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Oct12
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Former Top eBay Powerseller, Randy Smythe, founder of GlacierBayDVD has done some interesting research into the state of the eBay PowerSeller. I recently spoke with Randy and we share many of the same concerns over eBay's current economic issues:
According to a recently published list of the top 10,000 sellers on eBay (as of September 2006) published by Sellathon.com - a site that tracks eBay sellers by their feedback - some interesting trends are developing:
- 25% (8) of the top 32 US sellers (129,714 feedback or greater) are either NARU (Not A Registered User) or are inactive (No longer sell on the site)
- 8% of the top 500 sellers worldwide are either NARU (Not A Registered User) or are inactive (No longer sell on the site)
- My former user ID GlacierBayDVD is still #8 on this list even though I haven’t been doing business on ebay since mid February of 2006.
- 18 of the top 50 sellers list primarily on eBay's International site (Germany has 16, UK has 1 and Canada has 1)
- 37 of the top 50 sellers have seen a decline in positive feedback Year over Year for the month of Sept.
- The top 4 sellers/user id's on eBay are all the same company (Eforcity, EverydaySource, Itrimming, and AccStation)
- The top 10,000 eBay sellers range from 8333 total feedback at position #10,000 to 410,805 at position #1
- 9594 sellers on eBay out of the top 10,000 have less than 50,000 feedback.
- 7 of the top 42 active sellers have Feedback ratings of less than 98%
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Oct12
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Matt Halprin, Vice President, eBay Global Trust & Safety Policy gives us some great tips on eBay trust and safety: Hi ... this is Matt Halprin again, and I manage the Global Trust & Safety Policy team at eBay. One...
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Delyn from the eBay Developers Blog updates us on the breakthrough application of the year: We had a great time at Dreamforce the past few days. Alan, Adam and I learned more about the relaunched Apex API, heard from Maynard...
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According to Auctionbytes, Bidville, who was aquired by uBid in July, has added new management and is now requiring tighter security measures for sellers.AuctionBytes: Bidville will authenticate sellers using their credit-card account and will not allow new international users to...
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eBay Express is getting some new buyer tools, here are the details from eBay Express' Lara B. Housser: Three new ways for buyers to find great items We have recently introduced several new features that make it easier for buyers...
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Canadian West Coast eBay entrepreneur wins top eBay prize: Globe and Mail: Marilyn Bild knows a thing or two about selling on eBay. The British Columbia entrepreneur runs her own business selling Indian saris on her custom-built eBay on-line store,...
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Skypestyle.com is now shipping 3 out of the 4 available Skype Wifi phones. NETGEAR's WiFi Phone for Skype (SPH101) is the world's first wireless Internet phone that can make free calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world, anytime...
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The St. Clair County medical examiner's office confiscated the remains of a mummified human skeleton that a Michigan woman was attempting to sell on eBay.Lori Sterling claims that she got the mummy from a friend who found it 30 years...
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Paypal customers can now send money in 10 new currencies for a total of 17, including Czech Koruna, Danish Krone, Hong Kong Dollar, Hungarian Forint, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Polish Zloty, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Krona, and Swiss Franc.The new...
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Oct10
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Businessweek got a preview of the new project by Kazaa and Skype founders, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, code named "The Venice Project": While the software turns your PC screen into something that looks a lot like your TV, the...
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I have never purchased a 30 second TV spot, but it appears as though eBay in cooperation with a Wal-Mart led group of powerhouse marketers are about to change that, or at least make it easier for those in the...
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Oct 9
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Who designs these auction sites that supposedly compete with eBay?Have a look at this site: IBidFree.com. The logo looks like it was designed using clipart.uBid looks like a cluttered mess and BidVille doesn't look much better. I like the overall...
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eBay opens the UK version of eBay Express today offering both new and used "buy it now" type auctions from pre-approved sellers.The timing of the launch is set to coincide with the lucrratuve holiday sales season, giving the new service...
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Google puts off crushing eBay until next quarter, buying YouTube out of shear boredom... SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Google announced a 1.65 billion dollar stock deal to buy hot young video-sharing website YouTube. "The YouTube team has built an exciting...
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I was lucky enough to get (the last) 13 TMX Elmo Dolls at Costco on the day they came out. My TMX Elmo dolls have sold between $85 to $105 on Amazon.com and eBay.If you would like to get your...
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I just found Steve Woda's blog on eBay, buySafe and eCommerce. I consider myself fairly knowledgeable about eBay and I found a number of facts that I did not consider.I knew that the main reasons behind my eBay business dive...
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Oct 4
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AuctionBytes has posted part 3 of the recent interview with former top eBay seller, Randy Smyth of GlacierBayDVD. Here are some of the more interesting tidbits: Discounts for high volume sellers: I believe eBay should have some form of discount...
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Oct 3
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Google released it's new API technology allowing for the upload of eBay, Yahoo Store and Amazon market products to Google Base.The Google Base connector will copy the title, images and descriptions along with any attributes such as size, color and...
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It is always interesting (to me) to get some outside comment on the eBay "goings on". This is from Blogging Stocks author, Melly Alazraki: Who is Greg Isaacs, some of you might wonder? He's not on the big eBay's management...
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Paypal has agreed to settle for $5.2 million dollars with 28 state attorney generals and better disclose the limits of it's fraud protection.Paypal will pay $1.7 million for the costs of the investigation by the state attorney generals from Alabama,...
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Here is an excellent article in Businessweek about fake merchandise on eBay. Yet critics say eBay is clearly losing ground in the fight against counterfeit goods. Test purchases from among roughly 300,000 Dior products and 150,000 Vuitton items offered on...
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In an apparent effort to promote transparent selling, eBay will soon ban members with private feedback from selling on the site.I think this is a great move.Here is the eBay rational: eBay offers the ability for members to make their...
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Oct 2
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Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist says that he has had multiple offers to sell Craigslist and he is not interested. Newmark wants to continue to offer the site as a community service. Newmark founded Craigslist in 1995. The site gets...
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Gmarket, an eBay competitor in South Korea seems to be gaining momentum in the region and may be cathing the eye of Yahoo, who already owns a stake in the perseon to person, fixed price and auction play.According to USA...
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In a message to eBay's Developer's program, Greg Isaacs says farewell after over 5 years with the company: Dear eBay Developers, After 5-1/2 amazing years, I have made the difficult decision to leave eBay. Working at eBay has been my...
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If you are a current eBay seller that is looking to grow your business or if you are considering making eBay a career, you need to pay close attention to this interview.GlacierBayDVD did $4.6 Million in eBay sales in 2004...
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When is it? Monday, October 2, 2006 at 00:00:01 ET (12:00 AM plus one second) to Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 02:59:59 ET (02:59 AM plus 59 seconds). How Does it Work? Insertion fees for Auction Format & Fixed Price...
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