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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