Work at Home Business Ideas

The Boston Globe:
Jeannine Conway pulls up the garage door at her shingled home near Weymouth Landing, and a visitor comes face-to-face with the Joker of “The Dark Knight” movie fame.
Conway has been meticulous in replicating the character on her lifesize mannequin - right down to the harlequin pattern on his shirt - that it might […]

arstechnica:
Economists have known for years that people tend to overbid on items up for auction. But experts did not know the reason behind our seemingly irrational behavior.
Economists and neuroscientists from New York University teamed up to study this classic economic problem, and they published their results in Science. Using brain imaging along with carefully constructed […]

amNewYork:
Ever thought you would pay good money for dirt? Savvy entrepreneurs are hoping to capitalize on Yankees fans’ love for their cherished stadium by selling dirt from the baseball field for as much as $199.99.
The offers were found on eBay and Craigslist yesterday, along with ticket stubs from the last game played at the House […]

Chicago Sun Times:
As gas and food prices started to soar this year, Chicagoan Ron Derby was thrown another unexpected curve — his work hours were cut by 15 percent.
The father of an 18-year-old daughter who just started college needed to find a way to make up for the lost income, and he turned to eBay […]

Skip McGrath’s Blog:
When it comes to instant hot niches related to news stories and events, Cafe Press usually leads the way. Sara Palin is Hot on Cafe Press and becoming hot on eBay.
After Sara Palin’s speech to the Republican convention, I went to Cafe Press, the site where independent online sellers create and sell merchandise […]

The New York Times:
Acknowledging that most online shoppers cannot be bothered with auctions, eBay plans Wednesday to announce changes to its fee structure that emphasize fixed prices over bidding. The move is intended to help eBay compete more effectively with Amazon.com and other big online retailers.
The announcement, timed to increase sales during the holiday shopping […]

The Wall Street Journal:
Irked by changes in fees and the feedback-rating system, merchants who once sold wares exclusively at the online-auction site can now be found on a number of smaller alternative sites that have sprung up. With names like Wigix, Silkfair, Etsy and Oodle, these sites aim to offer more hand-holding for sellers — […]

Springwise:
We’ve written about eBay feeder businesses before. Now, another example has popped up in the UK focusing on the collection and delivery of ‘pickup only’ furniture and antique items.
For prices beginning at GBP 40, Lots2 will collect and deliver items bought on eBay or other auction platforms from or to anywhere in London, the South […]

The Walton Sun:
Ever consider quitting your job and working from home? Well, a local couple has done just that and it has paid off for them.
Instead of working a 9 to 5 job, Daniel Porter and wife April, stay at home with their three young daughters and work from their computer selling on eBay, specializing […]

Associated Press:
The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, “Please buy anything you can to help out.”
Or the seller in Milwaukee who wrote in one post of needing to pay bills — and put […]