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***Join Griff at eBay University in Golden, CO -- Sept. 8*** |
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August 31, 2007 | 04:29PM PST/PT
| Jim "Griff" Griffith |
Hi everyone, this is Jim Griffith (most people call me “Griff”).
I’m eBay’s Dean of Education, and author of The Official eBay Bible. I’m also the host of eBay Radio, and I regularly answer member questions on eBay’s Chatter blog (www.ebaychatter.com). I’ll be traveling to Colorado in early September, and I want to personally invite you to join me and our other esteemed instructors at eBay University in Golden, Colorado. I’ve been teaching at eBay Universities nationwide ever since the program began in 2000. I usually teach the Basic Selling course, where I enjoy getting to meet “newbies” or buyers who are just thinking about selling for the first time. Our Golden event will host the Basic Selling course as well as the Beyond the Basics of Selling course (for those who are looking to increase their eBay sales). Don’t miss your chance to learn about eBay from me, as well as other great instructors.
Our one-day program is only $59, and you can even bring a friend for free if you register before 11:59pm (ET) on September 7th. See our course page for a description of the classes, and for more information about eBay University. I hope to see you in Golden!
Sincerely,
Griff
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***Upcoming Workshops: Best Time to List, Bid History Changes, & Using Secondary Market Merchandise*** |
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August 31, 2007 | 04:10PM PST/PT
We would like to invite you to attend the following workshop this week:
Increase your eBay Sales by Discovering the Best Time to List
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, September 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific time.
This month the Terapeak marketing team will be hosting a workshop to introduce some tools that you can use to find the best times to end your auctions. There are a variety of free and paid tools that eBay Sellers can use to find out how long to list an item, what time of the day or week to end an auction, or what times of year see big spikes in demand. We will even show you a few cool trends that illustrate the huge spikes in sales that occur over the upcoming holiday season! Join us as we review some great examples and stick around for the hour to answer any questions you may have about market research!
Bid History Re-design changes
This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 5th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific time.
The bid history page is an important tool used by many of our members when monitoring auctions. Based upon extensive research and community involvement, eBay has recently updated this page with new features and functionality to improve the buyer experience. These updates include the ability to bid directly from bid history page as well as improvements to the masking of User IDs over $200. This workshop will be conducted by the buyer experience product management team to discuss the recent changes and the impact it will have on buyers and sellers.
Building a Profitable eBay Business with Secondary Market Merchandise
This workshop will be held on Thursday September 6th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Pacific time.
eBay sellers are under constant pressure to not only have the right inventory to sell, but to acquire it at a cost much lower than the price that eBay buyers are willing to pay per item. The secondary market can be an eBay seller's "gold mine" for finding the right inventory to stay competitive. As you scale your eBay business, it is important know how to locate quality sources of products and how to effectively resell the goods to eBay buyers. Please join Julie Davis and Steve Kuertz of Liquidation.com as they discuss how to effectively use the secondary market to maximize your profit potential.
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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***Enter the eBay Stores $2,500 Passport Sweepstakes for September*** |
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August 31, 2007 | 09:53AM PST/PT
| Rich Lee |
Hi everyone, this is Rich Lee with the eBay Stores Marketing team. We are kicking off the fourth "eBay Stores $2,500 Feature Passport" Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes are held every other month as a fun way to highlight some of the great free features that are available to eBay Stores sellers.
Your eBay Stores subscription comes equipped with powerful tools and resources to help you drive buyers – from eBay, the general Web, and offline – to your eBay Store. Every other month, we'll pick one of these tools to be the feature of the month. All Stores sellers who use the selected tool at least once during the specified timeframe will be automatically eligible to win one of two $2,500 cash Grand Prizes!
Feature for September: Listing Frame
Our highlighted feature for the month of September is the Listing Frame. With Listing Frames you can promote your Store on all of your listings by showcasing your Store header, search, and category navigation. All it takes is a couple of clicks! For more information on what the Listing Frame can do for you, and to get started today on adding a custom Listing Frame, click here.
To qualify for the sweepstakes, simply use a Listing Frame by September 30, 2007. Doing so will automatically enter you into the sweepstakes. It’s a great reason to try it out – and if you’re already using the Listing Frame, you’re all set!
