Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Friday, March 11, 2005.
Industry News & Trends
"EBay sellers relax - no license is required," by Michael Sangiacomo, Plain Dealer, 3/10/05
http://digbig.com/4cwty
"eBay's business surges in Australia" (AAP), SMH.com.au, 3/11/05
http://digbig.com/4cwyj
"Dutch set to win QXL," Sharecast, 3/10/05
http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id=448154
"Equipment Sellers Flocking To eBay," By Tonya Vinas, IndustryWeek.com, 3/10/05
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=10045
Consignment Selling
"Doing Their Bid," Pulse24.com, 3/10/05
http://www.pulse24.com/Business/Top_Story/20050310-002/page.asp
Weird, Unusual, Celebrity or Charity Auctions
"Two New Hampshire students peddling to pay student loans," (AP), StarNewsOnline.com, 3/10/05
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050310/APN/503101159&cachetime=5
"Purchase of 250,000 specialty magazines to aid in research," Kwqc.com, 3/10/05
http://www.kwqc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3059199
Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues
"Easy eBay Scam," by Kieran Crowley, Selim Algar and Andy Geller, New York Post, 3/9/05
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/42175.htm
Miscellaneous
"Google launches customized news," By Bambi Francisco, MarketWatch, 3/10/05
(See link to interview with Thinking Voice's DC Cullinane)
http://digbig.com/4cwyf
