Archive for 2006

AuctionBytes:
zeeDive.com, a site that attempts to create shopping excitement by listing items with falling prices, announced it is now possible for eBay Store owners to list their inventory on the site. The company said sellers benefit from additional exposure with no cost to list items - zeeDive charges sellers only when an item sells.
Shoppers on […]

AuctionBytes:
Visitors to Overstock.com may now shop for cars and trucks in addition to bedding, books and electronics. Starting this month, car dealers are listing automobiles in a special section at http://cars.overstock.com, also accessible through the “car” tab on Overstock.com website pages.

Overstock built the auto site in collaboration with car dealers located in its home state […]

chron:
EBay Inc. moved billions of dollars worth of merchandise in each quarter of 2006, but investors used to years of astronomical growth just couldn’t get excited about moderate forecasts or slowing expansion amid growing competition in the U.S. and abroad.
EBay’s shares lost nearly 7 percent through mid-April but really began their descent on April 19, […]

iMedia:“Domino’s has teamed up with eBay once again for their new, “Anything Goes!” campaign. The scavenger hunt contest on Ebay will accompany Domino’s new promotion which offers any pizza on their menu for $9.99.
“As we continued thinking about value, we thought, why stop at pizza for just $9.99? Why not a DVD player or a […]

Inc.com:
To help combat bogus eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) seller ratings, which can mislead customers by giving a stamp of approval to fraudulent vendors, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a technique to help validate the scores.
EBay fraudsters have found ways to artificially elevate their seller ratings, by conducting transactions with friends or using alternate online identities […]

adn:

As time ran out to bid online for Alaska’s state jet Thursday, the biggest spender was willing to pay only about $1.9 million for the used Westwind II.
It wasn’t enough, and no one won the 22-year-old aircraft.
That doesn’t mean the auction is over, said Meghan Stapleton, spokeswoman for Gov. Sarah Palin. The state plans to […]

MercExchange will have 3 months to put together a new brief in support of its motion for permanent injunction against eBay’s Buy It Now feature, which generates 34 percent of eBay’s Gross Merchandise Sales on the eBay platform. Likewise, eBay will have until March 16, 2007, to prepare a final brief for its motion for […]

Daily Mail:
But what of all those people we see in the sales snapping up discounted cards and wrapping paper for next year? Would any of them be prepared to buy the whole of next year’s Christmas a year in advance?
I put my entire Christmas on eBay on Boxing Day to find out.
The 7ft artificial Christmas […]

AuctionBytes:
The number of eBay.com auction listings rose over 56 percent in 1 day this week due to a post-Christmas promotion for sellers. According to MedVed data, there were fewer than 9 million listings (derived by counting auction category totals on eBay.com) at the start of day December 27, 2006, and by the end of the […]

XTV World:
Kevin Harmon joins StartupNation Radio to discuss how to start and grow a successful eBay business.
Who: In 2002, Kevin Harmon started Inflatable Madness, http://inflatablemadness.com, selling media online such as DVD’s, CD’s, video games, and books. Kevin lists over 400,000 items on his eBay store every month and has the third largest store on […]