By now, I’m sure you’re familiar with Entrecard. One of the reasons Entrecard will succeed is their dedication to continued improvement and expansion, tied with their near-obsessive communication with members. Throw in a healthy dose of thinking outside the box, and you’ve got success on a platter. One great example of this is their new Store and how they’re looking to members to get it cooking. One thing at a time, though. I’ll start with the current offerings.
What can you buy?
Right now, you can purchase a Featured status (200ec), Fast pass (300ec), or an Entrecard sticker (25ec). Stickers are pretty obvious, the Featured status makes your blog stand out from the crowd, and the Fast pass gives you a front-of-the-line advantage to advertise on someone’s blog, which can be handy as we all fight to show up on one of the top blogs. While it’s still pretty new, I have seen a lot of buying, and people seem to generally take to the idea (with exceptions, of course). I bought 2 stickers, and I’m saving the rest of my ec for more ads and my 1,000ec contest winner. The store may include more upgrades, shirts, other swag, etc. in the near future, too. Just head to your Entrecard dashboard and click on the store link.
Get in on the action!
Now the fun part:
We’re going to let the six people with the biggest, best, most creative and most unique things to sell have the seller status. Do you have T-Shirts for your website that you want to cash in for credits? Maybe you would like to sell a review on your blog, or perhaps a full month ad spot. Maybe you’re good ad graphic design and want to sell a card design… or an entire BLOG DESIGN! Who knows! Impress us with your ideas and you will get access to set up shop right here on Entrecard. And yes, you can determine your own price. You receive all the credits as proceeds from a sale in the store.
How about that? I’ve already been tinkering with Entrecard tool ideas, and now I have a tie-in directly to the site. So here’s the plan. I’m nearly done with my Status Snoop tool to determine when hard-to-get ad spots on blogs like JohnChow.com and JohnCow.com will be available to purchase.
As you can see, I’ve got the data aggregation in place. I won’t go into how I’m nabbing data, but Entrecard staff is aware of and OK with it. The data I will make available to you will include the last ten dates/times that the blog of your choice has had an Entrecard ad spot open and an analysis of when I expect it to be available again. Additionally, you may receive an email the moment I find the ad spot to be available for purchase. To get your hands on the data for your favorite blog, you will just need to buy a Status Snoop token from your Entrecard Shop page. The cost will be a mere 250ec. I will make only four available per day to purchase. This, of course, all depends on Entrecard choosing me as one of only six members to gain their “Seller Status”, so if you want to see this come to life, comment on this post and let them know I have your recommendation.
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on December 22nd, 2007 at 1:50 am
Bravo, Joe! Seller status? You should be an EMPLOYEE! ;-) If it came down to you and me for the 6th spot, I’d give it to you because that sounds very cool. Except MAYBE I’d give it to me since every single person out there can use a site review but not all 10000s of people can use a snoop token.
Or maybe…. lol seriously, no matter how you slice it, the Snoop token is going to be a very powerful tool for those who wish to continually work Entrecard to greater advantage… and I’m all about that.
So best wishes in getting seller status.
Sam
ps. Just as fair exchange, here’s my contest entry for Entrecard shop seller status.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 am
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on December 22nd, 2007 at 6:24 am
Wow, aren’t you just the industrious one. What a great Idea! That is one thing that I would definitely but. I cant seem to spend my credits fast enough. I have over 1500 right now and I am going to give 500 of them away for my contest that I am running right now. If I have 2000 by the time the contest ends I might just throw in an additional 500 just for the heck of it.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 9:25 am
Andy: Thanks! Here’s some ideas to help use up credits:
1. Buy things in the E Shop
2. Sell ecs on ebay
3. Offer additional credits for performing actions like digging or stumbling a post
4. Offer credits to members who drop their card on you. I know I’d bookmark you and drop every day if I got my normal 1ec plus 1ec from you for it.
5. Give them to smaller blogs that you think deserve some help getting noticed.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 9:44 am
Sam: Thanks for the kind words. I’m all kinds of flattered. I, too, hope I get one of the 6 spots. I’ll have the tool either way, but to have it as an official offering through the site is clearly much better. There’s probably about 1,300+ members currently, and I imagine it’ll get to 5,000 and then 10,000 very soon. Being a Select Seller now will bring tons of good traffic when Entrecard really blows up.
on December 22nd, 2007 at 3:03 pm
what were you doing before entrecard? )
it seems like your alexa is sky rocketing.
monsters love you! cuz you are active on ec forums )
on December 22nd, 2007 at 5:23 pm
sergey: I’ve had a couple contests. I’ve actually invested a lot of money to get some good traffic rolling in, and I try to make some good posts to sustain it.
on December 23rd, 2007 at 3:25 am
I vote for Joe’s idea.
on December 23rd, 2007 at 6:54 am
entrecard is a great program!
on December 23rd, 2007 at 9:17 am
Alfred: Thanks for the vote!
on December 23rd, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Hey Joe, I enjoy this program so much that I just created a post and tagged you in it…check it out…
http://offbeatnewsandvideos.blogspot.com/2007/12/entrecard-and-meme-not-sure-but-my-hats.html
on December 23rd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Okay Joe, I’m a pretty loyal reader and I signed up for entrecard but what I saw was a huge increase in hits and an equal decline in time spent on my site.
What do you suggest for someone like me?
on December 23rd, 2007 at 7:37 pm
Great Idea Joe…..
Wow…. Became a seller…. Nice Job
on December 23rd, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Sue,
One of the key things that I have tried to do is build up my Entrecard traffic. Now that I’ve done that with some success (3rd most popular, woo!), my new goal is to focus my momentum on getting my card on all the tech blogs on Entrecard. If I have links from all those blogs, that’s actual targeted traffic I can use and my bounce rate will drop, I’m sure.
So try to focus on getting your Entrecard traffic up and ignore the bounce rate for now. Then, when you feel comfortable about your in/out ec ratio, start directing your credits to targeted ads. The bounce rate will still suck a little, I bet, but it’s still technically free traffic.
on December 24th, 2007 at 11:11 am
*smooch*
I never thought of that.
See Joe, this is why I love you best.
on December 24th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
lol. Thanks, Sue.
on December 24th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
This idea is definitely worth the EC credits. I hope you win!
on January 1st, 2008 at 8:24 pm
[...] Joe Tech will be selling his Status Snoop tool, which tells you when coveted ad spots will become available. Price: 250 Credits. [...]
on January 2nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Hello there fellow seller :) I’ll be selling Entrecard designs. Your product is much more exciting though, and I’ll definitly be saving up for it!
on January 2nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Mike: Thanks. I’m excited to see it go live and start selling.
on January 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am
Great product Joe and congrats on being a seller!
on January 3rd, 2008 at 11:03 am
[...] Joe Tech will be selling his Status Snoop tool, which tells you when coveted ad spots will become available. Price: 250 Credits. [...]