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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 184 - February 04, 2007 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That: Online Auction Roundup
1) The Importance of Branding
By Ina Steiner
Reminder: AuctionBytes-Update 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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eBay PowerSeller Jody of Beachcombers posted on the IMA blog on the importance of branding for eBay sellers.
http://digbig.com/4rebe
2) USPS Hikes' Impact on Overseas Book Sales
By Ina Steiner
We're just starting to hear about this proposal by the USPS to eliminate surface mail, an affordable way to send books overseas. An article on the American Booksellers Association website interviewed Phil Bevis of Arundel Books. "The bottom line, said Bevis, is that packages that used to be shipped overseas by boat will now ship via air, and this will drastically increase shipping costs for all international orders." Link to fulltext:
http://news.bookweb.org/news/5000.html
3) eBay Retiring Sellers Assistant on April 4
By Ina Steiner
eBay sent a letter to Sellers Assistant subscribers informing them that "with the recent release of Blackthorne 3.1, eBay has set April 4, 2007 as the official date to retire Seller's Assistant. If you have not yet made the move to Blackthorne, we encourage you to do so now. Blackthorne 3.1 uses a fraction of the memory of earlier versions and now runs faster in networked environments. If you tried Blackthorne in the past and it performed slowly on your computer, we urge you to try it again."
Blackthorne Discussion Board:
http://www.blackthornesw.com/cgi-bin/discus/discus.cgi?ov=001FH
4) eBay Live Resources
By Ina Steiner
eBay Live registration is now open.
http://blog.auctionbytes.com
eBay University instructor Steve Lindhorst has been writing about eBay Live on his GenuineSeller.com blog, with helpful information about Boston.
http://www.genuineseller.com
5) Wipbox.com
By Ina Steiner
A developer wrote in to say he had created a tool to help eBay sellers "do deeper research and build and place better listings on eBay." It's located at http://www.wipbox.com.
http://www.jasonwiener.com
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