Tag: AUCTION

Tweebay is an online auction service that uses Twitter to let people know about the items you're selling. Here's how it works. You follow Tweebay on Twitter and you'll receive a direct message to verify your account. Then you can bid on auctions posted on the site or post new listings. Auction terms should look familiar to anyone who has ever used eBay. You can upload a phoot, set a buy now ...

In case you hadn't noticed, there's been a bit of a revolt among eBay power sellers. Basically, eBay increased some fees, which led some buyers to hold a boycott. But the truth of the matter is eBay is a giant, and if you make a decent portion of your income buying and selling goods on eBay, there aren't a ton of good alternatives. Wigix wants to change that, and the site is willing to waive ...

A few weeks ago eBay announced plans to change its fee structure. The company was spinning the move as something that would help sellers save money. But that only worked out to be true in some instances. Since eBay planned to lower listing fees but raise final sale fees, most sellers were a bit concerned that they'd wind up giving eBay a higher percentage of their hard earned cash. Responding ...

Want to sell some old junk lying around the house on eBay, but don't feel like putting up with listing fees? The company has announced plans to cut listing fees by up to 50 percent. The cuts aren't across the board. In fact, some fees will be raised. For example, if your items sells for less than $25, you'll now be charged 8.75 increase. The new fees take effect on February 20th and are aimed at ...

Not that this should surprise anybody, but Google has officially announced plans to participate in the upcoming FCC wireless spectrum auction. The 700 MHz auction that is part of the transition to digital television begins January 24th, and will be part of a shift for a more efficient wireless internet service. Om Malik has pointed out that Google believes this is a winning situation for ...

Remember when Yahoo Auctions folded up shop? Like many, we here at Download Squad were more than a little disappointed, but we absolutely understood that eBay had become a juggernaut, and competing with the world's biggest auction site was a losing proposition for Yahoo. Even uBid, arguably the second-most-significant auction site, can't touch eBay in terms of volume. Naturally, we were surprised ...

Every time you search for an item on eBay, you can be sure that hundreds or thousands of people are looking for the exact same thing. And that's why you rarely get that super bargain you're hoping for when buying a used computer or fishing rod. TypoTracker aims to give you an edge by letting you search eBay for common misspellings. Just type your search term, and TypoTracker will generate a list ...

What happens when you mashup Google Maps with eBay? You get this hideous creation. So it's not the best designed mashup we have seen, in fact its pretty crude, but Visual eBay does provide a little visual glimpse into the world of eBay auctions. This mashup pinpoints the exact locations that auctions are taking place in. Search for a keyword under a category and choose either the U.S., Canada, ...

Last year eBay entered into an advertising agreement with Yahoo, part of that agreement was to build a co-branded toolbar. It's now available. The new eBay toolbar uses both Yahoo and eBay features to power it. With it users can search for items on eBay or Half.com, and search with Yahoo using Yahoo Local, Yahoo Video and Yahoo Answers among others. The toolbar also has one click access to Yahoo ...

Surfing and buying online just got a little better with Mozilla and eBay. The two companies have just released a special eBay targeted version of the Firefox browser with the little help of an Addon. The new Mozilla Firefox eBay edition has a few add-ons that make this browser unique: Real time updates on bidding with a sidebar Status alerts eBay specific search eBay account guard ...

Everyone knows its America's number one pastime, and now Google has announced their entrance into the TV ad market. There has been a lot of speculation recently surrounding the fact that Google's been nosing around the TV market to extend their offline ad experimentations, and it was just a matter of time before the news officially dropped. With this new TV Ad trial, Google hopes to improve user ...

eBay is set to display Google Ads, in a deal that will specifically utilize Google's "click-to-call" ads linking up shoppers with merchants. eBay and Google made the announcements Monday, with both companies aiming at complementing each others strengths. Google will be the sole provider of text-based ads found on eBay. In the deal, eBay will be working closer with Google to optimize its online ...

The eBay auction for Kiko, the Web 2.0 calendar app that we reported was on the block last week, has ended. The final price was $258,100, offered by an eBay user called powerjoe1998, who will take home all rights to the Kiko software, web site, and domain name. Kiko team member Richard White has penned a very interesting post-mortem on the details of the service's demise which is a must-read for ...

Digg user 'Geekforlife' has decided to put his profile, ranked 73rd out of all users, up for auction on eBay. Amidst accusations hurling at both Digg and Netscape for their respective approaches towards the social news site and business models, one of the many debates that has arisen centers around a question: can the participation of these sites' users (especially the top contributors) be ...

According to Steve Rubel at Micro Persuasion, eBay is going for a Web 2.0 trifecta and working on bringing blogs, wikis, and tagging to its auction sellers. Blogs and wikis will be launched at the eBay Live conference later this month and serve a variety of purposes, such as enhancing a store or discussing collectibles. Blogs will be free and each eBay Blog will have a URL like ...