Showing posts with label ebay news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebay news. Show all posts
New eBay homepage
eBay has finally rolled out its new homepage. The new landing page is a fresh look giving you a simplified interface allowing quick access to 7 key sections, namely:- Recent Activites
Go right to your favorite finds and searches - My eBay at a Glance
Get a bird’s eye view of everything you’ve got going on eBay - Shop by Category
Shop your favorite eBay categories here - Start Shopping
Look here first to inspire your next winning adventure - Join the Fun
Tips to boost your winning ways and Connect to your eBay buddies - Meet Our Family
Visit other eBay companies - From Our Sellers
Seller’s featured items
The design is one of my favorite eBay designs in recent years. In the past, eBay homepage looked so much of a commercial site, but the current design delivers a community site feeling - a clever move by eBay. With its new landing page design, eBay is expecting to bring in more new members, be it sellers or buyers. Ahem! Why not reduce the fees too?
If you haven't seen the new eBay homepage, head over to eBay and have a closer view. Happy eBay'ing.
Princess Diana Gown for sale on eBay
The WE Television Network is auctioning off a gown worn by the late Princess Diana on eBay. This elegant dress designed by Catherine Walker of London, was originally worn by Princess Diana to the Cannes Film Festival in 1987 and to the opening of Miss Saigon in 1989. In 1997, just a month before Princess Diana’s death, WE tv purchased the dress and started to display it along with other gowns purchased from auction in a six-city tour to raise money for the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.All proceeds of the sale will go to America’s Promise Alliance, a national non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of disabled children. At a starting bid of $125,000 , the dress is expected to fetch over $1 million. Although at the time of this writing, there’s no bid yet, the gown is already worth a great deal of money.
This classic event dress of Chiffon is preserved in excellent vintage condition. According to the auction listing description here, the dress will arrive professionally cleaned, wrapped in acid-free paper and muslin, and packed in a white box. This auction listing is limited to pre-approved bidders or buyers only and it is going to end on Aug-22-07 17:00:00 PDT.
The beautiful gown will eventually be sold and the money will go to the charity. I truly believe that is exactly what Pricess Diana would have wanted.
Free Webinar for eBay Sellers
The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA) is bringing you a FREE one-hour webinar, "Benefits of Cause-Marketing: Put the Power of the Ribbon to Work for You!", on Thursday August 16th at 2pm ET (11am PT/eBay Time). In the webinar, Kristin Cunningham (General Manager, eBay Giving Works) and David Yaskulka (Vice President, Product Marketing, Kompolt) are going to give you enough information about:- How to differentiate your retail brand
- How to attract new customers and improve customer loyalty
- How to leverage eBay cause marketing to build your multi-channel retail brand
Apart from that, you can also expect the most sought-after special guest Elizabeth Bennett of Africa Direct, a Platinum PowerSeller and winner of the 2007 eBay Community Hall of Fame award, sharing her valuable tips and expertise.
As a eBay seller, one always faces a struggle to maintain and improve the business. We are all in the same boat. Don't miss this golden opportunity. This money-can't-buy webinar is open to all eBay sellers. You can register it here. It's time to learn from the experts. I'll see you there.
50 Cent's Chrome Lamborghini sold on eBay
A custom-chrome 2005 Lamborghini Murcielago was recently sold on eBay for $310,000. What?! $310,000 for a used Lamborghini Murcielago?! Yes, for the same price the buyer could have gotten a brand new 2007 Murcielago, but not all eBay buyers are bargain hunters, some of them just hunt for big name items. This luxury convertible sports car is rumored to be owned by rapper 50 Cent. In the listing description here, it reads "This Murcielago has had one celebrity owner, it has been the subject of numerous magazine articles and has been on television on several occasions." Although we wouldn't know if the Murcielago was belong to 50 Cent, the same car was spotted as he was pulled over in New York. There are pictures of 50 Cent and his Murchielago in circulation too. Anyway, he must have gotten himself a new ride, good for him too.
