Silkfair.com – A more authentic alternative to eBay?

Hello Folks,

It is my duty as an advocate of small and local businesses to spread the word about new and useful tools to help your business adapt and grow.

Earlier today Silkfair.com was brought to my attention.  It is an online marketplace similar to eBay or Etsy.

What I like about it:

- Free Online Store for sellers

- Education and positive attitude about social networking to promote seller stores

- Custom URL

- Sellers can use video to sell items

- Sellers can link back to their eBay rating

I’d love to hear what the rest of the community thinks about Silkfair.com.  Please check it out and comment back here, at Silkfair’s blog, or suggestions [at] silkfair.com.

Take care,

Emil

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Enjoy,

Emil

Update: Next Phase of UrbanMelt.com Coming Ridiculously Soon

We have had tons & tons of work to do to make UrbanMelt.com better for everyone.  We’re a team of two and only one of us is a software developer.  We will be releasing a completely revamped version of UM that will provide a solid foundation to facilitate the creation of future features.  The work that has been done will allow us to make changes on the fly quickly.  This makes it possible to give our community what it wants when it wants.  So, to those of you who have been waiting for the new release so long that your forgot who we were, it’s coming and coming soon.

We appreciate your patience and support,

Emil