Category Archives: auctions

New Trade Me blog

Posted on December 18, 2007 by

Michael Carney launches a pretty decent looking blog to coincide with the re-release of his book Trade Me Success Secrets. Check it out.

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eBay abandoning insertion (listing) fees?

Posted on December 16, 2007 by

The murmurs are that eBay is going to be dramatically lowering listing fees and increasing final value (success) fees accordingly. Bear Stearns was the first to come up with this, and others have said that apparently this will differ by … Continue reading →

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eBay re-enters Japan

Posted on December 10, 2007 by

As with New Zealand, eBay failed to make an impact in Japan, and exited the market after Yahoo! established the dominant auction site. (eBay still talks about NZ as an eBay market though, which is pretty amusing) Now eBay and … Continue reading →

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Trade Me 1, old time Auctioneers 0

Posted on November 29, 2007 by

Way to go – accuse Trade Me of not following good business practise, then be forced to cringingly back down in the face of overwhelming evidence. I’m not sure how this one played out, but is sure is amusing reading … Continue reading →

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Bestof eBay: Auctions and Social Networking

Posted on November 27, 2007 by

Not bad. eBay’s new site let’s you combine with the masses to vote on popular auctions – and thus drive more traffic to those auctions and eBay in general. It seems good on first appearance – there is the obligatory … Continue reading →

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eBay results – up and down

Posted on October 18, 2007 by

eBay reported a loss of a huge $936m – due to the recent huge write-down of Skype value. However otherwise theu showed some good signs, and some not so good signs. Good – PayPal made $470m of revenue – up … Continue reading →

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Nobel Prize for Auction efficiency

Posted on October 16, 2007 by

Trae Me and eBay customers can breath easy – the Nobel prize wining trio of Hurwicz, Maskin and Myerson are fans of auctions as the most efficient way to clear a market when information is not freely available to all. … Continue reading →

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Trade Me: one million served

Posted on October 14, 2007 by

I missed the first time, but it seems Trade Me exceeded 1 miilion listings yesterday, October 13th, according to the TM message board. Right now the site is running at just under 1m, but expect it to steadily grow. Amazing. … Continue reading →

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Please sell me iPhones Trade Me. or not.

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

So as Sophie points out, Stuff confirmed the Trade Me policy on “no iPhones” this morning.  Adam also helpfully points out that perhaps I was behind the times -  oh the horror. But yes – Trade Me has recklessly decided … Continue reading →

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UK iPhone – what to do in NZ?

Posted on September 19, 2007 by

So the iPhone is in the UK – with O2. The interesting thing is that, like the USA, the iPhone is not coming with any 3G high speed mobile internet. Instead Apple and O2 have signed a deal with The … Continue reading →

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eBay blows cash on TV Ads that are 20 seconds old

Posted on September 17, 2007 by

eBay UK is placing ads on TV that feature listings with prices that are 20 seconds old. That’s some pretty cute technology, which requires slick systems from end to end. Now the media companies have a system that can deliver … Continue reading →

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eBay shakes the model, but still doesn’t get it

Posted on September 11, 2007 by

eBay is still figuring out this auction thing. For a start, all eBay neutral feedbacks are now counted as negative, as from a couple of weeks back. If big sellers start getting a bad karma ratio, then the amount of … Continue reading →

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eBay.fr drops gallery fees

Posted on July 26, 2007 by

eBay France will now give away Gallery for free – when you pay for listings. eBay, unlike Trade Me, charges a listing price, which varies by the size of the reserve. eBay France have now boosted that price, but every … Continue reading →

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Trade Me launches Pay Now

Posted on July 12, 2007 by

Trade Me have quietly launched Pay Now. This is a really important development, as it is the final barrier falling between Trade Me’s traditional model and true eCommerce. Now you can Buy and Pay with a credit card in one … Continue reading →

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Is Perth cool or not?

Posted on June 24, 2007 by

So everybody who I’ve talked to has raved about Perth, what a great place it is, the wonderful climate, fantastic people and so on. All that seems true. But why didn’t anybody explain to me that Perth is closed from … Continue reading →

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