Archive for September 17th, 2006

  • AuctionBytes Survey Reveils Sellers Packing Their Bags

    News about eBay is coming in thick and fast at the moment. No sooner did I finish my last piece on the page view numbers when the AuctionBytes Survey results came in.
    This is a very interesting report and I thoroughly recommend reading it, particularly if you are a member of eBay management.
    Editor Ina […]

  • eBay Sellers Going Back toCclassifieds

    In the last 12 months, eBay has increased auction-format listing
    fees, final value fees, launched eBay Express, significantly increased
    eBay Store fees, and made numerous other changes which have severely
    impacted many smaller sellers’ businesses.

    eBay’s target inventory has been steadily moving away from the used
    market (other than antiques and collectibles), particularly with the
    introduction of eBay Express.
    It […]

  • Yahoo Ads Have PayPal Shopping Cart Icon

    Yahoo Search Ads Testing Paypal Cart IconAndrew Goodman at Traffick has stumbled across some Yahoo Search Marketing ads for eBay.com which are serving a Paypal Shopping Cart icon in the ad copy. This new addition to the Yahoo Search advertisements are incredibly similar to the Google Checkout Cart graphic being used in AdWords Ads by […]

  • New Release of Mac Calling & Video Skype

    Making that long distance call to Europe or Asia via Skype used to be a Windows-only affair. But the Luxembourg company is now letting Apple Mac users in on the fun.

    Skype today released Skype for Mac 2.0, a beta version of its
    calling software, that allows users to make free calls and video calls
    between users. Now […]

  • eBay Bringing Home A Little Closer Than Expected

    Suzi Dagney and her husband, both retired military, have been all around the world.
    They’ve lived in Spain, set up housekeeping in Sicily, sent the children to school in Japan. So it was no wonder that one day Suzi got to thinking about home - specifically, her hometown of Mosiertown, Pa., population 42.
    She was bored; she […]

  • Marathon Runners Turn to eBay for Bibs

    Entrants for major marathons such as the New York City Marathon in November are outpacing race capacity, and some runners are looking online to gain a slot.Limited race venues are causing some runners to pay hundreds of dollars for a chance to complete the 26.2 miles, The New York Times said Saturday. Some of the […]