Computing & Internet

Cashing In On International Web Users

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If you are a webmaster with a commercial website, then I am sure you will find it a little difficult to receive payment from internet users who would like to purchase your product. I was a little surprise to learn that there are still millions of people who do not own a credit card. Well, I thought that credit cards are a little too common already but I was wrong. Besides, not all credit card holders are comfortable sharing their credit card particulars over the internet.

If you have a product to sell, perhaps you would like to know about Password By Call. This is a service which allows you, the seller, to offer a feature to your customers to dial in for a password, which they can then use to access your password protected area of you website, perhaps to make a purchase or to use a service or feature that you are selling.

By offering Password By Call, I believe that your conversion rate with shoot up since it is convenient and secure for people all over the world to give you their business. Password By Call offers recorded passwords in 37 languages and I believe that they surely speak the native language of your customers!

Computing & Internet

Live Search Cashback

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The other day while web surfing, I chanced upon one which mentioned that Microsoft is planning to launch a cash back service where when we use their search engine to search for a product and when we make a purchase from there, we get cash back.

True enough, today, I received an email from Microsoft notifying that they have just launched their Live Search cash back service. Browsing though their site, they do have some of the largest and most reputable online merchants in their database, but I am not sure if these merchants are offering the best prices.

Of course, it is up to us to compare, but sometimes, shopping online, you get caught up in the hype and end up with something that is slightly more expensive than you would need to pay buying from a local neighborhood store.

This service, however, is only open to legal residents of the United States. And there are quite a long list of restrictions so if you are interested to purchase via Live Search to be eligible for cash back, which I could not find the quantum in their Frequently Asked Questions, do read their terms thoroughly.

Finances

Best Credit Card Offers Available

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My friend consulted me on the best credit card offers currently in the market. You may have read that he cancelled his card a long time ago as he could not control his spending habit. HHmm I do understand the temptation of swiping our card now and pay for our purchase later but that is not a responsible way to carry a credit card.

However, my friend believes that now that he is older, he will be more responsible with a credit card, that’s why he is contemplating applying for one again. He asked me because he knows that I recently applied for a credit card and am familiar with the current cards and their offers since I did a thorough research before applying for one.

Well, there are many kinds of offers, of course, but it all boils down to what offer appeals to him. There are cards with an annual fee waiver, with zero percent balance transfer, with cash back rewards and even cards with 0% APR on purchases.

I told him not to listen to me but to do his own research. The trick in successful application of a credit card is to shop and compare them. I was told that rejection of a credit card can hurt our credit score so apply wisely!

Blogging

Blogging Is More Than Just Writing

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Over the long Memorial weekend holiday, I haven’t blogged much if at all. Well, I don’t really have the mood to blog because my traffic for all my blogs which recently moved servers has dwindled drastically. Now I know that even if I moved servers and retained my old permalinks, I would still get a lot of broken links in the search engine.

When my traffic was exceptionally low, I checked with the major search engines found them littered with broken links for all affected blogs. No wonder I noticed a drastic drop in traffic numbers for the past two weeks. I expect this to improve in a month or two when cached pages on the search engines are updated.

Anyway, while I did not blog, it did not mean that I didn’t do anything related to blogging. What I spend the past three days doing was to tag my old posts on one of my blogs. There was a total of 95 posts, I tell you, one can go crazy doing that!

I also went searching for WordPress themes, implemented four of them and customised them to my liking. They are not perfect but they will have to do for the time being. I will have to “close one eye” until I have a clue on what to do with the CSS codes!

I also went clearing up all my spam comments and deleted all my blog subscribers. And then I closed registration for blog subscribers. This is to prevent my blogs from being spammed due to a vulnerability in the registration of WordPress.

I guess that was all that I did… eh, but I thought I was so busy though. When putting these in writing, it did not seem that accomplished too much over the long weekend holiday! GGggrrrrrr

Finances

Take Advantage of High Metal Prices

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My friends know that I surf the web a lot. They think that I am fooling around online AGAIN but I’m actually working. Well, they wouldn’t understand! Over the weekend, we had a meet up and one of them brought up the subject of investment. They asked me if I know of anyways to invest their money.

I am no investment guru but in the past couple of years, I have learnt of various options that we can venture into and grow our money slowly. With the current economic climate though, the only option I dare recommend to them is investing into gold and other precious metals.

There is no denying that the boom in China’s economy has certainly driven metal prices up and this is expected to stay for quite a while. Strike while the iron is hot, I say.

Finances

The Need For An Instant Approval Credit Card

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The other day, I received a message from my friend Gary, who told me that he will be leaving the country. I thought that it was a normal overseas trip that he takes about once a month.

A week later, I was surprised to learn that he has moved to Dubai for business and will be there for two years! Gary told me that it was a last minute decision and there was so many things to do before he left that he did not have time to meet up for drinks.

One of the things that he did before leaving for Dubai was to apply for an instant approval credit card for his wife. He opted for this credit card so that he would know almost at once if it would be approved as he did not have time to wait around to find out the status of her application.

Just for the record, an instant approval credit card does not mean that you can access your funds instantly. You still have to wait one to two weeks upon approval, but it cuts down your wait time and it especially removes the question mark over your application, if it will be approved, and when.

Computing & Internet

5-Day 15% Discount at Register.com

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I received an email from Register.com [yes, I am on their mailing list] informing that they are running a five-day sale where we get to save 15% off an entire order. Even with 15% off, it would not be cheap! Every webmaster I talk to has told me that Register.com has one of the steepest prices in the industry. I wonder why.

Which reminds me, I have a domain name with them and I must get it transferred to my regular registrar before one year is up. I hope I don’t forget. I only have about ten domain names and I already have a tough time keeping track. I wonder how other people with way more domains that I do, do it. Urgh!

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