Gary Briggs

The final scores have all been tabulated, and I'm proud to award the title of #1 eBay Community in America to...drumroll, please...Lumberton, New Jersey!

Communities all over the country earned points by doing various types of eBay activities, such as buying, selling, participating in our Community forums, and using eBay Giving Works to sell and buy for charity. After using ZIP Codes to define local communities, and adjusting all the scores on a per capita basis, Zip Code 08048 in Lumberton took the winning spot with 234,580 points. They narrowly edged out the people in Zip Code 37201 in Nashville, Tennessee, who had 217,969 points.

We'll be heading to Lumberton in person to celebrate their accomplishment with them sometime over the next several months. Lumberton will also receive a $10,000 donation to an approved charity of their choice on behalf of eBay, Inc. What’s more, our number two community of Nashville, TN will receive a $2,500 donation, and each of the 8 runners up will receive a $1,000 donation!

Here are the top 10 communities (based on ZIP Code):

1. Lumberton, NJ 08048
2. Nashville, TN 37201
3. Henderson, NV 89011
4. Las Vegas, NV 89141
5. Talpa, TX 76882
6. Graton, CA 95444
7. Farmington, KY 42040
8. Coaldale, CO 81222
9. Indian Trail, NC 28079
10. Walnut, IA 51577

As mentioned previously, in December, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly will begin his journey to document the people who live in these most active eBay communities. Kennerly is a veteran photographer who has captured poignant moments in history for four decades, including portraits of every American president since Richard Nixon. Kennerly's photos of eBay members, and a collection of corresponding essays, will be donated to the Center of American History at the University of Texas.

If you are registered on eBay.com in one of these communities, you'll be able to vote for the charity to receive the donation soon at www.ebaycommunitycounts.com. You can also check this site to see where your community finished, and to learn more fun facts about Community Counts.

Sincerely,

Gary Briggs
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
eBay North America

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Bill Cobb

Also, this is our last Town Hall of 2006, and we’re trying something new!

Phone in your question on the air
If you have a question for me or one of the other leaders on our panel, you'll be able to call us at our toll-free number – 877-474-3302 - and ask us your question on the air! We'll be broadcasting LIVE via Internet radio with the help of our friends at wsRadio (the same folks that produce Griff's eBay Radio show). As always, you'll be able to listen in via Windows Media Player or Real Player.

If you’d prefer to type us your question, you can post your question to our new Town Hall forum. We'll be answering some of the questions posted there, as well.

So, I hope you’ll join us to let us know what's on your minds and to hear what other Community members have to say. Visit www.ebay.com/townhall for more information.

Sincerely,

Bill Cobb
President, eBay North America

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Lara B. Housser

To celebrate, we're holding our eBay Express "Wish for IT" Sweepstakes. All you need to do is create a Wish List on eBay Express now through December 22, 2006, and you'll be automatically entered. Every Wish List you create gets you another entry, giving you up to 10 chances to win!

All winners will receive cash prizes in their PayPal accounts to use towards items on their Wish List. You could win the $5000 Grand Prize, one of 10 $500 First Prizes, or one of 500 $25 prizes.

Full details about the eBay Express "Wish for IT" Sweepstakes can be found on our information page.

Sincerely,

Lara B. Housser
eBay Express

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

• Jennifer Ibarra, Associate Manager, Cause-Related Problems, and Sally Faddis, Senior Manager, Brand Development will talk about a special "Making Holiday Dreams Come True" program eBay is doing this holiday season.
• Jim Miotke, President and Founder of Betterphoto.com, will explain how and why to protect your photos using watermarks.
• Pat West and Christy Johnson, Managers of Power U, will join Joyce Banbury, an Education Specialist Instructor, to cover what's new with the eBay Education Specialist Program and where it's headed in 2007.
• Peter Becker and Erik Holcomb, Co-founders of Global Garage Sale, Inc., are back to talk about the ins and outs of opening an eBay drop-off store.
• Jason Miner, host of PayPal Radio, with the latest PayPal site updates. Jason will stay on for the remainder of the hour to answer your PayPal questions.

