Jim "Griff" Griffith

Don't miss Thursday's "Ask Griff" show

Call in to this week's live broadcast of the "Ask Griff" show Thursday July 2, 2009 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Pacific time. No guests on the "Ask Griff" show. Just two hours of your calls on any eBay topic of your choice! Call in during any LIVE eBay Radio or Ask Griff 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.

If you can't catch either of the shows, you can always subscribe to the podcast , 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.

Select and listen to any past eBay Radio broadcast, listed by topic and date, in the eBay Radio archives. You can also join the eBay Radio eBay Group for more information on eBay Radio.

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

Our Las Vegas LIVE broadcasts from the Hotel Rio will include:

• eBay Radio: Wednesday, June 24th, from 11:00am to 1:00pm PT
• eBay Las Vegas Town Hall: Wednesday, June 24th from 3:00 - 4:30pm PT
• Ask Griff: Thursday, June 25th from 3:00pm to 5:00pm PT.

Call in during the shows at 877-474-3302 (USA) or 001-858-678-8958 (Internationally) to talk with Griff, Lee, party attendees or to ask a question and share your voice with the rest of the eBay Community.

If you can't catch a LIVE broadcast of eBay Radio or Ask Griff, you can always subscribe to the podcast , or access any past broadcast from the eBay Radio listed by topic and date, in the eBay Radio archives http://www.wsradio.com/internet-talk-radio.cfm/shows/eBay-Radio.html. 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. Join the eBay Radio eBay Group http://groups.ebay.com/forum.jspa?rw=true&forumID=1279&anticache=1218552003858 for automatic weekly updates and other information about eBay Radio and The Ask Griff Show.

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Ginger Leishman

Please join us for an online workshop hosted by the eBay Certified Provider team.  eBay Certified Provider Workshops are hosted by 3rd party companies with extensive expertise on the topic of their workshop.  They are independent companies qualified by eBay to have demonstrated experience and expertise in growing eBay seller businesses.

Topic: 5 Easy Steps to Increase Your eBay Profits Using Marketplace Research
Host: Denise (Product Manager) and Matt (Customer Support Manager) from Terapeak
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Time: 11AM-Noon PST
Location: eBay Workshop Board

Visit http://certifiedprovider.ebay.com/ to learn more about eBay Certified Providers and the services and solutions they offer to help eBay sellers.

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

• Amy Skeeters-Behrens, Senior Manager of Marketing with eBay Global Citizenship, joins us with the latest team news and updates.
• Ian Aronovich, President of GovernmentAuctions.com, discusses his latest treasury auction finds.
• Stephanie Seufert, Marketing Specialist with Auctiva, shares Auctiva’s latest updates.
• John Donahoe, eBay CEO, will share highlights from recent meetings with eBay sellers.

Plus we'll have "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".

Don't miss Thursday's "Ask Griff" show

Call in to this week's live broadcast of the "Ask Griff" show Thursday June 18th, 2009, from 3:00pm to 5:00pm Pacific time. No guests on the Ask Griff show. Just two hours of your calls on any eBay topic of your choice! Call in during any LIVE eBay Radio or Ask Griff 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.

If you can't catch either of the shows, you can always subscribe to the podcast , 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.

Select and listen to any past eBay Radio broadcast, listed by topic and date, in the eBay Radio archives. You can also join the eBay Radio eBay Group for more information on eBay Radio.

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Dinesh Lathi

Effective today, pay no Insertion Fees on your first 5 qualifying Auction-style listings when you use the eBay Sell Your Item or Simple listing form. This is not a short-term promotion—it’s a change to eBay pricing. You can now list 5 items every 30 days and pay nothing unless your items sell.

The Final Value Fee for these first 5 listings with $0.00 Insertion Fees will be 8.75% of the sales price or $20, whichever is lower.

See the original May 12 announcement below for all options available for sellers.

Start selling!

