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The Auction Guild <tagn-@theauctionguild.com>
Date: Tue Aug 1, 2000 1:48am
Subject: TAGnotes Mon 31 Jul 2000 Vol 2 Number 112 Issue
194
The Auction Guild Notes for Monday 31 July 2000
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Try some of the other Online Auction Houses. There are a variety
of options out there in the OAI for Sellers AND Buyers.
For more information go to http://www.millionauctionmarch.com
If you have any information, ideas or suggestions please
email us at tagn-@t...
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eBay went down at around 23:11 PT on 30 July. They reported that
the main database server was not working. They were back up at
approx 23:46 PT. If you feel your auctions were negatively impacted
by the problems, request a refund by sending an email to
bill-@e.... At 18:09 on 31 July eBay slowed down to a crawl,
making it very hard to list or search. Though it continued to
function it was not working properly. This appears to have cleared
up by 19:19PT. This problem was not reported by eBay but was noted
by eBay users on the OAI chat boards.
eBay has added 8 new regions Baltimore, MD; Washington D.C.;
Oakland, CA; San Jose, CA; Orange County, CA; Richmond, VA;
Albany, NY; Abuquerque-Santa Fe, NM. There are now 60 regions.
http://pages.ebay.com/regional/hub.html
eBay has started a new business relationship with UltimateBid.
http://www.ultimatebid.com.
This company puts together
packages they then sell that allow people to have experiences with
entertainers, athletes, stadiums and concert venues around the world.
An example of what they offer is the chance to play 18 holes of golf
with Tiger Woods. eBay has developed a Tickets & Experiences
Theme Page to give users a direct link to sell sports and
entertainment tickets. To see the page go to
http://www.ebay.com/theme/tickets.html today!
In order for eBay to be able to work with UltimateBid, they have
had to change their ticket listing policy. They are changing their
policy on ticket packages which include tickets packaged with
other related goods, such as airfare and lodging, backstage passes,
or special experiences related to the event. These changes do not
affect the sale of individual tickets and will only apply to users,
including UltimateBid, selling tickets to events within the
states and countries identified in the eBay ticket policy.
To see the ticket policy go to
http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-tickets.html
For more info go to
http://pages.ebay.com/theme/tickets/tickets-faq.html
eBay in their quest for bigger ticket items, is expanding the real
estate categories into what they are calling eBay Real estate.
Sellers will have more options as to how much support and
service they want in their transactions with eBay, from a listing to
a full-service broker. Real Estate is now a top-level category on
the home page, and the category itself now has a home page. eBay
now has an arrangement with zipRealty.com, a licensed online real
estate brokerage firm. eBay will start selling with zipRealty.com
in San Francisco, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Seattle,
Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Baltimore / Washington DC.
Approx 4.85 million current listing
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml
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Yahoo Auctions Basic site information http://www.auctionguild.com
Go to OAI Site Basic Details from left side toolbar.
Current extrapolated listing count 2.11 mil
http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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Amazon Auctions Basic site information
http://www.auctionguild.com
Go to OAI Site Basic Details from left side toolbar.
Listings total 770682 6 categories Extrapolated, 13 Actual,
11245 with bids http://www.amazon.com
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QXL.Com the London based European auction site, has joined
forces with Lycos Europe. In an announcement today made by the
two companies, QXL will become the Lycos Auction Partner for
Lycos across the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the
Netherlands. It is expected that other countries will be added. The
agreement gives QXL high visibility on Lycos sites including the
Lycos Home Page, Shopping Centre and certain Lycos Directories.
Lycos will also feature QXL on the Tripod Home page, Shopping
Zones, the Pods and the Buy/Sell Area. QXL is also running a
promotion in August with Coca-Cola. Coke drinkers will be able
to bid for items over the internet, and buy items using only Coke
Credits accumulated by collecting promotional red ringpulls or
labels from special Coca-Cola cans or 500ml bottles. Bidding
will take place on cokeauction.co.uk site which opens for business
in late August.
QXL has started a special feature page for 1 pound no reserve
auctions. http://www.qxl.com/isroot/html/uk/noreserve.shtml
Currently approx 299295 listings
http://www.qxl.xom
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OAUA is celebrating its one year anniversary starting 1 Sep. Watch
the site for announcement of contests and prizes. Keep current on
issues important to OAI users. JOIN the OAUA today.
http://www.oaua.com
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If you would like an Auction House or Service Provider added to
this list, please email us at tagn-@t...
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