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Auctionbytes-Update, Number 153 - October 23, 2005 - ISSN 1528-6703     Contents | Next Story


From the Editor
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
October 23, 2005
Reading AuctionBytes: From the Editor

In case you hadn't heard, eBay sellers are now limited to the payment methods they can accept in their eBay listings. Here's my take on eBay's new Safe Payments policy (http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m10/i19/s00). Bottom line: banning wire-transfer payments and dubious payment services isn't necessarily a bad thing, but the timing of the move calls into question eBay's motivations. (Google Payments, anyone? http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m10/i13/s02)

Amazon made a policy move effective October 5 that continues to baffle sellers (I've included one seller's questions in today's Letters from Readers section). They've changed the way shipping charges and credits appear on sellers' statements http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m09/i13/s01. I give Amazon a big thumbs-down for making it harder for sellers to figure out their costs and for adding to the tension between buyers and sellers.

I had mentioned in a previous editorial in April a Google Maps "mashup" with Craigslist real estate listings (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y205/m04/abu0141/s01). Now here's a mashup with Google Maps and eBay listings (http://www.markovic.com/markovic.com/ebay/search.php). You can read more here http://digbig.com/4fabs.

Here's more information on Receller, which I mentioned in my last editorial: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m10/i11/s04.

There's a new edition of "News in Review" on AuctionBytes.TV. It has some footage of some UPS small-business award-winners and a short clip of the Atlantique City antiques fair from last weekend http://auctionbytes.tv/cgi-bin/video-manager/frame.pl?news&10202005.

I'm pleased to announce a promotion we're rolling out in cooperation with the Online Traders Web Alliance (OTWA). OTWA members and AuctionBytes readers can sign up to receive one-year ads in the classifieds section of each site. Normally this would cost over $100, but with this program the price is set at only $25. Read today's This & That for more information or go to http://www.otwa.com/o/partners/auctionbytes/cap.html.

And be sure and check today's This & That column for a chance to receive a complete set of the 2005 Antiques titles by Judith Miller published by Dorling Kindersley.

Thanks for reading.

About the author:

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.


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