Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Wednesday, January 12, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Axelrod Leaves WPP For Ebay," Adweek.com, 1/10/05
http://digbig.com/4ckbk

"Craigslist Considers Fee For Realty Listings," By Shankar Gupta, 1/11/05
http://www.mediapost.com/dtls_dsp_news.cfm?newsId=286295

Consignment Selling

"Entrepreneurs promise to take hassle out of eBay, for a fee," by Lisa Rosato, The Jeffersonian, 1/11/05
http://digbig.com/4ckem

Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions

"Latest eBay stunt sees student auction head as adspace," Revolution Magazine, 1/10/05
http://digbig.com/4ckct

"Sony PSP selling for twice the Japanese retail price on eBay" (BLOOMBERG), Taipei Times, 1/8/05
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2005/01/08/2003218566

"South Texas snowball goes for $92 on eBay" (AP), Houston Chronicle, 1/11/05
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2987953

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Fake Super Bowl Tickets on eBay," By Tiani Jones, First Coast News, 1/10/05
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=30482

Miscellaneous

"Online Retailers Look Overseas," By BOB TEDESCHI, New York Times, 1/10/05
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/10/technology/10ecom.html?oref=login

"Welcome to the Jungle: The Two Sides of eBay," By Frank Fortunato, SmallBusinessComputing.com, 1/10/05
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/emarketing/article.php/3456511