Archive for the 'eBay Trends' Category

An eBay tool for both new users and master bidders, What’s Hot on eBaytracks down the hottest items on eBay and send them back to the desktop for you to see what you might have missed!
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The number of items for sale on eBay has increased from a year ago, but more listings don’t necessarily guarantee a big quarter for the online auctioneer.

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Goldman Sachs said Tuesday that eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) listings from Jan. 1 through March 4 were up 5.8% from the corresponding period last year. [...]

I attended Beyond Broadcast at MIT yesterday. The conference theme was “From Participatory Culture to Participatory Democracy.” Henry Jenkins, Director of Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT and author of “Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide,” gave an outstanding keynote presentation and posed the question, what does democracy look like in the 21st [...]

Firemeg, who, if the name is any indication, is not a supporter of eBay CEO Meg Whitman, provided this well-thought out response to a blog I wrote on eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). Firemeg made some interesting points.
Firemeg said:
In its current state, I would never buy ebay stock to hold onto. The numbers you have given are [...]

If you own a brick and mortar store, you’ve probably come across the problem of a few products that just won’t sell. This same problem happened to a good friend of mine who owns a retail store in our area. Some products that were ordered just weren’t leaving the shelves. There just wasn’t a market [...]

Lunar New Year arrived early this year for popular twins May and Choy, who were handed $7,000 and two weeks as eBay’s Style Ambassadors to give their two-bedroom rented condo at Telok Blangah a thorough makeover.
The catch, of course, was that everything had to be bought through eBay.

Self-confessed online shopping addicts, the twins snapped up [...]

An article of clothing that closely resembles the Pashmina we bought the other day on Sixth Avenue is for sale on eBay for $455.00. The price is justified because, according to the seller, it is in fact the actual bandanna Prince wore during his racy halftime show at the Super Bowl. “I was lucky enough [...]

Since eBay established its affiliate marketing program in 2001, its network has grown to 50,000 affiliates worldwide, with eBay employees dedicated to managing specific geographic regions and paying out millions a month in rewards for driving eBay sales.
Recently, ClickZ sat down with Lily Shen, senior manager of the program, to discuss its inner workings and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]