Archive for February, 2007

Skype plans to announce a partnership next week with a security company to help organisations gain control over usage of the net telephony tool at work.
The partnership is with California-based FaceTime Communications, a maker of software and appliances that let businesses monitor and secure use of instant message tools on their networks, people familiar with [...]

Be sure to check out this weeks Carnival of eBay sellers at The Auction Rebel.
The Carnival Of eBay Sellers continues with issue number 11. This morning I received an email with issue 11 in it from Tom along with a note saying he was out of the country, causing a slight delay in getting [...]

eBay introduces Markdown Manager to put specific items in your eBay store on sale.
This week eBay has introduced a new (free) service for eBay Store sellers. Now you can put an item in your eBay Store on sale. It will continue to show the original price with a slash through it and then the sale [...]

When Google launched an online-payment service called Google Checkout last year, many analysts saw it as a serious threat to eBay’s PayPal, which is currently the leader in online payment, offering its services not just through eBay but through million of other sites.
Now it appears that Microsoft would like to join the online-payment party. At [...]

Success in the eBay marketplace requires that sellers are continually examining their niche for selling opportunities. As time passes even the hottest products will begin to fade from favor with buyers. First there might be a little decrease in sales prices. Next items don’t always sell at auction, even with lower pricing. Finally, there just [...]

Purchasing a genuine diamond or gemstone - not a “faux” or “simulated” stone - on eBay can be a scary prospect. Unlike going to a jeweler, you can’t examine it in person and assess how it looks on your ring finger before you shell out your hard-earned cash. There’s the very real risk that you’re [...]

One of the biggest mistakes that we made when we first started on eBay was to establish a thriving business that was based on low-cost products. We thought we were going to amake money on eBay with these low-cost products. Yet along with low-cost came low-profit from each sale. Yes, there was a profit. Even [...]