Apps are everywhere it seems. The tech world is in love with apps. This word 'apps' is short for 'applications' or an older term, 'application programs'. Apps are on your iPhone, or your Droid (Android), the iPod Touch, etc. Did you know that if you sell on eBay that eBay has apps too! Also, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, all have apps. In general, the apps we are talking about are created (written) by third parties, not the owner of the website or device.
Let's focus in this blog post about the apps on eBay. eBay apps are there to help you have a more productive selling or buying experience on eBay. Like apps on Smart Phones and elsewhere, some are free, some are not. There are apps for eBay, Twitter, and other websites that you have to find through word-of-mouth or by searching the web. But the apps we're talking about are found right within eBay.
To see all the third party apps available on eBay you have to go to the Apps Center. There are places on eBay to find a link to the Apps Center including the full explanation on using it in the Help Menu. If your Seller account is set up you should also see a link to the apps center in your My eBay in the upper left next to Activity/Messages/Account. Once you get to the Apps Center, I suggest you make it a Favorite or Bookmark in your browser. Note: there are some eBay-provided features that I would also call Apps. They can be found in My eBay in the link called Subscriptions.
In the Apps Center you will see that the apps are divided into several categories, namely:
In addition, you will find a list of the latest, newest apps and a list of the most popular apps. Start browsing. You are bound to find a few to interest you and make your selling life on eBay easier. One of my favorites is Shipsaver. They provide shipping insurance considerably cheaper than USPS and it's connected right to your My eBay page. I love it. See what you can find to help make your selling tasks easier.
Dr. eBay
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Help! I'm Overworked and Can't Afford to Hire Someone
Many online entrepreneurs are one person companies. Me included. Whether you sell on eBay.com, Amazon.com, Half.com, Bonanzle.com, Clickbank.com, a bunch of niche websites, or all of the above, life as an entrepreneur can get overwhelming at times. Some people throw in the towel because of all the pressure of trying to do it all by themselves. They think they can't afford to hire someone or several someones.
There are, after all, so many tasks one has to do to run a company, even a small company. There can be accounting tasks to control the financial side of the business, legal activities, phone calls to make, letters to write, research to do, websites to create, programming to be done, marketing, graphic design, and many others. What is a busy entrepreneur to do?
Well, good news! Freelancers are willing to help you with these tasks on a one shot basis or a regular basis for very little money. How do you find them? There are websites that these freelancers enroll with to help you find them. One that just came to my attention is Fiverr. This site's claim to fame is that you can hire anyone on the site for only $5. Every freelancer on Fiverr will tell you what they will do for just $5. You can browse or search. Take a look.
Fiverr is certainly the most varied of all the freelancing sites in terms of what people will do for your $5. Most jobs offered are meaningful, useful tasks that may help you is some way. But some are out of left field. For fun here are a few I wouldn't have thought to ask for:
1. I will write anything of your choice on my face with a Sharpie for $5
2. I will tweet about your product or service to 3800 followers 5 times a day for 4 weeks for $5
3. I will read your palm for $5
4. I will do any voiceover work for $5
5. I will leave flirtatious/didn't-we-have-so-much-fun comments on your Facebook wall for $5
6. I will give you 60 GB of cPanel web hosting for 1 year for $5
There are many other freelancer websites available. In most of these, you describe your project and freelancers send you bids on what it will cost. You then have the ability to negotiate and question the freelancer about their qualifications and even request samples of similar projects they have completed previously.
My top six freelance website picks in addition to Fiverr are:
eLance, - From creative work like graphics and writing to computer programming.
FreelanceSwitch - From marketing, to writing, to graphic design to programming.
Guru, - From Web and Graphic Design to Programming to Business Consulting.
Allfreelancework - Projects posted on a variety of subjects.
Rentacoder - From simple web pages to programming jobs that could last for months.
ProgrammingBids - From web and graphic design to flash to software development.
(Note: I do not recommend any particular site mentioned above. I have no connection with any of them. I get no remuneration from any of them.)
Go find some help!
Dr. eBay
There are, after all, so many tasks one has to do to run a company, even a small company. There can be accounting tasks to control the financial side of the business, legal activities, phone calls to make, letters to write, research to do, websites to create, programming to be done, marketing, graphic design, and many others. What is a busy entrepreneur to do?
Well, good news! Freelancers are willing to help you with these tasks on a one shot basis or a regular basis for very little money. How do you find them? There are websites that these freelancers enroll with to help you find them. One that just came to my attention is Fiverr. This site's claim to fame is that you can hire anyone on the site for only $5. Every freelancer on Fiverr will tell you what they will do for just $5. You can browse or search. Take a look.
Fiverr is certainly the most varied of all the freelancing sites in terms of what people will do for your $5. Most jobs offered are meaningful, useful tasks that may help you is some way. But some are out of left field. For fun here are a few I wouldn't have thought to ask for:
1. I will write anything of your choice on my face with a Sharpie for $5
2. I will tweet about your product or service to 3800 followers 5 times a day for 4 weeks for $5
3. I will read your palm for $5
4. I will do any voiceover work for $5
5. I will leave flirtatious/didn't-we-have-so-much-fun comments on your Facebook wall for $5
6. I will give you 60 GB of cPanel web hosting for 1 year for $5
There are many other freelancer websites available. In most of these, you describe your project and freelancers send you bids on what it will cost. You then have the ability to negotiate and question the freelancer about their qualifications and even request samples of similar projects they have completed previously.
My top six freelance website picks in addition to Fiverr are:
eLance, - From creative work like graphics and writing to computer programming.
FreelanceSwitch - From marketing, to writing, to graphic design to programming.
Guru, - From Web and Graphic Design to Programming to Business Consulting.
Allfreelancework - Projects posted on a variety of subjects.
Rentacoder - From simple web pages to programming jobs that could last for months.
ProgrammingBids - From web and graphic design to flash to software development.
(Note: I do not recommend any particular site mentioned above. I have no connection with any of them. I get no remuneration from any of them.)
Go find some help!
Dr. eBay
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