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***Reminder to join the PaisaPay Open House Discussion with Prashant Kumar - Wednesday, May 31st (4 - 5 PM)***

31 May, 2006 | 12:50 PM IST

Hi again,

I’m here to remind you about today's PaisaPay open House at 4:00 PM. I will be available to answer questions and listen to your suggestions on what you’d like to see from PaisaPay.

We hope you can join us today on this Thread

Sincerely,
Prashant Kumar
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***Buy Featured Plus, Get International exposure FREE !!!***

26 May, 2006 | 05:55 PM IST

When is it?

The promotion starts on Monday 29th May, 2006 between 00:00:01 IST (12:00 AM plus 1 second on May 29th, 2006) and ending 23:59:59 IST on Friday, 2nd June 2006 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

What is it?

Every listing with Featured Plus! gets International Listing free. There is NO LIMIT to the number of listings that a seller can make during the promotion period to avail of this offer.

Who is eligible?

  • All Sellers whose country of residence is India and registered on eBay.in and listing on eBay.in during the promotion period are eligible for the promotion.
  • Formats included are Auction and Fixed Price.
  • All Categories are included.
  • Listings in 2 categories is included.
  • Listings created before the promotion period and going live during the promotion period are included.
  • Multiple quantity listings are also included in the promotion.

What Are the Benefits?

The International Listing Fee varies from Rs. 15 to Rs. 90 per listing. During the period of the promotion, this feature will be FREE with every Featured Plus! listing. Thus effectively you can get features worth up to Rs. 90 absolutely FREE with every Featured Plus! listing worth Rs. 60.

All other charges, Final Value Fees, and other feature fees will be charged as applicable.

What you need to do?

Take Featured Plus! on your listing & choose to ship your products worldwide.

What is excluded?

  • Shop Format and Ad Format Listings are excluded.
  • Listings created during the promotion period and going live after the promotion period are excluded from the promotion.
  • Listings that are revised during the promotion period are excluded from the promotion

Important
Users whose items qualify under the promotion will see that they are charged at the time of listing and they will be credited for all qualifying items by 30th June 2006. The memo on the qualifying items will read "Buy Feature Plus get ILF listing free May promotion credit"

Happy Selling!

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Scheduled Maintenance for This Week***

25 May, 2006 | 06:03 PM IST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 11:30 IST to 13:30 IST on Friday, May 26th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Submit Your Question for PaisaPay Open House Discussion with Prashant Kumar – Wednesday, May 31st***

24 May, 2006 | 11:20 AM IST

Hi,

I am Prashant Kumar, Senior Manager of PaisaPay. I'd like to invite you to join me on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 4:00pm for our Open House Discussion. I will like to hear your questions, and also your suggestions for how we can make PaisaPay better for you.

You can submit your question now by clicking on this Thread

See you on the 31st!

Sincerely,

Prashant Kumar
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***Attend eBay Academy in Hyderabad on May 28, 2006***

22 May, 2006 | 05:47 PM IST

eBay Academy is coming to Hyderabad on Sunday, the 28th of May 2006. Don’t miss your opportunity to learn how you can start selling on eBay.

In this academy, you will learn:

  • How does business take place on eBay?
  • How can eBay benefit you?
  • How to get your eBay business started?

Use the eBay marketplace to sell unused products and earn extra money or starting or expanding your business and you can start making money, even in your spare time.

Limited seats, so register today! Click here to register or log onto www.ebay.in/academy

Event Details

Date: 28th May, 2006

Venue:
Hotel Fortune Katriya,
8, Raj Bhawan Road,
Somajiguda,
Hyderabad - 500 082.

Session Time:
10:30 am to 12:00 noon
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Item Numbers Expanding***

22 May, 2006 | 10:09 AM IST

eBay is expanding our 10-digit item numbers. Soon all new item numbers will be 11 and 12 digits. Over time, item numbers will expand as needed to up to 19 digits to accommodate listings growth.

We encourage sellers to check their business tools – such as spreadsheets, letter and label templates, etc. – to make sure they can handle item numbers that are up to 19 digits. If you use specialized software applications for listing and managing item data, please check with your developer to make sure they can support item numbers up to 19 digits.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Updated: Resolved - Problem with ICICI Net Banking (ICICI OBT) payments***

19 May, 2006 | 02:13 PM IST

Dear Users,

We are glad to inform you that the problem with ICICI Net-banking payments has been resolved. ICICI Net-banking payments are now getting confirmed on a real time basis as the problem has been fixed from the ICICI banks' end.

Please note that payments made prior to the issue resolution will continue to be confirmed in 48-72 hours.

