Small Business 2.0 : unleash the power of the web

$20m funding and business as usual at ChannelAdvisor
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:07:45 +0000 - There have been rumours flying around the industry regarding ChannelAdvisor and today I spoke to CEO Scot Wingo for the full story. Over the last two years ChannelAdvisor have made several acquisitions (Marketworks, RichFX). The International offices have...

Polish sellers list for 5c on eBay.com 5th-6th September
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:33:41 +0000 - On 5th and 6th September there’s a special promotion for Polish-resident sellers, who will be able to list on eBay.com for just 5c. The offer is valid for auctions and BIN listings, but sellers must offer PayPal as a payment method and have DSRs of ...

eBay Aus offers 50% off FVF for free shipping
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:42:19 +0000 - eBay Australia have just announced an interesting promotion - 50% off final value fees if free domestic postage is offered. The promotion has been announced but will takes effect on the 10th - 14th September, that means that any 10 day listings starting u...

Free tickets to Small Business 2.0 for TameBay readers
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:14:00 +0000 - Small Business 2.0 is a unique event aimed at small businesses who want to get more from the web. If you’re an eBay seller who wants to diversify your operations and sell more on marketplaces such as Amazon, set up a winning website that can proce...

eBay UK ban all URLs in IDs and Shop names
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:15:48 +0000 - eBay UK have announced an update to their names policy, to finally ban all URLs and email addresses in user IDs and Shop names. URL-like IDs were banned for most users back in November 2001, but a few people were allowed to keep using names they were alre...

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Learn How To Sell On eBay | Online Auctions Blog

Now You Can Use Facebook to Promote Your eBay Listings!
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:51:00 +0000 - The Internet has really opened up a lot of horizons for individuals and businesses. Nowadays, you can stay connected with relatives and friends even across borders. Strangers become your good friends through the chat rooms, email exchanges, and forum...

15 Digital Camera Terms You Should Know
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:27:48 +0000 - Got a digital camera to shoot your auction items? It helps when learning to use your new digital camera to also know what some of the more common terms mean so that you don?t get lost reading the manuals. Below is a list of common digital camera term...

How to Take Amazing White Background Photos
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:55:17 +0000 - Just thought I’d share with you this video about taking your items on a white background. I’m using a white background and the adjustment is not as easy as I thought, especially when done indoor. When there are many new stocks to photograph,...

Do You Own A Credit Card For Online Selling Or Buying Purpose?
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:12:21 +0000 - One of the basic requirements of selling on eBay is you need to have a credit card. You need to enter your credit card details when you register on eBay and Paypal. And for some sellers in certain countries where there aren?t any feature to transfer ...

Free Samples and Giveaways Attract New Business
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:00:17 +0000 - If you own your own business, then you know that you have got to have a marketing plan especially in these economically trying times. Everyone is looking for a bargain and they do not want to have to drive miles away to find it because the price of gas...

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The Chatter

Bid, List, or Donate to Stand Up To Cancer
- Earlier this year, my father died of complications from prostate cancer. He was diagnosed in 2005 and for three long years he fought the good fight, along with my mother who was by his side all the time. Except in his last few days, by which time the ca...

You've Seen the Traveling Lab Coat. Now Meet the Traveling Bag
- Our regular readers will quickly recognize one of the really feel-good stories we've covered late last year/early this year - The Traveling Lab Coat. The concept was the brainchild of Community Hall of Fame member danna, who saw a way to turn an ordinary ...

Paperless Payments on eBay -- the Whys and Hows Explained
- It's fair to say that last week's announcement about making electronic payments mandatory on eBay has been met with mixed reaction among the selling community. Some are unhappy, that's true; others, however, understand why we're doing this, and agree th...

Join Our Paperless Payments Workshop Today from 1-2pm PT
- Last week Lorrie Norrington announced that, among other things, we're introducing a paperless payments policy in late October. Essentially, sellers will need to offer an electronic payment method to their buyers - credit cards through their own merchant a...

It's all in how you ask...
- Last week, Seller Development's Todd Lutwak hosted a number of webinars to help sellers understand all the new changes announced by Lorrie Norrington on Wednesday.  (Watch the archive, or attend our final Webinar tomorrow at 1pm Pacific.) I was &quo...

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Dan Wilson

In Praise of Window Cleaners
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:53:14 +0000 - Eyes down, look in. As I sat watching paint dry, I wondered whether this was just too dull, too pointless or too trivial to blog. But no, I decided I would make my dullest blog post ever. My windows before and after cleaning, as seen from my desk. Enjoy. ...

