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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 5 - January 08, 2000 - ISSN 1528-6703     | Next

From the Editor

By Ina Steiner
EcommerceBytes.com

January 08, 2000
 



Feedback is on our minds in this issue! A veteran eBayer summarizes eBay's recent changes to its feedback policy and gives us his thoughts. David gives tips on feedback etiquette. And our Question of the Week on 12/23/99 asked auction users how they feel about eBay's new transaction-only feedback policy - we report the results in this issue.

Do you have something to say about eBay's new policies, or anything else to do with online auctions? AuctionBytes.com has launched a new message board for general discussion of online auction matters, including feedback policies.

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SOME EBAY STATS

I thought you might be interested in what "Meg" had to say in an end-of-year letter to eBay users, in case you missed it:

"1999 was a phenomenal year of growth for eBay. Consider this. In the third quarter of 1998, we were at 1.3 million registered users, 9.2 million items listed and $195 million in gross merchandise sales. One year later, we climbed to 7.7 million registered users, 36.2 million items listed and gross merchandise sales topped $741 million."
-Excerpt from letter to eBay community written by Meg Whitman, eBay CEO,
December 30, 1999

Note: that means in 1998, there were 7.1 items listed per registered user versus 4.7 items listed per registered user in 1999.

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FUNDRAISING FADS
OUT: Bake sales, IN: Online Auctions

Contributing Editor Michele Alice tells us that there are some very interesting items up for auction to benefit the Williamstown (Massachusetts) Elementary School 6th Grade Class Field Trip - Classroom at the Cape. Items up for auction include a private tour of the Norman Rockwell Museum with the director, Laurie Norton Moffat, and 4 passes to MassMOCA, the new Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Massachusetts! Or forgo the culture and indulge yourself - bid on the Canyon Ranch Spa Renewal Day.

Kudos to whomever thought this one up, where students are learning about the process of creating a Web site and hosting an online auction. Pass along this idea to the parents and teachers of your community. For more information, visit http://www.wpskids.org. The auction is being held online between 1/12/00 - 2/12/00.

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EBAY FOR DUMMIES AUTHOR ON THE AIR

Sources tell me that Marsha Collier, co-author of the "eBay for Dummies" book, will be on the "Central New York's Morning News" radio show on Tuesday at 10:30am EST on WSYR AM. She may also appear on the CBS Morning Show on January 19th. Check your listings.

-Ina Steiner, Editor
ina@auctionbytes.com

About the author:

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and AuctionBytes.com and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). Follow her on Twitter at @auctionbytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com.


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