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eBay Trust & Safety
Many people get upset at eBay for pulling auctions that don't actually violate eBay's policies, w ...
Sunday January 29, 2006
When Sellers Renege
Here's an article about someone who won a car on Yahoo Auctions in Singapore for $1: "Man ready t ...
Thursday January 26, 2006
Geek Gossip
This could be good, I'll be keeping my eye out for gossip among the geeks, I mean technorati. L ...
Wednesday January 25, 2006
OT Cab Culture
The AP did an article on a woman cabdriver in NYC ( link ) who writes a blog about her adventures ...
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
In honor of Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, otherwise known as BWAD, Jason at Fast-Pack is offering f ...
My Theory on eBay Express and Paid Search
If you have listened to eBay management conference calls with analysts over the years, you get th ...
Monday January 23, 2006
The eBay Closet
USA Today reporter Kevin Maney blogged about "the eBay Closet" last week ( link ). He said he wa ...
Saturday January 21, 2006
Online Auctions of a Live Kind
My friend Gary Sohmers is using ProxiBid for his auction today. He was planning on doing a live a ...
Friday January 20, 2006
Amazon Ringfo: Internet by Phone
Ringfo is a service where you call a toll-free number and enter an ISBN or UPC code, and it gives ...
Thursday January 19, 2006
Using Internet TV to Drive Ecommerce Sales?
Amazon must think it's a good idea. They are launching a "weekly original series that will stream ...
Wednesday January 18, 2006
CNN's Five Tips Features eBay
A CNN reporter interviewed me today for a segment called 5 Tips that will air tomorrow (Wednesda ...
Sknyping on eBay
One of today's AuctionBytes Newsflash articles talks about eBay's PlaceOffer API call for biddin ...
OT Sex and the Single Zillionaire
If someone came up with the following plot for a book, no publisher would accept it because it's ...
Monday January 16, 2006
Online Payments - survey closing soon
We're closing in on 500 respondents to the online-payment survey we're conducting. If you are an on ...
eBay's Ecommerce Forum this week
eBay is having a meeting of sellers in San Jose this week ( link ). If you are going, be sure and g ...
Sunday January 15, 2006
AuctionBytes TV - More Programming
David has put his production talents to work on more ABTV projects. If you haven't seen "Collect ...
Friday January 13, 2006
Collectors: A Chance to Be on Montel Williams Show
Judith Katz-Schwartz is the Antiques and Collectibles expert for the Montel Williams Show. She is ...
Wednesday January 11, 2006
Simmons Silverman Business Plan Competition
Just back from attending the first annual Silverman Business Plan Competition at the Simmons Scho ...
Monday January 9, 2006
ChannelAdvisor Speaks at Citigroup Conference
ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo spoke at today's Citigroup's Entertainment, Media & Telecommuni ...
Please Take the AuctionBytes Online Payment Survey
Online buyers now have fewer options for paying for online transactions than ever ( link ). If y ...
Yahoo Shopping - Buying Xmas Items Post 24th
Yahoo shopping released the following factoids: "While a post-holiday, bargain-seeking shoppi ...
Thursday January 5, 2006
eBay Drop-Off Store Featured in Movie
In case you missed it, a movie out last summer called "The 40 Year Old Virgin" featured a charac ...
Tuesday January 3, 2006
eBay Auction Raises Security Concerns
In today's AuctionBytes Newsflash, I wrote about an eBay auction that contained Javascript that w ...
Sunday January 1, 2006
Lots of Auction News in December
Back in early December, I figured the last 2 weeks in December would be fairly quiet, news-wise. ...