I'm on amazon, finally.

Took ages, but I managed to upload some items to amazon. No sales yet.

Looking back, listing procedure on amazon is not that complicated - just so different from what I do for the past 2 years on ebay...

Just passing the UPC barrier took me a day: don't worry - amazon creates one for you in case your product does not have one.

And like a magic, after you list your first item, the rest of them are a function of staying awake.

Now, for the real challange: how do you produce traffic to your new store? Who are the buyers on amazon? What makes them different from the ebay buyers?

Will keep you updated.

Kufiya-Shirt is Here!

Received the first two! What can I say, my wife is a genius (-:

One was made from a pure white kufiya with a classic Palestinian pattern embroidery (white embroidery on white kufiya) and one from a green kufiya with white Checkers pattern embroidery.

They both look really great on her. Tomorrow we are taking pictures and immediately listing it for sale on my ebay Holyland Treasury store and my own store.

Just one thing keeps me thinking. It is trouly a beautiful shirt, but has a strong political context here in israel, preventing it from being a plain fashion item... All around the world, kufiya is a "hot" accessory while here in Israel no one wears it.


What a pity.

Traveling with my daughter

I was asked to join my daughters school trip to Jerusalem mountains. She is 11.5... Few year ago she used to beg me to join, but this year she was silent. Suddenly it hits me - I'm not sure I'm welcomed here. She reached the age where your parents are something to be shamed of :-(

We are raveling the "Sataf" area - really beautiful! One of the first places on earth where agriculture was implemented on mountains using man made reservoirs and "stairs" that were built on mountain side , 3000 years ago. 

Very hot today - I could use one of my kufiyas to guard my head from the sun:-)

Many years ago, I used to accompany such trips as a medic (my military profession), but now - for pure fun. 

I always enjoy traveling near Jerusalem - brings back lots of childhood memories.