Free idea: candy aisle
create an e-commerce widget that formats vertically for inclusion in blogs and on web sites. (leftnav, rightnav) a good place to sell you e-books, t-shirts, etc.
make it free to use and pick up a % + transaction fee. hook it up with amazon and others with affiliates programs for those without things to sell.
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there's amazon widgets and blinkcart
http://widgets.amazon.com/ http://www.blinkcart.com/
i'm still checking out amazon, but blinkcart is too, well, blinky for my tastes. i'm not a big fan of the lightbox effect and when the store pops up it's loud.
I think I saw something on TechCrunch over the summer about a company that does exactly this.
market validation. you should be their competition.
this is kind of neat. if i could easily throw up something like this on the right side of my blog where visitors could purchase books that I'm recommending I would definitely do it.
you should do it them. i don't have the time to do it myself, but would be a willing first customer.
check out http://rightcart.com/
rightcart looks like it might work, but it's not apparent how the pricing model is structured. i assume i have to sign up to get that info. (and i'm not paying a buck for a "wink" - whatever that means.)