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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 the single item widget below, which features a real-time countdown until the end of the auction. There's also a thumbnail viewer for any pictures, and status information like the bid and view counts.
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 AntiCounterfeiting Coalition, which in November created a special committee to combat online piracy. "The Internet is simply too big just to have somebody doing Google searches for counterfeit products. You'd go insane."
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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
New Series - 10 Strategies For the Spring eBay Changes
4 Mar 2010 at 9:51am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Greetings eBay Strategies readers. I've been getting a lot of feedback and requests that I return to some of the mainstays of the blog such as, well, eBay strategies for sellers. Today I'm going to start a series bite-size posts...
Paypal's Ed Eger on Reserves (Part II of II)
28 Feb 2010 at 9:01pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
This is the second of a two-part series and is a first for eBay Strategies. The first post, which you need to read first is HERE, is a head's up to sellers about what we've noticed at ChannelAdvisor that is...
Beware of ?the Paypal call? and what to do today to mitigate large Paypal res...
28 Feb 2010 at 8:58pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
This is the first of a two-part series and is a first for eBay Strategies. The first post, which you are reading, is a head's up to sellers about what we've noticed at ChannelAdvisor that is happening to Paypal merchants...
Two upcoming events: eBay Fee Changes Webinar (Customers only) and Catalyst show
23 Feb 2010 at 11:48am
Posted by Scot Wingo
We have two (well three technically) events coming up I wanted to alert everyone to: eBay Webinar - Tomorrow, Wednesday Feb 24th we are holding a customer-only webinar on some different strategies around the eBay changes that are rolling out...
Monsoon acquired by Amazon competitor
23 Feb 2010 at 11:30am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Over on Amazon Strategies, we have the complete story of the acquisition of Monsoon by Alibris. Monsoon has some eBay sellers as customers and has exhibited at eBay Lives and is a certified provider in the eBay world, although they...
Google's new VP of Commerce
18 Feb 2010 at 11:40am
Posted by Scot Wingo
The e-commerce World is buzzing with a related change in the senior ranks of eBay and Google. Stephanie Tilenius was the General Manager for all of eBay North America and announced her departure September of last year (2009). Stephanie has...
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11 Feb 2010 at 10:19am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Webinar today. A brief note that I'm hosting an open webinar today at 2pm ET - "Annual e-commerce review..." We'll be going over some 09 results and insights, looking at 2010 and beyond and giving retailers of all sizes some...
What eBay's Q4 means for sellers and hints on coming announcements.
25 Jan 2010 at 6:27pm
Posted by Scot Wingo
There has been copious amount of ink around eBay's Q4 targeted towards investors, but sellers are scratching their heads wondering what it means. In this post, let's look at the seller-oriented highlights of the release. Also, historically eBay has used...
Webinar next Tuesday (1/19) around the Y! Shopping / Y! Store/Pricegrabber co...
15 Jan 2010 at 10:06am
Posted by Scot Wingo
This is slightly off topic for all the eBay readers, but I know we have some Yahoo! store and Yahoo Shopping folks that read the blog so I wanted to let them know about a webinar we are doing next...
Survey - eBay not making much progress with consumers, but shoppers are going...
14 Jan 2010 at 9:55am
Posted by Scot Wingo
Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster is out today with a survey that has some bad news for eBay, but good news for Amazon (as covered over on Amazon Strategies) and good news for e-commerce. eBay slipped from 26% to 13% when...
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