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***Scheduled Maintenance for This Week*** |
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27 April, 2005 | 16:45
The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 02:00 ET to 04:00 ET on Friday, April 29th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.
The PayPal site, including eBay checkout using PayPal, will also be undergoing maintenance and will be unavailable for approximately an hour, starting at 02:00 ET on Friday, April 29th.
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***eBay Launches Service for Poland*** |
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25 April, 2005 | 17:45
We are pleased to announce the launch of eBay Poland (www.ebay.pl), a localized way for buyers and sellers in Poland to meet and trade. The new website will allow eBay to better serve our members in Poland, providing greater opportunity for a local trading community to come together and help grow e-commerce in Poland.
For more details, please see the press release by clicking here.
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***April 22 is 10 cent Listing Day for Worldwide Listings*** |
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21 April, 2005 | 14:15
April 22 is 10 cent Listing Day
April 22 is 10 cent Listing Day for Worldwide Listings
Friday
April 22 is 10 cent Listing
Day when you ship your item worldwide.
Click here for all the
details.
It all starts April 22, 2005 at 00:00:01 EDT (12:00 AM plus one second on April
22, 2005) and ending that same day Friday, April 22, 2005 23:59:59 EDT (11:59 PM
plus 59 seconds).
Insertion fees for Auction-Style listings will be credited back to your seller's
account by mid-May 2005. Only listings available worldwide will be eligible
for this promotion. Listings created prior to the promotion and scheduled to
start during the promotional period of April 22, 2005 will be eligible for the
promotional fee.
This promotion is open to all Canadian residents who use eBay.ca, eBay.com or
eBay Motors on April 22, 2005 who list Auction-style listings and make their
listings available worldwide.
Items that are not made available worldwide will be excluded from the promotion.
Fixed Price Listings, Motors vehicles, Business and Industrial Capital
Equipment, Stores Inventory Format and Real Estate Ad Format listings will also
be excluded. The promotional rate does not apply to listings revised during the
promotional period. The promotional rate also does not apply to listings created
during the promotion April 22, 2005, but scheduled to start after the promotion
ends. Note: Items made available only to Canada and one other country will not
count as worldwide.
Learn more about 10
cent Listing Day.
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***Trust & Safety Town Hall Today, April 21*** |
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21 April, 2005 | 12:55
Join Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America, and Rob Chesnut, Vice President of Trust & Safety, today, April 21st from 7:30 - 8:30pm ET for an online audio Trust & Safety Town Hall event.
Bill and Rob will provide an update on Trust & Safety initiatives at eBay, as well as answer your questions on the topic of Trust & Safety. You can submit questions before or during the event. Click here to submit your question, and to learn more!
We have also set up a thread on the Seller Central discussion board where we’ll be posting pictures during the event. Visit the thread during the Town Hall by clicking here.
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***eBay Groups, Chat & Discussion Boards - Scheduled Maintenance*** |
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20 April, 2005 | 17:53
Liveworld will be doing maintenance on their systems from approximately 02:00 to 04:00 ET on Friday, April 22nd. This means that eBay's Community forums (eBay Groups, Chat boards, Answer Center, and Discussion boards) 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.
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***Scheduled Maintenance for This Week*** |
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20 April, 2005 | 17:51
The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 02:00 ET to 04:00 ET on Friday, April 22nd. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.
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***eBay First Quarter 2005 Earnings Released*** |
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20 April, 2005 | 17:47
Today, we announced eBay's financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2005. I'm happy to report that the company delivered outstanding results in Q1.
The success eBay enjoyed this quarter is a direct result of our Community of members. Your passion and dedication have helped us build a thriving marketplace that continues to grow quarter after quarter.
We look forward to working together for even greater success in 2005 and beyond.
Thank you,
Meg
To learn more about eBay's performance for the quarter, click here
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***eBay Motors Win Your Purchase Contest up to $15,000!*** |
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15 April, 2005 | 09:45
Purchase an item on eBay Motors and you could win your purchase!
All Canadian residents who purchase a vehicle or item on www.eBaymotors.ca or www.eBaymotors.com starting April 15, 2005 at 12:01 am ET will be automatically entered into a contest to win their purchase up to $15,000 CDN. The contest is open to purchases made in the Passenger Vehicle, Motorcycle, Other Vehicles and Powersports categories. All entries must be received by 11:59:59 pm ET May 15, 2005 (the Contest Closing Date) will be included for the Grand Prize draw.