At the end of the month, two Grand Prize winners will be randomly selected to receive the $2,500 cash prize. For full details about the eBay Stores $2,500 Feature Passport Sweepstakes, see our information page.
Good luck, and thanks for using eBay Stores!
Sincerely,
Rich Lee
eBay Stores
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***Snapshot View: Try It Out in the Playground*** |
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August 30, 2007 | 02:56PM PST/PT
| Hilary Holmquest |
Hello...This is Hilary Holmquest with the eBay Finding team. As you know, we've been working hard to improve the search and finding experience on eBay. If you haven't already, make sure to try out some of our ideas in the Finding Playground at playground.ebay.com. We just added a cool new feature to the Playground that we call Snapshot View, which Philipp mentioned in his last message. I'm here to give you more details.
What's Snapshot View?
As they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words." Snapshot View is like window shopping - from the comfort of your computer. It lets you quickly browse through enlarged pictures from tons of items, so you can easily spot the items that interest you.
We've also added a new color and price slider so you can easily narrow your search by color and price.
How to try Snapshot
Snapshot View is currently available in the finding Playground by using the tab next to Picture Gallery. There are several ways to get there.
From the Playground: If you run a search in our test environment where the majority of the items fall into one of 8 test categories where pictures are particularly important, Snapshot View will be shown by default. You'll see pictures for all listings that include at least one image (Gallery or otherwise). But don't worry – we're not excluding listings that don't have a picture. We'll display a general "image not available" message for those. These 8 categories include:
- Antiques
- Arts
- Crafts
- Jewelry & Watches
- Apparel
- Collectibles
- Home & Garden
- Pottery & Glass
From eBay.com: If you're searching in one of these categories on eBay.com, you'll see links at the top of the page to take you directly to Snapshot View. If you're searching outside of these categories, you'll instead see links to visit the Playground, where you can then try out Snapshot View. For these categories, you'll see pictures if the seller purchased Gallery, or either the camera icon or "image not available" message if they didn't.
Just remember - the same items are shown in the Playground as on eBay.com, and all bids and purchases are binding.
We're pretty excited about this new feature, and we really think it will make shopping on eBay more fun. As always, we want to hear what you think, too! Your opinion counts, so after checking out the Snapshot View, send us an email at sneakpeek@ebay.com and tell us what you think.
Sincerely,
Hilary Holmquest
Finding Team
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***Updated: A Message from Philipp Justus – Huge Savings for Sellers in September*** |
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August 29, 2007 | 03:47PM PST/PT
| Philipp Justus |
Hello Sellers,
I have one more piece of good news: Unlike our last promotion, this time you WILL get these Insertion discounts if you use bundles with Gallery, such as Value Pack, Pro Pack, Gallery Plus, Gallery Featured, and Picture Pack. Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Philipp Justus
Senior Vice President, Auctions
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***Original:
A Message from Philipp Justus – Huge Savings for Sellers in September*** |
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August 28, 2007 | 05:00PM PST/PT
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| Philipp Justus |
Hello Sellers,
I have great news for you! Based on the success of our last Listing with Gallery promotion on 8/15, we are running a similar promotion for the entire month of September. Like the last promotion, if you buy Gallery and start your Auction-style or Fixed Price listings at $9.99 or less, we're going to give you the insertion fee for FREE. In addition, for items with a starting price of $10 or more, you'll save 25% off the listing fee (up to $1.20 per listing!).
But wait – there's more! This promotion runs from August 29 to September 30. That means significant savings for our sellers who will be able to take advantage of this promotion for an entire MONTH! (Read here for more promotion details.)
We think this is a great deal for both our sellers and buyers. Sellers have the opportunity to realize significant savings, while buyers benefit from a richer shopping experience. We're really happy to deliver savings to our sellers who look to the eBay marketplace as the best place to move inventory. We also hope this promotion will continue to improve the buyer experience by encouraging sellers to use Gallery, which helps buyers shop in a more visually appealing way.
On behalf of my whole team, we hope you enjoy this promotion – and we appreciate your continued business and support.
