eBay sellers in Australia must comply with the eBay Australia's new policy regarding taxes. Businesses with an annual turnover rate exceeding AU$50,000 are required to register for the government's Goods and Services Tax (GST). eBay is requiring all eBay Au sellers registered for and paying the GST, to include the tax in the price of the item from the time it is listed   more »

"Our goal at DOUA is to help the differently-abled become self-sufficient and independent. If you're disabled and would like to start your own online business, we can help." -- Marjie Smith, Founder and Executive Director. Volunteers and Sponsors needed, too!   more »

Memorial Day Sale, now until Midnight on 5/30. Extra savings on CamelBak bags and check out Diaper Dude bags! Free Shipping on orders over $25 and an extra 10% off.   more »

Whether you are an avid Baby Lulu seller on eBay, or you stumble across a piece now and then, this new service is a "must have" for your Favorites list.   more »

PayPal will be enhancing the Seller Protection Policy to include some international confirmed addresses. Seller Protection policy can get tricky, so be sure to read the information on the website carefully. Here is the original announcement:   more »

Have you ever been outbid, and then went on looking for the same item to bid on or decided to just forget it? This is an iteresting article by Mark O'Neill about how you can get into a sticky position, if you've been outbid, and the seller decides to cancel the bid that outbid you!   more »

Take advantage of this special! Try your hand at selling on eBay and get the insertion fees and Gallery upgrades for your first three listings free!   more »

eBay is making changes to your invoices and account status page to make iit easier for sellers who have subscribed to eBay products (for example, Selling Manager), to find information on fees and corresponding credits for their subscriptions in their monthly invoices and in their View Account Status pages in My eBay.   more »

Please join the eBay Stores Team to learn more about the Store Referral Credit program and discuss the improvements that were recently made   more »

Tropical Paradise, Bonjour Provence, Spring Fun, Let's Go Camping, Rainforest Adventure and MORE on sale.   more »

After lots of searching, this is the easiest tutorial I've found on how to make a raised (embossed), transparent watermark on your photo in Paint Shop Pro (PSP), to make it more difficult for other sellers to steal your photos.

This tutorial is for PSP 5; however, I have applied it to PSP 7 and 9. I've been told it's easy to adapt to PhotoShop also.   more »

Terapeak new and improved service will help you grow your eBay business! Need to save time on research? Want knowledge that improves sales? Interested in getting more bids? Trying to find your eBay niche? Looking for products that will sell? Want to know what's hot right now? Check out Terapeak!
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Due to changes being made by email service providers to combat spam and spoof, eBay has changed the FROM address of member to member messages (Ask Seller A Question, Contact eBay Member, Reply to Question, etc.) to comply with emerging sender authentication standards and ensure delivery of these important messages into the inbox.   more »

In mid-June, we will be changing the eBay Stores logo that is displayed next to the eBay Store name of Store sellers on item pages and elsewhere on eBay. Based on extensive buyer and seller research over the past year,   more »

Personal Auction Coaching is a mentoring community created for serious eBay sellers by serious eBay sellers. Providing one-on-one, private coaching, Personal Auction Coaching is designed to help accelerate your eBay learning process and business.    more »

A-ha! This eBook is chock full of proven tips to get more bang for your garage sale buck! Go out and uncover the garage sale gems that you can turn into a eBay profit, and if you're not satisfied, you get your money back. Here's what author, Sherah Taylor, of AuctionMoms newsletter, says:   more »

eBay's Online Postage now supports U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail Flat Rate Box Shipping Labels!   more »

The category updates outlined in the announcement below have now been introduced to the site. In addition to the completion of the category updates, we have made some enhancements to the Favorite Searches feature.   more »

A documentary called "The eBay Effect" will air on the cable television network CNBC next month.   more »

As a special offer to our sellers, we are pleased to announce a one-day promotion for www.ebay.com and www.ebay.ca where the insertion fees for Fixed Price listings will be 10¢!   more »

eBay Motors Parts and Accessories is holding a one-day 50¢ Insertion Fee sale on May 10th! This promotion starts Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 00:00:01 PDT (12 AM plus 1 second) and ends that same day, Tuesday, May 10, 2005, at 23:59:59 PDT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

During the eBay Motors Parts and Accessories 50¢ Insertion Fee sale:   more »

eBay and PayPal were down Monday evening after one of eBay's primary hosting providers experiences a power outage. eBay will issue credits to sellers for some listings, and some will be extended by 24 hours.   more »

eBay is trying to make it more and more attractive to have an eBay Store. Free management tools, better search exposure, and you can try it for free. Even if you don't have an immense inventory and only use "auction" or "fixed price" listing formats, there are some perks to having an eBay store.    more »

My team and I would like to invite you to join us at the eBay Developers Conference 2005 on June 21st and 22nd, where the eBay and PayPal developer communities come together to talk about new ways to make our platform even better.   more »

30% off Select Swimwear. Sales on tanks, camis, beachwear, and also 30% off skort, shorts, and skirts!   more »

The Chocolate M-Pire is Here! New M&M's for Star Wars and Chocolate Fans Everywhere!   more »

75% Off Clearance!   more »

Here's an announcement from eBay regarding new eBay users being able to to shop and add items to a "Watch List" (see below). Why can this mean cash for you?   more »

eBay University is coming to Minneapolis, MN on Saturday, May 14th. Don't miss your opportunity to learn all about selling on eBay from the experts - right in your hometown. Choose from one of the 2 courses below to get started selling or increase your sales.   more »

As the eBay Community continues to innovate, the volume and diversity of the types of items that are bought and sold on the site continues to expand. This is part of the magic of eBay! With this growth, however, it's our job to make sure that finding the items that you are looking for stays easy and efficient.   more »

From eBay:

"In the next few days we will be updating the Pre-Filled Item Information within DVD & Movies, as well as updating Item Specifics and updating Pre-Filled Item Information within some Music subcategories. The planned changes will both update current values for Pre-Filled Item Information, as well as add new ones, to reflect recent changes in product information.   more »

Turbo Lister Version 3.1.2.0 is now available for all Turbo Lister users. This version includes:   more »

I wanted to give my business a professional look, so I started gathering information on 800 numbers.

I've been using this great service for about 3 years. For a tiny fee, you can have an 800 number that re-directs to your home phone, cell phone or whatever number you want to use. The 3 main benefits that might appeal to you also are:   more »

Try Border [http://pages.ebay.com/sell/border/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB] for $0.25 during this 2-day special offer from eBay.com and eBay Motors (for both vehicles and non-vehicles listings). With this upgrade, a purple colored Border is placed around your listing on search and listings pages to differentiate and draw attention to your item.   more »

eBay UK is running a week-long promotion for its registered users who have never listed on the site previously.   more »

GreenZap is a new online payment sevice that is launching in Summer, 2005. They are in pre-registration mode right now.

Read their Press Release here.

Be sure to inform yourself about any service you spend your hard-earned cash on! The skeptics are at work and many sellers have questions. These are links to current discussions:   more »

Today, I'm pleased to be able to tell you about a new feature that is launching soon. One of the most frequent requests we've heard from sellers over the last few months is for eBay's Online Postage to support the new flat rate boxes from the U.S. Postal Service   more »

If you've ever used the "Sharpen" feature in your photo editing software, it becomes apparent how much our camera does move when taking a photo...even if we think we're perfectly still! Optimizing your set-up and technique will decrease the need for fussing over your photos later.

There are some simple tips you can try to lessen the blur in your photos:   more »