Free Auction News & Reviews | Volume #19 | November 2007


Welcome to our November Newsletter - We hope that you find this selection of articles, tools and roundup of the latest Online Auction news helpful.

With Christmas just around the corner we have added information that will save time & money for both buyers & sellers alike! Avoid the high street rush and save money by shopping at any one of the many online auctions this Christmas.

Auction News Roundup

Getting Shirty Over Auction...
ebay's Holiday Season Success...
Plan to beat ebay ticket touts for Boss's Dublin gig..
ebay - unregistered users to bid on auctions..
police win auction, arrest seller, alleged thief..
Stressed Aussie shoppers opt for online Christmas..
eBay traffic soars in pre-Christmas rush..
eBay Release Phishing Video..

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eBay UK Introduces Guest Buying
eBay UK has recently announced the introduction of Guest Buying in an attempt to encourage more first time buyers make their initial purchase. It is also claimed that Guest Buying will also help sellers to increase the number of new eBayers who buy Fixed Price and Shop Inventory items. [ Read Announcement ]

BIDZ Auctions Brightens Holiday Season Sales...
The holidays will be a lot brighter with the worldwide online auction of a one-of-a-kind 50 carat "canary" diamond ring at BIDZ.com, the world's leading online auctioneer of jewelry. The sheer size of the 50.71 carat "canary" diamond ring makes it their largest diamond auctioned to date. The highly anticipated live auction kicked off on Thursday, November 1, and will last for 30 days. The auction is open to the general public and the website requires only a $1 minimum opening bid on all items, the same holds true for the "canary" diamond ring......
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OFT hammers auction sites on consumer info
After discussions with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), eBay, along with QXL, eBid and Tazbar, will include advice and links to external sites to explain to bidders what their rights are under the Distance Selling Regulations (DSR). .... .... [Read More]

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CQOut Reaches Milestone Listing Numbers...
UK based internet auction site CQout this month celebrates having over half a million items for sale for the first time, cementing its claim to be the UK's second largest internet auction site. CQout was set up by three London Business School graduates in late 1999, and since then the company has grown quietly by word of mouth, content to watch other auction sites come and go while developing its own solid reputation for security and customer service to the point where it now has users in over 50 countries. .... [ Visit CQOut ]

TAZBAR Introduce New Membership Levels From 1st December...
TAZBAR the relatively new online auction announced new membership levels this past week. This growing UK based auction has recently undergone a design & feature revamp in recent months and is proving to be a contender in UK Auction scene. Explaining some of the changes a notice posted on the site elaborates "To reward our very regular sellers the monthly membership allows serious hobby and business sellers to control their overheads with one monthly sum. We’ve also introduced numerous add-ons free of charge to enhance the monthly fee packages. If you sell large amounts regularly and look at your existing final fees from recent sales, you might even find that this new flat-rate scheme brings in new savings and still keeps Tazbar ahead of other online auction sites in terms of cost." ..[Read More]

eBid Completes Design & Hardware Upgrades...
Getting ready for the Christmas rush UK based auction site eBid looks like it's well placed to cope over this busy shopping period. After completing a full site redesign and with the sucessful introduction of new features eBid have continued to keep pace with with the fast changing auction market. The addition of new and faster hardware will undoubtedly help the site and the end-user experience...[ Visit Site ]

Two New UK Sites Launched
We are pleased to announce the addition of two new sites to our portfolio. Specfically tailored for our UK users they are not auction related but we hope that our users will nevertheless find them handy. Both sites though follow our tradition of enabling our users to save money!!

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ITDealers.co.uk - UK Computer Comparison Shopping Site
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AuctionAds Offer $25 For New Publishers
AuctionAds the site that offers website owners & bloggers a different way to monetise their traffic are currently offering $25 to new publishers. Website owners create an account, add descriptive tags relevant to their content and then place the supplied code on their site. The AuctionAds widget will then show eBay auctions relevant to the tags. If you have a lot of traffic to your site and are looking for an alternative to the likes of Google then AuctionAds might be worth a visit...[Visit Site]

eBay UK Toolbar - Safer Auctions
A major concern for many people on the internet these days is security - especially where it relates to online auctions. However many are unaware that there are simple measures that can be taken to protect themselves and the information they supply on the internet. ...... [Read More]

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