Buying big name items seems to be of a lifestyle statement nowdays. So if you're looking for new eBay sources, selling celebrities' trash ain't a bad idea. Let's go search their trash bins. "Paparazzi, it's my turn, gimme that trash bin." *giggling*
eBay alternative: Start selling on Facebook
Do you have a Facebook account? If you don't, better go get one today. If you do, there's a good news for you, you can now start selling on Facebook already. Buy.com announced a new Facebook application on August 7, letting Facebook users to buy or sell their stuff on Facebook.For those who do not know what Facebook is all about, Facebook is a free social networking website that connects your network of friends. By creating your profile on Facebook, you can exchange private or public messages and join groups of friends. However, the viewing of detailed profile data is restricted to users from the same group of friends. Facebook also provides a platform allowing anyone to create applications that interact with Facebook core features, and Garage Sale is the latest application launched by Buy.com to provide a new era of buying and selling online. Facebook users can now directly post their personal items for sale on their profile page and buy items from friends that you already know and trust. To help users get their hands on, Garage Sale provides two online video tutorials showing you how to buy and sell using Garage Sale, check out the tutorials here.
Garage Sale will gradually become one of the best eBay alternatives, as they only charge 5% commission for every completed sale, considering eBay fees are the biggest challenge to selling on eBay. However, critics say eBay will not be endangered by this new service, simply because sellers on Garage Sale can't access to big base of buyers like eBay do. Only their friends are able to view the listings and buyers are still likely to hop on to eBay to do a quick search on prices.
Nevertheless, Buy.com has provided us, eBay Sellers, a new eBay alternative. If eBay continues to hike the fees, Garage Sale will be our new home.
2007 Online Auction Sites Report
TopTenReviews has recently released a '2007 Online Auction Sites Report'. The report gives a detailed review of and rating for top ten leading online auction sites.Needless to say, eBay topped the review, followed by Overstock and Yahoo! Auctions. Other sites like Amazon, ePier and uBid are in the list too. The report compares and reviews seller fees, process flow, features and benefits, help and support etc, of each online auction site.
If you are considering an eBay alternative, I strongly suggest you to have a look at the wonderful report before making your move.
eBay fee hikes again
eBay is raising the fees again. That's the first bad news of year 2007. eBay's President, Bill Cobb, announced the fees hike on January 03, 2007.
The new fee structure will go into effect on January 30, 2007 and the fee adjustments are as follows:
1) a five-cent increase in Insertion Fee to forty cents
2) Final Value Fee for the $25.01 to $1,000.00 level will be increased to 3.25% from 3%
On the other hand, eBay Motors is also seeing fee hikes. The Transaction Service Fee (TSF) for motorcycles and powersports will increase from $30 to $40, and from $40 to $50 for cars, trucks and trailers. The Motors Reserve Fee (MRF) will also increase to 0.1% of the reserve price ($5 minimum, $10 maximum) from a flat $5 charge.
Sellers are definitely going to switch over to other alternatives (some are already doing so), if eBay continues to raise the fees. Let's wait and see how eBay is going to retain its market share.
eBay Keywords Program Discontinued
eBay will be discontinuing the eBay Keywords program at the end of September. The program, which allowed eBay sellers to bid for keywords for text ad placements, will be phased out as follows:
- 1. The week of September 5th, existing eBay Keywords text box ad placements will be removed from search results pages. eBay Keywords customers will still have access to larger graphical ad placements through the end of the month.
- 2. On September 30th the program will close. (No ad placement inventory will be available for the eBay Keywords program.) The eBay Keywords program has been used by a very small percentage of eBay members since its launch in 2003.
Sellers who have participated in the eBay Keywords program will receive an email with more information about the closing of the eBay Keywords program.
News announced on August 23, 2006 01:00PM PST/PT
Link to this announcement
News announced on August 23, 2006 01:00PM PST/PT
Link to this announcement
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