Plus "The News" with Lee Mirabal, as well as the most important feature on eBay Radio: your calls! Call in during the show at 877-474-3302 (USA) or 001-858-678-8958 (Internationally) to talk with Griff and his guests or to ask a question and share your voice with the rest of the eBay Community. Remember, one lucky caller per week, selected at random, will receive an autographed copy of Griff's book, "The Official eBay Bible".

If you can't catch the live show, you can always subscribe to the , or access any past broadcast from the eBay Radio Archives. To subscribe to the podcast all you need is an reader (a portable MP3 player is optional). Visit www.wsradio.com/ebayradio for more information about subscribing to the podcasts and to listen to eBay Radio on your computer.

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The promotion will start Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and end on Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). Listings created prior to November 28, 2006 and scheduled to start during the promotional period (November 28-30, 2006) will be eligible for the promotional rate. Please note that the promotional price will be applied at the time of listing, although only sellers using the new Sell Your Item (SYI) form will see it applied during the listing process. Sellers using the old SYI form, or another listing tool, can verify the promotional price in View Account Status within My eBay.

This promotion will not apply to the following types of listings: all eBay Motors listings (including Parts & Accessories, Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Power Sports, and Other Vehicles), as well as International, Live Auction, Professional Services, Real Estate, Ad Format, and Store Inventory listings. For full promotion details, please click here.

We hope you enjoy this special offer!

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Town Hall Event with Bill Cobb on Thursday, November 30th
Make sure to save the date for our next Town Hall event with Bill Cobb, President of eBay North America, on Thursday, November 30th, at 4pm PT. He'll be joined by other leaders around eBay as they answer your questions during this open-topic Town Hall. We’ll also be broadcasting via Internet radio, so you can call in your questions on the air! Stay tuned next week for more details.

Including Shipping Costs in your Listing, Shipping Enhancements
This workshop will be held on Monday, November 27th from 1:00 pm PT to 2:00 pm PT. In September 2006 we announced enhanced features to shipping including how to include costs when listing an item, and how those costs are displayed to buyers in the listings. In addition we introduced more shipping options for international shipping as well as greater flexibility displaying costs to Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. The shipping team at eBay will be hosting this workshop to describe these features and answer any questions. Please join us to learn more!

Increase your eBay Sales – Use Research to Find the Best Time to List
This workshop will be held on Friday, December 1st from 11:00 am PT to 12:00 pm PT. Join the Terapeak team; Sara Taheri and Dave Frey as they will be hosting a workshop introducing you to some tools that you can use to find the best times to list your auctions. They will show you how to find out what time of the day or week to end an auction, and what times of year see big spikes in demand. They will even show you a few cool trends that illustrate the huge spikes in sales that occur over the holiday season! As an added bonus they will also go over tools you can use to build a better title!

New Trust and Safety Tutorials
This workshop will be held on Friday, December 1st from 1:00 pm PT to 2:00 pm PT. Trust & Safety launched new tutorials in October 2006 providing key tips for buying safely and protecting your eBay account during the Holidays and beyond. Join Policy Managers from Trust & Safety (TnS) as they review the information covered in the tutorials and open it up for Q&A on these topics.

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.)
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We look forward to seeing you there!

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Lara B. Housser

With eBay Express Wish Lists you can:

• Add items to your Wish List from any point in the browsing or buying process
• Create up to different 10 Wish Lists (for example, create one for your birthday, one for the vacation you're taking with your family, etc.)
• Email them to friends and family.

And as part of a marketing campaign, we've worked with 10 "iconic Americans," such as a Chicago fireman and a New York cabbie, to come up with their top Wish Lists. Check out what they're wishing for on eBay Express this holiday season! You can view the full lists here.

Sincerely,

Lara B. Housser
eBay Express

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Bryan Ward

I'm excited to kick off the eBay Holiday Dreams Sweepstakes, running November 24 – December 3. Enter and you could win an amazing, one-of-a-kind trip to Disneyland® Resort or Walt Disney World® Resort, where you could spend a night in the Cinderella Castle Suite, get treated like a VIP in the Mickey Mouse Penthouse, and much more! There’ll be one Grand Prize winner every day!

