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  1. Re:US Patent 7003500 by Trekologer · · Score: 1 · on Apple, Starbucks Sued Over Music Gift Cards

    Prior art in one word: Cybermoola.

    Cybermoola was this stored value card that you could buy at a retail store and use to make online purchases at retailers that accepted the card. It was an alternative to using a credit card and could be given to kids as gifts, etc. I worked for the supermarket chain that was the principal partner for the launch and distributed the traning materials to the employees. The idea, while novel, was a horrible failure. I don't think it lasted three months before it was pulled.

    And here it is: a news article dated the day before the patent application was filed: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/resources/product_reviews/article.php/426631

  2. Re:Clarity in reporting please. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on U.S. Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Patent Trolls

    claiming that a patent gives you the same rigths over a technique as those a owner has to a regular property is a lie.

    Too bad a Supreme Court Justice disagrees with you:

    Justice Antonin Scalia interrupted Phillips early in his oral arguments, stating, "We're talking about a property right here and a property owner has the right to exclude others from using his property."

    http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/news/article.p hp/3595261

  3. Re:referal fee by mike2R · · Score: 1 · on The Ultimate Star Trek Collection
    Amazon currently offers two different payment schemes that you can choose from: Classic and Performance. Though, in reality, Classic is hardly a choice that makes sense. The Classic payment schedule pays a flat 4 percent on items purchased after a visitor clicked through from an Amazon Associates placed link.

    The Performance plan starts at 5 percent and ramps up based on the shipped volume of products. If your affiliate links generate between 1 and 20 units shipped you'll get the starting rate of 5 percent. On the other end, if your affiliate links generate shipments of over 10,000 units you'll get 7.5 percent. On top of the base rate (indexed to products shipped), Amazon's Performance program also tacks on bonuses of 2.5 percent for certain "Direct Link Items" and a 1 percent for "Easy Links."


    from here
  4. Old news! by Electric+Eye · · Score: 1 · on PayPal to Offer Micropayments

    Um, this stuff was reported last Thursday. Did you guys just wake up??
    http://ecommerce-guide.com/essentials/paypal/artic le.php/3531571

  5. Ebay will still rule the online garage sale by DeadSea · · Score: 3, Insightful · on How Amazon and Google are taking eBay's Business
    I still don't see a person with just a few used items to sell, being able to do well on Froogle or Amazon. Its quite a bit harder to get a listing there than on Ebay.

    I would be interested in what percentage of ebay auctions are from full-time sellers. It seems that these folks probably drive a sizable percentage of Ebay's revenue. Losing them could hurt the bottom line of the company very badly.

    Amazon and Google still have a ways to go to become all that popular with full time sellers. There are a ton of guides for becoming a full time Ebay seller. But I find very few for Amazon and Google.

  6. You can read about it.... by Electric+Eye · · Score: 1 · on Google Ads for RSS Feeds Goes Beta

    here, too. Seems to be slightly more informative:
    http://ecommerce-guide.com/news/news/article.php/3 505976

  7. Re:Infospace already owns this IP by dfn_deux · · Score: 1 · on Robolawyer to Handle Clickwraps?

    After looking around a little bit I found a few articles about their product, I'm going to assume that means my NDA has expired... :) Most of the articles were PR plant type info, but this one is a review of the ewallet technology that was integrated with the Privacy Policy/EULA ranking bit. http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/resources/product_r eviews/article.php/241021