Vzaar is a new company offering the ability to upload videos which can be included in your eBay listings for free. PowerSellers can upgrade for more bandwidth if necessary.
Video is a great way to increase sales by limiting the risk in your buyer’s eyes. It is much more reassuring when you see a TV or camera working, or listen to how a car starts up, or even just seeing something from all angles can be extremely beneficial.
Auction Alfie is pleased to announce the addition of CQout.com to its UK auction search.
CQout (pronounced ‘Seek You Out’) claims to be the UK’s second largest Auction website (after eBay.co.uk presumably) and with over 600,000 auction listings it’s certainly a busy marketplace for sellers and buyers.
Sellers can list items for sale in the standard package on a no-sale, no-fee basis, but can increase exposure by purchasing optional extras.
This is great news for buyers looking for a great deal and who are maybe looking at trying auction websites other than eBay.
In an attempt to discourage sellers on eBay from writing long listing titles stuffed with keywords for similar products to try and get better exposure, eBay has produced alogrithms to reward more accurate listing titles.
Called ‘Best Match’, eBay has claimed it has improved the search results for buyers.
As part of the BBC’s new BBCGreen website, they have created a partnership with eBay to encourage more people to recycle and reuse unwanted possessions by selling them on eBay - instead of sending them to landfill.
The message is great and clear: Make money and save the world at the same time.
BBC Green is a well designed website aiming to open people’s minds to alternative methods of saving energy and tackling climate change.
Will Watt from BBCGreen.com tells us that ”the aim of our site is to think laterally and practically about ways to live greener. The eBay marketplace is a part of UK shopping culture and joining them to promote their already popular used only goods seemed like a smart idea to inspire our readers to think differently.”
Why not start selling your unwanted stuff now.
Oxfam America is auctioning $100,000 on eBay – PLUS lunch with Hollywood star Minnie Driver, as well as an autographed script and DVD from her new film, The Riches. All proceeds go to Oxfam America.
I’m following this auction to see whether bidding exceeds the cash up for auction – otherwise it’s a money for free – and the charity wins too.
