Author Archives: Paul

The Myth of the Non-Technical User

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Paul

The software and systems marketed to help people make money on the web always claim to make things easy for the non-technical customer.  You don’t have to know HTML.  You don’t have to learn CSS or PHP. It’s true you … Continue reading →

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XSitePro & PayPal Continued

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Paul

While I did not find exactly what I was looking for in terms of adding a PayPal shopping cart to an XSitePro created site it did become obvious that for someone who wanted to sell ebooks or any kind of … Continue reading →

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XSitePro and PayPal

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Paul

My vision is to use multiple websites to sell many unique items.  I plan to build sites to sell the collectibles we have accumulated over the years  without having to deal with Ebay.  Thus it is very important to me … Continue reading →

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XSitePro

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Paul

I saw another reference to xSitePro for building fast sites and decided to take another look at it.  I discovered you can download a complete version for a 30 day trial for free.  So I did that and have now … Continue reading →

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From Book to Website

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Paul

We just finished our home remodeling website.  We took the contents of a 356 page home builders catalog from 1927 and converted it to a website.  The book has hundreds of renderings of all the parts of high end, custom … Continue reading →

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Spec Publishing

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Paul

We have always had a hard time explaining to people how we profit on the internet.  We really aren’t in the business of building websites, although we have done a lot of that.  We aren’t really developing a software product … Continue reading →

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Home Alarm Systems

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Paul

Home burglar alarms have become more popular because of increased fear in the current economic climate and because prices have come down while the capabilities of alarm systems have expanded. Home alarm systems have benefited from the same technological explosion … Continue reading →

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EPN Changes

Posted on September 7, 2009 by Paul

EPN is the Ebay program where website publishers are paid to send traffic to Ebay.  If the visitors buy something the publishers is paid part of the final value fee as a commission.  In the past it has made some … Continue reading →

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Video Explorations

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Paul

In my mind video was entertainment; music videos which I do not find interesting or useful.  However, recently, I read some articles which made me realize web video could also be an effective teaching and educational tool.  Thinking about our … Continue reading →

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Selling Stuff

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Paul

In our endless search for scalable ways to make money online we are developing Selling-Stuff.com as a place to describe our adventures in selling all the “Stuff” we have accumulated over the years. Most services and online selling systems seem … Continue reading →

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