Wednesday, February 18, 2009

iPhone Applications

There's gold in them thar iPhones!

Lots of people are creating little applications, some with just a week or two of programming, and they are making tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars per month.

One company made more money in just a few months than it did in 5 years selling software the normal way.

You have to get the Apple SDK for the iPhone apps from Apple's site, I think it costs $150. Then you need to be able to figure it out, or get the idea and buddy up with a programmer who knows what he/she is doing, and get your application together.

Then, register it with the ap store on iTunes and get going!

Most people making money are selling their apps for 99 cents and they get thousands of people on board.

Those trying to get traditional dollars for their applications aren't doing as well, although there are some exceptions.

Good luck!

Friday, February 6, 2009

Costcoing

Weird title I know.

This idea comes from a college student who put himself through school by selling merchandise from Costco through Ebay.

How did he do that? Well, I'll tell you!

He would find something on the Costco site he thought was cool.
He would then list it for sale on Ebay with the minimum acceptable bid as the price he would have to pay at Costco.

He then listed the shipping price as the price he would have to pay to ship it.

When someone won the item he would get their payment, order the item from Costco and then have it shipped to the person.

Fast, easy, and no inventory.

What a cool idea.