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Jun30
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Use Market Research to Craft an Unbeatable Auction! This workshop will be held on Friday, July 7th from 11:00 PT to 12:00 PT. Sara Taheri, Dave Frey, and Morgan Brooks, marketing team from eBay Certified Provider Terapeak, will use this workshop to illustrate how market research can be used to build outstanding auctions. They will run through the process of building an auction and show how market research can be used to make the right choices.
Workshops are hosted in discussion threads on the Workshops Board. To get to the Workshops Board:
Go to www.ebay.comClick on Community at the top of the page Click on "Workshops" in the "Events" section This will bring you to the threaded Workshops Board.
To view archived workshops or to learn more about future workshop events, please check our Workshops Calendar.
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Jun30
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Justin C. for PowerSellerKing: For those of you that may have already heard of Skype, eBay's new VOIP program , some users will now be using it even sooner the expected. On the 4th of July, eBay intends to release...
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by Justin C., PowersellerKing Contributor If you thought nothing else could be sold on eBay, you certainly were not expecting this one. A school in the small village of King Cove has just put up for sale for a about...
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eBay Announcement: In the beginning of July, we will be changing the Item Specifics for the Phones Only category within Cell Phones. These changes should enable sellers to more accurately reflect features and functionality of newer cell phones, such as...
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eBay Chatter Jeff gives us the scoop on The Devil Wears Prada: Fresh off some simple Superman analysis, I'm back with another interesting movie note. The Devil Wears Prada, an adaptation of the book about "a naive young woman who...
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This time an ex-Paypal employee chimes in about Google Checkout, offering 5 reasons why Google has made a mistake: Many are trumpeting the arrival of Google Checkout as a foil against PayPal, finally heralding a second revenue stream for Google...
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Jun29
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Part 4 in ChannelAdvisor, CEO, Scot Wingo's Guest Blogger appearance here at PowerSellerKing deals with the launch of Google Checkout and ChannelAdvisor's support of the system.Google Checkout is Live!!! (and so is ChannelAdvisor) Finally – Google Checkout (aka GBuy) is...
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This is part 3 in a series of posts by ChannelAdvisor CEO, Scot Wingo regarding Google Checkout. Scot was kind enough to give PowerSellerKing his permission to post these articles in full.What is Google Checkout? (Or why customers will care)...
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The following is part 2 of Scot Wingo's take on Google Checkout. Scot's articles are post in full with his permission.Merchants and Google Checkout You can’t track the merchant side without first understanding the consumer side, so first please read...
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Scot Wingo, the CEO of ChannelAdvisor, one of the leading auction management and ecommerce solutions providers for eBay sellers, has given PowerSellerKing the permission to repost his excellent observations about Google Checkout.Also watch for a PowerSellerKing interview with Scot in...
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I always enjoy different takes on the news and TechCrunch is one of my favorite resources.Here is a snip of their take on Google Checkout: Google Checkout launched early this morning and may significantly change the online shopping sector. The...
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Here is the rundown on Google Checkout from a sellers standpoint:Every online merchant has two goals: sell more and spend less. Google Checkout™ is a new way to process transactions that helps you achieve both. Checkout works with Google's search...
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As expected, Google Checkout , originally thought to be called GBuy launched this week. Here is the PowerSellerKing scoop on Google Checkout:Google Checkout will store your credit card information and keep track of all of the orders you make using...
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Jun28
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eBay Chatter Jeff on the Superman hype: If you watch TV, read the paper, or otherwise pay attention to any kind of media, you know that a new Superman movie is coming out. Superman Returns starts hitting theaters tomorrow, and...
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The two largest eBay auction management companies may go head to head in the courtroom over the hiring of an employee.According to a press release by Channeladvisor, a lawsuit was filed against the company in Atlanta, Georgia by Marketworks, perhaps...
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Wireless router for 5 bucks??!! Don't look on eBay.eBay and Google are part of the funding for FON, the largest WiFi community in the world.FON is selling "Social Routers" for $5 each in an effort to a free and open...
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Want to attract 5,000 people to your auction?Sell people a "woody with a huge package" and advertise it with a picture of a half naked woman. "That's right you can brag to all your friends about the huge package that...
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PowerSellerKIng Contributor, Justin C: No kidding. Germans and people in the UK are using eBay a lot more. These help drive eBay's listings number up over 28% from last year during this quarter. Incredible? Obviously. To put it in perspective,...
