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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 153 - October 23, 2005 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That: Online Auction Roundup
1) OTWA/AuctionBytes Classified Advertising Program
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 has become 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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The Online Traders Web Alliance (OTWA) and AuctionBytes have partnered to offer classified advertisements that will appear on both websites for one special low rate and increase exposure for users of both sites. For $25, participants will receive a one-year classified ad on the OTWA Community Marketplace, and a one-year AuctionBytes Buyers Market ad. Users can advertise their auction listings, storefronts, businesses or individual items in the advertisements. The combined retail value of these classifieds exceeds $100.
http://www.otwa.com/o/partners/auctionbytes/cap.html
2) One Reader to Receive a Set of Collectibles Books
By Ina Steiner
Name three writers who wrote for AuctionBytes newsletters in 1999, besides myself. (Hint: We archive all our articles on our site...) Send the names to ina@auctionbytes.com and you will have a chance to receive a complete set of the 2005 Antiques titles by Judith Miller published by Dorling Kindersley (worth more than £200). Titles include: Antiques Price Guide 06, Collectable Price Guide '06, Furniture, Buy Keep or Sell and Art Deco. (The publisher will send the books anywhere in the world.) For information, tips, trends and special offers, and to subscribe to Judith's free monthly newsletter, log on to:
http://www.dk.com/judithmiller
3) New Auction Sites & Services
By Ina Steiner
OZtion Australian online-auction site.
http://www.oztion.com.au
K'nubi Online Marketplace Management
http://www.knubi.com
New eBay Search Engine
http://the-winning-bid.com
UK eBay-sniping service OnBidder
http://www.onbidder.com
4) eBay Radio Adds Sunday Program to Schedule
By Ina Steiner
wsRadio announced that eBay Radio with host Jim Griffith (Griff) is adding a Sunday show in addition to their regular Tuesday broadcast.
http://www.wsRadio.com/ebayradio
5) New Trend? Minipreneurs
By Ina Steiner
A reader sent me a link to a newsletter that talked about the rising trend of the small-scale entrepreneur, which it calls the minipreneur.
http://www.trendwatching.com/newsletter/newsletter.html
6) USPS Charges Higher Fees for Credit-Card Funded Online Postage
By Ina Steiner
USPS apparently began charging online-postage vendors a higher fee for processing transactions funded with credit cards in June. As a result, online-postage vendors are requesting high-volume customers using low-margin postal services to change the way they fund their postage purchases.
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