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Julia Wilkinson AuctionBytes Blog
Covering auctions, collectibles and marketplace selling.

Julia Wilkinson is Editor of the AuctionBytes Blog and is author of the "eBay Price Guide," "eBay Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks," "My Life at AOL" and numerous ebooks about selling online. You can also find her writing on Yard Salers.
Tue June 18 2013 13:04:42

Avoiding the 10 Biggest Buyer Turnoffs

 By: Julia Wilkinson
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As online sellers, we deal with a myriad of hassles and wear many hats. But sometimes it helps to take a step back and remember why you're doing this: to sell stuff to people. And hopefully, make them happy with the transaction. Yes, buyers can be annoying (we'll get to that on another day), but have you thought about what gets their goat? Ebayers were discussing this, but it would apply to any marketplace for the most part. You don't want to be guilty of any of ... Read More
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Mon June 17 2013 13:30:57

New Sites Freshen Art Online Selling World

 By: Julia Wilkinson
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Although much of the Internet-enabled world has become used to buying just about everything online, one type of thing largely eluded eBay-style market-making democratization: fine art. While there is plenty of art on eBay, not many pieces of high-end art change hands there. But now there are a few newcomers in the online art marketplace putting their own spin on this rarefied world, and ... Read More
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Wed June 12 2013 22:31:26

Auctionata Experts on Record-Setting Patek Philippe Watch

By: Julia Wilkinson
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The bidding war was intense, and there is now one happy new owner of a very rare and special watch: the Patek Philippe Reference 2499. It sold to a bidder in Beverly Hills, CA for $621,000 (€470,000) in the Auctionata June 7th Luxury, Pocket and Wrist Watches Auction. A thousand participants from 65 countries attended the live Internet auction, during which a total of 86 of the 100 lots sold.



The AuctionBytes Blog caught up with Auctionata CEO Alexander Zacke; Director of Auctionata Watch Department, Dr. Oliver Hoffmann; ... Read More
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Tue June 11 2013 18:13:25

How Do You Respond to Negative Feedback?

 By: Julia Wilkinson
 
There's a very interesting and illuminating discussion on the eBay Sellers LinkedIn group about whether or not you as a seller respond to negative feedback. I'd tweak the question slightly, as in this blog's title - "How Do You Respond to Negative Feedback?"



That's *if* you respond at all. Some sellers don't. (The seller who started the thread wrote, "I have noticed that many sellers do not respond to a buyers negative feedback. I think a seller's response to negative feedback is important to other sellers when
they are considering offers from potential buyers. What are your thoughts?"

But the vast majority ... Read More
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Mon June 10 2013 17:25:52

Amazon Sellers React to Deadline to Fix Missing Images

 By: Julia Wilkinson
 
The fact that Amazon first mistakenly sent emails to media sellers saying they needed to fix any missing images on their Amazon listings by a certain deadline caused some confusion among some of those sellers. But the correct email went out shortly thereafter; and as reported in this EcommerceBytes article; media and some other categories of sellers are an exception to this impending suppression policy.



On the Amazon Seller discussion boards, Some media sellers were debating how they would be able to add "main" images to their book or other Amazon listings if they did not create the initial ... Read More
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Thu June 6 2013 17:25:12

EBay's Hugh Williams on Succeeding with Cassini Search

 By: Julia Wilkinson
 

EBay VP, Experience, Search, and Platforms Hugh Williams presented a webinar on Wednesday, June 5, in conjunction with Page Mage Inc. and other sponsors about how eBay sellers could succeed in the new world of Cassini search, to which eBay is in the process of transitioning. 

While explaining some about how the new search will work, and some factoids about the volume eBay's search handles - over 250 million queries a day from 120 million accounts, and "maybe 400 million" at peak, sellers may be more interested in the answers ... Read More
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Wed June 5 2013 13:35:10

Used Vs. New and Auction Vs. Fixed-Price on eBay

 By: Julia Wilkinson
 
According to CEO John Donahoe, eBay is testing a search experience where "a new user to eBay that's never been to eBay should when they show up we only show them fixed price, brand new items from top-rated sellers." He went on to say more, but I have to say that sentence gave me pause, even as it may have been out on context.



From my perspective as both a buyer and seller, I look frequently for "pre-owned" (aka the less-appealing sounding "used") items so I can get a great bargain. I also am not immune ... Read More
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