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Why Pay to Bid on Penny Auctions when EBay is Full of Them?Penny auction sites often charge users to bid in the attempt to win an eyecatching prize. But why waste money to almost certainly win nothing, when better options exist? -
EBay Still Offers Plenty of Great DealsEBay has been attracting a lot of critics lately but, as a buyer, all the recent changes are mostly good news. They've done a good job ridding the site of scammers and there are still some amazing bargains to find.
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Your Product, Service or Website Already Has a Web Page at Auction BuzzAuctionBuzz is a website that primarily collates the buzz about auction and ecommerce websites but, behind the scenes, it also has a page already available for you to get content featured - including your AC articles - and it's as easy as 1-2-3 -
EBay Shows a Greener Concern at WorldOfGood.comWorldOfGood.com aims to provide a trusted platform where individuals can create positive change through commerce, as part of a global community.
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I'm Writing This Article on a $49 Bargain LaptopA brief article explaining how I found and purchased a bargain priced laptop quickly and easily. -
Win $1000 at Tazbar During the EBay BoycottOnline auction website Tazbar.com has announced a free to enter promotion in support of the strike action being taken by sellers on eBay this week. Top prize is $1,000 paid in to the winners Paypal account. -
EBay RIval Tazbar Launch Niche Product MinisitesThe positive noises coming from Tazbar.com have got even louder following the announcement of several RSS fed mini-websites promoting live auctions in specific product categories. -
Death of EBay Auctions?Some reports seem to be suggesting ebay is no longer offering an auction format for it's sellers. While the ever increasing fees are certainly making the format less attractive for many sellers, the death of ebay auctions appears a little way off yet.
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EBay Vs Tazbar AuctionsTazbar.com was recently taken over by the original development team and is fast becoming a real and popular alternative for eBay buyers and sellers. -
EBay - New Feedback Rules Mean Fees Will RocketWith eBay's buyers soon to become immune from feedback the DSR and discount qualification rules combo will soon cause auction sellers fee invoices to increase. -
EBay Sellers - Will You Strike?With mainstream media increasingly covering the strike calls being made by unhappy eBay sellers is the proposed action is the best way forward to reverse changes?
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An Angry EBay Sellers Guide to Using Google AdwordsMany eBay sellers have come to realise they are paying a fortune each month for the same facilities that cost far less elsewhere and using Google Adwords can still deliver the buyers.
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Take Your EBay Business to the Next LevelMany sellers feel totally reliant on eBay to the point they are afraid to consider alternative solutions for their business in the belief eBay creates all their sales. But do they?
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Do EBay Powersellers Know What They Really Pay?Once again the blogosphere erupts in to cries of 'foul' and 'seller strike' as eBay hike fees to the sky and intoduce even more complexity in to the world Amazon have managed to make so simple.
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EBay Auction Site Behaving like a TeenagerBut as every parent reading this will know, the unbounded over-confidence of youth often means making mistakes that older, wiser people would avoid.
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Ebay Killed by Snipers!Regular users know that eBay auctions only really start in the final minutes. People think bidding early simply fuels bidder wars leading to higher prices. But has this so called sniping of auctions actually spoilt the eBay experience? -
Buy 99 Cent Domain Names!Register a new top level domain name for just 99 cents during January 2008.
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Win 50K - Buy James Bond Stamps Issued to Mark Ian Fleming CentenaryTo mark the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth the UK Royal Mail has issued a set of James Bond commemorative stamps. In tandem with the issue the Royal Mail is also running a competition where one lucky stamp collector will win £50,000 (about US$95,000).
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Teflon is NOT a By-Product of Space ExplorationPersistent claims are made that Teflon is a by-product of the US space program. Despite these claims the fact is that Teflon was first discovered in 1938 and was used in the Manhattan Project, the code name given to the secret development of the Atomic Bomb.
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Secret Wartime Plan to Give US Magna CartaPrior to America's entry in to World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill wanted to give Lincoln's treasured Magna Carta to the US in order to encourage American support for Britain as she stood alone against Nazi Germany in Europe. -
Vodka Martini was Not James Bond's Favourite DrinkWhen asked what James Bond likes to drink most of us immediately think of the famous 'shaken not stirred' reference to a vodka martini. But analysis of Ian Fleming's books and the Bond movies provides a very different view of 007's drinking preferences. -
The Camel - African, Arabian or Amercian?Herlded as the 'ships of the desert' the Camel now symbolises the nomadic ways of the Arabian and North African deserts. But the nomads have America to thank for their hardy and reliable transportation.