For an automatic entry into our daily prize drawing, register to participate, and then win an auction-style listing or purchase an item using Buy It Now on eBay.com, eBay Motors, or eBay.ca (including our new French-language site). Store Inventory items purchased from eBay Stores qualify, too!

Now here's an extra treat for your stocking: For up to five more entries into a day's prize drawing, find Hidden Mickey. Every day we'll feature a new picture of a Disney theme park with four Hidden Mickey shapes located throughout the picture. Find the Hidden Mickeys and select their location from the pull-down menus. Every Hidden Mickey you correctly find will earn you another entry into that day's drawing. For a fifth entry, correctly identify the Disney park location pictured. Some of the Hidden Mickeys are tough to see, so look closely!

eBay Holiday Dreams Sweepstakes starts Friday, November 24th, so get in the holiday spirit - shop, buy and you could win!

Sincerely,

Bryan Ward
eBay Marketing

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

• Greg Cole, President of HammerTapNow.com and eBay Radio Contributing Editor, with insights on using market research to identify buying trends.
• Troy Janisch, Marketing Director of Bizfilings.com, with important year end information on the importance of becoming a corporation or LLC.
• Nick Gogerty, Founder and CEO of Inclue!, with a tool that can help you track eBay listings.
• Skip McGrath, Publisher of Skip McGrath's eBay Seller's News, with some important photo tips.
• Lynn Dralle, The Queen of Auctions, brings her expert advice on how to handle eBay selling tasks efficiently and in a timely fashion this holiday season.

Plus "The News" with Lee Mirabal, as well as the most important feature on eBay Radio: your calls! Call in during the show at 877-474-3302 (USA) or 001-858-678-8958 (Internationally) to talk with Griff and his guests or to ask a question and share your voice with the rest of the eBay Community. Remember, one lucky caller per week, selected at random, will receive an autographed copy of Griff's book, "The Official eBay Bible".

If you can't catch the live show, you can always subscribe to the , or access any past broadcast from the eBay Radio Archives. To subscribe to the podcast all you need is an  reader (a portable MP3 player is optional). Visit www.wsradio.com/ebayradio for more information about subscribing to the podcasts and to listen to eBay Radio on your computer.

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The 20¢ Insertion Fee Sale starts on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ends that same day, Tuesday, November 21, 2006 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). Listings which were created prior to November 21, 2006 and scheduled to start during the promotional period will also be eligible for the special promotional rate.

This promotion will not apply to the following types of listings: all eBay Motors listings (including Parts & Accessories, Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Power Sports, and Other Vehicles), as well as International, Live Auction, Professional Services, Real Estate, Ad Format, and Store Inventory listings. Also, the following Business & Industrial categories are excluded from this promotion: tractors & farm machinery (category #91952), heavy equipment (25249), concession trailers, carts (67145), imaging and aesthetics equipment (92035), forklifts and other lifts (97185), manufacturing equipment (92080), metalworking equipment (92082), and commercial printing presses (26247).

For full promotion details, please click here.

We hope you enjoy the 20¢ Insertion Fee Sale!

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

Be sure to check out the eBay Chatter Blog for Letters from Griff, and other stories about eBay and the Community.

If you can't catch the live show, you can always subscribe to the , or access any past broadcast from the eBay Radio Archives. To subscribe to the podcast all you need is an reader (a portable MP3 player is optional). Visit www.wsradio.com/ebayradio for more information about subscribing to the podcasts and to listen to eBay Radio on your computer.

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Gary Briggs

Countdown for Community Counts
Our Community Counts promotion wraps up on the 21st, so make sure you're earning points for your local community by bidding, buying, listing, selling and using our Community forums. The title of #1 eBay Community in America is up for grabs -- and so are the celebration and charitable donation that come with it!

