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July 2007
***Free events for business owners and operators in NSW***

31 July 2007 | 06:36PM EST


Small Business September is a month long program of more than 300 different events from workshops, seminars, expos and more to assist business owners and operators across the spectrum of small to medium sized enterprises. The many different events cover;

  • Exporting
  • Sales and marketing
  • Innovation
  • Sustainability
  • Risk
  • Logistics
And much more…

eBay is pleased to sponsor Small Business September for the second year running and will be putting on the following events about eBay as part of the program.

Sydney
17 September – Using eBay to create and grow an online business
27 September – The Basics of Selling on eBay

Wollongong
17 September – Using eBay to create and grow an online business
27 September – The Basics of Selling on eBay

For more information and to register for events, visit the Small Business September website.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Scheduled Maintenance: eBay Discussion Boards, Answer Centre and Cafe ***

27 July 2007 | 10:49AM EST


LiveWorld will be doing maintenance on their systems from approximately 15:00 AEST to 19:00 AEST on Friday 27 July. This means that eBay's Community forums (Answer Centre, Discussion boards and Australia Cafe) may be unavailable or slow during this time.

If you are unfamiliar with these areas, we invite you to visit them by clicking "Community" from the eBay navigation bar at the top of any eBay page.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Scheduled Maintenance ***

27 July 2007 | 10:40AM EST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 15:00 AEST to 19:00 AEST on Friday 27 July. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Upcoming online workshop: Feedback and Detailed Seller Ratings***

25 July 2007 | 07:24PM EST


Come along and learn all about Feedback and the recently introduced Detailed Seller Ratings by joining members of the eBay team in this online workshop.

Title: Feedback and Detailed Seller Ratings
Date: Wednesday 1 August
Time: 7:00pm to 8:00pm (AEST)
Where: Workshops Board

**Please note no personal account queries will be addressed during this workshop.

What is an online workshop?
Workshops are online discussions presented by staff, special guests and expert eBay members on a range of eBay related subjects. They combine informative material with interactive discussion and are a great way to learn, interact with eBay staff, and chat with the experts on a wide variety of topics.

See you there!
The eBay Team.


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***Scheduled Maintenance ***

19 July 2007 | 02:16PM EST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 15:00 AEST to 19:00 AEST on Friday 20 July. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***eBay Motors Vehicle Purchase Protection changes***

17 July 2007 | 06:09PM EST


eBay Motors would like to announce some exciting changes to the Australian Vehicle Purchase Protection* program. The most important change is that we have extended the cover of this buyer protection program to include cars listed in the Classified Ad format that have been purchased using the Best Offer feature through eBay.com.au. We have also clarified some of the exclusions. Please be sure to read our summary of changes to the policy.

These changes will become effective from 4:01pm AEST on 30 July 2007.

Please note that the existing Vehicle Purchase Protection* master policy will continue to cover any eligible car purchased through eBay.com.au listings up until 4:00pm AEST on 30 July 2007.

*Terms and conditions apply and you should read also read the full policy wording.

Regards
The eBay Motors Team
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***Scheduled Maintenance - eBay and PayPal***

12 July 2007 | 02:52PM EST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 15:00 AEST to 19:00 AEST on Friday 13 July. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

PayPal will also be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 17:30 AEST to 18:30 AEST on Friday 13 July. During this maintenance period, certain PayPal site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay & PayPal Teams
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***Have you joined the Conga Line yet?***

06 July 2007 | 07:42PM EST


From Monday, eBay’s first ever virtual conga line will be live across both eBay.com.au and ninemsn.com.au.

You may however be lucky enough to see it popping up on eBay.com.au this weekend! If not you'll just have to wait til Monday OR you could take a sneak peek now if you want to.

If you haven't already joined, don't worry there's still time to be a part of the fun. Simply go to the Excitement page and select 'Join the eBay conga line'.

If you have already registered, keep an eye out for your email on Monday morning, which will contain your unique password. Once you've received this you'll be able to find yourself in the conga line.

Have fun
The eBay Team
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***Advertise your service for FREE* and save up to $19.99!***

05 July 2007 | 01:48PM EST


List your service for free* and save up to $19.99 per listing!

All services listed in the services category on ebay.com.au between the hours of 00:00:01 AEST, Saturday 7 July 2007 and 23:59:59 AEST, Monday 9 July 2007 will be free*.

Don’t forget, the Value Pack (Gallery, Subtitle and Listing Designer) is free for all services listings!

Please refer to the Terms and Conditions for full details of this promotion.

Have fun trading on eBay!

Regards,
The eBay Team

*All other fees including feature fees, final value fees, reserve price fees and PayPal fees will still apply.
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***Scheduled Maintenance ***

05 July 2007 | 11:55AM EST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 15:00 AEST to 19:00 AEST on Friday 6 July. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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