In the mean time we encourage you to use playground and get a feel for the new and improved functionality. You can use it for searching and buying just like you're doing already.

Don't forget to send your any feedback, ideas, suggestion or thoughts to aucategory@ebay.com.

Watch this space for more on the launch date

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If you have any further queries on this matter, please contact PayPal Customer Solutions at 1-800-073-263 during the hours of 08:00-18:30 (AEST) Monday-Thursday and 08:00-16:00 (AEST) Friday-Saturday.

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The site, launched today provides visitors with access to a range of 50,000 hotels from Australia and around the world. It has been specifically tailored for eBay members with a familiar look and feel.

lotsofhotels.com.au offers 24 hour customer support with an online chat facility and phone support once you’ve made a booking.

Look out for great deals all year round and make sure you check out the Candy Jar next week for details of the lotsofhotels.com.au launch promotion.

Be among the first to take a tour!

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The new search will find items with more relevancy providing you with better matching results for your search terms. You’ll no longer need to use long and complicated search terms to find what you’re looking for. Plus, new filters (on the left hand side of the search results page) will make it easier to find the things you want by narrowing or expanding your search.

Sellers will not have to do anything differently but we encourage you to check out the new menu and work out how you can optimise your listings. (Take special note of the 'Choose more' function available in each of the product classifications.)

If you have any questions read our FAQs.

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These changes are being made in an effort to simplify the finding experience for buyers, and help make listing easier and faster for sellers.

Changes will be made in the following categories:

• Antiques
• Art
• Business, Industrial
• Cameras
• Cars, Bikes, Boats
• Collectables
• Computers
• Crafts
• Dolls, Bears
• Electronics
• Fashion
• Home
• Jewellery
• Movies
• Music
• Phones
• Sport
• Tickets, Travel
• Toys, Hobbies
• Video Games

How will these changes impact sellers?

Recurring listings
Any seller who automatically relists items in any of the above categories using a third party or eBay tool (such as Turbo Lister or Selling Manager Pro) will need to make a bulk edit of listings to ensure all items are listed within the correct category number.

New listings in these categories
For Turbo Lister and third party listing tools you will need to download updates to ensure the category structure reflects this change.

Important note for all sellers
Please be aware that certain brand name categories will be created within the Jewellery category. Items of these brands will be required to be listed in their respective categories while items compatible with, related or unrelated to the brand name are required to be listed in a different category.

Ensure you use Item Specifics and include appropriate keywords in your titles to help facilitate the relevancy of searches for buyers. Any existing listing will automatically be migrated to the new category structure. Item Specifics will remain a part of the listing process.

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In fact we love it so much we decided to create the Bargain Gallery so you can share you best bargain with everyone and maybe even win a Nintendo Wii Sport.

Taking part is simple!

Go to the Bargain Gallery, create a profile, upload a picture of you and your biggest eBay catch, and then tell us in 50 words or less about your catch and why it’s such a bargain. There’ll be two winners every week until 3 October and remember, it doesn’t have to be the biggest item, just the best bargain you’ve found on eBay.com.au.

Naturally, terms and conditions do apply.

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We apologise for any confusion this may have caused.

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	***Original: DSRs Displaying Incorrectly***
	08 August 2008 | 08:35AM EST Some Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) are currently displaying incorrectly. We are working on this issue with the utmost urgency, and expect to have it corrected soon. We absolutely understand the necessity of displaying accurate DSRs for our sellers, and we apologise for the frustration and confusion this may be causing you Regards, The eBay Team
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You’ve got to be in it to win it!

We’ll be running our first exclusive Stores competition later this month. You’ll be given the opportunity to explain in 100 words or less why you think your store is one of the best on eBay.com.au. Winners will get an exclusive feature in our buyer newsletter, the Candy Jar.

Keep an eye out for the chance to enter this competition in our upcoming seller newsletter later this month.

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PayPal apologise for any inconvenience and appreciate your business. Once the maintenance has been completed the PayPal site will return to normal functionality.

We appreciate your understanding.

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