March 2008
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From rag trade to riches Meet Stef Passantino, a 27 year old online discount fashion retailer who heads up Lastseason.com. He's the guy who offered Pete Doherty five grand for a photo shoot because he thought the troubled singer "could do with the money". A move that subsequently bought Lastseason.com priceless column inches in the world's press when Doherty's management demanded £30,000 "as a bare minimum" for what would have been a day's work (yeah, yeah, we know, Doherty would have been effectively being paid to endorse Lastseason.com, but that didn't stop the tabloids having a field day). And he's also the guy that has secured a million pounds in backing from Rock Computer's Nick Boardman. Not bad going for an internet entrepreneur who cut his teeth selling clothes on eBay. more |
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Can a schoolboy show you how to make money on the internet? 15 year old Donny Ouyang is like most other kids. He goes to school, he plays sports. The difference is he also makes thousands of dollars every month courtesy of the internet. Now he wants to tell others how he does it. Time to pay attention at the back of the class. more |
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| ICANN moves to end "domain tasting" ICANN, the non-profit company responsible for the global coordination of domain names, has announced its intention to end "domain tasting" - a move that could see millions of domain names released. more YouTube extends its Partner Programme to the UK You Tube, the web's leading video sharing site, has extended its Partner Programme to the UK, allowing video creators and media companies to share its ad revenue. more Why niche websites are like flowers George Marshall reckons that niche websites are like flowers and need to be nurtured just as you would a plant. more
And finally . . . Check out this page on Dutch online store HEMA - allow the page to load and wait a few seconds. more |
What makes an internet entrepreneur tick?
 "I believe some people have a little something in their head that makes them look at things in a slightly different way. Some people absolutely cannot envisage doing anything but working for somebody else - and that is fine. However I believe entrepreneurs are born and will always find a way to do things differently." Kieron Donoghue, ukoffer.com Take one internet entrepreneur - for instance Kieron Donoghue (pictured above) - and ask them Five Questions. Also in the Five Questions hot seat this month is Victoria Vanstone of yourdeathwish.com and Jairus Lee of Comiqs.com. |
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AOL buys Bebo for US$850 million cash
Ask.com to chase women instead of Google 
Chitika has rolled out its Related Product Unit to its network of 17,000 plus blogs and websites after it proved a big success with selected publishers during beta testing. 
Google have launched Chatback, a free live chat service for websites that gives webmasters the opportunity to offer real time online support or advice to visitors to their website. 
Cruise website, cruise.co.uk, has splashed out a record £560,000 to buy the domain name, cruises.co.uk, in a bid to dominate the one of the fastest growing sectors of the travel industry. 
From May of this year, sellers on eBay will no longer be able to leave troublesome buyers and non-payers neutral or negative feedback. 
AOL have bought affiliate marketing network, Buy.at, for an undisclosed sum in a move to boost the e-commerce offerings of AOL's online advertising services subsidiary, Advertising.com. 
LOVEFiLM, Europe’s leading online DVD rental subscription service, has announced that it is to acquire Amazon's UK and German DVD rental business, taking its subscriber base to just under one million. 
Good news for internet entrepreneurs who work wherever the fancy takes them. T-Mobile has become the first UK mobile broadband operator to offer access to its WiFi network as part of its mobile broadband price plans.