Archive for August, 2006

LIKE most people doing important jobs in Estonia, Sten Tamkivi is alarmingly young. He is 28—practically a greybeard in a country that once had a 27-year-old foreign minister. And like many Estonians, he is reticent and modest. Asked for his job title, he looks apologetic. “I think I am director of operations,�? he says. “We’re [...]

You can open an online store for a few dollars. But keeping it open might come down to a few cents.
That’s what some veteran eBay sellers in Delaware are saying after the online auction giant said it would increase the fees it collects from every sale made at eBay “stores” starting Tuesday.
Penny by penny, item [...]

EBay has been stirring things up on blog sites around the world with its recent fee increases and business plan alterations. At this point there is no question it has been insensitive to a large group of angry and frustrated sellers. The unhappy store owners seem to want nothing more than to be heard. So [...]

Episode #3 of the Business Opportunities Weblog Podcast is now online. In this episode, our new host Dan Portnoy (of The Drop fame) and Tim Grahl are joined by the ever knowledgeable Anita Campbell who runs SmallBizTrends.com and hosts the Small Business Trends Radio program. She shares her take on the hottest businesses right [...]

Why does all the protesting, screaming, crying, ranting, raving, begging, petitioning, pleading, and threatening appear to fall on deaf ears at eBay? That is very simple, they do not care. Oh they do care very much overall, but they may not care about you in particular.Every time eBay increases its fees, modifies its procedures, changes [...]

When Dr. Andrew Hendricks heard that the popular Internet auction site eBay was used for the sale of everything but human organs, he thought it was a joke.But when he surfed the Web site, he saw that bottles of the same potent topical compounds and creams that normally require a doctor’s signature were available to [...]

TRADERS who use eBay are due to boycott the internet auction site today in protest at an increase in fees and a change in the way search results are displayed.Skip additional linksWANT TO KNOW MORE? * REPORT: Fees up for eBay sellers * GUIDE: Online shopping [...]

eBay and eBay Canada are holding a 2-day promotion to encourage Storeowners to move listings to “core” (non-Stores) format. Sellers can move Store listings to Auction Format and Fixed Price listings for 10 cents and receive the Gallery feature at no additional charge. Sellers who list in Auction format can also use the Buy It [...]

There are signs the once high-flying growth rate of eBay Inc.’s Skype division has begun to slow down, RBC Capital Markets analyst Jordan Rohan noted to clients Tuesday.A recent check by Rohan and associates found that two key Skype metrics, downloads and new users, are dipping and flattening out respectively when compared to earlier performance.”Our [...]

USRobotics has two candy-coated phones compatible with everyone’s favorite VoIP service, Skype, in the pipeline. The phones, the USR9602 and the USR9601A, both take complete advantage of Skype’s many services, including SkypeOut and Skype Caller ID.The USR9602 (pictured here) is also known by the easier-to-digest name USB Internet Mini Phone. As you might guess, it [...]