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Date: Sat Apr 1, 2000 0:44am
Subject: TAGnotes Fri 31 Mar 2000 Vol 2 Number 51 Issue
133
The Auction Guild Notes for Friday 31 Mar 2000
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eBay held their regularly scheduled maintenance on Fri 31 Mar
between 01:00 PT and 05:00 PT .
eBay has launched a new project to redesign their Home Page.
They are looking for user feedback during the next 10 days,
to help in their decision, through a customer survey.
Preview the proposed Home Page at:
http://www.insightexpress.com/ix/showSurvey.asp?id=8006&
accessCode=6192298787
eBay is adding a billpoint section to the listing page directly
below the payment methods section. When you do a listing, you
can choose the option of including billpoint as a payment method.
If you select it, your buyers can pay for their item using a credit
card. There will be no other changes to the listing form at this
time. You have to register with billpoint before you can list an
item with the billpoint payment option. Billpoint will be available
to all US eBay sellers by mid-April. View the revised listing form at
http://pages.ebay.com/help/sellerguide/syi-billpoint.html
eBay is also adding billpoint to the search page
http://pages.ebay.com/help/buyerguide/search-billpoint.html
For more billpoint info
http://pages.ebay.com/help/buyerguide/bp-overview.html
eBay Great Collections is inaugurating Featured Auction listings.
http://listings.gc.ebay.com/aw/glistings/featured/category2038/
index.html
There is a flaw in eBays new bidding tutorial which can only be used
with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 + Web browser, not Netscape
Navigator. The tutorial is also NOT available for Macintosh, AOL
browsers, or Web TV.
eBay is looking for feedback on their proposed changes to the
listings pages. Preview the changes let them know what you think
by posting to the Soapbox at: http://remarq.ebay.com/ebay/threads
.asp?g=discuss%2Eebay %2Ethe%2Esoap%2Dbox&nav=LAST.
To see the proposed changes go to http://sidewinder.ebay.com/aw/
listings/endtoday/all/category550/index.html
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml
Listings, currently approx 4.55 mil
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Yahoo Auctions is offering to convert your feedback rating on any
other auction site into featured auction credits with which you can
purchase featured auction options. For example, if your rating on
eBay is 987, Yahoo will give you a credit of $987. to buy Yahoo
auction features with. This offer expires 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 1.83 million auctions currently running
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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Amazon Auctions 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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Gold's Auction has revised their My Page. You will need to go reset
your bookmarks. The feedback portion of the MyPage is temporarily
disabled while they continue to work on the pages.
To create or edit your MyPage use the following link:
http://www.goldsauction.com/mypage/MyPage.html or go to the
Site Map and click on My Page.
To view a member's My Page the URL is:
http://www.goldsauction.com/apps/MyPage.html?User=XXXX
Replace the XXXX with the member's username at the end of the URL.
For all of the old My Pages that could be reached at:
http://www.goldsauction.com/members/XXXX,
this URL will still work, but you will be redirected to the new URL
They also have started an association with Zelda to provide an HTML
practice board Zelda's Practice Board. Zelda is also helping with
the Photo/HTML Lounge as well as on Zelda's Special HTML Help
Board which she has set up just for Gold's.
Currently 9317 auctions.
http://www.goldsauction.com/apps/viewAnnouncements.html
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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 not responded to the email we sent them regarding the
premature ending of their $5.00 promotion, though a response in
24 hours was promised. We are sure they are being inundated with
complaints. They still plan on starting to charge fees with all
auctions launched from their site from 1 April on. You will need
to provide a verified credit card to continue to use their services.
Andal€ é will charge a fee of 2.95% of the winning bid price on
successfully closed transactions that occur through the Andal€ és
service. Successful non-Dutch Auction items will be individually
charged 2.95%, with a minimum of $0.10 per auction. Successful
Dutch Auction items will be charged 2.95% on the total price
realized for items sold, with no minimum charge. All auctions for
cars, trucks, RVs, collector cars, and real estate will be charged
a maximum of $30.00 per item. Shipping, insurance, and other
surcharges are not calculated in the winning bid price. All
transaction charges are rounded up to the nearest penny.
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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