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eBay Strategies reported that an eBay employee, Rogelio Choy, "talked smack" about Google's GBuy in a recent blog post.When I went to the employee's blog, no smack was to be found, just this nice little post: Just want to remind...
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A couple of weeks ago, right before eBay Live!, we launched MyCollectibles, a place where you can proudly display your collection of...well...just about anything. It's designed to help you organize and track your collection, while showing it off to...
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The category structure will be updated in mid-July based on feedback received from the eBay Community and from experts in the affected fields. You may provide category structure feedback at any time by clicking here. A complete list of the...
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Jun27
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eBay Announcement: To give members more opportunities to share their product expertise, we're launching supplemental Member-Created Product Descriptions on a certain number of Product Detail Pages. Product Detail Pages are available for products that can be listed using Pre-Filled Item...
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Hi. This is Sarah Brubacher from eBay's Global Policy team in Trust & Safety. At eBay Live! Bill Cobb announced that, as of June 19th, eBay is taking a much stronger stand against excessive Shipping & Handling charges. (Read Bill's...
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by Justin C, PowerSellerKing ContributorWarren Buffet, supposedly the second richest person in the world, will be dining with up to eight people at a Manhattan steakhouse. What does this have to do with eBay? One bidder on eBay will have...
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Jun26
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Marsha Collier is the author of eBay for Dummies and has written about eBay for several years.msnbc: I've been hearing from lots of eBay sellers: What's this eBay Express site all about? Will it really bring me more business? Why...
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Auction Styles, an aspiring eBay template design community, announced today it is now offering free and paid eBay auction templates, in addition to its discussion forums. The templates, which are professionally designed and xHTML and CSS valid, are developed for...
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PowerSellerKing is always on the lookout for scams. If you have received an odd email or letter, let us know about it.Vallejo Times Herald: It certainly looked like a real check, and who couldn't use $4,000? But Farris Caldwell of...
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Time again for the weekly "What's Hot on eBay" report here at PowersellerKing.Remember, we look at two leading factors for the PowerSellerKing Hot List, sales volume and sell-through rate, the most important factors when researching items to sell on eBay.Before...
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Christopher Campbell of Cinematical writes about the eBay auction phenomena: This isn't the most amazing news I've ever heard, but it got me thinking about auctions and Ebay and what not (plus it is a slow news day), so I...
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Jeff from eBay Chatter: Hopefully you’ve heard about eBay Giving Works – that’s our program where you can donate part (or all) of your sale to a variety of nonprofit causes. Just look for it directly within the Sell Your...
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Artemisa Saucedo, eBay Stores Marketing: Hello, I'm Artemisa Saucedo from the eBay Stores team. We're excited to kick off the "eBay Stores Red Door Sweepstakes". Shop eBay Stores for a chance to win instantly! Here is how it works:...
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Jun25
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courier-journal: Weddings aren't usually the time to be thrifty. But Ashley Purvis saved a bundle on her May 26 wedding this year by shopping on the popular Internet auction site eBay. "I got my wedding dress, my veil, the...
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Jun24
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Internet Success Strategies offers some great tips on developing customer service polocies on eBay: Customer service is important on eBay. Buyers rate their satisfaction with sellers, and your rating can make a difference on whether potential customers are willing to...
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...and then when we (sellers) refuse to commit the criminal act, the buyer gets mad and leaves negative feedback. What does eBay do about it? Nothing.A Powerseller rants: excuse me while I rant... You would not believe (or maybe you...
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eBay Business Opportunities Weblog: We’ve been working on ways to help members contribute useful information and knowledge to the Community. A wiki is the perfect format to do just that. Basically, the eBay Wiki will allow members to quickly and...
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Brian Smith of Comparison Engines talks about the cost of eBay sales based on discussions with eBay sellers at eBay Live: -Cost of sales are rising. I heard this from way too many ‘adults’ to ignore. Just as eBay realizes...
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We scour blogs and press sources for news about scams in order to help keep you safe. Here is a scam that targets you on the web and over the phone. InfoWorld via eBay Business Opportunities Weblog: Looks like customers...
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More great tips on eBay blog syndication from the Jewelry Collectibles Blog: Bay blogs are another nice tool eBay created for us. I believe this came out of eBay Live 2006. The logical thing to do would be to use...
