Amazon announced its Merch on Demand program will cut artist royalties by 50% in the US – unless one pays Amazon for ads that bring in at least 15% of your sales, even though artists are not the seller –
Hostgator Upgrades Breaking Websites
Hostgator has been “upgrading” to new servers, but what it is really doing is forcing the latest php 8 version on users and that is causing websites to break. 8.1, then 8.2, now 8.3 – each new version forced by
Billionaires Working With Billionaires to Service Billionaires
Amazon has been trying to nudge its sellers to sell more to businesses and to give businesses price discounts and better shipping compared to run of the mill people customers. At this point a “nudge”. Likely soon to be a
Will Amazon Use the Melania Movie to Teach Sellers How to Advertise and Make Money
The $75 million Amazon has reportedly plunked down for the Melania Movie is a bit outside my budget this week, so I’m hoping for a detailed, in-depth analysis showing where the money went, advertising techniques with AWS quality detailed statistical
How to Change Image Raw Data in Photoshop for AI Created Graphics
When an AI created graphic is opened in Photoshop, the File Info Raw Data may show the AI software was used to create the image. For example, Amazon’s Creative Agent in Creative Studio will show as Creative Agent. Amazon also
Prediction Market Fees Compared
Prediction Markets are red hot – everyone is now trying to jump on board. Although federally regulated as trading financial futures lets call it for what it is – betting. Gambling. And with federal law superseding state law it is
Amazon Sues Perplexity to Stop Buyer Purchases Using AI Agents
I thought the big idea behind Amazon’s marketplace was to encourage product purchases so sellers make money from sales and Amazon makes money from referral fees (and a ton of other fees). I thought another big idea was consumer first
eBay vs Amazon as a Seller
There was an interesting post in an Amazon forum about whether eBay or Amazon is better for sellers and their opinion was eBay is the Gold Standard and Amazon is the Black Standard. eBay is far from perfect and I
Custom Print on Demand Product Options
Several services offer the ability to automate customization for print on demand products. Here is a brief overview of current pricing and integrations: Customily Broad marketplace integrations with Shopify, Woocommerce, Amazon, Etsy and others. Print on Demand integrations – Customily
Collars and Co Shirt Review
I tried the Collars and Co shirt that was promoted on Shark Tank and invested in by Mark Cuban. The claim to fame for the shirt is that it has a rigid collar but instead of a dress shirt it