Sincerely,
Dinesh Lathi
VP, Seller Experience

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	***Original: Coming in June—5 Free Insertion Fees every 30 days for Auction-style listings***
	May 12, 2009 | 09:55AM PST/PT Dinesh Lathi Hi everyone, I’ve got some exciting news about $0.00 Insertion Fees. Starting June 16, 2009, you’ll get 5 free Insertion Fees every 30 days for Auction-style listings. Here’s how it works: Regardless of your start price, your first 5 Auction-style listings will have NO Insertion Fees when you list with eBay’s Sell Your Item form or Simple listing form. The Final Value Fee for these 5 listings with $0.00 Insertion Fees will be 8.75% of the sales price or $20, whichever is lower. Any additional items sold during the same 30-day period will have the same Insertion Fees and Final Value Fees as they do today. Learn more. Choose the option that works best for you, based on how you list: eBay’s Sell Your Item form or Simple listing form – If you’re currently using one of these forms, you can either take advantage of the 5 free Insertion Fees every 30 days, or opt out by listing your items via an eBay tool or third-party listing solution. eBay tool or third-party listing solution – If you’re currently using one of these tools, you can either take advantage of this new pricing structure by listing your first 5 Auction-style listings every 30 days through eBay’s Sell Your Item form or Simple listing form, or continue with your current practices at the current pricing. We’re continuing our efforts to lower the upfront costs of selling on eBay. The 5 listings with $0.00 Insertion Fees are especially helpful if you don’t sell a high volume, but offer the kind of unique and hard-to-find inventory buyers expect to find on eBay. Sincerely, Dinesh Lathi VP, Seller Experience
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Lin Shearer

In order to provide greater value to small business merchants, ProStores has recently launched new product packages which include a more complete set of ecommerce features at a significantly reduced price.

The new offering includes two tiers: ProStores Professional eCommerce for $29.95/month (plus 0.5% successful transaction fee) and ProStores Professional eCommerce Plus for $59.95/month (plus 0.5% successful transaction fee). Merchants can now get the same, powerful set of ecommerce features that were included in our top two product tiers for up to 75% less than our previous pricing plans.

ProStores has also introduced new promotional offers for PowerSellers – including a subscription fee waiver for eBay PowerSellers at the Gold, Platinum, and Titanium levels. The eBay Stores promotional offer for ProStores has been discontinued (merchants who signed up for ProStores before May 26, 2009 and continue to subscribe to eBay Stores and ProStores will continue to receive the discounted ProStores subscription rate).

In addition to our new pricing plan, ProStores has released version 9.3, which delivers enhancements to help merchants deliver a better shopping experience to their buyers, streamlines setup for eBay sellers, and offers advice on how to improve storefronts to increase conversion rates.

View the newest features in ProStores 9.3.

Sincerely,
Lin Shearer
ProStores

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Seema Shah

Since eBay Giving Works began in 2003, you’ve blown us away with your generosity. Now we’d like to thank you for supporting good causes on eBay! To show our appreciation, we’re giving away five $1,000 eBay shopping sprees.

Here’s how to qualify automatically:

• Buy an eBay Giving Works item – just look for the ribbon on the listing when you're shopping on eBay, or got to www.ebaygivingworks.com.

OR

• Add a donation to your eBay checkout purchase* when you pay with PayPal.

You’ll be automatically entered to win. The more you help, the more chances you have to win.**

See Official Rules for complete sweepstakes information.

*where available
** limit one entry per day

Sincerely,
Seema Shah
General Manager, eBay Giving Works

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We understand that changes can have an impact for sellers. That’s why we are now consolidating most changes into two or three major releases per year, with a minimum 60-day advance notice so you have time to adapt. 

This is to remind you that the first of these releases, originally announced on April 14, is coming the week of June 15. For more information about these changes, how they may impact you, and what you need to do, please see our April 14 announcement.

Please also note that changes to categories and Item Specifics, formerly announced monthly, are now also included with these major releases. Category and Item Specifics updates are coming the week of June 15.  Find out if your listings are impacted.

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Dinesh Lathi

This is a reminder that you have just three more weeks to take advantage of the double PowerSeller Final Value fee discounts and free Subtitle with free shipping. The promotion ends June 30, 2009 at 11:59:59 PM Pacific time.

There are advantages to free shipping besides the discounts-buyers like it, sellers get a boost in search results and a special free shipping icon to call attention to their listings.