It's been fun to see which local communities are near the top of the leader board. For example, Coaldale, CO, Ladera Ranch, CA, and Surprise, AZ are among the leaders in our Charity category so far. And Dellslow, WV, Neche, ND, and Point Roberts, WA are a few of the most active in our Community category. But there are several more days before Community Counts ends – and there's no telling which local eBay community will come out on top!

eBay Community Photo Project by Legendary Photojournalist David Hume Kennerly
Some more exciting news to share about Community Counts. Some of the most active local eBay communities – and some of the individual eBay members who helped them perform so well in Community Counts - will be photographed by Pulitzer Prize winning photographer David Hume Kennerly as part of a project documenting eBay communities across America. Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer for his photos of the Vietnam War, and was chief White House photographer for President Gerald Ford. He's also an avid trader on eBay! You can learn more about David Hume Kennerly here.

We're very excited about David’s involvement with Community Counts. In just 11 years, eBay and its members – you - have made a tremendous, positive impact on American culture and daily life. David’s photo project will document some of that impact. Next year, eBay will donate a collection of these images to the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin, where they’ll join an expansive archive of historic images.

Once we announce the winners in Community Counts, we'll reveal which communities David will be photographing in December, so stay tuned.

Holiday Catalogs and TV Campaign
Our holiday catalog was sent out to 4 million households in early November, and we're seeing some very good results. Plus, our Gift Guide will also be sent out to 4 million homes later this month.

In addition, we're running full throttle with our "IT" TV ads that communicate the central theme that "whatever IT is, you can get IT on eBay." They’re airing on all major networks, including FOX, NBC, CBS, and ABC. You can see them on high-profile programming such as Lost, CSI: Miami, and Deal or No Deal. The holiday-focused ads will also appear across many cable networks.

If you haven’t seen the TV ads yet, you can find them online at www.whatisit.com. Several new versions will be unveiled before the year is out, so bookmark this link. As I said in my last message, by the end of the year we'll have reached 85% of our consumer audience an average of 13 times each.

National "Sleep In" Day
We all know people who get up at dawn the day after Thanksgiving and fight the crowds just to pick up a few bargains, right? Well, this year we're reminding holiday shoppers that on eBay, you can forget all that. We're naming next Friday National "Sleep In" Day!

Part of what makes eBay special is that you get the best deals any time of the day or night, right from your own home. You can even shop in your jammies -- if that's your thing . So this year forget about setting your alarm, and enjoy the extra rest before you shop on eBay. Keep an eye out for our National "Sleep In" Day TV commercial (this commercial, too, will be available at www.whatisit.com soon).

More Promotions and Innovations at Work
We’ve been hard at work, running several promotions and special initiatives to create excitement and keep buyers active on eBay. eBay Deal Finder, eBay Pop, and the eBay Giving Works "Spotlight on the Gulf Coast" campaign are some of the promotional efforts we've launched recently. You've probably also seen our holiday home page, featuring a festive design and several new modules such as "Wish for IT" and "IT of the Day."

And finally, earlier this week Edurne Jorda from our Seller Development team announced a new PowerSeller Challenge that we're holding from now until December 26, 2006. Participating sellers who beat their personalized targets will receive credit to their account and be entered into a sweepstakes where they can win one of five $5,000 cash prizes. We know our sellers are busy this time of year, and we’re pleased to add a bit more fun and incentive to help them make this a very successful holiday season.

I’ll be back again next month. On behalf of everyone here at eBay, I’d like to wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Gary Briggs
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
eBay North America

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Boost Traffic to Your eBay Store this Holiday with Email Marketing
This workshop will be held on Monday, November 20th from 2:00 pm PT to 3:00 pm PT. Email Marketing - a feature available only to eBay Store sellers - is a great way to promote your items. The tool allows you to quickly and easily send promotional messages to your subscribers who have opted-in to your email list and encourage those buyers to return to your eBay Store! Please join us to discuss the latest enhancements to the tool that make it easier than ever to create professional looking email campaigns in minutes.

