Call me an early adopter if you like, but I just had a hunch that there was a market for belly button lint out there.

My suspicions were confirmed this evening when I paid a visit to my Squidoo Lens and saw this eBay auction appear on my lens.

It's definitely a crusty looking specimen, and definitely not worthy of a place in the all time greatest hall of fame, but never the less, could be a handy acquisition for someone just getting started in the industry.

At $1 'Buy It Now' it's a bargain, however the shipping details are a little off putting... "Will arrange for local pickup only (no shipping)." Does that mean the seller will provide the tweezers?

Mark my words, it's only a matter of time before belly button lint becomes currency!

The question of would I ever buy a car off eBay was asked of me the other day, and for once, I was actually stuck for an answer. At first I was in the 'Nahhh' corner, but the more I thought about it the more I started to warm to the idea. In many ways it's no different than finding a car in the trading post or something similar. I guess what puts me off, is the amount of money involved. For me, buying a car is a high involvement purchase, and going through that process on line still does not quite sit right with me. » Read the rest of the entry..

Want to go on a four week holiday with an attractive looking blonde lass that loves to party?

Well, now you can, if you win the eBay auction that is.

If you want to bid on the auction you can check it out here, as well as more bikini shots of the blonde.

Edit: 03 August 2008, It appears as though the auction has been taken down, lucky I grabbed a quick screen shot before it did its disappearing act.

Is it genuine? Who knows, but it certainly grabs some attention...

I'm putting my 4 weeks holiday in your hands.

I am on holidays on 1st August without a destination, can you help?

Please take me away and show me the best time of my life. I love exotic destinations, warmer weather, beautiful beaches and water sports. But I also love to ride horses and enjoy picturesque countryside.

A new adventure??? I will travel to where my destiny takes me.

What you are bidding for is a vacation with ME, and lets face it, i'm great fun!!!!!

And yes I love to party!!!!!

One catch, you pick up the tab.....

Standard Conditions; Holiday must be taken in the month of August

Just over two days remaining so you better get in quick. If you win the auction, I'd be interested to hear how the holiday went.

Some people will go to great lengths to set their products apart from the competition on eBay. Take this auction for example.

You'd think a search for guitar parts would yield innocent enough results. Well check out how this character has gone all out to promote his "Fender USA Tele Strat Neck Plate & Screws" auction. For those unfamiliar with guitar parts a neck plate is basically a piece of metal used to attach the neck to the body of the guitar. It's not very exciting... until you use 'sex' to sell it!
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The ebay affiliate program is currently making the transition from Commission Junction to its own newly launched eBay Partner Network. For anyone using Commission Junction based eBay affiliate links, this means you will have to join up to the eBay Partner Network and then, once approved, go through and update all your links.

I only realised that this was going to affect me on Monday. I was thrown into mini turmoil. I use phpBay Pro on a few of my blogs to plug some eBay auctions into posts, and it's proven to be quite profitable, however I was worried. Would this new change mean that I could no longer use phpBay Pro? Would I have to buy a new version? Would I even be able to do everything need to make the transition?

As it turns out, I was worrying about nothing. I visited the phpBay Pro forum, learnt that the developer, a guy called Wade, had already developed a new version of phpBay Pro designed to work with the eBay Partner Network, and that it was available to customers that had already purchased a previous version. So I sent off a quick message to Wade, got an almost instant reply, containing details of how to get the upgrade, and I was up and running again. I upgraded five blogs in under an hour, in between working on a flash game.

So to summarise, the transition was smooth and didn't cost me a thing!

I have to say that the customer service that Wade has provided has been beyond anything that I ever expected. I'm not sure how the guy finds the time to develop programs and then provide the level of support that he does, but somehow he seems to manage! phpBay Pro is clearly the real deal and it's good to see that he stands by his product.

Up until this point, phpBay Pro is the only money I've spent on any of my sites, besides money spent on hosting and domain names. If you have a WordPress blog and you want to include some eBay auction to generate some extra revenue, then I highly recommend picking up phpBay Pro. I use it most on my latest pet project guitar effects site. I made the $49 it cost me back in less than three weeks, and since then I've hit the $250 mark. It's paid for itself five times over in a couple of months. Not a bad return for a $49 investment!

UPDATE: In the three days since I made the change to the eBay Partner Network I've made $24.41. At that rate phpBay Pro pays for itself in 6 days!