Archive for August, 2006
Fun eBay statistics
26 August 2006Want 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 of [...]
Creating an eBay “About Me” page
25 August 2006If 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 buyers [...]
RealtyBid.com
25 August 2006RealtyBid.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 16 [...]
eBay spurs growth of self employed
24 August 2006Inc. 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 get [...]
eBay Keywords to be discontinued
24 August 2006From 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 from the [...]