WWWcard
While I make online purchases nearly every day, my father is hesistant. “They’ll get my credit card number then my social security number and they’ll parade around the country acting like me, and spending with MY credit card!” While I understand the hesitation, I think I have found a solution.
WWWcard is an online prepaid Visa card. What that means is that you add money to the Visa card as you see fit. You don’t have a line of credit like most credit cards, but this Visa acts more like a debit card, but without the connection to your bank account.
The WWWcard is safe because there aren’t ties to your financial information and it’s confidential because there are no ties to you. The best part is that since it’s a Visa card, it is accepted wherever Visa is accepted (read: everywhere). The WWWcard is similar in size to a business card, and is identical in looks and size to a regular credit card.
Similar to the WWWcard is the WWWgiftcard. The WWWgiftcard is a reloadable Visa card that you can give as a gift. As opposed to a normal tangible gift, you are essentially giving the entire internet as a possible gift. The reciepient can chose any website that accepts Visa and buy whatever they want. Like the WWWcard, the WWWgiftcard is about the size of a business card and is identical to a credit card.
Just in time for the holidays, the WWWcard (World Wide Wallet) makes the perfect gift for that special person!
While I think the WWWcard is a great idea, the above post was paid for.
Handheld Business Card Scanners
Mike wrote:
What is the best handheld scanner for scanning business cards?
While I must admit that I’ve never used a handheld scanner for business cards, I did do a little digging.
Here are my findings:
1. Handheld business card scanners are not easy to find.
2. Two ladies, Mary J. Zipf (Tempe, AZ, US) and Karen E. Jachimowicz, (Laveen, AZ, US) filed this patent Business card scanner and method of use - Patent 5604640. While it seems promising, it was filed in 1995 and I haven’t heard anything related about it.
3. Some business card scanners will sync directly to a Palm Pilot. As with #2, digging for more information on these types of scanners has proved futile and I wasn’t able to actually find any scanners that connect to a smart phone or PDA.
Good luck on your quest, hopefully it is more productive than I was.
Great Way To Pass Out Business Cards
Here is a creative way to hand out your business cards. This would be especially effective if your clients have children. Kids would love to see this trick over and over again.
Awesome Plastic Business Cards
Check out Marco Cattaneo’s plastic business cards. We have talked numerous times about plastic business cards, but this is a great video showing the actual card. These cards seem pretty thick, most plastic business cards are slightly thicker than regular paper business cards, have rounded edges and are clear.
Create Your Own Origami Business Card Holder
Why spend $2.99 on a cheap plastic business card holder when you can have your own cheap paper business card holder for free? Enough with the chit-chat, check this out how to Create Your Own Origami Business Card Holder.