Brighton Scenes #2*
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:14:01 +0000 - Three lads in the pub. Brighton boys. They all work in bookies shops. They talk about gambling, sharing stories of foolish punters. They boast about how much money they make from “idiots.” Soon they’re talking about Betfair, how successf...

The Brighton Trunk Murders: A Very Modern Tale.
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:29 +0000 - The Brighton Trunk Murders are the stuff of legend. In Brighton, people still talk about the unrelated murders of two women whose remains were left in trunks in 1934. The crime involving the pregnant decapitated torso with ?pretty feet? was never solv...

BA must be chuffed with their Ad on the BBC
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:49:28 +0000 - Way back when, I was told off by a BBC radio presenter for using the word ‘eBay’ twice in an interview about, well, eBay. I was expected to talk about ‘internet auctions’ and ‘online buying and selling’. So I was quite ...

eBay.co.uk Changes: Shops, SIF and BIN
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:51:11 +0000 - eBay have announced another raft of changes today, this time to fees and selling formats. As ever, there’s dense detail, unanswered questions and a great dea of speculation. Sellers will be getting calculators out to try and understand whether thes...

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Mark Kenny's Blog

Win SkyHigh Auctions with AuctionCUT
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:26:56 +0000 - Just tell us the one thing you’d change if you ran eBay for a day, to be in with a chance of winning membership to SkyHigh Auctions. SkyHigh Auctions, from the makers of SaleHoo launches on the 6th March and it’s headline pretty much sums up w...

Short Ebay Roundup
Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:45:52 +0000 - A few quick links to blogs & sites of interest… ChannelAdvisor webinar discussing the recent changes to eBay. eBay Spain announces compulsory Gallery. Join Skip McGrath & The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance in a teleconference (tomor...

Useful Auction Sites To Visit Over The Holiday Period
Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:25:57 +0000 - This is just a brief summary of a few sites I found it worthy to mention. Have a great & relaxing Christmas. Alternative Auction Sites AuctionAir AuctionAir is a site I mentioned at AuctionCUT last March. It launched in 2001 and is a former project of...

Fast Start eBay Business Ideas
Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:57:09 +0000 - Avril Harper, author of “Make Money Tearing Up Old Books and Magazines and Selling Them on eBay” writes a guest post for Mark-Kenny.com on UK Fast Start eBay Business Ideas. Readers often ask for ideas for starting a really unusual business or...

News from the eBay Blogosphere
Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:31:00 +0000 - Ebay conducting a survey on feedback has been the main topic this week for discussion on most eBay blogs and forums. AuctionBytes recently reported that eBay conducted a survey asking Buyers how they would prefer to receive feedback. The options were: - e...

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eBay Selling Coach

Something Great - eBay Coach Recommendation
- I keep talking about eHow. I have been submitting articles here and there on eHow for about a year and earn about $70 a month - not really knowing what I am doing. It is just another thing in addition to eBay, blogging, Google AdSense, product reviews, et...

New SAHM eBay Seller Group on Facebook
- I wanted to make everyone aware of the new Stay at Home Moms Selling on eBay Group on Facebook. (anyone can join, you don't have to be a SAHM.) The eBay Coach forum will gradually be phased out and I hope everyone will join the group to continue our netwo...

New eBay How-Tos for August
- Here are new eBay How To articles for August. Just click on the link to read the article that interests you.How to Reduce Fees on Your Paypal AccountHow to Keep a High Feedback Score and DSRs on eBayHow to Avoid Selling Counterfeit Items on eBayHow to Get...

Free L'Oreal Product at Walgreen's and Rite Aid - Sell it on eBay!
- Here is a great deal coming out in Sunday (8/31) store circulars. Both Walgreens and Rite Aid offer the L'Oreal Advanced Revitalift Anti-Wrinkle Concentrate as a free-after-rebate item.In the Walgreens circular, the ad is on the back cover, and looks like...

Hot Tip - Practically Free Digital Camera at Walgreens
- I stumbled on this one this morning. I was in Walgreens getting all my freebies, and the cashier was talking to another employee about the camera deal. I had to ask.In the photo department, behind the counter, look for the Polaroid i733 Digital Camera. 7 ...

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Make Money on eBay | Skip McGrath

Save $100 on The Best Source of Wholesale Information and Online Training
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:38:10 -0400 - Special Offer for my readers expires at Midnight, Monday September 8thMy regular readers know that the only source of wholesale sourcing information and research that I recommend is WorldWide Brands.  The sales manager at WWB called me last week and ...

