Taking a look at Stumbleupon.com to help market your store

Recent news reports have eBay in talks to aquire Stumbleupon.com. I read the news release and checked out the site which was very interesting. I first noticed this site when reviewing my traffic reports (these are reports ebay store owners can view to show how traffic (customers) come into the store and from what sources). I determined that a seller friend has given a thumbs up to my store and that was leading a handful of people over .

As I checked out the site I realized it had real potential as a review site for pages we are trying to promote in this Ebay effort. I highly recommend checking out the site located at http://stumbleupon.com and signing up.

Basically this site gets an idea of what you like based on which sites you rate and then feeds you more of the same when you click the "stumble" button.

I believe what eBay might be getting at with a possible aquisition here is a socially rated web search for products but that is just speculation at this point.

I feel there is an advantage to signing up and at least rating your own content sites and then moving your way through some random sites to build up a knowledge of how this tool works.

Lately it seems eBay is moving in the right direction with their efforts and I like this site.
If you happen to check it out and sign up, please comment to this blog and list your site and we can exchange ratings if you like! -Marty

Researching the Unusual Find Wall Street Tobacco Co. 1930s?

I felt it might be helpful to talk about the research process when it comes to items that are unusual in nature. One thing we hope to find is that we pick up an item that is not common and not already listed on eBay by numerous sellers. Recently at an estate clearout I picked up an inexpensive piece which appears to be a framed Cigarette wrapper of some kind. As best I can tell it looks 1930s perhaps 1940s. In reading all the wording on the paper its hard to find much online. There is nothing listed in Google and other searc engines for the Wall Street Tobacco Co. located at 44 Wall Street (at the time). I looked up the building and found it was built in 1926-7 so that made the item have to be made after that time. I also searchd a phrase on the side of the pack label that states "Made at Factory No 23 2nd District NY" . I found one reference oddly enough to another Cigarette item which was a button promotion of a baseball player but from the 1890s. Seeing that nothing was immediately available except these few clues I took the step of posting the picture to my seller group for input and ideas. This is something that is very useful that you should consider doing as well. I will probably post this same info to a collectibles forum to get some idea. This appears to be a rare and special item which I will not sell at a low start bid without a reserve. Of course having as much info as possible is always helpful. You will see a quick picture of this item as it is (framed) with this post - Marty