Features

Lights, Camera, Auction!
5 Tips for embedding video content in online listings
by Dennis L. Prince
In this age of YouTube—that video hosting site where amateurs can go "viral" for fast (and usually fleeting) online fame—it's natural that online sellers would also entertain the notion of adding video to their listings of goods for sale. Read story

Keeping Your DSRs in the 5-Star Zone
eBay's new feedback system makes quality customer service a must.
by Brad and Debra Schepp

Protecting Your Auction Images
Simple solutions deter photo thieves.

It’s All About You
Taking advantage of free marketing using eBay’s About Me page

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Free Scrolling Gallery. Give visitors to your listings a glimpse of other items you have for sale. Using Auctiva's free scrolling gallery cross-promotional tool invites buyers to enter your Auctiva Store and browse everything you have listed on eBay. As a result, you can generate more visits, more bids —more sales!

Unique eBay Auctions

Original Photo of Bigfoot
This is no rubber suit mistaken for the real thing by so-called expert hunters. It's a genuine photo of a mysterious large-footed creature. Is it the "real" Bigfoot? You be the judge.

Zimbabwe Dollars
What's better than a stack of twenties? A stack of fifty-billions, perhaps. Now that the Zimbabwe government has devalued its currency, buyers seem eager to fork over good money in exchange for bills that are, essentially, worthless. It's never been easier to become a trillionaire—on paper.

Heady Advertising
How else to advertise your Web site but to tattoo the URL on some dude's skull? Even better, if bidding gets high enough, the winner gets to auction off the other side of the seller's head and keep the proceeds. This guy has auctioned his body parts before for amazingly affordable sums of money. Space is limited—don't wait!

Browse eBay's Weird Stuff category.

News Stories

eBay Adopts Electronic-Only Checkout
Checks and money orders will no longer be accepted on eBay.
After having its PayPal-only experiment in Australia shot down by regulators, eBay has come back with a plan in the U.S. to restrict checkout on its e-commerce sites to three electronic forms of payment. Read story

Sweeping Changes Mimic Amazon
eBay revises pricing, shipping and DSR requirements.

eBay Passes Research Baton to Terapeak
Company will retire its internal marketplace data product.

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Free Consignment Management. Using Auctiva's consignment tools, sellers can manage all aspects of their consignment business, including creating commission plans, payout reports, and tracking of individual consignors. For help growing your consignment business on eBay, click here.

Auctiva User Profile

Profile: Accidental Entrepreneur
Two years ago, Auctiva user Lisa Sturycz never dreamed she'd one day be running a successful Internet business—let alone making it her primary occupation. But serendipity changed her plans. Read more or browse Sturycz's listings.

Get Featured Here
Got a success story you want to share? What amazing garage sale finds have you turned into monster profits online? How has using Auctiva's free templates and auction management tools improved your eBay business? Drop a line and tell us in 50 words or less about an outstanding e-sale experience, and perhaps we'll feature your story in an upcoming issue of The Online Seller newsletter. Submit your story here.

Feedback Forum

In response to "Credit Cards, PayPal to Report Sellers' Income to IRS," one user writes: "With the new [feedback] changes that have sellers out in the cold, forcing us to be taxed on what little we sell now will push most of the small sellers out. Much of what is sold now on eBay is mass-produced junk that I can buy at any box store. I want to be able to purchase unique collectable items."  Read the entire thread, and post your response.

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