Comments on Classes and Article 10.

Hello. It was really interesting to participate in the auctions interaction assignment. I did not even know that auctions can be conducted in so different ways: Dutch auction, English auction, etc. And each of the auctions had their pluses and minuses. The thing that surprised me most was that the most imperfect is the auction we use all the time, English one. It is so easy to make secret signs and agree with other participants during it.

Article 10. Build A Niche Store - A Review

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This article was very interesting for me as it offers using eBay auctions in a little bit different way. To be exact - you can earn additional money using e-bay without having to bid, place an auction or go to the post-office and send your merchandize later. The only thing you have to do is to use the software offered - Build a Niche Store, which enables you to access and sell eBay auction merchandise on your own site, and pocket a commission after the sale was made. Let’s see how it works.
The software allows you to have live eBay auctions running on your site, constantly updating and targeted precisely to the theme of your site. To establish this you have to add a bit of code to your site: you need to be able to create a MYSQL database, but the instruction provided with software makes this abundantly easy. This method works by adding a live selection of auction merchandise to your site from a category you choose, and when the auction ends and there is a sale, eBay shares up to 65% of their revenue from the sale with you.
Advantages: This is an easy way to monetize the sites and diversify the income, simply by providing your website visitors with current, targeted offerings they may well be interested in.The software offered does not require a great deal of effort on your part, thus helping you increase your site's relevance in the eyes of the search engines, and consequently bringing you even more traffic.
Disadvantages: It is difficult to integrate the software into the look of your site.
So, it depends on you whether you want to have an additional income using eBay auctions or just to use it in the old, but well-proved way. Anyway, for me it was pretty interesting as it was another way of using eBay auctions, not participating in it directly.

P.S. Dear Professor, sorry for the delayed posting. I could not do it earlier this week.