Aaahh, life has meaning again - David, Maggie the Auction Hound and I returned refreshed from our week in Maine. I love the ocean, and Maine in the summer is heaven on earth.
It is with a renewed sense of purpose that we return. Two years ago we created AuctionBytes. We did it in our "spare time" with lots of help from readers and writers. Buying and selling online hasn't changed too much - common sense still prevails - but the environment has. There are lots of products and services that have sprung up, and many that have fallen by the wayside. It takes time to keep up with these changes.
Beginning in September, we will publish AuctionBytes-Update four times a month instead of two. Our format will be shorter but timelier and we'll be able to cover stories that we couldn't cover before. We will spend more time cultivating the AuctionBytes chat forums and making our Web site more useful.
In this issue, David introduces the moderators of our "New and Improved" chat forums. Please feel free to use the forums as a place to ask questions, comment on the news, or simply chat with friends and colleagues. We hope you will have ideas for other forums as well - please email David at dsteiner@auctionbytes.com if you have ideas or would like to volunteer to be a moderator.
Our goal has always been to save you time and help you make money. We also aim to have fun along the way. Thank you to everyone who has told their friends about AuctionBytes - word of mouth is our most effective form of advertising!
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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