I've been working on a very large project which should be complete within the next two weeks. I'll be spending a lot of time working on that project for maintenance purposes, but a new whats-hot-weekly.com is planned for this year. I plan to revamp the site completely by June.
What should you expect? Well the interface will be much much better. I've spent the last six months working with ExtJS. ExtJS is a javascript library that helps one create amazing interfaces. It also includes many Ajax functions. The site is going to be a breath of fresh air in a few short months.
As far as features go, I'll be changing how whats-hot-weekly.com access eBay's API. I've not been able to read about it thoroughly but I believe that aspects of the shopping API or the entire API are being removed. I really need to find the time to read up on that. No matter what the case may be, I will be updating the site very soon.
I'll try to keep everyone posted on when they can expect to see the changes.
Showing posts with label most watched items on ebay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label most watched items on ebay. Show all posts
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Computers & Networking
The computers and networking category has a few good deals at the moment. Apparently, Dell laptop batteries are prone to die or maybe people just want a spare. The batteries rank at the top for most watched items in the computers & networking category. A close second place is Dell's little netbook with Ubuntu installed. One of the items that really caught my is the 16 megapixel web cam for $14. It looks like over 2000 people have purchased one. Go to whats-hot-weekly.com and look at the most watched items in the computers & networking categore!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
3/10 pagerank after update and eBay's new w00t clone.
I'm pretty happy with my new pagerank on http://whats-hot-weekly.com. I was coasting along with a pagerank of 0, and after Google's recent update to pagerank, I'm up to a 3. I know most people couldn't care less about my pagerank. I was just surprised at the jump.
In other news, eBay has started a new "idea" called daily deals. They feature a very low priced items each day and sell a limited amount of them. This is like woot.com for those who may be familiar. It's a good idea but like I said, "It's been done." They are promoting it pretty heavily. I'm guessing that means someone in upper management came up with the idea and thinks it'll be the saving grace of eBay.
eBay should have stuck with what worked for them. They are THE auction website on the net. No one else even comes close. However, they are trying to be more like Amazon.com. They are trying to steer away from the "flea market" atmosphere. That's why you see so many "Buy it Now" auctions and classified ads on eBay these days. Now, with the Woot remake they are again trying something new.
Their auction model is what makes them eBay. They should focus on making eBay the best auction site again and create another site if necessary for "buy it now" and classified ads.
At any rate, I wish them luck with the woot concept. If you want to see what it's all about, check out the front page of whats-hot-weekly.com. I added a banner on the page to show the daily deals.
In other news, eBay has started a new "idea" called daily deals. They feature a very low priced items each day and sell a limited amount of them. This is like woot.com for those who may be familiar. It's a good idea but like I said, "It's been done." They are promoting it pretty heavily. I'm guessing that means someone in upper management came up with the idea and thinks it'll be the saving grace of eBay.
eBay should have stuck with what worked for them. They are THE auction website on the net. No one else even comes close. However, they are trying to be more like Amazon.com. They are trying to steer away from the "flea market" atmosphere. That's why you see so many "Buy it Now" auctions and classified ads on eBay these days. Now, with the Woot remake they are again trying something new.
Their auction model is what makes them eBay. They should focus on making eBay the best auction site again and create another site if necessary for "buy it now" and classified ads.
At any rate, I wish them luck with the woot concept. If you want to see what it's all about, check out the front page of whats-hot-weekly.com. I added a banner on the page to show the daily deals.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Hot Watches on eBay
There are some cool looking watches(as in timekeeping) on eBay at the moment. This watch is a 1305a Omega Speedmaster Professional 3592-50 Moon Watch. The current bid is at nearly $800. Of course this may be too expensive for some people (including me). However, $800 is nothing compared to the $2500 watch just three items down at Whats-hot-weekly.com. It's beyond me why someone would spend that much on a watch. That could be the poor boy inside me coming out, but I mean come on. You can buy a $50 watch at Walmart that does the exact same thing. I simply can't comprehend why someone would spend that much on a watch.
Internationalization is complete
Is that a word? If so that is huge. Whats-hot-weekly.com is international at any rate. I retrieved all categories by site code and placed that into a new SQL database. I then made the necessary code changes to the site and hot swapped to the new database. The site was not down a second.
Since that day, the site did suffer from a major outage that lasted around 10 hours. This was due to the server having a major issue and at the time I didn't have access to submit tickets for a server outage. It made me wish I had the site on my own server. That conversion would be brutal for me right now though.
Since that day, the site did suffer from a major outage that lasted around 10 hours. This was due to the server having a major issue and at the time I didn't have access to submit tickets for a server outage. It made me wish I had the site on my own server. That conversion would be brutal for me right now though.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
LON Loot cards to buy or trade
If you are looking for Legends of Norrath loot cards, there aren't many available. You can find some here (Lon Loot Cards to Buy or Trade)
Friday, April 24, 2009
Find Niche Markets in Subcategories
One of the best arguments I've heard for looking at the most popular items on eBay was from this website. In it the author sources an expert from AuctionBytes. The expert's name is Ina Steiner. Ina states that knowing the most popular items on eBay is bad for the seller because they are looking that the most competitive items on eBay.
Now this is true for the most popular items on eBay all-around. The general most popular items are going to be the most competitive. However, whats-hot-weekly.com gives one the ability to drill down into subcategories and search by keyword. This is a MAJOR advantage for the seller, buyer, or marketer. Other sites, not to name any names, don't allow one to drill down into subcategories. They only give the top-level categories. Drilling down into the subcategories allows one to find great niche items.
I know this works because my wife uses the tool all the time to find niche markets. I prefer to code so I spend most of my time looking for new coding ideas. She asked me to write whats-hot-weekly.com for her. With it, she can find great niches.
There's another one of my sites that she uses just as often if not more so. I haven't released it for public use yet but it's a bit more focused on niche market research. I had originally planned on selling it but I've decided that when I do release it, it'll be free for all.
So, even though Ina says that looking for the most popular items isn't a great way to find things to sell, I totally disagree. Drilling down into subcategories lets one find items that have roughly 10 watchers but are the most watched items in their particular category. These do not have a lot of competition. They are great markets.
Now this is true for the most popular items on eBay all-around. The general most popular items are going to be the most competitive. However, whats-hot-weekly.com gives one the ability to drill down into subcategories and search by keyword. This is a MAJOR advantage for the seller, buyer, or marketer. Other sites, not to name any names, don't allow one to drill down into subcategories. They only give the top-level categories. Drilling down into the subcategories allows one to find great niche items.
I know this works because my wife uses the tool all the time to find niche markets. I prefer to code so I spend most of my time looking for new coding ideas. She asked me to write whats-hot-weekly.com for her. With it, she can find great niches.
There's another one of my sites that she uses just as often if not more so. I haven't released it for public use yet but it's a bit more focused on niche market research. I had originally planned on selling it but I've decided that when I do release it, it'll be free for all.
So, even though Ina says that looking for the most popular items isn't a great way to find things to sell, I totally disagree. Drilling down into subcategories lets one find items that have roughly 10 watchers but are the most watched items in their particular category. These do not have a lot of competition. They are great markets.
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