Archive for November, 2006

Setting Up An eBay Store

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Create an Identity.
Create an identity and security for your eBay business. Choose an ID which relates your products. Remember, theme your products and you will be viewed as an authority eBay seller. The best example in the case is “General Electric Corp” which is very indicative of what they do. You may choose to be […]

UK losing out in world art market

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

British museums are being priced out of the market when it comes to acquiring artwork, a survey has suggested.
Research conducted by a UK charity, the Art Fund, found New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art spent £53.5m buying new works in 2004 and 2005.
The city’s MoMa gallery spent £20m. The Louvre in Paris allocated £16.8m.
But London’s […]

Mpire Discontinues eBay Selling Tools

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

Mpire has officially ended its strategy of providing auction-management services to eBay sellers, and it will instead focus on generating revenue through shopping tools for buyers. The company sent letters to customers stating it would discontinue offering and supporting Mpire Launcher and Mpire Builder as of January 31, 2007, and would instead focus on its […]

eBay UK To Hold 15p Listing Day - Nov 28

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

eBay UK is holding a promotion for sellers on November 28, 2006. Sellers who list items using the Auction-style, Auction-with-Buy It Now or Buy It Now Only (Fixed Price) formats in an eligible category that day will pay a 15-pence insertion fee per item they list. All other fees apply, see website for details and […]

Mirror Newspaper Auction

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

Irish Auction Info
Trinity Mirror has had numerous approaches from potential buyers of its flagship national newspaper titles, including the Daily Mirror, but the company insisted yesterday that it is committed to completing a strategic review of its operations before opening talks.
Sly Bailey, chief executive of the newspaper publisher, is due to reveal the findings of […]

Victims family says O.J. Simpson book not pulled from eBay quickly enough

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

An attorney for Nicole Brown Simpson’s family has accused eBay Inc. of not doing enough to get rid of auctions for O.J. Simpson’s hypothetical story of how he would have managed her killing.
Associated Press said Friday that San Jose-based eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) has reportedly been removing offers to sell copies of “If I Did It,” which […]

Marvin Gaye manuscripts for auction

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Previously lost manuscripts of soul star Marvin Gaye’s greatest hits are to be auctioned in London.
More than 20 songs handwritten by the Motown legend, who was killed in 1984, will go under the hammer, along with other pop memorabilia.
The manuscripts had been given to a friend and forgotten about until they recently resurfaced in London.
The […]