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Red Herring: Red Roller, another company trying to make a web service out of a somewhat low-tech industry, launched last week at eBay’s conference in Las Vegas. The Norwalk, Connecticut-based company, which has also been in the works for...
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San Mateo Daily Journal: As more people turn to Web applications for everyday tasks like e-mail, friendship and payments, cyber criminals are following them in search of bank account details and other valuable data, security researchers said. Users of Yahoo...
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eBay says the slowdown is typical of the season, sellers blame eBay Store search rollback and eBay Express. I'll tell the you truth.Auctionbytes: Some sellers who complained that their sales had slowed in the Spring say sales have not yet...
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I have heard a lot of speculation about Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, but this is the first logical look at the situation from a semi-insider. The author of this post, Scot Wingo is the CEO of ChannelAdvisor. ChannelAdvisor is perhaps...
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Jun23
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Not to be outdone by Warren Buffett's lunch auction (eye-roll), eBay CEO, Meg Whitman and eBay North America President, Bill Cobb are auctioning off the shirts they wore at eBay Live 2006. eBay Chatter: At the end of the...
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eBay would like to invite you to attend the following workshops this week: Using the New Turbo Lister This workshop will be held on Monday, June 26th from 13:00 PT to 14:00 PT. Get the help you need upgrading to...
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AuctionBytes has a wonderful interview with Guy Kawasaki: AuctionBytes reporter Julia Wilkinson sat down with Guy and asked him about how eBayers can apply his principles of evangelism to their eBay businesses. Q: It's exciting that you are presenting at...
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If you would like to go to lunch with Warren Buffett and 7 of your friends, it will cost you over $450,000 and that is just in the first 18 hours of bidding for a 7 day eBay auction.You can...
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How are your eBay auctions doing?I am not a mathematician, but I am a business person and the numbers on eBay (from a sellers perspective) are not looking good.Let's look at two basic factors in your profitability as a seller.1....
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When I worked in sales, my boss liked to call sales that were easy to bring in, "low hanging fruit". eBay's Powersellers are low hanging fruit, ready for another company to come in and scoop them up.I can't understand why...
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What is sniping? Sniping is the art of placing a bid at the very last moment in order to get the very best price for an item. Sniping Tools Auction Sniper Free Downloads Sniper List Snipe Software on eBayMathematicians Prove...
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Microbay or Microhoo or maybe Skyperosoft? bloggingstocks: This just in from TheFlyOnTheWall.com (subscription required): A Merrill Lynch analyst has issued a report speculating that Microsoft will soon buy another large Internet player. The reason -- if it isn't obvious -- is Google's increasing competitive...
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Jun22
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CNN reported that a lunch with Warren Buffett would be auctioned on eBay Today, but as of 6PM Pacific Time, there was no sign of the auction.CNN: Billionaire Warren Buffett will auction another lunch on eBay Inc.'s (Charts) Web site...
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globeandmail: I've noticed a recent and disturbing surge of news stories on Internet scams and personal security, and many of these scams prey on human nature and generosity. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, for example, donors were duped into...
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Microsoft, the king of me too products is now me-tooing Skype in a move that adds pressure to the already perplexing $2.6 Billion acquisition.Skype might be the worst buy in the history of the dot com world.I have to wonder...
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Leigh Goldstein, eBay's Director of Shipping confirmed the announcements by USPS Postmaster General, John E. Potter made at eBay Live last week.1. A new United States Postal Service and eBay co-branded shoebox sized Priority Mail Box. I previously wrote that...
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Jun20
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RSS stands for Really Simply Syndication. Basically RSS is a way to have information that is important to you delivered directly to you (or your reader).Here is a nice primer from Seth Godin's lens on RSS:The Four things you...
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eBay makes an announcement about eBay enhanced picture services software: Later this week, the ActiveX control software for eBay Enhanced Picture Services, including eBay Picture Manager, will be updated. After the update is released, sellers using Enhanced Picture Services (limited...
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You would almost get the feeling the eBay is waking up to the sellers need to drive more visitors to their auctions.First eBay announced eBay Blogs where eBay offers you the opportunity to write about your eBay business.Now eBay is...
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Jun19
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Scam Alert is a new feature here at PowerSellerKing. The PowerSellerKing Scam Alert will let you know when new scams pop up involving eBay, Paypal or other online sales companies. Just another great reason to subscribe the the 2nd best...
