Archive for 'Auction News' Category
Is eBay Giving Up on Auctions?
21 August 2007With the recent purchase of Skype, and the releases of services like kijiji and gumtree, is eBay giving up on auctions and moving into new realms? Matt at Aroxo sure seems to think so. And he’s got some very nice theories on the why. All backed up by numbers of course.
I believe [...]
Do you know when to use Amazon?
15 August 2007As an eBay seller, I sometimes find myself in a rut of sorts. Nothing seems to sell and listing becomes a burden. I don’t move enough product to hire someone to do the listing and I get frustrated by the lack of sales. Rather than continue relisting items and racking up the [...]
Amazon rolls out payment system
3 August 2007Amazon announced the releasing of the beta version of what they are calling the “Amazon Flexible Payment Service” or Amazon FPS for short. Basically, at the moment, it would appear to be a backend payment system much like paypal or google checkout. There are no individual sign ups at the moment, and it’s [...]
Second rotation: eBay recycling for gadgets
26 July 2007If you’ve thought about selling those old cell phones and other gadgets on eBay but ended up thinking it would be just a little too much for you to do, there still may be hope for making money with them. Second Rotation is a company that buys second hand gadgets and then turns around [...]
e2bid.com — Online auctions for Charity
16 July 2007If you like giving, you’ll want to head on over to e2bid.com. They are a non-profit (from what I can tell) that gives the seller 100% of the sale price and then donates the listing price to the charity of the sellers choice.
At the moment, there are only 9 charities listed as [...]