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Date: Thu Mar 30, 2000 3:39am
Subject: TAGnotes Wed 29 Mar 2000 Vol 2 Number 50 Issue
132
The Auction Guild Notes for Wednesday 29 Mar 2000
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eBay has put their new help features in place. They have added
frequently asked questions to the bottom of several main pages
(Bidding, Item, Search Results, etc), and also a click link to
contact support for additional information or a personal response.
When you click on contact support you will find an instant help
feature. Choose a topic and the question that best relates to you,
and the search engine will find the answer. If instant help
doesn€ '²t
answer your question, you can click the customer support link to
send a message to support. They have also added a new billing page
to answer questions about credit cards, payment schedules, etc. and
a basics page with questions and answers relating to major areas such
as Bidding, Selling, Registration, etc. This page replaces the old
overview page.
Sellers without a credit card on file were unable to list auctions
for approximately one hour on 28 Mar from 1840PT t0 1949PT even
if they were grandfathered and therefore not required to have a
credit card on file. eBay fixed this system glitch, and will
monitor it.
eBay is encouraging local trading to facilitate using eBay for
sales of large, hard to ship items like cars, appliances, and
furniture fragile, breakable items like glassware, computers,
and chandeliers. Select a region to sell to. Buyers can search
regionally. http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/regional.html
eBay is extending the boldface titles into search results. boldfaced
items will now be boldfaced in search results. The charge for
boldface titles will remain the same for now at $2.00 per listing.
All Items listed with the boldface option after March 23, 12:00 PT
will be flagged to appear as boldfaced in search results.
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml
Listings, currently approx 4.4 mil
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Yahoo Auctions has free featured auctions for a limited time.
expiring 15 Apr 2000. Yahoo free benefits/features:
View Auctions by images € '¶ view pics of what's up for auction.
Seller Alerts - let bidders know where and when you list new items.
Yahoo Greetings - invite your bidders to Yahoo! Auctions to bid on
your Featured Auctions, or a thank you note to the winning bidders.
Yahoo Auctions Booth - Personalize your own auction page, with
your logo and your own dedicated url for your auctions.
Yahoo can host up to 3 pics per item, and bidders can view all
your auctions by the View By Pic option, instead of viewing the text.
Yahoo also has Business to Business links http://b2b.yahoo.com/
quick tour http://b2b.yahoo.com/html/b2btutorial1.html
Business to Business help http://help.yahoo.com/help/b2b
Category list is at: http://b2b.yahoo.com/us/0-all.html
Yahoo Auctions are free, no listing or final value fees.
The most seller options in the industry. 24/7 service. Easy
listing form, good auction tools, including pic hosting,
for buyers and sellers.
Questions? Find answers in their auction help section
http://help.yahoo.com/help/auctions/
http://auctions.yahoo.com/html/features/features.html
Approx 1.91 million auctions currently running
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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Amazon Auctions Amazon Payments One Click system, will have
No Final Value Fees through Dec 2000. It does not matter if
the buyer chooses to use One click or not, or what method the
buyer uses to pay, the Seller will NOT be charged a final value
fee. The oneclick charges for each item sold are 2.5% plus
25 cents, AND increases the insurance coverage on the item from
$250. to $1,000, these fees only apply if the buyer uses oneclick.
Amazon.Com Outlet http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/announcement
-list/auctioneer-home/ref=a_h_rb1_01_x/002-4941393-2365054
Interested in being a Dollar Deals seller? Contact
dollard-@a....
Seller page at seller--@a...
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/announcement-list/seller-success
/ref=a_h_cb5_04_x/002-4941393-2365054
Account and Community Guide
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/help/auction-guide/002-1927516
-4416260 This is a well laid out section with useful information.
Amazon also has 10 cent listing for auctions and zShops.
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/help/fees-auctions/
02-4941393-2365054
Customer service 24/7 Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: (800)201-7575
http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/announcement-list/all-
happenings/102-2649290-9020037
Listings, currently guesstimated at approximately 400,000
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Auction Rover is conducting a seller appreciation day on 2 April.
Will refund insertion fees for eBay only.
Will pay only basic insertion fees up to $2 each.
Will pay insertion fees in Dutch Auctions up to $2.
Auction or auctions must post on April 2nd.
You may schedule your auctions in advance with AuctionManager
to post on April 2nd.
Refund check for insertion fees ONLY will be sent to the Sellers
address in Account Info within four to six weeks.
Seller Appreciation Day runs from 12:00 am to 11:59 pm EST
on April 2nd. http:www.auctionrover.com
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Andale has a public relations nightmare on their hands. They ran an
invitation only special promotion that was supposed to be from 20
through 31 March, whereby every auction launched through their site
would earn the seller $5.00. Today 29 March, with no prior notice,
they ended the promotion early. The folks participating are
responding with great anger, as many had auctions prepared to list
based on the offer and have now had the rug pulled out from under
them. Andale is planning on starting on charging fees to use their
management tools effective 1 April. Instead of encouraging seller
loyalty, they have managed to alienate the involved sellers, at what
probably is the worst possible time. We recommend that if you are
one of the participants you should write to Andale and express your
feelings about this situation. http://www.andale.com
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OAUA membership is still free! Join NOW!!! Take a look at their
educational material accessible to the general public
http://www.auctionusers.org/education.shtml
http://www.auctionusers.org
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If you would like an Auction House or Service Provider added to
this list, please email us at tagn-@t...
or TheAuction-@onelist.com.
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