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Using YouTube to Protest Fees
Link to YouTube video protesting eBay fee ( link ). Trivia: Did you know YouTube was founded by ...
Thursday July 27, 2006
Breaking News: uBid Acquires Bidville
Breaking news: uBid has acquired the assets of online auction site Bidville: Link to story o ...
Tuesday July 25, 2006
eBay and the Long Tail
Oh, so this chart from the Creating Passionate Users bloggers explains what Chris Anderson meant ...
Quiet but busy
I feel like I've been able to soak in all that's happened over the past week and start to make se ...
Monday July 24, 2006
Families working together
Kudos to Richard Chemel, and his long-suffering wife Helene (LOL) for the coverage in Entrepreneur ...
Friday July 21, 2006
Transcript of eBay Conference Call
Because eBay CEO Meg Whitman keeps a low profile and only grants interviews to the financial p ...
Thursday July 20, 2006
eBay Jerking Around Its Store Sellers?
eBay seller cries were heard around the Internet and around the globe after "Black Wednesday," wh ...
Wednesday July 19, 2006
Be careful what you wish for
eBay shook things up today ( link ). Effective August 22, eBay Store fees are going up. In January, ...
Tuesday July 18, 2006
Other Stories are worth reading
Every day when I go scouting for news about the online auction industry to write up for the daily ...
Thursday July 13, 2006
Permitted or Prohibited?
The musical chairs eBay is playing with payment services is not only disruptive to sellers ...
Wednesday July 5, 2006
Rocketboom Anchor Unboomed
Rocketboom founder and talent part ways ( link ). Jeopardize a reported $85K/week in revenue over ...
Monday July 3, 2006
Google on PayPal
Google's Marissa Mayer tells BusinessWeek,"PayPal is a really excellent, mature product. And our ...
Red Sox Fan Wins Johnny Damon-eBay VeRO Battle
Yankees baseball player Johnny Damon cried foul when a Red Sox fan sold baby bibs on eBay printed ...