Sincerely,
Philipp Justus
Senior Vice President, Auctions
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***eBay Radio: Call in Today at 11:00 AM Pacific Time*** |
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August 28, 2007 | 09:49AM PST/PT
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| Jim "Griff" Griffith |
Call in to eBay Radio today, August 28th, with your host Jim "Griff" Griffith, Dean of eBay
University, live from
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific time. Guests this week include:
- Michael Shaw, Pak Mail franchise owner, tells how you can get help with packing and shipping small items.
- Mark Hojnacki, VP of Sales with Small Business Transportation AKA Freight101.com, tells you what to do if you need to ship large items.
- Ina Steiner, Editor of AuctionBytes.com, joins us to discuss eBay’s Seller Non-performance policy as well as other issues faced by eBay sellers.
- Elizabeth Bennett, President of Africa Direct, an eBay PowerSeller and one of the 2007 Hall of Fame Winners, joins us with her tips for selling one-of-a-kind items on eBay.
- Danna Crawford, of AskDanna.com, is a “PowerSelling Mom” with tips on eBay education.
 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/ebay
radio
for more information about subscribing to the podcasts and to listen to eBay Radio on your
computer.
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***Upcoming Workshops: 2 Workshops to Help Jump Start Your Biz - Shipping Tips & Marketing Tools*** |
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August 24, 2007 | 04:27PM PST/PT
We would like to invite you to attend the following workshop this week:
Shipping Tips & Best Practices: Using eBay & PayPal Shipping Tools
This workshop will be held on Monday, August 27th from 1:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Get into ship shape
with shipping tips and best practices. See the top tips for packaging your items for shipment. Learn to use the eBay Shipping Calculator in your listings or to research shipping rates. Print U.S. Postal Service® and UPS® shipping labels on PayPal right from your computer on standard printing paper. Shipping addresses are pre-filled and you can purchase labels right from your PayPal account for no additional fee. Please join us to learn about these great tools and how they can help you become a smart shipper.
Powerful Marketing Tools That Will Boost Your eBay Business
This workshop will be held on Tuesday, August 28th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Join Diane and Rebecca from OASIS Connect to learn marketing strategies that will get your eBay business noticed--on eBay and on the Internet. These powerful tools are like giant road signs pointing the way to your eBay biz and most of them are right under your nose. Did you know if you have an eBay store, you can blog, write reviews and guides and send out newsletters to your customers, all for free? Use these tools and you'll be the expert in your eBay market. You'll show up on search engines... You'll get more traffic... And you'll get more sales!
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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***Bid History Update - More Details*** |
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August 24, 2007 | 03:44PM PST/PT
| Evan Liang |
Hello...I'm Evan Liang with eBay's Buyer Experience team. My team and I focus on improving the experience members have when they place a bid or make a purchase. As Philipp mentioned, we're making a few important changes to the bid history page that we think will improve the overall bidding experience. You will begin to see these changes next week.
Making winning easier – bid right from the bid history page
We know from talking to Community members that many people spend a lot of time monitoring competitive auctions from the bid history page. Knowing how important this page is to bidders, my team has enhanced the user interface so you can now place a bid directly on the bid history page.
For our competitive bidders who use the bid history often, we think this change will simplify your experience and help you win that "must have" item.
Enhancing SMI -- adding transparency for items over $200
Last January, Rob Chesnut introduced an important Trust & Safety initiative called Safeguarding Member IDs (SMI). This project protects eBay's bidders on high-end items from fake Second Chance Offers and other malicious email. (Read Rob's announcement from January 8, 2007 for more details.)
While SMI has been very effective in protecting our marketplace from fraud, we also realize that it reduced transparency on the site, and, for some bidders, took away some of the magic of that makes eBay so unique.
As promised, my Buyer Experience group has teamed up with Trust & Safety and the Community over the past few months to look at ways to make the bid history more transparent without jeopardizing the safety that SMI has added. I'm pleased to let you know that this week, we'll be making the following adjustments to the User IDs displayed on bid history for items over $200:
- Actual Feedback Score is back – We will be bringing back the bidder’s actual feedback score next to each member's respective User ID.
- New User ID Masking - We are replacing the current aliases (Bidder 1, Bidder 2 and Bidder 3) with a masked ID that consists of two random characters from the member's User ID – for example a***b. For any given member, this masked ID will be consistent across all auctions over $200 for which they place bids. At the end of a listing, the winning bidder's User ID will be displayed on both the item and bid history page. Please note: Sellers will still be able to view the actual User IDs for bidders on their listings through the Bid History page.
