Press Release
Leading independent eBay software site, The Auction Software Review, today announced the launch of its new ‘Strategy’ section. The new category aims to fill the void of information about product sourcing, e-commerce consultants, and outsourcing services — both for existing eBay sellers, and traditional retailers getting started on eBay.
Online selling is no [...]

About four years ago I taught a class at eBay University in Kansas City, Missouri. A man came up to me and with a completely straight face said, “I sold over $100,000 worth of stuff on eBay last year – when do I have to start reporting that?”
As many new stories have pointed out this [...]

Ever since its launch back in 1995 eBay has always claimed that it was not responsible for the auctions its users posted on the site….

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J. K. Rowling, Harry’s creator, is suing the online auction hosting service eBay after unscrupulous sellers used the Indian version of the website to sell unauthorised versions of her books.
Rowling is not the first person to sue the website for breach of copyright, but she has won a unique victory by obtaining an injunction that [...]

IRS urged to go after eBay sellers
Tax experts say online auctions should report users’ gross sales

When it comes to paying income taxes, eBay’s legions of small-time entrepreneurs are on an honor system in which they are supposed to declare their profits to the Internal Revenue Service. Many users, however, ignore the law or are unaware [...]

Stamps Value Guide To Buying & Selling

If stamps in a collection from any era at any time and not paid for stamps from a dealer then in most case the stamps will be in used condition and the collection will be of little value, however a collector that paid 1 or 2 shillings for a [...]

Tax experts are urging the Internal Revenue Service to take a stronger stance on tracking profits and sales from online auction sites such as eBay.
While users of such Internet auction sites are officially required to report their profits, the current honor code system has some tax experts proposing that the sites simply provide the IRS [...]

The Observer – I am getting nowhere with a dispute I have with eBay and PayPal. I was unable to use an eBay discount coupon, but my complaint was simply passed around in circles. Access to real people seems impossible. The seller remains unpaid.
CC, Dursley
In the past eBay and PayPal have replied to my requests [...]

The Register – A hacker has once again managed to pilfer eBay credentials that allow him to masquerade as an official company representative even as he taunts eBay officials on the company’s message boards. It’s at least the second time the person going by the name Vladuz has pulled off the [...]

eBay: Do’s and Don’ts for Beginning eBayers, 2007

Never place a bid, or “Buy it now”, without a careful examination of the auction first.

Make sure you know exactly what it is that you’re bidding on at eBay. This may sound like common sense, but it’s amazing how many new eBayers lose themselves in the excitement, they [...]

PayPal Protection For Buyers & Sellers
A Safe Way To Send Money Through The Mail

On eBay, there’s no accounting for taste—or for trust. So, many eBay users turn to an electronic money transfer service called PayPal.

PayPal enables anybody with an email address to send or receive money using a special account the company [...]

If the Unproductive Listing hoopla is new to you, here’s the background: Feb 6, Citigroup analyst and friend of eBay Strategies, Mark Mahaney,published a report detailing some conversations he had with Bob Swan+Donahoe@eBay (and Yahoo!’s exec team). In there the…

eBay announced a somewhat short notice town hall for today at 7pm EST / 4pm PST. Historically 50% of these have been in preparation for some news coming out at the close of the market. Could be nothing, could be…

The Register – Eagle-eyed conspiracy buffs have pounced on a recent rash of compromised eBay user accounts as proof of a mile-wide hole in the auctioneer’s front lines, giving new life to a theory that could one day rival the intrigue surrounding Roswell UFO crashing and Kennedy assassinations.
Details remained sketchy, [...]