Archive for August, 2006
Fun eBay statistics
Want to know what the most popular category is on eBay? How about average number of bids on an item or the number of auctions won in the last minute? Well, look no further. Auction software review has a neato article that has those numbers and some rather indepth looks at the why’s and how’s [...]
Creating an eBay “About Me” page
If you’re a regular seller on eBay, chances are you’re at least familiar with About Me pages. But do you have one yourself? Why not? You’re About Me page is one of the many tools that eBay gives you to help make you a success on eBay. It gives you the ability to tell your [...]
RealtyBid.com
RealtyBid.com, a Gadsden Alabama company is gaining a reputation. It’s quickly becoming known as the eBay of the realty business. Isbell, RealtyBid.com’s chief executive, credits innovative sales techniques by his 14-employee firm plus online partnerships with some of the country’s top real estate Web sites for the company’s success. In addition, experience gained from the [...]
eBay spurs growth of self employed
Inc. is reporting that the number of sole proprietorships grew by over 1 million between 2003 and 2004. The usage of eBay is claimed as one of the leading factors for that growth. An individual working alone can create a global businesses using eBay,” Pires added. “Sellers can turn over their inventory much faster. They [...]
eBay Keywords to be discontinued
From an eBay announcement: eBay will be discontinuing the eBay Keywords program at the end of September. The program will be phased out rather than just completely shut off. Appearantly, the usage was far less than what eBay had previously thought it would be. Beginning the week of September 5th, the ads will be removed [...]
Warren Buffet auctioning his car on eBay
Warren Buffet, the world’s second richest man, will be auctioning his 2001 Lincoln TownCar off on Ebay beginning September 12th at 6p.m. It will be a 10 day auction with a starting bid of $25,000. All bidders will need to be pre-approved through Kompolt, an auction management company. Auction proceeds will benefit Girls Inc., a [...]
WagglePop
If you haven’t heard of WagglePop, don’t be too surprised. I hadn’t either. WagglePop is a online auction house, very similar to eBay. It’s been gaining ground lately with all the ruckus because of the fee increases at eBay. If you’re saying to yourself, “I’m so used to eBay I don’t think I could switch.” [...]
The Auction Software Review
I try and cover as many of the auction softwares that I find as possible here on eBay habit. Since the site isn’t dedicated to just reviewing auction software, I find it impossible to do enough of them. If there’s a site or service that I haven’t covered, chances are you’ll find it covered in [...]
Ebay in Dilbert
Dilbert on eBay: “People like items.” [tags]dilbert, ebay, comic strip, dilbert ebay[/tags]
5 things to do to combat the eBay stores fee hikes
Tomorrow is the D-day for eBay stores. As of midnight tonight, the new fee structure goes into effect and every store owner on eBay will begin feeling it in his/her pocketbook. Some are choosing to close their stores completely and either find a new venue for sales or switch more of their inventory over to [...]
