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Scotty's Ebay Travels Pt 4
2006-12-02 15:38:07
With Christmas fast approaching, now is a good time to start listing as much as possible on Ebay because once buyers get a whiff of Christmas, their purse strings tighten and sales of secondhand items slump. Scott y's Ebay sales generally start slumping around late September early October so he doesn't bother listing after that. However, sales of new items are known to increase during this period.On the other side of the fence, the pre and post christmas slump does not always deter sellers from listing on Ebay. This can be a good opportunity to grab a bargain or start acquring items for selling in the new year.Off on his usual walkies this week, Scotty found a dazzling pair of gold Gucci heels with peep toes and diamonds. Looking brand new with a price tag of $48.00AU these shoes would be a lovely buy for personal use (for his owner of course!) but Scotty wasn't so sure about them for re-sale purposes. While peep toes are back in fashion this spring/summer Scotty was uncertain if...
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Ebay Express
2006-12-02 15:38:07
I've discovered a new website run by Ebay for fixed priced items called Ebay Express .The format is basically the same as Ebay however items can only be listed at fixed prices and you can drop products from up to five different merchants into a shopping cart. Sellers have their own stores but must be Paypal ready and have a feedback score of 100 to be eligible. There is not a huge range of categories available however I was impressed by the quantity of women's shoes available (179,260 pairs). Ebay Express has over 10 million products available for purchase.The downside of Ebay Express is that selling and buying is only available to US residents at the moment.I was a bit disappointed by Ebay Express. The items were highly priced making them unsuitable for resale purposes or finding a great bargain and the vintage bags category was filled with brand new bags. I don't think i'll be back there any time soon.http://www.express.ebay.com/
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Shipping from U.S.A
2006-08-22 05:17:00
How annoying is it when you find an item you really want but it's located in the U.S.A and the retailer won't ship internationally. You will find that some US Ebayers won't ship internationally either.There is a way to overcome this. Access USA (www.myus.com) is a USA package and mail forwarding service that will ship items to you anywhere in the world. Access USA provides you with a genuine US street address that is unique to you. This is not a Post Office Box! This is your own street address that US retailers will accept as a valid shipping destination.They also consolidate all your purchases and other mail into one shipment. This saves you the international shipping costs of having each package sent individually. If you don't have a US credit card they will also purchase from US retailers on your behalf with their company credit card, cheque or PayPal account.Access USA offers the ability to track your parcels and view your shipping invoices online and receive a notification ...
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http://www.auctiva.com
2006-08-20 11:18:00
Auctiva is a powerful Ebay auction tool that is totally FREE.I stumbled across the Auctiva website a few months ago while I was searching for free shop templates. Lets face it, Ebays templates are a bit out of date and boring. Auctiva has 100's of templates that are professionally designed for many categories. When I became a member, Auctiva did not support Australian Ebayers but has recently introduced full online support for AU users.Basically, Auctiva is an online listing program which procedure is similar to listing online with Ebay. All your auctions are entered into the Auctiva database online. You can upload your listings from Auctiva and Auctiva keeps a record of all your listings and images for future reference.Auctiva's auction tool site has totally free image hosting. Up to 100's of images can be uploaded at a time and effectively managed, magnificent templates that can be customised to suit seller's needs, a one page listing tool and a scrolling store at the bottom ...
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Ebay's Fee Hike
2006-08-15 05:08:00
On Monday 21 August, 2006 Ebay will increase its fees. Fee increases will only affect sellers who use Featured Plus in certain categories, Basic Stores subscribers and sellers who list using Store Inventory Format.Basic store subscriptions have risen from $9.95AU to $14.95. The reason for the increase in fees is that buyers have expressed concerns regarding the large quantity of Store Inventory Format listings and the overuse of Featured Plus listings which have led to searches producing too many confusing results and being less relevant. This has made it harder for buyers to find what they are looking for.For those who use the Store Inventory Format, changes to the way these listings are displayed in search results will start to come into effect on Wednesday 2 August 2006. Basically, Ebay will now display only 10 related store inventory results when a buyer is searching for a particular item, thus limiting the exposure of other items in stores that have the same inventory for sale....
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Who is "Gucas"
2006-08-13 11:03:00
No doubt many of us are sick and tired of receiving spoof emails from Gucas (fig 1) about wanting to buy an item when they don't have anything for sale or asking if they have Paypal when it's apparent on their listing.Spoof emails can be a major problem for unsuspecting Ebayers. These emails ask Ebayers to reply by clicking on links asking for their personal information, such as their user name and password (figs 7, 3, 5 & 6). Generally, once you click on a link a keystroke program is activated and the hacker can record your keystrokes thereby obtaining your Ebay username and password. I don't think Gucas is very smart. Firstly, if I were going to send spam to an Ebayer purely to obtain their username and password, I certainly wouldn't "CC" other Ebayers into my spoof email (fig 4). Secondly I have noticed that Gucas is a very poor speller. I have actually hit the reply button once and told him so however it seems his learning curves look like Mount Everest.Gucas seems to be...