http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:15:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A UPC code (short for Universal Product Code) is the series of numbers and barcode that you see on all the items you buy in the stores - clothes, electronics, CDs and DVDs and just about every other type of merchandise except for books and fresh produce in the supermarket. ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/139 When working with the public domain, it is often desirable to create information products that are text or text/image based. These products can be used as giveaways, promotional materials for other products, as bonuses for other products that you sell or ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/137 On every product Amazon sells, they have a sales rank number. This number gives information on how that product is selling at this instance in time in a specific product category. That means that there are many products that are rated number 1 and so on in ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/134 When selling a product, a lot of people make the mistake of developing their product first, and then trying to find a market for it.  This is the wrong way to do it. We as product developers often think our ideas are worth a fortune, invest time and energy creating ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/129 Many times when searching for materials to use in your products, you will find something called a Creative Commons license associated with the item. A Creative Commons license defines the rights the owner of the intellectual property is granting. This licensing system is a great way ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/122 NASA - in partnership with archive.org - has built a huge archive of images and film clips covering the vast breath of NASA multimedia. The archive is located at http://www.nasaimages.org and is a dream for public domain product developers interested in space and NASA imagery. Rather than hunt around at 10's ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/120 The greatest digital resource for public domain books is archive.org.  In their archive, they have more than 1 million books scanned and accessible in digital format. Most of the books are in the public domain but some have license restrictions stating that you cannot use them commercially. But with a ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/116 With eBay undergoing its most dramatic transofrmation since its inception, many sellers are looking at Amazon as a potential marketplace for their goods. There are many good reasons to look at Amazon. It is a large marketplace, larger than eBay. Its customers are less bargain sensitive than eBay customers. And ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/113 Now that winter is coming to the northern hemisphere, fishermen of all stripes (except for ice fishermen) are getting ready for that long winter break. That means cleaning and packing their gear in anticipation of the first blush of spring, making sure their fishing magazine subscriptions are up to date ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/110 eBay is a great marketplace for buyers and sellers. While I don't remember my first purchase on eBay, I do remember my first sale... a Brother thermal paper fax machine I no longer needed. That was in 1997. Since that time, I've purchased hundreds of items on eBay and sold 10's ... http://www.thepublicdomainunleashed.com/pd/archives/108