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It's happening on ebay --- ebay news
Craigslist answers eBay allegations in court (AP via Yahoo! News)
16 May 2008 at 6:15pm
Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company.
User revolt on eBay payments (The Courier Mail)
17 May 2008 at 10:00am
COMPLAINTS are flooding in over what is seen as anti-competitive behaviour by online auction giant eBay, in forcing users into its own payment system.
Craigslist answers eBay allegations in court (San Jose Mercury News)
17 May 2008 at 5:28am
Craigslist is denying eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company.
Alabaster man sentenced to 10 years for business, eBay scams (Birmingham News)
17 May 2008 at 4:22am
An Alabaster man was given a 10-year sentence Friday after pleading guilty to theft charges related to accusations he scammed fellow church members out of thousands of dollars and took money from people in a separate scheme on eBay.
Craigslist answers eBay allegations in court (San Francisco Chronicle)
16 May 2008 at 6:38pm
Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company. Craigslist, based in San Francisco, filed a response in Delaware's Court of...
Classified ad website Craigslist answers EBay allegations in court (The Canad...
16 May 2008 at 7:38pm
SAN FRANCISCO - Classified ad website Craigslist is denying online auctioneer EBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted EBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company.
Former PSL teacher in bikini charter boat business selling photos of herself ...
16 May 2008 at 8:45pm
The former Port St. Lucie High School biology teacher who claims she lost her job because she wears a bikini as part of a charter fishing service is selling autographed photos of herself on eBay.
Craigslist answers eBay allegations in court (The State)
16 May 2008 at 6:29pm
Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company. Craigslist, based in San Francisco, filed a response in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Thursday to the lawsuit eBay filed last month. The filing says founder Craig Newmark and Chief Executive Jim Buckmaster did some of ...
Unique eBay Auction - Gamer Selling Himself as Virtual Slave in an On-line Ga...
17 May 2008 at 3:43am
Unique auction on eBay. A player in the game 'World of Warcraft', an on-line role-playing game played by millions of people, is auctioning himself as a virtual slave. [PR.com - August 03, 2006]
MIKE WENDLAND: eBay software pirates busted (Detroit Free Press)
16 May 2008 at 9:03am
The software police are showing no signs in letting up in their uphill fight against software pirates who peddle stolen wares to unsuspecting buyers on auction sites like eBay. Nine more lawsuits have been filed this week -- one of them against a Michigan man -- in an ongoing crackdown that began with much fanfare at the start of the year.
eBay creates MySpace widgets
2 May 2007 at 3:42pm
Posted by Tom
eBay has developed a neat new way to promote your items for free on MySpace. Users can take any item listed on the auction service and widgetize it using a simple step-by-step editor. There are three options to choose from: single item, multiple item, and search. The multiple items widget has a scrolling display of item images in a gallery format, and is good for Powersellers, or anyone who is selling a few things at a time. What's great is that you don't even need to sign in to eBay to make one, just an item number.
When you're done creating a widget, you can embed it in a number of blogging services and social networks like MySpace, Blogger, and Wordpress. Though these widgets may be added to MySpace, after YouTube started pulling traffic from MySpace, they disabled all outgoing links from flash files. That doesn't limit it's exposure; just makes it harder to find the auction. These are great for added content, and can even be added to your other ebay auctions.
I've embeded...
Smart technology fights online fakes
14 Mar 2007 at 11:19pm
Posted by Cherie T.
This is already shaping up to be a banner year for one Internet industry. Unfortunately, it's the fraud business.
Though official numbers are scarce, online protection company MarkMonitor says a record $119 billion in knockoff goods will be sold on the Web in 2007, up from $84 billion last year - everything from counterfeit watches to fraudulent pharmaceuticals. eBay has ballooned into a city-size megastore that only an army of security guards could monitor for shady merchants. New online services make it simple and cheap for any site to accept credit card or bank payments, and ads on Google can lure bargain-hunting shoppers within hours.
But just as fake goods are enjoying a heyday online, so are virtual sleuths. New tech firms are arming brand holders with a smart solution: Web-crawling software that detects fraud and sends warnings to apparent violators, often with minimal human action.
"There's no other way to do it," says Nils Montan, president of the International AntiCount...
A little tip for sellers . . . . shhhhhhh
7 Jul 2005 at 1:47am
Posted by Tom
You sell an Ipod for a hundred bucks on eBay and what's your bottom line? About 93 dollars after Ebay take it's cut, and then Paypal takes another little bite, OoOoooo . . . and if the buyer used a credit card, that's another 1.9% or so, right? We all daydream about the day you could just use eBay and not have to pay any listing fees, selling fees, and all the other costs that go into it? Well there's a land not so far away that has been out there that most sellers don't even take advantage of that could fetch an even higher final price without the costs of selling. It's called . . . .
