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***Upcoming Workshops: eBay Blogs, Holiday Sales, Family Tax Law, Fraud Prevention, Cross-Border Shipping, and Sourcing***

June 16, 2006 | 10:30AM PST/PT


We would like to invite you to attend the following workshops next week:

eBay Blogs – An Introduction to Blogs & Blogging on eBay!
This workshop will be held on Monday, June 19th from 15:00 PT to 16:00 PT. Just launched on eBay, members will now be able to create and manage an eBay Blog! Blogs are an exciting and easy new way for you to interact and showcase your personality, opinions and knowledge. eBay Staff will be on hand to discuss blogs, to help you get started, and answer your questions.

Prepare Now for Holiday Season Sales
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, June 20th from 11:00 PT to 12:00 PT. For buyers, summer shopping is just beginning. But for sellers, it's time to stock your Store for the upcoming holiday shopping season! Beginning with back-to-school shopping, and continuing through Halloween and the gift-giving season, buyers are headed your way. The planning, inventory purchases and stocking of your eBay store should be happening now! Join Lisa Suttora, Founder and CEO of What Do I Sell.com™, an eBay Certified Service provider, to find out what you need to do to be ready for your buyers during the biggest shopping season of the year.

Tax Benefits for the Family eBay Business
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, June 21st from 10:00 PT to 11:00 PT. An eBay family business can be a great way to build a family legacy. Learn how to turn the tax laws to your favor by bringing family members into your business and teach your kids valuable business skills at the same time.

Global Law Enforcement Operations: How Does eBay/PayPal FIT Work with Law Enforcement Agencies?
This workshop will be held on Thursday, June 22nd from 11:00 PT to 12:00 PT. Did you know eBay helped break up a notorious Romanian Internet crime ring? Or that eBay/PayPal's Fraud Investigation Team (FIT) works with local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies to help make eBay a safer online platform for you? This follow up workshop will again touch upon the roles and responsibilities of eBay/PayPal's worldwide Fraud Investigation Team. Join Carolyn Patterson, Senior Director of Global Law Enforcement Operations, and members of her management team for a closer look into the infrastructure of eBay's Fraud Investigation Team and highlights from their successful investigations.

Shipping Cross Border II
This workshop will be held on Friday, June 23rd from 11:00 PT to 12:00 PT. Please join Certified Solution Provider ClearPath, a Pitney Bowes service, for a discussion on what is required to sell and ship your items internationally. Topics will include how to expand your target customer base easily and successfully, how duty is calculated, and how your selection of shipping methods affects buyers. The cross-border service options available to sellers and the advantages and disadvantages of each will also be covered.

Sourcing Products at Trade Shows III
This workshop will be held on Friday, June 23rd from 14:00 PT to 15:00 PT. In part III of the Sourcing Products at Trade Shows series, Rebecca Shapiro, Artist & Creative Director of Pig and Panda, will discuss how to organize yourself when your orders start arriving, how best to automate your business so you can continue to source great product lines, and how to keep track of your accounts and manage inventory. She'll also provide tips on how to negotiate contracts and work with attorneys as you grow your business. Check out Part I and Part II for previous discussions.

Workshops are hosted in discussion threads on the Workshops Board. To get to the Workshops Board:

  • Go to www.ebay.com
  • Click on Community at the top of the page
  • Click on "Workshops" in the "Events" section
  • This will bring you to the threaded Workshops Board.

To view archived workshops or to learn more about future workshop events, please check our Workshops Calendar.

Want timely reminders about workshops? We recommend two ways to make sure you never miss an important workshop:

  • Sign up for the Workshops Information Group! By joining this group, you will receive an email notification reminding you about upcoming eBay Workshops. (To sign up for the Workshops Information Group, please click here.)
  • Subscribe to the RSS feed for the Workshop board. When a new workshop becomes active, your RSS reader will be updated. (You can also subscribe to just the specific topic thread that interests you.) To subscribe, click on the RSS button ( ) at the bottom of the Workshop board or thread. Copy and paste the feed URL into your reader to subscribe. For more information on RSS, please read our RSS Help page.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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