Prize – There will be One (1) Grand Prize available to be won. Entrants who purchase a vehicle or item on eBay Motors will win their purchase (excluding shipping, duty, taxes, import, transaction, registration or certification costs associated with the transaction) to a maximum amount of $15,000 CDN. The Grand Prize draw will be conducted by independent judges on or about 2:00 p.m. ET June 15, 2005, from all eligible entries received by the Contest Closing Date.
For all rules and regulations please click here
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***Scheduled Maintenance for this Week*** |
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13 April, 2005 | 17:17
The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 02:00 ET to 04:00 ET on Friday, April 15th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.
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***List for 1 Cent when you Use Pre-Filled Item Information - April 9, 2005*** |
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08 April, 2005 | 13:08
List for 1 cent when you use Pre-Filled Item
Information - April 9, 2005
Saturday, April 9, 2005 is 1 cent Listing Day when you use
Pre-Filled
Item Information! It all starts
Saturday, April 9, 2005
at 00:00:01 EDT and continues all day long until 23:59:59 EDT.
Insertion fees for Auction-Style listings will be reduced to 1 cent (CDN or US)
when you list using the Pre-Filled Item Information feature.
Only listings
using the
Pre-Filled
Item Information feature will be eligible.
Pre-Filled Item Information is available on most items in the following
categories: Books, DVDs & Movies, Consumer Electronics, Cell Phones, Music,
Video Games, Golf Clubs. Some items in these categories are not supported by
Pre-Filled Item Information. These items will not be eligible for the
promotion.
Please note: the discounted fees will
not be immediately reflected on the site. You will see a credit
to your seller’s account within 60 days.
Click here for
more details on the promotion.
This promotion
is open to all Canadian residents who use eBay.ca on April 9, 2005 who list
auction-style listings and use the Pre-Filled Item Information feature.
Check the details page
for a list of Frequently Asked Questions if you're unsure whether you qualify.
Listings
that do not use the Pre-Filled Item Information feature will
be excluded from
the promotion.
Fixed
Price Listings,
Motors
vehicles, Stores Inventory
Format Listings
and Real Estate
Ad Format
will also be excluded. The promotional rate does not apply to
listings revised during the promotional period. The promotional rate also does
not apply to listings created during the promotion April 9, 2005,
but scheduled
to
start after the promotion ends.
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***eBay Phone Support Now Available*** |
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04 April, 2005 | 17:22
Back in February, we told you about some new things we were planning for Stores sellers. We are pleased to announce to all Stores sellers that toll-free phone support is now available as part of your eBay Store subscription.
Phone support will be available Monday through Friday, from 6am to 6pm Pacific Time (9am to 9pm Eastern Time), and the toll-free number is listed in the Manage Your Store section of My eBay.
And as a reminder, all Stores sellers who have a paying eBay Store for the full month of April will receive a C$15.95 credit (a month's Basic eBay Store subscription fee) in May as a "thank you" for your business.
We hope you enjoy the new phone support.
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******Now Available: Sales Reports 1.5****** |
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01 April, 2005 | 11:25
We are pleased to announce that Sales Reports Version 1.5 is now available.
We’ve incorporated your feedback to make both Sales Reports Basic and Sales Reports Plus easier to use. The enhancements for subscribers of Sales Reports Basic include the ability to customize how their charts are displayed and improved formatting.
In addition, subscribers of Sales Reports Plus will also be able to:
- Analyze sales by format (for example, auction-style listings, fixed price listings, etc.) in each of the leaf-level categories they sell in.
- Compare sales by ending day and time for fixed price and Store Inventory format listings (in addition to auction-style listings).
- Customize reports by displaying full category names, and by hiding or displaying specific metrics they want to see.
For general information about Sales Reports, please click here.
For more details and a complete list of features in this release, please view the release notes posted on the Sales Reports discussion board on eBay.com.
If you’re already a subscriber of Sales Reports Plus, you can start using the new version by going to My eBay and clicking on the Sales Reports link.
Regards,
eBay
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