Dear Readers,
AuctionBytes.com is now free! Based on feedback we received, we have decided to combine the AuctionBytes.com print newsletter and this email newsletter and make it free! We gave away lots of copies of the newsletter at the Northeast Collectibles Extravaganza on Nov. 20-21. (Gary Sohmers and Marvin Getman did an excellent job organizing the show.) Many people signed up for the email newsletter (thank you!!) and checked out our Web site, and the feedback we got was very positive - we know we're on the right track.
If you would like help with posting and organizing your auctions, read on. Win Bent reviewed five auction software programs (2 paid and 4 free). His review and recommendations are included below ("Auction Software: Get Help Posting Your Auctions"). Also in this issue, David tells you how you can add to your auction description even after the bidding has begun!
The "Question of the Week" on the AuctionBytes.com home page is very popular, and we've published the results here and on our home page. Every Wednesday, we post the weekly results and add a new question. Be sure and email us with suggestions for new questions, and please remember to vote!
A brand new feature on the Web site is the message board now included in each area of Collector's Corner. We are adding new sections as people express an interest - tell all the Sci Fi/Star Trek and Beatles fans in your life that we'll soon have message boards for them! Anything goes in these forums - got a question, want to post an announcement, inform others of your unique auction? Try the Collector's Corner Message Boards!
These message boards are different from eBay chat forums. You can use "threads" so if you aren't interested in a particular topic, you can skip over it. And we'll leave messages on the boards for a lot longer. On eBay, my messages scroll off so quickly that the person who knows the answer might never see my question. And many times I come in too late on an eBay forum - folks have moved on to some other topic. Give our boards a try - we think you'll find them a nice companion to the eBay forums.
Finally, a special note to appraisers: email us if you are interested in participating in our upcoming online appraisal service. Email dsteiner@auctionbytes.com.
Ina Steiner is Editor of AuctionBytes.com and author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). She has a background in marketing and research in the high-tech and publishing fields. If you have story ideas, comments or questions, send them to ina@auctionbytes.com.