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Buying Info Domains - Are They Worth It?As a regular buyer of Internet domain names I often see the chance to buy the info extension of a generic name that is worth thousands if it had the favoured Dot Com extension.
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PDQ Motors Offer a Fast & Smart Way to Find Cars for SaleA new website has been launched that offers US users a new, fast and very effective method of finding cars listed on internet auctions and creating tailored RSS feeds for any make or model of automobile for sale. I took the site for a test drive and these are my conclusions.
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Eczema, Asthma & Hay Fever Cases Now Reaching Epidemic LevelsAn influential report released yesterday confirms that allergic disease in the UK is now at an alarming level. As my son was hospitalized by asthma a few years ago, I want to understand the reasons for the rapid growth in conditions like asthma, hay fever and eczema.
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I Saw America Win a Great PR Battle at Columbia UniversityThe arguments caused by Columbia University allowing Amhadinejad to speak are a negative and unnecessary spin off from what was otherwise a successful, winning PR battle for the US.
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Brand Your Ebay Store with a Domain NameWithout doubt eBay stores are great for getting your products online and in front of a lot of potential buyers quickly. But you also need to think about your longer term marketing, protect yourself, and build long term value in to your business.
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US Presidential Election 2008 - Can EBay Forecast the Outcome?A lighthearted idea to see whether eBay, North Americas biggest online marketplace, can predict the outcome of the 2008 US Presidential Election.
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Ebay Inc. Snatching Failure from the Jaws of Success?Against a backdrop of flatlined listing growth on eBay's flagship site and tough times ahead, should eBay Management be allowed to carry on regardless without justifying their decisions of a year ago and the apparent adverse results from them? -
Driving Traffic to Your Website is Not Just Google's JobYou've a killer website but now you want people to view it. Waiting for search engines to index and rank youir site can take months to get you any traffic so I'm reviewing StartXchange, a proactive traffic exchange, delivering thousands of hits to websites.
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Free Keyword Enabled Short URL Service LaunchesA new and FREE short URL service has been introduced. Unlike some similar services, the advanced feature of this service enables a user to choose a keyword or any code they like containing five or more characters to form part of the new URL link.
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New Ebay Add-On for Mozilla Firefox BrowserFirefox users are now being asked to beta test a new add-on for the browser which helps monitor their personal activity on the eBay auction site.
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Summer Solstice to Blue Moon - St Elsewheres in UnityIt has been announced in the Pheebay forums and across the Web that, from June 21st to 30th 2007, there will be a St Elsewhere in Unity Grand Summer Fayre on the Internet in celebration of independence from, and alternatives to, eBay Inc. -
Ebay to Go Launched for Auction Sellers & WebmastersEbay To Go is a new, free service for sellers and webmasters to display auction listings on their web pages. Widgets are easy to create, a breeze to paste in to any website and the finished result is certainly eyecatching.
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Find the Fun on EbayPart of the fun of eBay is the chance to stumble upon items you never even knew you wanted! The auction site has such a vast wealth of items to search through that it has also become a fantastic resource to help solve your 'what do I buy' gift idea problems. -
Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton - How a Brit Has Predicted the OutcomeThe US is undoubtedly the leading light of the free, capitalist world and, as such, I thought why not let the market show me who is the most popular between two candidates in the run up to votes?
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Make Money from Ebay Without SellingMany people believe the only way to make money from the eBay auction site is to sell items and hope to make a profit. But this is very wrong. There are many people quietly making a very nice income from eBay, quite legitimately, without selling a thing.
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Free Advertising & Links for Ebay Sale ListingsCurrently, if you register at Pheebay.com (free) you are entitled to free text adverts AND links underneath numerous random postings throughout the thousands of pages that make up the site. A genuine free promotion.
