Monthly Archives: April 2005

Stores: The Shabby But Chic PowerSellers

Source: Only Punjab The Shabby But Chic PowerSellers is a private eBay group of more than 60 members—all female eBay PowerSellers—formed in January, 2004 by fellow PowerSeller, Paula Amato of Fort Lauderdale, FL. The group members, part of eBay’s online community section, maintain a private discussion board where they discuss everything from auction strategies to…

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News: DreamWorks Names eBay CEO Whitman to Board

Souce: Reuters Film studio DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. Thursday said eBay Inc. Chief Executive Meg Whitman will join its board of directors, adding her experience online and in children’s toys to the maker of computer animated films like “Shrek.” Whitman has led eBay since 1998 and steered it to become one of the world’s preeminent…

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Article: Poor System Security to Blame for ‘Pharming’

Source: Chicago Red Streak Chicago Red Streak’s Andy Ihnatko is a little steamed. But he thinks it’s time to write about a new scam that criminals are using to steal your personal financial information. It’s called “DNS spoofing” or “pharming.” Ever wonder what happens after you type “www.ebay.com” into a browser? Essentially, your computer does…

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PayPal: Enterprise Solutions

Source: PayPal Check out PayPal’s Enterprise Solutions and expand your customer base. Proven Online Buyers With 64 million accounts in 45 countries, PayPal is one of the world’s largest online payment services, preferred by online shoppers. New Customers PayPal drives customer acquisition. Both TigerDirect.com and Overstock.com found that over 80% of their buyers who paid…

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Weird Wednesday – April 20, 2005

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time once again for … WEIRD WEDNESDAY Where I look up some weird eBay auctions and share them with y’all for fun. Now someone emailed me last week and asked if I’d be putting any items from the “Mature Audiences” category on Weird Wednesdays. Sorry, my freaky friend,…

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Are You a PowerSeller?

If you’re an eBay PowerSeller, I’d love to talk to you! I’m interviewing eBay PowerSellers for their insights, tips and tricks to managing auctions, Buyers, payments and anything and everything to with being a PowerSeller. If you’re interested in working with me and my blog-readers, please email me at laurie.barak@gmail.com. Thanks!

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News: IRS May Want Share of eBay Sales

Source: CNN Hawking baby and children’s clothes, along with some garage sale and thrift store bargains, on eBay helps Sunni Wojnarowsky bring in some extra money so she can afford to stay home with her two young boys. The additional dollars are great, but does she really need to hassle with the paperwork and report…

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News: Impact of Kurant Acquisition Unclear for eBay Users

Source: ECommerce-Guide The Silicon Valley auction pioneer eBay announced it was purchasing the assets of San Francisco-based Kurant Corporation, makers of the popular StoreSense e-commerce platform. Kurant has actively built up its eBay Store integration within StoreSense during the past year, making it easier for users to manage multiple auctions simultaneously. eBay first became smitten…

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PayPal: Napster Signs Up

Source: Pocket-Lint Trying everyway possible to get people to buy tracks online, Napster has announced that you will now be able to purchase music from the download music store via your Paypal account. Napster and Napster Light members can still choose to pay by credit/debit card or purchase one of Napster’s pre-paid cards, which are…

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News: eBay Goes Developer-Hunting

Source: ECommerce-Guide.com In case you haven’t realized it yet, eBay is a platform. That is, it’s not just an online service where people buy and sell. It’s also a back-end system enabling merchants to make sales without requiring buyers to be on eBay.com — a back-end system on which developers can create applications to facilitate…

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