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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 106 - November 02, 2003 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That: Online Auction Roundup
1) eBay Author to Write ''Best'' Column
By Ina Steiner
Reminder: AuctionBytes does not endorse the products and services featured in the "This & That" column, which often features new Web sites. (Anyone can set up a Web site.) Fraud is becoming widespread in the online auction world, and you should think twice before giving private information or User IDs and passwords to any third party.
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Marsha Collier, author of "eBay for Dummies" and two other eBay Dummies titles, said she is a contributing writer to a new magazine called "BEST The Guide to Buying Life's Best Stuff." Collier said she will be writing about getting deals online, mostly on eBay. The first article is about high-ticket items sold on eBay for less. The magazine will be available November 3 at Borders and Barnes & Noble nationwide.
2) Froogle Top Ten Searches for September
By Ina Steiner
What are Froogle users looking for? Here are the top 10 Froogle product searches for September.
- claritin
- iPod
- canon s50
- xbox
- digital camera
- mp3 player
- sony
- laptop
- tivo
- playstation 2
Froogle is Google's shopping search engine, still in Beta. Froogle locates stores that sells the items shoppers want to find, and points directly to the page where shoppers can make a purchase. Froogle picks up many feeds from antiques and collectibles marketplaces.
http://www.froogle.com
3) AuctionBytes ''Snappy Auction Photos'' 2nd Edition Now Available on CD
By Ina Steiner
The second edition of "Snappy Auction Photos: The Online Auction Seller's Guide to Digital Photography" is now available in a new format with a new distributor. Snappy Auction Photos is a guide to digital photography for those who sell on eBay, Yahoo, Amazon, ePier, Bidfields, Bidville and other online marketplaces. You will learn how to make your items appealing and obtain more bids and higher selling prices. It's available on Powells.com in eBook reader format (no refunds). But now it's also available on a CD in PDF format, exclusively through The Auction Seller's Resource - if you are unhappy for any reason, simply return it to them within 90 days for a full and unconditional refund, no questions asked. And if you purchase their consignment manual, the CD is included as a free bonus.
http://www.auction-sellers-resource.com/products/snappy.shtml
4) Lincoln Highway Cross-Country Anniversary Tour
By Ina Steiner
Rosemary Rubin and Bob Lichty hosted a cross-country tour of the old Lincoln Highway in August. A caravan of cars, many of them antiques and classics, traveled between 185 - 225 miles each day from New York to San Francisco to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the highway dedication.
Information about the tour:
http://www.lhcruise.com/TheEvent.htm
Information about the Lincoln Highway
http://lincolnhighwayassoc.org/info/
Photo diary of the tour
http://www.aaca.org/tidewater/lincoln03.htm
5) eBayersThatSuck.com Featured on Public Radio
By Ina Steiner
eBayersThatSuck.com was profiled on Marketplace 2 weeks ago. A New Jersey police office started the site to help auction-goers avoid scams after he himself was ripped off online.
http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2003/10/16_mpp.html
6) AuctionContact Joins eBay Developer Network
By Ina Steiner
AuctionContact announced it has become an eBay Certified Developer. AuctionContact allows eBay sellers to inform their customers about new items they are offering. This is done through automatically generated emails that are sent to subscribed customers on a weekly basis. The e-newsletters contain a list of the seller's current auctions with end-dates and times, current prices and direct links to the auction pages. The service added two new features. Sellers can choose if they want their gallery pictures to appear in the newsletters. And sellers will be able to manually pick auctions they want to feature in the newsletter (if they don't, first 25 items will be picked automatically).
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