E-Commerce
E-Commerce & Africa: Hope or Hype?
Send this article to Twitter!I was on twitter the other day and I got into a discussion with someone about a website they are running and during this short discussion, he mentioned that despite my earlier doubts, his website was still going “strong”. So, I asked him what he meant by still going strong? Was… »
Selling Goats & Chocolate On-line
Send this article to Twitter!Kenyanpundit has a post on Mama Mike’s expansion their product line and I guess they’ll now be selling goats on-line. Piggy backing on this post and in an attempt to broaden this discussion, I want to talk about the potential growth of ecommerce in Kenya ( I have to talk about it here… »
Back To Business: Work 4 Hours & Make $10 Million?
Send this article to Twitter!I’m going to start getting away from the political discussions because I believe that things are beginning to wind down (I mean, at some point, Raila is just going to have to give up because people have to get back to their lives: They have jobs to go to, bills to… »
Zimbabwe.com (Amended)
Send this article to Twitter!The owner of this domain name has received a bid price for $130,000 dollars (if someone outbinds him or her, the domain name could sell for even higher). That is interesting to me because I didn’t think “African” names would sell for that much (for a variety of different reasons). However,… »
The Owner of the domain name: NewYork.com
Send this article to Twitter!I got excited about this story when I discovered that the owner of what’s probably the world’s most famous city name is a black guy who lives in Philadelphia. He registered the name in 1994, but didn’t start making money with it until around 2003 when google revolutionized the internet ad… »
This Internet Business Stuff….
Send this article to Twitter!I’ve been trying to set-up this website for some stuff I’m trying to do and I just finally gave up. In the midst of this “giving up phase” I started to develop some thoughts about this whole internet revolution thing. My conclusions came down to this: If you decide that you… »
Why? Why? Why?
Send this article to Twitter!From the NYT: “A billionaire Russian entrepreneur behind Russia’s biggest vodka maker has paid $3 million to acquire the vodka.com domain, part of a bid to expand in the United States. The vodka maker, Russian Standard, controlled by Roustam Tariko, paid $3 million to an undisclosed seller”. I had gotten into… »
Idea’s, Idea’s, Idea’s
Send this article to Twitter!From The WP: “David Miles Jr. and Kato Leonard, two 20-year-olds in Louisville, say they collect $100,000 a month from their year-old site, Freeweblayouts.net, which gives away designs that people can use on MySpace social-networking pages.” $100,000 dollars a month = $1.2 million dollars a year. They are 20 years old…. »
Uko Single?
Send this article to Twitter!If you answered yes to this question, then check this on-line Kenyan dating site (NikoSingle) I must say, this is a very well done site. I wonder who’s behind it and I wonder how they’re making money. Everything on the site appears to be free: free registration, free search, free photo… »