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eBay's new wiki is not really a wiki after all, but rather a collection of articles on set subjects that anyone can update.I'm really not sure what to call it. People seem to be writing random articles on the subjects...
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PowerSellerKing's What's Hot on eBay will be a weekly look into the items that are not just selling at a high volume, but also at a high sell-through rate, offering the best potential for making money.Of course, you will still...
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Red Roller is a shipping comparison site that allows you to enter your package details into the Red Roller engine and Red Roller then gives you a price and service comparison for USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL. The service is...
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Here are some useful statistics if you would like to sell some of your World Cup Soccer swag and souvenirs on eBay.The average starting price for a World Cup Soccer souvenir is $10.70.The average sold price is $15.76 and the...
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Jun15
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If I had a dime for every time I answered the "how much is shipping?", I could retire from selling. I love interacting with my customers and I am happy to answer questions, but when the question is already answered...
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Eric Shoup from eBay Product Management talks about using your cell phone for eBay auction alerts: eBay Alerts are designed to make it easy to stay on top of - and win! - the auction listings you're interested in. We're...
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AuctionBytes is reporting rumors that next years eBay live will be in Boston.Boston Legal is probably my favorite TV show and I have always wanted to see Beantown! What a trip that would be. Fenway Park - Could it get...
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Aron Hsiao, author of about.com's eBay guide is not only an eBay seller, but also a former eBay employee making his site all the more interesting and resourceful.Aron's latest project is an eBay Seller Feature Guide: Even when I was...
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I was thinking about the new eBay Blogs and something my friend, Kim Klaver said came to mind, “Sales is like flirting: open the kimono just a little, then walk away. Let the ones who would, hanker for more.”Blogging seems...
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Jun14
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Hello from Las Vegas! Over 720 employees from eBay, PayPal and Skype are here with me along with more than 15,000 registered attendees – a new record! The energy is incredible, the interactions that are happening between staff and buyers...
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eBay CEO Meg Whitman and eBay North America President Bill Cobb both addressed the crowd at eBay Live's Fifth Annual Conference.Here are the highlights: Paypal will actually begin protecting sellers from charge backs when a seller fulfills his or her...
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Ninad of the eBay Chatter Blog posts another message from eBay LIve: Call me ignorant ("Ignorant!" yelled Jeff from a few feet away), but up until yeseterday I hadn't heard of Guy Kawasaki. His seminar at eBay Live! was billed...
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Jun13
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eBay Chatter, Laura logs this huge eBay Live 2006 update: I know that everyone loves pictures....in fact, bobals-wife made a specific request for more pics of the event earlier today. While everyone else was on special assignment, I grabbed one...
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Griff from the eBay Chatter Blog: Landed in Las Vegas at 3:00 pm Monday afternoon. Experienced the 5-mile long snake known as the Las Vegas Airport Taxi Line (it moves fast). Endured a quick taxi ride with a driver from...
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Ryan from the eBay Chatter files this report about the giveaways at eBay Live: If you were in attendance last year, or checked out last year's blog, you know that some of the most popular parts of eBay Live! are...
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Buyer requirements offer you the ability to insure that your buyers do not: reside in a country that you do not ship to have a negative feeback rating (-1, -2, etc) have recent unpaid bidder strikes purchased too many of...
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eBay Chatter Laura: This is my 5th eBay Live! (wow, time sure does fly...) I had my first spin around this morning just a bit ago, and things were just starting to get warmed up. I headed over to the...
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Ina Steiner of AuctionBytes covers today's eBay Shareholders meeting: eBay shareholders, board members and executives gathered at the Wynn Resort Hotel in Las Vegas Tuesday morning for the company's annual shareholders meeting. Business to be conducted included the election of...
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Here is more from eBay Live 2006...The Chatter: As I perused the exhibit halls for interesting classes and breakout sessions to blog about, I happened upon the PowerSeller Orientation (a must-do for all PowerSellers). During the orientation, eBay Staff walked...
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eBay auction management company, Vendio has announced that it purchased a controlling interest in Andale, a company best known for it's web counters in the early days of eBay. Vendio CEO, Rodrigo Sales stated, “Vendio and Andale have complementary strengths...
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I did not attent eBay Live this year, but rest assured, I will utilize my press pass next year for some serious live blogging.Meanwhile, I promise to keep you updated by posting clips from multiple bloggers at the conventions.The Chatter:...
