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EcommerceBytes-Update, Number 202 - November 04, 2007 - ISSN 1528-6703
This & That: Online Auction Roundup
1) iTaggit Partners with TIAS
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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iTaggit helps people collect and organize their personal items and collections and now provides TIAS members with an inventory management system with research, valuation, and networking tools to help them streamline the buying and selling process."iTaggit's dynamic system will help merchants and shoppers alike by creating synergy between buying, selling, and collecting." iTaggit also provides links for online appraisals and insurance.
http://www.itaggit.com
2) Innovative Shipping Box
By Ina Steiner
Some Amazon.com sellers were discussing a new product from the Packaging Control Corporation called the Multi-D (http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=143845&tstart=0). It generated an interesting discussion worth reading if you care about packaging materials.
http://www.multi-d.net
3) Glassies Fight eBay on Item Specifics - Again
By Ina Steiner
eBay has put Item Specifics back in the glass category on eBay, and some sellers are furious. They say they fought eBay in 2004 on this issue and got a promise from eBay executive Michael Dearing that eBay would leave Item Specifics out of the category and not rollup subcategories. While sellers can choose not to use Item Specifics, their items could be disadvantaged in certain searches on eBay. Wrote one seller on the boards, "If we don't use (Item Specifics), we will be punished when they bring out the new "Ebay buyers are too dumb to find anything" Searches." eBay responded on the board and said it does not have any current plans to roll up the category structure in Pottery & Glass. "Moreover for 2007, the only buy side feature associated with Custom Item Specifics is the indexing of custom item specifics in description search."
http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000588962
4) eBay Page for Helping California Wild Fire Victims
By Ina Steiner
eBay and MissionFish set up a page to help raise money for organizations helping those affected by the wildfires in Southern California, which have displaced hundreds of thousands of residents.
http://ebay.com/wildfires
5) AntiqueWeek Celebrates Issue 2000
By Ina Steiner
AntiqueWeek announced the publication of its 2000th issue on October 29, 2007. Published since 1968, AntiqueWeek has been the weekly source for antiques and collectibles news as well as auction reports and calendars for all of its readers. AntiqueWeek moved to the information age and onto the Internet in 1999 and evolved to introduce an online version of the newspaper in 2007.
http://www.antiqueweek.com
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