We regret the inconvenience caused to you due to this delay in confirming the payments and appreciate your response as we worked towards resolving it.

Regards,
PaisaPay Team
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***Original: Problem with ICICI Net Banking (ICICI OBT) payments***

18 May, 2006 | 04:05 PM IST


Dear Users,

We regret to inform that due to some technical problem at ICICI banks end, ICICI Net-banking transactions are not being processed on a real time basis since today morning (18 May 06).

As a result of which there will be delay of 48-72 hours in confirming payments made through ICICI Net-banking (i.e. your successful payments will be showing as “Pending” on eBay for 48-72 hours, even though your bank account would have been debited instantaneously).

We have engaged with ICICI Bank to get the problem resolved at the earliest. We regret the inconvenience caused to you. We will keep you updated once the problem is resolved.

Regards,
PaisaPay Team


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***Scheduled Maintenance for This Week***

18 May, 2006 | 04:30 PM IST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 11:30 IST to 13:30 IST on Friday, May 19th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Featured Plus / Gallery Featured Listings – Buy 1, Get 1 FREE***

15 May, 2006 | 11:20 AM IST

Display your item on the top of listing and search pages with Featured Plus! or Gallery Featured.

When is it?

Starting Monday, May 15, 2006 at 00:00:01 IST (12:00 AM plus 1 seconds on May 15, 2006) and ending 23:59:59 IST on Friday, May 19, 2006 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

What is it?

All Listers who buy Featured Plus for one listing will get Featured Plus for the second listing absolutely FREE, i.e. on every second Featured Plus listing the fee will be waived off.

Similarly all listers who buy Gallery Featured for one listing will get Gallery Featured for the second listing absolutely FREE i.e. on every second Gallery Featured listing the fee will be waived off.

The more you list with Featured Plus or Gallery Featured the more you get FREE. For e.g. if you have listed 5 listings with Featured Plus or Gallery Featured you get 5 Free, on 10 you get 10 Free and so on so forth.

Multiple Quantity listings are included in the promotion however the benefit applicable to each listing would be up to Rs. 60 for Featured Plus and Rs. 50 for Gallery Featured. There are no limits to the number of listings created.

In case a seller has listed 7 listings with Featured Plus or Gallery Featured in promo period the Fee would be waived off on 3 of those listings. Ideally to take maximum benefit under the promotion a seller should list Featured Plus or Gallery Featured listing in multiples of 2 / 4 /6 / 8…….

Who is eligible?

All registered sellers on eBay.in and whose country of residence is India and meet the eligibility criteria for Featured Plus are eligible for the promotion.
Formats included are Auction, Fixed Price and Ad format. All categories are included. Listing in 2 categories is included. The promotion is applicable to listings which are created during or prior to promotion period and going live during the promotion period.

What are the Fees?

The normal fee for Featured Plus is Rs. 60 per listing. During the duration of the promotion, you will get 2 listings with Featured Plus for Rs. 60.

The normal fee for Gallery Featured is Rs. 50 per listing. During the duration of the promotion, you will get 2 listings with Gallery Featured for Rs. 50.

The above calculation is based on listing in a single category.
All other charges, Final Value Fees, and other feature fees will be charged as applicable.

What do you need to do?

Simply select Featured Plus / Gallery Featured on 2 or more listings during the promotion period.

What is excluded?

  • Store format listings are excluded.
  • Listings created during the promotion and going live after the promotion period are excluded.
  • Listings revised during the promotion are excluded.

IMPORTANT

Users whose items qualify under the promotion will see that they are charged at the time of listing and they will be credited for all qualifying items by 30th June 2006. The memo on the qualifying items will read “Featured Plus / Gallery Featured Buy 1 get 1 May promotion credit”

Happy Selling!

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Attend eBay Academy in Nagpur on Sunday, May 21, 2006***

15 May, 2006 | 11:20 AM IST

eBay Academy is coming to Nagpur on Sunday, the 21st of May 2006. Don’t miss your opportunity to learn how you can start selling on eBay.

In this academy, you will learn:

  • How does business take place on eBay?
  • How can eBay benefit you?
  • How to get your eBay business started?

Use the eBay marketplace to sell unused products and earn extra money or starting or expanding your business and you can start making money, even in your spare time.

Limited seats, so register today! Click here to register or log onto www.ebay.in/academy

Event Details

Date: 21st May, 2006

Venue:
Hotel Centre Point,
24, Central Bazar Road,
Ramdaspeth,
Nagpur - 440 010

Session Time:
10:30 am to 12:00 noon
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Pick a Summer Wardrobe & win a Gift Hamper! ***

08 May, 2006 | 06:56 PM IST


Hello to all our Smart Shoppers! Here is how you can get win some cool Gift Hamper this summer.

