Many months ago, I wrote about how I spoke with my old eBay account Rep and was told that they would be slowly moving away from the auction format. (I cannot find the post though!) This morning, they made the announcement they are changing the cost structure to shift fees more toward the back-end of the checkout process, in other words… they are making it much more e-commerce focused than auction focused!

Well… today I am touching two important milestones in both my web life and real life!
First – I turned 43 today! It’s my birthday… go party… woohoo! Myself a group of friends have planned a week of deep sea fishing off the North Carolina coast in Long Beach for the week of Sept 1-6th. Kind of a guys getaway week to celebrate several of us now being in the midst of mid-life! No crisis yet though! :-) If you have never been to Oak Island NC, you are missing a …

Dialectio for WordPress and Build a Niche Store!
This theme is actually very cool and if you spend a little time with it, you can really make it your own and it works with almost ANY type of site!
The BANS Theme is nothing but 3-4 files that calls the information from the Free WordPress Dialectio Theme available from the folks at Design Disease! They actually have several other templates that I am working on right now as well and for those interested in the Christmas shopping season, they have a GREAT Xmas …

I tossed this together pretty quickly today, so don’t be surprised if we find a thing or two during your integration of this BANS WordPress theme.
I have however chosen just to let you all have it so you can go back and watch that 22 minute long video from the WordPress and BANS integration series and see exactly how I split the files.
Before you can use this theme, you MUST have the Free WP_Premium Theme. After you have it, you can download the rest of the BANS_WP_Premium theme files here.
Install directions are …

Put your Hard Hats on again… this is another Sky is Falling post!
Are you Bent Over yet? Got your hat on?
In a very interesting discussion going on this morning and it appears eBay and the ePN may not be paying commissions on ANYTHING purchased through an eBay Store! It started with a question in the BANS Forums and has continued over in the ePN forums, hoping for a “eBay Certified Response”!

Good Monday Morning everyone!
I just wanted to let you all know that I LOVE the new BANS Templatesreleased by Adam and Kelvin as part of the recent update to the site! They are simple yet attractive at the same time! If you have not had the opportunity to look at them yet, login to the BANS forum and head to the “Templates” link in the top menu. There are 36 new templates for your BANS stores!
Over the past week, I have been working to convert a set of WordPress themes that …

404.txt If you have been a Build a Niche Store user for any period of time, you know that the application does not deliver true 404 errors when a page does not exist. Go ahead, visit one of your BANS store pagesand type in some jibberish into your address bar. Chances are, it will return the home page of the site.

Late yesterday afternoon, I saw one of my websites featured in a front page article on the Reuters.com website! The article was written by a person who was explaining how you can make alot of money by using Build a Niche Store as a back-end to creating passive income. The site, www.GetaRaceCar.com, saw more than 2500 unique visitors from the article yesterday and today, it has already had more than 500 clicks! (as of 10am when I wrote this)

As many of you know, the Build a Niche Store website and forums have been shut off for a few days while Adam and Kelvin, the developers, take on a rather large transition to assure the community of their dedication to the future.
Over the past 2 years, I have had a plethora of conversations with both of them and even served as a moderator on the forums for quite some time before resigning the responsibility 6 months ago. Kelvin and I have shared several emails over the past week or two in regard to …

Perfect for Existing Build a Niche Store Owners who want to add a Completely Seamless Blog!
Over the past week I have learned two things from my readers: First, you don’t really want to convert templates on your own due to the technical aspect and second, you really need a solution for existing BANS stores that are already on the root of a domain!
I worked several days on this new theme and it was designed from the ground up, to be the perfect match of WordPress and Build a Niche Store. If you just …