Archive for February, 2007
eBay looking to make PayPal an official bank
We’ve heard enough about WalMart trying to become a bank, now eBay is thinking about getting a Bank license for their subdivision PayPal. It would make sense after all. Most people mistakenly think that PayPal is a bank already. They do kind of operate in the same way. Paypal is technically a deposit broker. A [...]
Want to Fail? Just ask Gary how!
Gary posted a great list of the Top 10 tips to guarantee you will fail on eBay yesterday. And he’s nailed it on the head. With great tips like Never setting goals, not taking paypal, and others, he’s outlined the best 10 ways to make sure your eBay business flounders rather than thrives. While you’re [...]
Alternative fees presented as shill bidding preventative
There’s been a fair bit of turbulence lately about the prevalence of a practice called shill bidding on many of the auction sites. While many have presumed that the practice is never going away, some researchers at ECS have come up with a new fee structure that could greatly reduce the occurrence of shill bidding. [...]
Do you need a lightbox?
How do your auction listings look? You’ve taken the time to learn how to do a proper title with all your keywords and even a great description that gives the information on your item with the greatest of detail. But how does your picture look? If you use Gallery, the picture is most often the [...]
Shipwire: outsource your warehousing and shipping
Many beginning online auction sellers hear many times about the benefits of using a dropshipper for their product. It’s easier because you don’t have to worry about storing any product and they also take care of the shipping for you. The problem is that in most cases there isn’t much room for profit when using [...]
Auctiontrax: Ajax auction bidding, tracking and searching
Officially launched on February 10 2007, Auctiontrax intends to be a leader in the buyer management side of eBay services. It gives bidders the ability to securely log in and track their watched auctions. They’ve integrated the ability to make bids on multiple auctions at once and have a dynamic countdown timer that is synchronized [...]
Paypal spring Rebate program
Paypal is running a promotion right now for a $15 rebate on any purchase over $30. That’s just like finding a 50% off PayPal Coupon Code! Of course, there are several stipulations. Chief among them is that the payment must go to a business paypal account rather than a personal one. The nice part is [...]
New policy could inhibit buyers
As a result of the increased usage of bidder lists on high priced auctions for phishing and fraud, eBay introduced the “Safeguarding member ID’s” policy. Whenever an auction gets bids over $200, the bidders’ member ID’s become hidden. Because of that, many buyers that are familiar with eBay believe that it could lead to an [...]
Wipbox
Selling on eBay can be a stab in the dark sometimes. Some of the things you think will sell well don’t and others that you expect to give away sell for hundreds. It’s a game of guessing. Or it used to be. With Wipbox, it no longer has to be all guesswork. What is Wipbox? [...]
eBay’s Traveling Jeans
Well, they’ve only made it through two sellers so far, but they already have quite the story. Each seller adds a customization to them and then relists them. It’s an eBay denim version of a chain letter. They currently have 44 bids and are up to $55.50 with about 5 days left before the end [...]
