Entries by Matthew Ogborne

OK, I’ll Leave ToysRus on eBay Alone. Well May be…

This is quite an old article now. I have considered removing it and I have edited it slightly since. However I decided that it would be better to leave this and the other articles on the site, as with anything, experience is only learnt through fire, this was one of those times where I could have done […]

As Big as Big Boys – How Appear to be Big on a Shoe String

Looking big is really quite easy on the internet, all it takes is some time, some cunning and a nudge in the right direction. Follow this step by step guide and you’re look like an established or corporate business in next to no time. Here are some key page names you need to create and […]

Who said this was TameBay, AuctionBytes or Similar?

I had quite an interesting chat on Skype with a previous colleague last week, apparently I am getting bad press at eBay for ‘dissing’ their enterprise clients. Speaking openly, it did cause me a few restless nights (it was really hot at night as well, Malta is not far from the equator and over 20C almost every day, I […]

A ‘Merrier’ Christmas on Amazon – Fudge the Item Weights

If Amazon read this, it’ll probably piss on any chance I ever had for working with/for them. But keeping with the no-holes-barred approach I set out here, here is a tip that no-one will tell you, mainly because its dirty and underhand, but hey it works! The Background This only works if you know that […]

Dealing with WordPress Spam Comments – Two Viable Solutions

Ignoring Askami from the conversion which will capture almost all comment spam, you may feel that there is little you can do to stop the wades of WordPress spam comments from being left. Yes, you could add a captua to the comments box, there are several wordpress plugins that do this, but me being a geek […]

ToysRUs Negged Twice @ Day 2 +28K Listings Will help

This is quite an old article now. I have considered removing it and I have edited it slightly since. However I decided that it would be better to leave this and the other articles on the site, as with anything, experience is only learnt through fire, this was one of those times where I could have done […]

ToysRUs on eBay.com – But it Looks Crap

This is quite an old article now. I have considered removing it and I have edited it slightly since. However I decided that it would be better to leave this and the other articles on the site, as with anything, experience is only learnt through fire, this was one of those times where I could have done […]

Tesco Taking on Amazon, Great Choice!

Update: This article has been expanded upon further, see Part 1: Battle of The Giants – Tesco V’s Amazon – Who Will Win? The PR wheels have been turning for the past few days on the news that Tesco is to take on Amazon. It was interesting reading the comments left by users on the article […]

Book Review: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell – Not for the ‘Faint of Heart’

This is no understatement: Oh my word, this book has to be the #1 on the craziest of books I have ever read. Lately I have read some brilliantly inspirational books from the leaders in almost every business field. But this… Its something else. “Utterly Insane Experiences” would be an understatement. There is absolutely no way someone could […]