Also, please understand that to protect our Community, eBay reserves the right to change this masking algorithm in the future, but will only do so if absolutely necessary and with advance notice. We expect to add more enhancements in the future, although our intent is to move cautiously so we can ensure we’re preserving safety.
My team will be holding a workshop on September 5 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific time (stay tuned for more info), and I hope you can join us. You can also check out my video on The Chatter blog for more information. As always, we appreciate your support and feedback, and look forward to further improvements to your buyer experience.
Sincerely,
Evan Liang
Buyer Experience
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***Coming Soon: Changes to Item Specifics for Clothing*** |
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August 24, 2007 | 10:19AM PST/PT
On Thursday, August 30th, we plan to update the Item Specifics in the Clothing category. Changes will be made to the following categories:
- Women's Shirts, Tops
- Women's Dresses
- Men's Casual Shirts
- Men's Dress Shirts
To see details about the specific changes for these categories, as well as a preview of other changes planned for September, please visit our Item Specifics Update page.
If you list items manually through an eBay seller tool (e.g. Sell Your Item form, Turbo Lister) or the eBay API, the updated Item Specifics will be available in the next few weeks.
Also, if you use a 3rd party listing service (such as Marketworks) please contact them to verify that they will update their Item Specifics in the Clothing categories.
For general information about Item Specifics and how to use them, please visit the Item Specifics Overview page.
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***Join Jason Miner at eBay University in Langhorne, PA – Aug. 25*** |
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August 23, 2007 | 03:53PM PST/PT
| Jason Miner |
Hi everyone, this is Jason Miner, longtime PayPal employee and eBay University instructor. I want to personally invite you to join me and our other esteemed instructors at eBay University in Langhorne, PA on August 25th. Not only have I been part of PayPal’s Product Education team, but I’ve also enjoyed playing the role of guest host for eBay Radio in Griff’s absence. I’ve been teaching at eBay Universities nationwide since 2002, and enjoy getting to meet all levels of eBay users - from ‘newbies’ to seasoned sellers. Attend the Selling Basics class if you’re new to selling, or the Beyond the Basics of Selling class if you’re looking to take your selling to the next level. Our one-day program is only $59, and you can even bring a friend for free if you register online before 11:59pm (ET) on August 24th. See our course page for a description of the classes, and for more information about eBay University.
I hope to see you this weekend!
Jason
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***A Message from Jeff King - Finding News*** |
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August 23, 2007 | 02:20PM PST/PT
| Jeff King |
Hi everyone....As Philipp recently mentioned, our Finding pages are getting a much-needed visual update this week. These are cosmetic changes that will not affect the way your search and browse experience works - your search results will stay exactly the same. We hope you find the new look less cluttered and more engaging.
Search Results Layout Update on eBay.com
This visual update to the layout of our search results pages gives them a more consistent look-and-feel with the rest of the site, and puts more emphasis on the most important part of these pages – your listings! For example, we've removed the alternating gray-and-white background that we used to show (which a lot of members found distracting) and replaced it with simple white space that makes each listing title stand out more.
After testing the updated design in our Finding Playground, as well as talking extensively with members on our discussion forums, we're moving it out to the eBay.com site slowly over the next few days. We want to hear what you think about the new look, so we've started a new thread on our Search discussion board that I hope you'll visit.
Updates to the Finding Playground
These layout changes will also be made to search results within the Finding Playground (found at playground.ebay.com). In addition to these designs, we're testing a variety of different features within the Playground, and will also be adding in several of the favorites you've requested. Check out this discussion thread for more information, and to leave your feedback about the Playground.
I'd also like to say thank you for your continued feedback on the new Finding experience in the Playground. Our testing - and your input - is crucial for us to understand what works best before we launch anything to the eBay.com site. We're already seeing a few categories where the new experience is working better for buyers, which means it's helping to create more sales. While we're pleased with the results we've seen so far, we also know there is a lot of room for improvement, so keep sending us your thoughts.
My team will keep you updated on our progress. And stay tuned for more information about the "Snapshot View" Philipp referenced coming soon!
