatic CD/DVD Fulfillment, just click here to learn more!

Post comments, opinions, ideas, and criticism here. I can handle it.

However, as of yesterday, Brian Duke from eBay stated that it is NOT ok to list any links inside classified ads that either:

• Offer a direct checkout button
• Link to a website where buyers can purchase more items off eBay

Here is the question an answer that clarified this rule for us.

Shipscript Hall of Fame eBay Live 2007 Brian, We’re hoping to have examples of Classified Ads running this weekend, but there are still too many open issues…. Repeated if you missed my last mail: Are sellers allowed to put a PayPal "Buy Now" button in the Classified Ad for each of their multiple items? It could almost look like a shopping cart page. Paypal has a webform button that is eBay compliant in construction (no scripts) that can be customized for each different product. That would turn the Classified Ad into a selling platform rather than just a contact form. If so, can sellers put their own checkout button on the page? And new questions: Look at the links on the left of this sample Classified Ad – one to each product page. Will this violate links policy? Can we put a cross-sell gallery in auction listings with links to Classified Ads? Digital Delivery is how we get goods to our international customers. Our Classified Ads don’t show on international sites. Postal rates oversees are often several times higher than the product (like $18). How do we continue to reach and sell to international customers? Thanks, -ship Brian Burke, Director Marketplace & Feedback Policy Ship, Sorry for the delayed response. Sellers may not link from their Classified Ad to a site off eBay that offers goods for sale – so the ad you [referenced] is in violation. There is a static link at the top [and] links .. to the seller’s web store (checkout) with products for sale off eBay. At this time we will not permit check-out links or PayPal buttons. I know I referenced using PayPal in a previous email – in concert with the current political campaign, I will claim, as all the current individuals running for President have, to have "misspoken" . I appologize for any confusion my ealier email caused. All international sites are prohibiting the sale of digital goods (Germany has never allowed them). So, buyers will have to find your goods via the US site. Brian Brian BurkeDirector, Marketplace & Feedback Policy

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So what does that mean. That means NO affiliate marketing or clickbank links, NO buy now paypal links, and NO instant sales from Classified Ads.

TRAGEDY!

But, what’s the good news?

Glad you asked. The good news is, you CAN place email capture forms on Classified Ads. In fact, thats the ONLY thing you can do.

You can either place your phone number (not good for digital item sellers), or place an email capture form with an autoresponder set up (very good for digital item sellers)

How can you make money off an autoresponder?

Let’s think for a second. If you normally got a sale conversion ratio of 3%, you were doing pretty good.

BUT, that was for a direct sale.

Now, we will be focusing on getting the EMAIL signup. You can look at signup ratios of 10+% on a great squeeze page (just means sales copy designed to squeeze out emails only)

So, you take this new 10+% signup rate, and watch what happens to your autoresponder. You can set your autoresponder to do MANY things:

• Promote your product and website via email
  
• Promote CLICKBANK or any other affiliate products via email
  
• Save their email in your list to promote MORE products for infinite years to come (until they unsubscribe)

So, normally when you would have just made $10 profit off one sale, now you can make $100’s profit from each person if you look at the long run marketing.

Why is this possible? Simple, Because email signups are HIGHLY TARGETED ads, and most of the time these people would have simply clicked X and not purchased your item (using the original eBay Buy It Now format).

But NOW, there is no cost involved for them to sign up for your email list, its FREE for them, so you can see a LOT more signups. Once your got their HIGHLY TARGETED email, you can sell to them like crazy.

How do you highly target people? Thats all up to your Classified ad Title, and item description.

I want to let you know that its not neccessary to have an insanely long squeeze page just to get their email. In fact, short squeeze pages (1 -2 pages at max) work best for getting emails. .

That’s it for this post.

Let me know your guy’s thoughts and comments.

Peace,

Rich Boy

http://www.TheRichBoy.com

Apparently good old eBay is up to it again.

On March 31, 2008 all digital items are no longer allowed to be sold on eBay. They must be listed in “Classified Ads” format ONLY or you are in violation of eBays Policy.

Announcement from eBay below.

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200803.shtml#2008-03-24125416

There’s a ton of activity on eBay’s discussion boards here.

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000671814&start=0

This includes but not limited to:

• eBooks
• Audio/mp3
• Digital Videos
• Websites
• Domain Names
• Graphic Design Services
• Photo Services
• And any other service delivered electronically.

This means that there will be no ’sale’ on ebay, no feedback involved, and no FVF fees for the transaction. The minimum price for classified ad format is $9.95 and it lasts for a duration of 30 days.

Its been confirmed that digital items CAN be converted to CD format and sold as physical items. These items will be allowed to be sold under normal Fixed price and Auction format.

If you want to sell purely digitally then, you can list in classifieds format and have it automatically digitally delivered via E-Junkie

Looks like they are trying to cut back on Feedback Manipulation. I know this is going to hurt a lot of us initially but there is a way to get through this.

Post your thought and comments here. We need to figure something out together.

Rich Boy

http://www.TheRichBoy.com