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Build an Ebay Killer - Gang Members Welcome to ApplyIt will take more than a good website and a loyal band of sellers to become an eBay killer. Ebay has become part of our culture and it is a mind set that needs to be addressed before this virtual monopoly is ever going to have a serious competitor. -
Ebay Sellers - Cash in on Exchange RatesDuring the past year the UK Pound has grown greatly in strength against the US Dollar. As a result UK buyers are increasingly looking at the main US based eBay.com site to use their strong currency to snap up bargains. -
My Favourite Ebay Auction SearchMillions upon millions of searches take place on the Internet each day and a fair number of these are aimed at finding bargain priced auction items on eBay. Here I explain one of my favourite auction search strategies on eBay designed to find some real bargain opportunities. -
Paris Hilton - Ebay Airs Her Dirty Laundy Hamper in PublicParis Hilton personal laundry item up for bidding on the eBay auction site. The auction ends 25th April at 09:51 PDT.
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Tazbar the Ebay Wannabee - What Has Gone Wrong?In 2006 a new name from the UK hit the news as a potential rival to the online auction giant eBay. The name Tazbar caught the imagination of many online sellers and the site quickly grew. However a few months on and things look very different. -
Ebay News: Fancy a Lunch for Two with Harrison Ford?Harrison Ford is a member of the Board of Directors of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and lunch with the actor is yours if you place the winning bid. -
Ebay News: Complete Witch School for SaleWitchSchool.com is being auctioned to the highest bidder using eBay. The World's First Online Wicca School, a Cyber Hogwart's if you like, can add to your personal education in the Mystic Arts. -
My Opinion Says the Diverse Content on VideoJug is a Winner!Video Jug is full of good advice videos on a huge and totally diverse range of subjects and, given nearly three quarters of the content is user supplied, there's certainly some laughs to be had too.
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UK - Police Appear Shy to Tackle Low Value Ebay ScamsThere is little evidence available publicly to tell us what percentage of online auction users have fallen victim to low level scams but concern is mounting in the UK that the authorities are deliberately turning a blind eye to large levels of reported online crime. -
Where's Vladuz? Wouldn't Ebay Inc like to Know!Over recent months eBay has been taunted by a hacker known as Vladuz. Believed to be a Romanian, Vladuz has been quiet lately but we gather he is still at large despite eBay claims that he was a wanted man.
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Got a Good Idea for This Auction Forum? Win $25!Every time we look at a website we almost instantly think how it could be improved. Well there's one website that will listen to you and is giving away $25 to the best idea this month.
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Cool New Tool to Search Ebay Froogle Yahoo and MoreWhen buying on eBay.com wouldn't it be great to be able to do a fast search of Yahoo Auctions, Tazbar, Froogle Craigslist and numerous other auction and classified ad sites to make sure you are getting the best value before committing your bid?
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This Years April Fools Joke on Ebay IncApril fools jokes come in various forms. This year a spoof report claimed Jack Ma, the man behind the AliBaba empire and eBay's fierce competitor in China, was buying up the Yahoo auctions business.
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SEO: Get Free Inbound Links to Your WebsiteMost webmasters now appreciate the value of inbound links to their website placed elsewhere on the Internet. In this brief article I will highlight two sites where free links are available.
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Pheebay Auction Discussion Group Reaches 300 MembersIf you are active in the online auctions, at eBay or elsewhere, it is worth keeping a regular eye on Pheebay
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I Aint Gonna Use Ebay No More!Serious sellers that NEED regular income from their sales have little serious alternative to eBay -
Ebay Hike Fees Again!Being in the UK and waiting to hear about fee changes, I was surprised to find a letter from Gary E. Sattler on my forum today. He has kindly given me permission to reprint the correspondence in full here.
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Tazbar Tackles EbayA second major TV camapign is now underway so I've had a good look at Tazbar.Com to see what the fuss is about.
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UK Health Secretary Seeks Tax Hikes to Curb Teenage DrinkingBy what amount would the price of a pint of beer have to increase to deter a young person from drinking it? Wouldn't this policy be punishing more the mature adults to pay for the inexperience and stupidity of young people?
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Concorde - was She the Greatest Airliner?Todays marks the third anniversary of this great aircrafts retirement from commercial service so I thought it a good idea to put together a few facts that you may or may not have known about Concorde. -
Fly the Flag and Get a Back Link for a Buck!Webmasters know the importance of getting links to websites placed on other internet sites to help ranking by search engines. So I thought it a good idea to mention a new site I've come across that you can guarantee getting your link on for just a dollar!