--Choose the item ids from the Apparel and Accessories category, which you wish to be part of your Summer Wardrobe

--Read and accept the terms and conditions Here

--Post all the item ids in this thread

--The judges will be choosing 2 winners every week, based on the quality and content of the Wardrobe collection.

--The First batch closes on 10th May, and Second on 17th May

--Remember – You do not need to buy any item

To know more, please visit Smart Summer Shopper Contest

All the very best and Happy Shopping!

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Gallery FREE Week***

06 May, 2006 | 12:15 PM IST

Display a thumbnail Image of your item on Search and Listing pages absolutely FREE.

When is it?

Starting Monday, May 8th, 2006 between 00:00:01 IST (12:00 AM plus one second) and ending 23:59:59 IST on Friday, May 12th, 2006 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

What is it?

Get Gallery FREE for all listings created during the promotion period. The more listings you create the more you benefit from the promotion!

Who is eligible?

All sellers whose country of residence is India, are registered on eBay.in and listing on eBay.in during the promotion period are eligible for promotion. Formats included are Auction, Fixed Price and Ad format.
All categories are included in this promotion. Listings in 2 categories are included. Listings created before the promotion period but going live during the promotion period are also eligible for the promotion. Multiple quantity listings are also included in the promotion.

What you need to do?

Select the Gallery option while creating your listing through SYI, Turbo Lister or Selling Manager Pro.

What Are the Benefits?

During the promotion period all listings with Gallery will not be charged the regular fee of Rs. 0.25.

All other charges, Final Value Fees, and other feature fees will be charged as applicable.

What is excluded?

  • Shop format listings are excluded.
  • Listings created during the promotion period and going live after the promotion period are excluded.
  • Listings revised during the promotion period are excluded.

Happy Selling!

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Attend eBay Academy in Indore on May 13, 2006 / Bhopal on May 14, 2006***

05 May, 2006 | 02:16 PM IST

eBay Academy is coming to Indore on May 13, 2006 and Bhopal on May 14, 2006. Don’t miss your opportunity to learn how you can start selling on eBay.

In this academy, you will learn:

  • How does business take place on eBay?
  • How can eBay benefit you?
  • How to get your eBay business started?

Use the eBay marketplace to sell unused products and earn extra money or starting or expanding your business and you can start making money, even in your spare time.

Limited seats, so register today! Click here to register or log onto www.ebay.in/academy

Event Details

Indore

Date:13th May 2006

Venue:
The Residency,
Hotel President Planet,
The Grand Ball Room Banquet,
3, R.N.T. Marg,
Indore - 452 001.

Session Time:
10:30 am to 12:00 noon
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Bhopal

Date:14th May 2006

Venue:
Hotel Nisarga,
211, Zone 1,
M.P. Nagar,
Bhopal - 462 011.

Session Time:
10:30 am to 12:00 noon
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Scheduled Maintenance for This Week***

04 May, 2006 | 03:35 PM IST


The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 11:30 IST to 13:30 IST on Friday, May 5th. During this maintenance period, certain eBay site features may be intermittently unavailable or slow.

***eBay Discussion Boards - Scheduled Maintenance***

Liveworld will be doing maintenance on their systems from approximately 11:30 IST to 13:30 IST on Friday, May 5th. This means that eBay's 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.

Regards,
The eBay Team
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***Vote for your Community Champion***

03 May, 2006 | 07:11 PM IST


eBay users have always been at the core of making eBay relevant and fun place for other users. In India too, some of eBay sellers have shown great sense of Community Spirit and Bonding. These sellers have time and again stepped in to help many users – in understanding the eBay site, to propagate safe buying and trading, increasing business and for many other reasons.

During the course of last year, fourteen numbers of eBay.in, registered-sellers have been recognized for their outstanding contribution to the community. Now we invite you to vote and select the three best community member-sellers and nominate them as "Community Champions 2006".

eBay.in will sponsor the chosen 3 members for following internship programs so that they can share with and educate other users the best practices they will learn from these programs.
· Community Champion with the highest vote - Participation in eBay Live 2006 in Las Vegas, USA
· Community Champion with the second highest votes - Internship program with one of the Top eBay sellers in South East Asia
· Community Champion with the third highest votes - Internship program to one of the Trade Attract Events in South East Asia

To cast your vote and to know more, Click Here

Regards,
The eBay Team
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