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NathanHuppatz.com My name is Nathan Huppatz, Author of
Making Money on eBay for Dummies (Australian Edition).

I make my living in online retail, consulting and some web development. I love the e-commerce space.

This blog is a collection of a few random thoughts, opinions and stories from my work life..

07 March 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Sorry, we don’t sell to online retailers.

Went to the Melbourne Toy, Hobby and Nursery Fair this morning. It has been a long time since I have been to an trade expo like this, and brought back some memories of doing this for our previous online business Tacklemania which we sold over a year ago now. I took 2 of my eCommerce [...]

16 November 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Making money on eBay for Dummies is now on sale…

It feels a little strange to finally see my book in the wild (yes, Making money on eBay for Dummies is now on sale!). I first spotted it online at Booktopia for pre-order. Wierd feeling! It was a long time in the making, and should be on shelves of bookstores in early December. So if [...]

18 July 2011 ~ 1 Comment

How to run a business, have a family and write a book at the same time.

Don’t let me fool you, the title of this post makes it sound like it is all possible. Well, maybe it is. But there are a few reasons  it has taken me so long to post an update on my blog, and the heading says it all. It has been a long, active year. Financial [...]

27 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Melbourne Magento User Group catch up

The Melbourne Magento user group (organised by our friends at Fontis) is meeting again, on September 14th, 2010. This time it is an information event, designed for developers/agencies, clients and those people interested in the platform to catch up and chat. As Magento Developers and consultants it is always nice to meet people interested in [...]

19 July 2010 ~ 2 Comments

eCommerce Cowboys, the ‘Yes’ Men.

We don’t profess to be the world’s best eCommerce company. Probably far from it. But we have a lot of experience in online  retail and development (10 years+) and we use that experience to help our clients in the best way possible. Recently we have been getting a few Magento & other eCommerce clients coming [...]

26 May 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Participate in our Search Engine Optimisation Conversation Cafe, SHARE AND LEARN!

Learn about the latest trends in Search Engine Optimisation at our Search Marketing conversation cafe session in Melbourne (8 June 2010) We’re keeping it small and personal!  Book now $49 (only limited seats left!) You are  invited to attend our first  Conversation Cafe  discussion on the state of search, latest trends and how it can [...]

18 May 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Want an easy way to boost Shopping.com ROI?

For some time now, the shopping.com comparison shopping site just hasn’t converted well for my own retail sites, or those of many of our clients and friends. Shopping.com can provide great traffic to your site, no doubt. But quality has been lacking (I am talking about Australia’s shopping.com portal, but this may apply internationally as [...]

09 May 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Web Performance Optimisation (WPO)

One of my business partners sent me a great link yesterday and I was thinking about it a little tonight. The post is located here : http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/05/07/wpo-web-performance-optimization/ Steve names a new type of business and this is Web Performance Optimisation (with a nice TLA of WPO!). I wonder if we will see WPO offered as [...]

25 April 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Increase your eBay prices by 500% ??

Anthill magazine posted a link to a great video by some of the  guys the other day. I just got around to watching it (I kinda store ‘Favourites’ from twitter posts during the week, and check them out later). I have blogged before about various strategies and methods to boost the prices you get on [...]

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01 April 2010 ~ 7 Comments

A Magento to eBay Extension

So, Magento to eBay extension. Now it’s a reality… I bet Magento users will be interested in this! eBay has been a great platform for us, and so is Magento. Bringing them closer together is an interesting strategy, and for some of our websites, a Magento to eBay Extension would be great. Being long time [...]

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