Archive for October 13th, 2007
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Smart Money is talking up free shipping in their latest issue:
Surveys suggests that many consumers are obsessed with free-shipping deals. "Fifteen percent off might be a better deal, but people prefer free shipping," says Dealnews.com CEO de Grandpre. The good news: It's getting easier to get ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Last week, I blogged about Radiohead's pay what you want release.
I'd like to explore this idea a little more deeply. After one more reference to the idea of free music, I'd like to talk about free writing.
Now it's not surprising that Scott Ginsberg (Nametag Guy) is enthusiastic about this:
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
HillaryCart
Supermarket shoppers may soon be cruising the aisles with intelligent shopping carts that warn them if they're buying too much junk food, technology experts say.
"Are you sure you want those chips? Your ass is getting kind of fat."
Ars Technica also covered the story.
Ray Guns
The non-lethal gun causes a "wave of ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Volusion just came out with a new release of their shopping cart software. I wanted to blog about it - but I also wanted to ask them about whether bandwidth-based pricing in hosted e-commerce (which they use) is inherently misleading. Some people have reported significant surcharges for ...
Posted in Cart Vendors | 16 Comments »