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Jun12
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Yahoo partners with eBay.eBay launches AdContext cannon at Google.Google fires GBuy missile at eBay.Where is Amazon?Hey! I found her. She was on MySpace!WebProNews: "...MySpace has added a new "MySpace Books" section, complete with lots of links back to Amazon.com. Further...
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Reports are surfacing that Google's GBuy is going to be much more than a Paypal-like payment system.If Google enters the arena of person to person online selling as some predict, eBay Power Sellers may be hard pressed to contain their...
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According to Auctionbytes, eBay President of North America, Bill Cobb will make some type of announcement about dealing with sellers that gouge buyers by charging high shipping rates.I have experienced this problem first hand in the past. I used to...
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I have visited Mpire, a local Seattle company and had lunch with Mpire's Chief Marketing Officer, Dave Cotter. I will be doing a full profile about this company on PowerSellerKing in the near future.Mpire sent out this press release today:...
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goingtolive: Sponsored by buySAFE (www.buysafe.com), this year’s event will have a DJ, appetizers and two drink tickets for the first 250 guests, fabulous games and prizes, and a fun Hawaiian theme in honor of our venue, The Beach Las Vegas....
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This year marks the 4th anniversary of eBay's Developer awards.via the Chatter (eBay's official blog): eBay Early AdopterChannelAdvisor, presented to Marshall Smith (marshncsu) eBay Service to the Community: Open Source ProjectNet::eBay Perl Module, presented to Igor Chudov of Algebra.com (ichudov)...
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Aron Hsiao (About eBay): Though eBay is a safe place to trade under most circumstances and hundreds of thousands or millions of transactions go off without a hitch every day, sometimes things just don't go as planned. As a buyer,...
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techwhack news: When ecommerce giants eBay acquired Skype for big bucks, many market analysts were not very sure on what the company had in mind. However, we might get a better idea tomorrow as eBay is set to reveal...
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Jun11
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TechCrunch.com is a must read for those interested in keeping up to date on tech companies. Here is some recent eBay news...Michael Arrington: On Monday eBay and Kaboodle will jointly announce a new service called “MyCollectibles”, which will be tightly...
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eBay will soon launch an AdWord-esque ad program for affiliates that will dynamically generate relevant eBay auctions on your web site, even if your content changes regurlarly (like blogs). Here is the FAQ from eBay: Q: What is eBay AdContext?...
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Jun10
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The wild and crazy 1 CENT CD team of Jay and Marie (formerly onecentcds@aol.com) recently hit 1,000,000 feedback on eBay.I did a little research into jayandmarie and found that they did over $90,000 in sales in May with an average...
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Google appears to be preparing to take eBay head on and I suspect that most eBay Power Sellers could not be happier.I know there are probably some politics involved, but imagine a day when you search Google for "men's jeans"...
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Jun 9
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I always think it is interesting when companies go up for sale on eBay. Here is a 6 year old affiliate marketing company, (current bid $25,000 - link to auction): Summary Description: Founded in 1999, AffiliateAnnouncement is the only...
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eBay Blogs are now live and I had the chance set one up and make my first post.Here is a screenshot of my eBay blog: Making a post is very simple, but the posting software is not very robust. In...
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eBay President of North America, Bill Cobb will be hosting a town hall meeting from eBay Live on June 15th.The meeting will begin at 11AM Pacific Time and last for one hour.Executives from Paypal, Trust & Safety, eBay stores, eBay...
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Jun 8
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eBay is set to announce the addition of blogs, wikis and search tags at eBay Live in Las Vegas on June 13th - 15th. Imagine the impact on search engines if say 40,000 of the 4 million U.S. eBay sellers...
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My friend Janelle Elms offers these great tips about eBay live: eBay Live: Overview eBay Live is the annual 3-day event where thousands of eBay Community members, industry experts, and exhibitors get together to share the secrets of success, network,...
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My name is Ty Tribble and I am the author of PowerSellerKing, Know More Media's blog about eBay, and online sales. I also happen to be the author of Know More Media's blog about Network Marketing called MultiLeveler.I guess you...
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Welcome to PowerSellerKing! The business of selling online is rapidly changing and our goal is to not only share some insight with you, but also provide you with a place to share your insight and express your opinions.10 great reasons...
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