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You Want Your New EBay Store or Website Indexed by Search Engines Fast at Little or No Cost?Most website owners and even experienced webmasters have had to deal with the frustration of invisibility while waiting for indexing by search engines. Do you have to use the services for $100 or more that "guarantee" you quicker results? No you don't.
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A Good Marketing Plan Can Do Wonders for Your Ebay Store BusinessMarketing any business can be a challenge these days, not least for the eBay store owner. Everyone wants to be successful in their chosen line of business but, if you are serious, you will have to be meticulous about the marketing plan you adopt. -
Tristan Da Cunha - Help Required in Study of Early Postal ItemCan readers help identify this TdC cover and help trace the history? A regular philatelic cover contact of mine from Wales has shown me this cover and asked me to help him understand its origins better. -
Ebay Profile: An Ebay Store Owner Adapts to SurviveContinuing the theme of life after eBay "hike and hide day" I have been speaking to Michael Waxman, an eBay store user that decided an independent website was his solution for the future. -
ebay: Protesters Appear to Be Stepping Up Their CampaignWhat was the result of the four day CORE protest against eBay fee hikes and bad listings and where will the protesters go from here?? -
Ebay Doesn't Find Your Store Many Customers Now, So Who Will?With the recent storm over the 'hike and hide' policy aimed at eBay stores and continuing fury over scam listings and the 'Clean Up eBay' campaign, I think it is time to start looking more positively at the traffic problem eBay stores now face.
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How I Won Multi Table Tournaments at Party PokerPoker - particularly the Texas Holdem variation of the game - has taken the Internet by storm in recent years. But is it all in the luck of the cards, the algorithms of the software, or does playing ability really count?
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Ebay Targeted for Counterfeits. Is This Just the Start?It has been reported that French luxury brand businesses were becoming increasingly angry at eBay's apparent inability to check the tide of counterfeit listings but today sees a major Lawsuit confirmed.
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Ebay Profile: Time to Move Away from EbayGeeBee was a modest eBay seller. He bought as much as he sold. He's moved on now but why did he go and where is his future?
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Ebay: Heavy Discounting but is There Good Direction?As even more news emerges of new protest plans and heavy discounting promotions by eBay, Graham feels forced to question the auction giant's current direction.
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Ebay: Over 50% of Sellers Questioned Intend to Quit Within 6 MonthsAuctionBytes.com have carried out an online survey of 1,225 online sellers. The results have now been published and reveal well over half of all the current eBay sellers questioned intend to quit using the market leading site.
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Ebay: More Bad News on ViewsDespite a 20% increase in vistors to the site, eBay has seen a fall of 10% in page views and a 24% drop in average visit time. Why? -
Does eBay Think It Can Resolve Issues by Ignoring Them?To my eyes and ears, the size and volume of eBay user protest is growing. The UK boycott this weekend has quickly grown in to an international campaign and, still, eBay are apparently ignoring the issue. Is silence the best strategy for eBay?
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EBay Stock Analysts - Will They Ever Agree?I was tempted to invest in eBay a year ago but didn't. Siince then I've felt like a loser and then, more lately, a winner. But why?
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Today Sees the Start of Protest Action Against eBay in the UKAs protesters start a four day boycott of eBay, one of the campaign leaders tells us his thoughts about the issues surrounding eBayers current complaints. -
Boston Born and Raised?Boston was named by the first deputy-governor of Massachusetts, Thomas Dudley, whose hometown was in fact Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Graham provides a brief history of the town which lent it's name to "The Cradle of Liberty"
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Come on Everybody! Let's Clean Up eBay!September 15th to 17th is the official Clean Up the World Weekend organised in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme. If you're one of the millions of eBay fans likely to log on this weekend why not join in?
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Would YOU Want to Work in a UK Prison?Overcrowding has become a hot topic for the UK Government but but behind the headlines there is increasing unhappiness among the men and women staffing the prisons.
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eBay Strives to Regain Balance as the Dragon StalksAs eBay defends new policies amid global customer protests a threat emerges to the auction giant in the shape of Jack Ma. The man behind the hugely successful Alibaba Internet powerhouse in China reportedly has eBay in his sights.