How to Turn This Season's Hot Products Into Next Year's Product Line
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, November 21st from 11:00 am PT to 12:00 pm PT. The holiday selling season is in full swing and there are holiday hot lists popping up all around us. Retailers and the news media alike are eager to share the information on this year's hottest holiday merchandise. While many people think this information applies only to holiday sales, every holiday hot list is actually an indicator of a coming trend for the next season. Please join Lisa Suttora Founder/CEO of What Do I Sell.com (whatdoisell.com) and best-selling author of "What to Sell on eBay and Where to Get It" (from McGraw-Hill publishers) as she discusses how to use a variety of holiday hot lists as a starting point to expand your product line in 2007.

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 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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1. The item must be in your possession at the time of listing.
2. The listing must include a unique photograph of the item in your possession.
3. Your User ID must be clearly displayed within the photograph (watermarks will not be accepted).
4. The listing must include a clear, readable copy of the sales receipt(s) or other proof of purchase. For your protection please black out any personal information.
5. If multiple quantities are being listed, all consoles must be included in one unique photograph. The same photograph must be used in each listing.

Sellers will also be notified of these requirements during the listing process when using the Sell Your Item form, and buyers will be reminded of them when placing a bid.

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Edurne Jorda

If you are a PowerSeller, register for the eBay PowerSeller Challenge and receive your personalized sales target for the 6-week challenge period (November 15 - December 26). Beat your personalized target and receive a one-time eBay listing fee credit equal to 1% of the difference between your target and the final value of your eligible sales during the challenge period. Plus, all participants will be entered for a chance to win one of ten $5,000 cash prizes! The following listings will not count towards your target and eligible sales: Store Inventory, Ad Format, Live Auctions, Real Estate, Automobiles and Vehicles, and Half.com. Get full terms and conditions and official rules.

PowerSellers rank among the most successful eBay sellers in terms of product sales volume and customer satisfaction on eBay. We're proud to recognize and reward their significant contributions to the success of the eBay Community. The PowerSeller program is open to all sellers who qualify.

Qualify to be a PowerSeller? It's not too late to join!
If you qualify to be a PowerSeller, but haven't yet accepted your invitation to the PowerSeller Program, it's not too late. We encourage you to do so at the PowerSeller portal. Members of the PowerSeller Program receive many benefits all year round – from recognition, priority customer support, and other offers. To participate in the PowerSeller Challenge, invitations to the PowerSeller program must be accepted by November 30, 2006.

Sincerely,

Edurne Jorda
Seller Development

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Scott Mencken

eBay Pop
eBay Pop is a fun new destination to learn what's hot on eBay, with a dash of pop culture. Check out which items have been big "Movers and Shakers," cast your vote in "Head to Head," or play "How Much Is It Worth?", (perfect for fans of The Price Is Right). There's plenty more, plus we'll be adding new content and features as time goes on, so check back often.

Check out eBay Pop at www.ebay.com/ebaypop.

eBay Deal Finder
eBay Deal Finder is an easy to use new way to discover great deals on eBay. It searches the eBay marketplace and finds items that are within the total price range that you specify (including shipping) and:

• are ending soon (in less than 4 hours)
• have yet to receive a bid
• do not have a Reserve price
• have a flat shipping rate (including free shipping).

In addition to the search criteria noted above, eBay Deal Finder also presents search results in an exciting new way, including a dynamic countdown clock to let you know how much time is remaining for each item.

Check out eBay Deal Finder at dealfinder.ebay.com.

Sincerely,

Scott Mencken
eBay Marketing

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The promotion will start on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and end on, Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). Listings created prior to November 14, 2006 that are scheduled to start during the promotional period will be eligible for the promotional rate.

This promotion will not apply to the following types of listings: all eBay Motors listings (including Parts & Accessories, Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, Power Sports, and Other Vehicles), as well as International, Live Auction, Professional Services, Real Estate, Ad Format, and Store Inventory listings. For full details, please see our promotion page.

We hope you enjoy the 50% Off Gallery Plus promotion!