Buyer Beware . . . .
6 Jun 2005 at 4:53pm
Posted by Tom
There is a new growing trend sellers are using that misleads people into thinking they can get something for nothing. This article is not a "how to rip people off column," it is meant to be informative and bring light to an issue that eBay doesn't seem to (or be able to) enforce.
One rendition of the scam has been known to the unlucky few as the "White Van Scam." These sellers have entered a new market, eBay, and are using the same street tactics on-line. The typical white van scam starts with a "I was going to build this sound studio and brought to many speakers with me. They are very high quality (this is where they show you a brochure that they printed at their local Kinko?s that shows the same speakers with a price tag of like $2,ooo). I need to sell them, before I go back, so I'll cut you a deal at $4oo."
What sellin' on ebay today?
5 Jun 2005 at 3:38am
Posted by Tom
The World's population isn't getting any smaller and people sure aren?t having any less babies . . . so if you haven't guessed where this is going, baby stuff is the hot new sale.
If you sit back and think about what makes a good sell on ebay, it's anything that is small (great for shipping), has a steady/growing demand, and is easy to acquire from wholesalers.
Standard baby strollers that carry multiple kids are the most under supplied category with strollers made for jogging coming in at a close second. Other hot items include bottles, car safety seats, formula coupons, and the list goes on. This category is ready for ambitious sellers that want to turn a quick profit with minimal competition.
See what the demand is for jogging strollers on ebay right now by clicking here
eBayBucks: eBay moves from buyer coupons to rebate program
7 May 2008 at 9:05am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Phishing or buyer loyalty program? Buyers are reporting what they first thought was a phishing scheme (note to ebay: you guys have to get better at this type of communication), but appears to be a real test for buyers. Here's...
eBay Live 08/09/10 - changes are a coming!
5 May 2008 at 4:21pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
eBay announced today there will not be an eBay Live in 2009 (skipping a year), but that they are going to be in Orlando in 2010. I had speculated at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst this year that eBay might change the eBay...
Live blogging from Overstock's partner summit in SLC
29 Apr 2008 at 2:21pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
I'm out in Salt Lake City (first time - very scenic!) today at Overstock's 2008 Partner Summit. Background: ChannelAdvisor is one of two vendors that are directly connected into Overstock's backend which allows our customers to post their products directly...
**UPDATED** eBay reveals DSR and discount stats at PESA event
23 Apr 2008 at 2:00pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
**UPDATE on the post below*** Usher who works in eBay's PR department posted a comment that I wanted to surface here on the main post: Scot - on the 63/30 question: 63% of ALL PowerSellers got *at least* a 5%...
The last part of Catalyst UK - play.com, DSRs, consumers, etc.
22 Apr 2008 at 2:03pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
Tuesday afternoon we concluded the UK ChannelAdvisor Catalyst event with a flurry of activity. Play.com's head of their marketplace (called PlayTrade), Luke Taylor presented an interesting overview of PlayTrade. This is another datapoint in a trend we are seeing in...
Comparison Shopping Engines in the UK
22 Apr 2008 at 7:09am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Over on our sister site, CSE Strategies, we have coverage of what's going on with Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs) in the UK and EU that will be of interest to anyone selling in multiple channels.
PayPal at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst UK
22 Apr 2008 at 6:31am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Carl Olav-Scheible from PayPal EU gave a great presentation today. From a US perspective, it never occurred to me how important the cross-border trade (CBT) elements of Paypal are here in the EU. According to Carl, buyers in Europe leverage...
eBay glitch locks out large sellers, discount listing day and more eBay news.
22 Apr 2008 at 5:27am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Catching up on some general eBay items that I haven't seen blogged about yet: eBay glitch locks out large sellers I don't know the impact, but it seems to be widespread that yesterday (4/21), eBay locked many large sellers that...
Google Keynote from Catalyst UK
22 Apr 2008 at 4:13am
Posted by Scot Wingo
This morning, Rob Swerling, head of commerce partnerships at Google UK, gave a great talk. Rob drew an analogy to the off-line 'off licence' business (alcohol retailers) and compared that to online. He specifically mentioned one called Thresher's which is...
Catalyst UK is underway!
21 Apr 2008 at 12:15pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
This week at ChannelAdvisor we are hosting our UK Catalyst event in downtown London in this neat wine museum/tasting place called Vinopolis. The blogging will be light this week as I'll be spending most of my time with UK internet...
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