This week’s Carnival had the topic “eBay auction lengths and ending times - what works best?“ and we had 7 submissions which you will find below.
Remember that this is the third week for The Auction Rebel to host the Carnival of eBay Sellers. We’ll be doing it for the rest of the month of January.
Tom at PGA-Auctions has picked Ty Tribble of ebay.business-opportunities to be our February host but if you are interested in hosting in March, let him know! The Carnival is an excellent way to increase the readership of your Blog … (I can attest to that) and through your blog you should also be increasing you eBay sales. If you are wondering how, have a look at my article on “Building an eBay Blog“
So here we go with this week’s 7 submissions:
Silicon Valley Blogger presents
Avoid The Next Internet Scam: Tips For Selling Safely posted at
The Digerati Life, saying, “Hope you’ll be able to consider this article even though it’s about fraud.”
Tom Murphy presents
eBay auction lengths and ending times .. their effect on selling price posted at
PGA Auctions, saying, “The decision as to ending date and time is really a personal decision based on many factors.”
Brian Brown, CPA presents
IRS Insight - Tax Responsibilities for Online Auction Sellers posted at
Your Money Matters, saying, “CPA Brian Brown follows up with some insight from the IRS on the tax responsibilities for online sellers.”
Matthew Paulson presents
Saving Money Through Coupon Arbitrage posted at
Getting Green.
Gary Hendrickson presents
eBay Auction Lengths & Ending Times posted at
The Auction Rebel.
Will Chen presents
Snipe an Ebay auction, save a fortune. posted at
Wisebread, saying, “Paul reveals how eBay users can save a fortune with price sniping services. From a seller’s perspective, these sniping services may make auction lengths less relevant given that the buyer is able to rely on an automated service to game the system.”
Matthew Paulson presents
7 Tips to eBay Selling Success - Associated Content posted at
Associated Content.
As usual we did some surfing and found the following interesting links for your review:
Tom Murphy at PGA Auctions has added an eBay news feed to his blog. You can find it in the left hand column of his blog at the PGA Auctions Blog
eSeller Street - Good eBay Statistics Application - is an eBay research tool with a difference - you only pay per search (a very reasonable $0.35). This is very useful for those occaisional searches you wish to do which don’t require a full subscription.
For a high price on eBay, ask for very little - is an article in the London Telegraph which reports that, according to a study, you’ll make more money if you begin your auctions with a low asking price.
David Spahr is a collector of stereoviews and a dealer in 19th & 20th century photography, cameras, ephemera, and selected antiques. David is a member of the National Stereoscopic Association. He recently talked with Marty Weil about his interest in stereo photography and stereoview collecting. Read the article at ephemera.com
Forbes claims that eBay’s Feedback may be fatally flawed. Read “EBay Feedback: Fatally Flawed?” at their Small Biz Resources page.
If you have an eBay store, you have the opportunity to choose custom colors to doll things up. Here’s a chart of hundreds of colors that you can use for your store’s background, foreground or text. Just type the corresponding code to the color in the appropriate boxes on the eBay customize Store Appearance page.
The website www.AlansDeals.com caters to finding bargains for consumers and now it is offering consumers free publicity for your eBay auction listings.
Jim Ambach, eBay’s Senior Director of the Seller Experience team suggests you revisit the eBay tool offerings to find the best fit amongst many offerings.
eBay users can now view sample screenshots of eBay’s recently announced “Feedback 2.0″ system on the eBay UK website. The new system will allow buyers to rate transactions on item description, communication, shipping time, and shipping & handling charges. Read the full article by Ina Steiner at AuctionBytes.
Ina also reports that “eBay appears to be putting its money where its mouth is. At a gathering of top sellers last week, eBay emphasized the importance of improving the buyer experience, and it confirmed this week it is banning auction extender tools on its site.”
And finally, article in the London Metro News reports that “Goods plundered from a cargo ship beached off the coast of Devon are starting to appear on the auction website eBay. Among the items featured, ten steering wheel airbags are brazenly advertised as coming “from the MSC Napoli”.
OK, THAT’S IT FOR THIS WEEK - BUT REMEMBER, THE CARNIVAL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FEBRUARY
Here are the Carnival topics and schedule for next week:
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For February we will have a new editor.. and no longer a recommended topic. You are free to submit articles on any eBay selling related topic. If YOU are interested in hosting the March issues, please send Tom an email. Here then is the February schedule.
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Here’s our weekly book review:
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Book suggestion
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Here is a book I can recommend: I Married an eBay Maniac  Find out how to bring every family member into eBay - so that you no longer have to eat dinner with your spouse clicking away on the keyboard.
You can get your copy from Amazon at the above link. |
Here’s the Charity Auction of the Week:
Shoe lovers around the world will soon have the rare opportunity to bid on some of their favorite designer fashions while donating to an important cause. From January 24-31 and February 3-10, The Collections at WSA (World Shoes Accessories) will host a special eBay auction to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF).
That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of carnival of ebay sellers using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.
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