We've offered this special promotion for 9 months to give sellers plenty of time to test free shipping. Many sellers have taken advantage of this opportunity and found the boost in sales and shipping DSRs make free shipping well worth the investment.

The special promotion will end on June 30, 2009, so if you haven't yet tried free shipping as part of your selling strategy, now's the right time to do it. PowerSellers get double discounts on all items listed with free shipping sold by June 30. All sellers get free Subtitle with all items listed by June 30.

Remember, the promotion ends June 30 so don't wait-try free shipping now!

Sincerely,
Dinesh Lathi
Vice President, Seller Experience

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

• Barbara Weltman, publisher of “Big Ideas for Small Business”, joins us with her latest business tips for eBay sellers.
• Brandon Delgrosso, President of DOBA, joins us with his latest product sourcing tips.
• Monroe Laboiusse, Director of North America Marketplaces for PayPal, joins us to discuss PayPal Reserves.
• Skip McGrath, publisher of “eBay Seller’s News” shares ways to use social media to drive traffic to your eBay listings.
• Lynn Dralle, “The Queen of Auctions”, discusses her five top tips to boost eBay summer sales.

Plus we'll have "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".

Don't miss Thursday's "Best of Ask Griff" show
Listen to this week's broadcast of the "Best of Ask Griff" show Thursday, June 11, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time.

If you can't catch either of the shows, you can always subscribe to the podcast , 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.

Select and listen to any past eBay Radio broadcast, listed by topic and date, in the eBay Radio archives. You can also join the eBay Radio eBay Group for more information on eBay Radio.

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Ginger Leishman

Please join us for an online workshop hosted by the eBay Certified Provider team.  eBay Certified Provider Workshops are hosted by 3rd party companies with extensive expertise on the topic of their workshop.  They are independent companies qualified by eBay to have demonstrated experience and expertise in growing eBay seller businesses.

Topic: Easy Listing Revisions - Edit LIVE eBay Listings in Bulk
Host: inkFrog
Date: June 15, 2009
Time: 11AM-Noon PST
Location: eBay Workshop Board

Visit www.certifiedprovider.ebay.com to learn more about eBay Certified Providers and the services and solutions they offer to help eBay sellers.

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Seema Shah

Make dad’s special day picture perfect. Purchase any Father’s Day gift on WorldofGood.com by eBay between now and June 22, and you’ll get a FREE hand-crafted Fair Trade picture frame (a $25 value).* It’s our gift to you for supporting our artisans and eco-friendly businesses as you show your love for Dad.

WorldofGood.com offers thousands of great gifts for “the man who has everything”:

• solar electronics
• recycled clocks
• reusable water bottles
• handmade cufflinks
• eco-friendly shoes
• messenger bags and more.

Start shopping now to get your free gift at our special Father’s Day gift page.

*Or when the picture frame supplies are exhausted. All WorldofGood.com products are eligible.

Sincerely,
Seema Shah
General Manager, WorldofGood.com by eBay

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We've added some outstanding industry experts to the line-up for the eBay Developers Conference 2009, June 16-18 at our eBay campus in San Jose, California.

Find out where the smart bets are being placed in these challenging economic times:

• Wednesday, June 17—Hear John Hagel, Co-Chairman of the Silicon Valley-based Deloitte Center for the Edge.
• Thursday, June 18—Listen to a lively discussion by a panel of Silicon Valley venture capitalists who invest in e-commerce start-ups.  Find out what they look for in their funding decision-making and the best opportunities for developers building e-commerce tools, widgets and services.

Moderated by Charlene Li of the Altimeter Group, our VC panel will include:

• Mark Gorenberg, Managing Director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
• Rob Hayes, Partner at First Round Capital
• Ravi Mohan, Managing Director at Shasta Ventures
• Sergio Monsalve, Principal at Norwest Venture Partners

Check out the full keynote lineup with speaker bios and register now to hear all these Silicon Valley visionaries and venture capitalists, plus eBay experts and executives, for only $199.

See you in a couple of weeks at eBay DevCon!