Sincerely,
Jeff King
Senior Director, Finding
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***List Using the 10-Day Duration Option For No Extra Charge - August 23-24, 2007*** |
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August 22, 2007 | 05:00PM PST/PT
List your items for 10 days for no extra charge during this 2-day special offer on www.ebay.com. With the 10-day duration listing option, your item gets more exposure, so more buyers have a chance to bid. Boost the chances your item will sell and keep it listed longer...for FREE.
The promotion will start on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 00:00:01 Pacific time (12:00 a.m. plus one second) and end on Friday August 24, 2007 at 23:59:59 Pacific time (11:59 p.m. plus 59 seconds). Listings that were created prior to the promotion and are scheduled to start during the promotional period (August 23-24, 2007) will also be eligible for the discounted 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 10-day duration promotion!
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***A Message from Philipp Justus – Making winning on eBay even more fun*** |
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August 21, 2007 | 10:29AM PST/PT
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| Philipp Justus |
Hello everyone... We've been talking a lot with you about improving the buyer
experience on eBay, and I'm pleased to let you know about some great new enhancements
that we're adding to the site over the next two weeks. We've been working hard
to ensure that these enhancements will add to the thrill you feel when you win
a great item at a fantastic price. Winning on eBay is a big part of the great
experience you have on eBay and we want you to win faster, more often and have
even more fun than ever before.
If you've been keeping on eye on Sneak Peek (www.ebay.com/sneakpeek),
you're probably aware of many of the products and enhancements we're working
on. I'd like to give you a quick snapshot on a number of enhancements that are
on their way.
Our new eBay home page – A homepage is like a front
door, and it can say a lot about the business inside. Making its debut this
week, our new eBay homepage has a simplified interface that puts the focus on
you and what you love. Quick access to key My eBay information, featured items
and recent activities helps to make a more inspired and fun shopping experience.
We hope you like our new "front door" – and that you find it
welcoming, informative and fun.
Bid History redesign – Through research and talking
to a lot of you, we know that our competitive bidders spend a lot of time on
the bid history page. We've enhanced the page to be more functional for you.
You'll now be able to bid directly from the Bid History page. We heard that
it's really important for you to be able to see more information on all items
you're bidding on, so we've restored some transparency when bidding on items
over $200.
New look & feel in Search – We're making a number
of visual changes to our current Search to make the search results pages less-cluttered.
Soon you'll notice subtle changes to color and other details that will help
the most important content on the page – your items – stand out
better.
Snapshot View on Search Results – Snapshot View allows
you to browse quickly through larger item images – it's a little like
window shopping but with faster results. Browse for what you are looking for,
or refine your search by color or price, and let your visual sense be your guide.
You'll find the link to Snapshot View at the top right of every search results
page. This is an exciting new way to help you to find and win items on eBay.
You'll be hearing more about these projects and others – like progress
with our new My eBay beta, our Finding tests, and more – in the coming
weeks. Until then, keep checking our General Announcements board, and visiting
our Sneak Peek page for updates. We also hope you'll use our sneakpeek@ebay.com
email address to let us know what you think about our new projects. We really
want to hear from you – so don't be shy.
Sincerely,
Philipp Justus
Senior Vice President, eBay Auctions
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***eBay Radio: Call in Today at 11:00 AM Pacific Time*** |
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August 21, 2007 | 09:33AM PST/PT
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| Jim "Griff" Griffith |
Call in to eBay Radio today, August 21st, with your host Jim "Griff" Griffith, Dean of eBay
University, live from
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific time. Guests this week include:
- Jen Cano, VP of Marketing with Hammertapnow.com joins us to discuss her topic, “How big is the market, and how big is my piece of the pie?
- Chris Malta, President of Worldwide Brands joins us with his guest, Sandy Ghezzi, VP of Marketing with Craft & Hobby Association.
- Alice Eastland, VP of Communications of Midprofile.com joins us to tell us how you can run your eBay business from your cell phone.
- Jody Rogers, owner of Beachcombers! Joins us on the PowerSeller Hour with tips on branding and search engine optimization.
- Mario Campa, Founder and President of Toys From The Attic joins us on the second segment of the PowerSeller Hour to give us tips on retaining customers.
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 | | |
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