Improving Your Lifestyle at A Discount

Improving Your Lifestyle at A Discount
By Chris Robertson

Brought to you by the discount shopping website eHalfOff.com

Forget the late-night infomercials. If you've fallen in love with the idea of having your own home gym, or just have to have that electronic tooth whitener, you don't have to pay for it in 5 easy installments of just $19.95. Chances are that if you shop around on the internet, you'll find that exact product at 50-75% less than the supposedly rock-bottom price that's advertised on television.



The blossoming of the internet has opened doors not just for entrepreneurs
but for the consumer who is looking for the best deal on everything from wall decor
for their new apartment to intimate apparel to wear in their bedroom - and
everything in between. Because internet dealers don't have to spring for all the frills
of a real world storefront, they don't have the same high overhead costs to pass on
to customers. And unlike an infomercial which can cost thousands of dollars to
produce and thousands more to purchase airtime, an ecommerce store on the
internet costs a few hundred dollars a month - and that's top dollar. Again - low
overhead means low prices for you.



Because it costs so little to do business on the internet, you'll find great deals
on many products that you thought you could only find in stores or on television.
Take my favorite As Seen On TV item - the marvelous Tony Little Gazelle Elliptical
trainer. It retails for $219.98, but I was able to pick it up through a discount
shopping site for just $178 - with free shipping!



You'll find similar savings on all sorts of lifestyle products by shopping around
on the internet to find the best deals on home decor, gifts, electronics and personal
grooming items, but price isn't the only reason to shop online. The convenience of
shopping online is a factor that can't be beat. Shopping at discount shopping sites
means you don't have to contend with traffic, crowded stores - or store hours. It's
just as easy to place your order at 3 in the morning as it is at 2 in the afternoon. Try
that with a brick and mortar store!



You'll also find some of the most unique gifts and home and personal items in
online discount shopping boutiques. When you're shopping for the perfect shower
gift for a new bride, for instance, you're not confined to what your local stores
stock. Discount shopping sites pick up their merchandise from the best
manufacturers all over the globe. When you order from a discount online
wholesaler, you can be sure that you won't accidentally duplicate the exact same
towel set that everyone else picked up at the home wares shop down the street.



A unique selection, great prices, the convenience of shopping on your time
schedule and the ease of doing it all from your desktop - online shopping at
discount shopping portals is the ultimate in shopping convenience. Try it the next
time you're looking for something special for your home, yourself or as a special
gift. I guarantee you'll find just what you're looking for at a price no local store can
beat.

Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web.
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More Work

I spent a few hours tonight working on the discount shopping website adding links and changing copy. The process is taking much longer than I anticipated -- mostly due to the speed of the connection. I don't have a slow connection by any means but I like to check my work as I go so that means a lot of saving and reloading.

Things ARE going well, however. I'm slowly but surely moving up the search rankings for some of my target keywords. Hopefully I can start my Adwords campaign in a few weeks -- but before that happens I want to make sure the site is at 100% effiency -- so we still have a long way to go.

FBI: Complaints about Online Shopping Websites on the Rise

FBI: Complaints about Online Shopping Websites on the Rise

Internet auction fraud remains the most frequently reported online crime, but complaints over online purchases that are never delivered are on the rise, according to US data released by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).

Auction fraud complaints made up about 45% of the 207,492 complaints received by the IC3 last year, but that number is down significantly from 2005, when auction fraud was cited 63% of the time.

Overall, the number of complaints received by IC3 was down 10% from the previous year, when the IC3 logged 231,493 complaints. But the total losses reported were up in 2006, totaling $198m (£99m) for the year. In 2005 that amount was $183m (£95m).

Complaints for non-delivery of merchandise represented 19% of complaints. They made up 16% in 2005.

The median pound loss reported per complaint was £360, according to the FBI.

Founded in 2000, the IC3 is a clearing house for all kinds of cyber-crime complaints designed to track the prevalence of internet fraud in the US. It is run in partnership with the US National White Collar Crime Center.

Article Source: http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/cybercrime/news/index.cfm?newsid=2280

We're Live!

Well, my discount shopping website is finally finished! It isn't 100% ready for me to start advertising yet but now it is just a matter of time.

Now, all I have to do is edit the different pages to add their specific products. Some of the shopping pages will have dynamic product code -- meaning they will change on a regular basis. (The code is designed to list the best sellers. So, if you to the camera page, you'll see a list of 5 different products -- the top five best sellers.) I decided this approach would be best because it means that the products will change on a regular basis -- giving the illusion to the visitor that website is constantly being updated.

I also want to add a page where my visitors can sign up for a newsletter. Overstock.com sends out "affiliate only" coupons that I can then send to my readers and hopefully increase my returns.

There is still plenty to do on my discount shopping website but this is a GREAT start.