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	***Original: Register for eBay Developers Conference 2009 by April 30 for only $99***
	April 21, 2009 | 01:52PM PST/PT Delyn Simons If you’re an e-commerce developer or professional seller interested in using the eBay API platform to make your online business more efficient and profitable, you’re invited to our annual eBay Developers Conference! This year, our eBay Developers Conference (known fondly to attendees as eBay DevCon) will be held Tuesday, June 16 through Thursday, June 18. eBay is opening our doors to developers this summer for an inside look at our campus in beautiful, sunny San Jose, California. Here are just a few of the highlights you won't want to miss: Pre-conference workshops on Tuesday, June 16 for developers and sellers who either want to get started using the eBay API platform, or want to build an application for our new eBay Selling Manager beta platform. Product Roadmap and other technology and business sessions designed to give you the latest information on what's coming next on the eBay API platform. Fun, social events such as the annual eBay DevCon Beer Bash, as well as our Registration Kickoff Happy Hour – these are terrific opportunities to ask eBay staff questions, learn more about where our technology is headed, or exchange business cards with a developer who will help make your business on eBay even better. We know economic times are tough right now, so we’re making attendance at  eBay DevCon easy on your budget. Register by April 30th, and you’ll get into DevCon for only $99! Check out our information page at www.ebay.com/devcon for all the details, including registration & pricing, updates on our keynote speakers, sessions, and everything else related to the conference. Register now and join us at our home in San Jose! Sincerely, Delyn Simons Senior Manager, Platform Marketing
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Ginger Leishman

Please join us for an online workshop hosted by the eBay Certified Provider team.  eBay Certified Provider Workshops are hosted by 3rd party companies with extensive expertise on the topic of their workshop.  They are independent companies qualified by eBay to have demonstrated experience and expertise in growing eBay seller businesses.

Topic: Selling on eBay using Drop Shippers: How to Make a Profit
Host: Colette Marshall, President of Worldwide Brands
Date: June 11, 2009
Time: 11AM-Noon PST
Location: eBay Workshop Board

Visit www.certifiedprovider.ebay.com to learn more about eBay Certified Providers and the services and solutions they offer to help eBay sellers.

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Jim "Griff" Griffith

• Ginger Leishman, from eBay’s Certified Provider Program , introduces Debbie Levitt, Director of Marketing with Inkfrog, to share how Inkfrog’s eBay listing software can help save time with bulk editing.
• Rodrigo Sales, CEO and Mike Effle, VP of Product with Vendio, an eBay Certified Provider, will discuss services Vendio can provide sellers at no cost.
• Cliff Ennico, eBay University Instructor and author of "The eBay Business Answer Book", joins us to give practical advice on business and legal issues such as accounting, taxes, and avoiding trademark or copyright infringement.
• Jon Tucker, founder of CompeteOnWeb.com, shares tips on using various online marketing tools, including social networking sites to increase traffic to your site and boost your sales.
• Worldwide Brands will join us with their latest product sourcing tips.

Plus we'll have "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".

Don't miss Thursday's "Ask Griff" show
Call in to this week's live broadcast of the "Ask Griff" show Thursday, June 4, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Pacific time. No guests on the Ask Griff show. Just two hours of your calls on any eBay topic of your choice! Call in during any LIVE eBay Radio or Ask Griff 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.

If you can't catch either of the shows, you can always subscribe to the podcast , 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.

Select and listen to any past eBay Radio broadcast, listed by topic and date, in the eBay Radio archives. You can also join the eBay Radio eBay Group for more information on eBay Radio.

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Ralph Hagemeier

Here’s some great news for sellers: Starting tomorrow and through June 15, Fixed Price Insertion Fees will be just 5¢ for golf clubs, cameras, cell phones, and many more items when you use product details (pre-filled item information). 

Listing is easier than ever when you use product details:

• eBay can automatically fill in details about your item and even add a stock photo.
• Using product details is the way to get your items on the new eBay product pages. These new pages have higher sell-through rates than regular search results pages and they’re surfacing for more and more buyers.
• Using product details also increases the chances that interested buyers outside of eBay find your listing.

So take advantage of this special two-week opportunity to list more and save. Find out all the categories included in this special limited-time offer—and start listing tomorrow!

Sincerely,
Ralph Hagemeier
Catalog Team




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