Could Sara Palin Become The Hottest Niche on eBay?
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:49:45 -0400 - When it comes to instant hot niches related to news stories and events, Cafe Press usually leads the way. Sara Palin is Hot on Cafe Press and becoming hot on eBay.After Sara Palin's speech to the Republican convention last night, I got up this morning and...

Victoria Secret?s Bra Seller Busted on eBay... and The Future of eBay
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:56:54 -0400 - This is one wholesale source you may not want to use.A few weeks ago I received an email from one of my readers asking where he could find wholesale sources for Victoria Secret products that he sees selling on eBay. I told him I didn’t know because ...

I Have Negotiated a Special Discount for My Readers on Two great Products.
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:22:40 -0400 - Auction Acrobat to Create, Sell and Deliver Information Products on eBay and Google Snatch to Deliver Free Qualified Visitors To Your WebsiteIt's Labor Day Weekend and I am trying not to work. I just made up a batch of Skip's Dirty Rice to take ...

What Will eBay Look Like A Year From Now?
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:31:42 -0400 - This was a big week for announcements and there are more to come. So let?s try and put this into perspective and figure out where we go from here.First of all everyone should realize that all of the announcements made this week about fees, search, ...

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AuctionBytes Blog by Ina Steiner

Layoffs at eBay Vendor ChannelAdvisor
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 23:25:52 -500 - ChannelAdvisor laid off four Vice Presidents last month, and there are reports that there were major layoffs today at the ecommerce firm that services eBay sellers. Jeffrey Buechler, an Enterprise ...

Ex-CEO of eBay Readies to Speak to Republicans
Wed, 3 Sep 2008 14:30:29 -500 - eBay Director and former CEO Meg Whitman has been seen with eBay Public Relations expert Henry Gomez at her side at the Republican National Convention, so no surprise she made sure there was a ...

eBay to Expand Allowed Payment Services in 2009
Fri, 29 Sep 2008 19:49:04 -500 - eBay spokesperson Usher Lieberman said eBay would allow additional payment services on its site next year. The company had announced earlier this month a ban on all but PayPal, credit card merchant ...

Emails Sent in PayPal Class-Action Lawsuit
Fri, 29 Sep 2008 17:48:14 -500 - Garden City Group sent an email to certain PayPal users today about a settlement in a class action lawsuit against PayPal filed in 2005. The parties reached a preliminary settlement agreement in ...

eBay's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
Wed, 27 Sep 2008 22:50:14 -500 - eBay has a don t ask, don t tell policy with regard to the payment methods sellers may advertise in their listings. While the new policy bans paper payments (beginning in October), sellers ...

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Bayraider

'Coming out' letter given to wife
2008-09-04 13:51:06 - Oooh... this is a weird one. The auction begins with... "I am not a stranged wife, I did not put this up for auction to exact revenge on anyone, I have listed this item, very dear to us, because we need to pay a mortgage which has fallen behind badl...

Vintage bakerlite telephone
2008-09-04 13:46:23 - Bakerlite phones or, the ones that British Telecom used to issue for free, are becoming more saught after by the day. You have to admit that these old timers are a lot more handsome than you're average cordless set. As such, the two-tone ones are the m...

Hacienda/FAC51 meter long art print
2008-09-03 16:36:26 - Peter Saville's work with Tony Wilson and Factory have provided us with some of the most iconic images in British design. This poster, inspired by the posters for the Hacienda nightclub features the famous 'use hearing protection' logo, as well as tho...

Boards of Canada kaleidoscope
2008-09-03 16:26:58 - Boards of Canada are a group with a fair amount of mystery surrounding them, with no-one really knowing where they make their LPs, hidden codes and messages in their tracks... ...so it shouldn't surprise you that these psychedelic warlocks once release...

Do you want someone else's stress? (with hidden good-cause)
2008-09-01 14:12:23 - Over to the seller for this one... "Ever have a clutz for a daughter? One who trips over her own feet and knocks herself out? Well, I do!! You know how life can throw you a curve ball. Well, it sure threw her one. My daughter is 31 years old, no...

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AuctionInsights

Best Match Changes for Fixed Priced eBay Listings
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:51:16 +0000 - “Time Ending Soonest” is no longer a factor in the Best Match algorithm for fixed-priced auctions.  Best Match is the new method by which eBay determines how listings are sorted in the site’s search results.   Another factor will be ...

eCrater Review (Part III) - Creating an Account
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:36:08 +0000 - Registering and setting up a seller’s account on eCrater.com is simple and quick.  Unlike some sites, eCrater does not require the seller to provide any personal financial data in order to confirm their identity.  After clicking on the signup lin...

Review: eCrater (Part 2) - A Buyers Perspective
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:11:09 +0000 - I thought it would be important to put myself in the buyer’s shoes for a complete review of eCrater.com.  After all, if the site doesn’t make the buying process as friction-free as possible, there’s not much of a point selling there.  ...

Review: eCrater.com - An eBay Alternative (Part 1)
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:01:05 +0000 - When David and I began AuctionBytes in 1999, the most common question people would ask us was, “How do I start selling on eBay?” Today, the most frequent question we receive is “How do I diversify?” -Ina Steiner, AuctionBytes.com A...

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BBC News Search: ebay

Taxpayers' details found on eBay
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:05:02 GMT - An investigation starts after a computer containing taxpayers' personal data was reportedly sold on an internet auction site.

Bank customer data sold on eBay
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:39:10 GMT - An investigation into how a computer containing bank customers' personal data was sold on an internet auction site is under way.

Bank to check eBay computer data
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:01:30 GMT - The Ulster Bank is investigating whether any of its customers' details were on a computer sold on eBay.

Prison for eBay hair tong thief
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:03:58 GMT - A hairdresser who made £63,000 selling stolen hair straighteners on eBay is given a prison sentence.

eBay insect fossil is new species
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:17:15 GMT - A scientist who bought a fossilised insect on the web auction site eBay finds that it belongs to a new species.

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eBay Strategies

Triple whammy eBay news day weighs on the stock...
- I hate to interrupt the "FP30+Finding" series that I'm sure has everyone on the edge of their chairs, but there was so much negative eBay news today I need to break in and provide some highlights.  As of this writing the stock is down to $...

FP30 and Finding - Episode I (FP30+finding - the Phantom Menace?)
- As we get closer to FP30's debut on 9/16, some interesting points are coming out about the new format, how it will work with Finding 1.0 and 2.0 (new search experience). There's also a lot off confusion out amongst sellers. We're hearing definitely incor...

Datapoint to ponder...
- While working on tomorrow's webinar, I re-read eBay's Q2 results. They reported that 43% of eBay's business is now fixed-price.  That would make eBay 'fixed-price' effectively a $27B marketplace.  Analysts guesstimate Amazon's 3P GMV at $4-6B....

Channeladvisor announces StoreAdvisor Premium!
- Today we're excited to announce the availability of StoreAdvisor Premium.  When we initially came out with our first ecommerce offering (CA stores, which today we are rebranding as 'StoreAdvisor Standard'), we were pleasantly surprised by the resul...

Reminder for tomorrow's 'eBay Changes' webinar
- The team at ChannelAdvisor has been busy digesting and analyzing eBay's announcements last week.  We have some early thoughts on who is impacted the most and strategies for you to start thinking about as the changes go live in mid-September which is...

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Online Auction Blog

eBay Shipping Changes: New Shipping Charges For Those Who Sell On eBay
2008-09-03 12:00:32 - eBay shipping changes were recently announced and one of the biggest changes is maximum shipping charges in certain categories. If you are going to sell on eBay in these categories you cannot charge more than those fees specified by eBay in: ...

A New Focus on Retirement Years?
2008-09-03 11:26:25 - The US population is aging - this is clear. I have seen estimations that within less than 30 years, there will only be roughly 2 workers contributing to Social Security for every elderly person receiving benefits. By contrast, the ratio in 1950 was 16:1....

No eBay Fees For Listing?
2008-08-20 11:36:33 - Are eBay fees about to make a dramatic change? Many analysts think that the new CEO of eBay, John Donahoe, is going to do just that. What he is planning to do is eliminate listing fees - meaning it will be free to list an item for sale on eBay. Th...

Thrift Store = Thrift Savings = eBay Profits
2008-08-20 11:50:30 - Thrift savings can easily - although it's not guaranteed - turn into eBay profits. Thrift stores often goodies than might be damaged, worn or otherwise beat up or used, but that is often balanced by uniqueness. There are things to know if you're ...

A Closet Full of Shoes
2008-08-20 10:36:19 - I admit it. I just don't get America's love affair with shoes. But alas, it's true. Even on eBay, on any given day you'll see about a quarter of a million auctions and BINS with shoe offers. It's hard to wrap your mind around such a large number. These ...

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eBay.com

Upcoming Workshops: The Biggest Tax You'll Face When You Sell on eBay and What will YOU sell for the Holidays?
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:49:45 GMT -