EcommerceBytes in the News

Tech Crunch
To Compete With Amazon, eBay Debuts Free Listings And Simpler Fee Structures For Sellers, March 19, 2013
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/19/to-compete-with-amazon-ebay-debuts-free-listings-and-simpler-fee-structures-
for-sellers/

eHow.com
Is Your Jewelry Box an Untapped Stash of Cash?, January 29, 2013
http://www.ehow.com/ehow-money/blog/is-your-jewelry-box-an-untapped-stash-of-cash/

Nerd Wallet
Penny Auction Sites and Better Options to Save on Online Purchases, January 9, 2013
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/shopping/2013/penny-auctions/#.UO4mryTTU30.twitter

Barbara Weltman's Build Your Business (WS Radio)
Catching up on Ecommerce News, December 17, 2012
http://wsradio.com/wsradio/episode_details/50/23879

NPR
EBay Bans Supernatural Goods And Services, September 6, 2012
http://www.npr.org/2012/09/06/160697505/ebay-bans-supernatural-goods-and-services

Yahoo Small Business Advisor
New eBay policies hurt some sellers, boost others, July 6, 2012
http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/advisor/new-ebay-policies-hurt-some-sellers--boost-others.html

msnbc.com
"Free" online shipping not so free after all by Eve Tahmincioglu,
November 28, 2011

AOL Daily Finance
EBay's 'Buy It New' Rebranding Angers Devoted Used Goods Sellers,
November 2, 2011
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/11/02/ebays-buy-it-new-rebranding-angers-devoted-used-goods-sellers/

Tech News Daily
10 Steps to Avoid Online Auction Fraud, April 25, 2011
http://www.technewsdaily.com/6790-10-steps-prevent-online-auction-fraud.html

Smart Money
EBay's Allure Is Going, Going, Gone, November 17, 2008
http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/rip-offs/ebay-allure-going-going-gone/

eBay Radio, November 6, 2007
Ina Steiner talks to host Jim Griffith about eBay's new features.
http://tinyurl.com/2kjmbf

Wired, November 5, 2007
"With Growth Slowing, eBay Gets Innovative," by Julie Sloane
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/11/ebay2

The Guardian, October 25, 2007
"Hacker taunts eBay with attacks," by Danny Bradbury
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/25/ebay.hacking

"eBay and Beyond Basics to Business" Radio, September 22, 2007
Ina Steiner talks to host David White about eBay's Seller Non Performance policy and Yahoo advertising.
http://feed.basicstobusiness.com

eBay Radio, August 28, 2007
Ina Steiner talks to host Jim Griffith about eBay's Seller Non Performance policy.
http://tinyurl.com/23dv5b

New York Times, June 18, 2007
"EBay Moves to Recharge Its Auctions," by Bob Tedeschi, New York Times, 6/18/07
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/18/technology/18ecom.html

BusinessWeek, October 9, 2006
"Fed Up With Fakes"
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_41/b4004060.htm

New York Times, August 29, 2006
"EBay Gambles on Google Partnership for Success of Skype, the Internet
Phone Service," by Saul Hansell
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/29/technology/29ebay.html

CNBC Squawk Box, August 24, 2006
Ina Steiner talks to CNBC host Becky Quick about eBay Store fee increases.
Video clip: http://digbig.com/4mnrh

Information Week, 8/21/06
"Backlash Feared Over New eBay Seller Fees," By W. David Gardner
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml
?articleID=192202563&subSection=E-Business

WebUser (UK), August 10, 2006
"eBay sellers threaten UK strike," by Claire Woffenden
http://www.webuser.co.uk/news/news.php?id=91726

Women's World, June 6, 2006
"Buying on eBay? Wait!" by Alexandra Kay and Barbara Smalley

New York Times, June 4, 2006
"Going Once...Going Twice...Gone!: How eBay makes Regulations Disappear,"
by Katie Hafner
http://digbig.com/4mqyj

CNN Anderson Cooper 360, February 9, 2006
AuctionBytes.com's Ina Steiner speaks to CNN correspondent Joe Johns about
a troubled eBay seller on "Anderson Cooper 360."
Program Transcript: http://digbig.com/4ggpm
Video clip: http://digbig.com/4ggcw

Associated Press, February 6, 2006
"Bidding expected to climb for gun that might have been Hitler's," by Jan
Dennis
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/13806715.htm

Scripps Howard News Service, February 5, 2006
James Derk, Scripps computer columnist, names AuctionBytes.com his "Weekly
Web Wonder" (last paragraph)
http://digbig.com/4ggpq

CNBC's "Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo" January 30, 2006
"eBay Counterfeits," by Maria Bartiromo
Video Clip: http://digbig.com/4gegn

Tech Web News, January 30, 2006
"EBay Faces Groundbreaking Case In Tiffany Counterfeit Suit," by Antone
Gonsalves
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=177105605

New York Times, January 29, 2006
"Seeing Fakes, Angry Traders Confront eBay," by Katie Hafner
http://digbig.com/4gehk

San Jose Mercury News, January 28, 2006
"Biting into online fraud," By Matthai Chakko Kuruvila
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/13747482.htm

eBay Radio, January 24, 2006
"Secrets of Consignment Selling on eBay," with host Jim Griffith and guest
Skip McGrath
http://digbig.com/4ggqa

CNN Headline News, January 19, 2006
"eBay for beginners. 5 Tips: Painless ways to get cash for your stuff on
eBay," by Gerri Willis,
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/19/pf/saving/wilis_tips

Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2006
"eBay's Cautious Forecast Eclipses 36% Profit Gain," by Julie Tamaki
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ebay19jan19,1,7183618.story

Internet Media Commentary, January 15, 2006
"AuctionBytes.Com Is Worth A Try," by Jupitermedia CEO Alan Meckler
http://weblogs.jupitermedia.com/meckler/archives/013079.html

The Tucson Citizen, January 2, 2006
"Using ABCs of eBay: It's increasingly a source of income," by Greg Wiles
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/business/010206d1_ebay

CBS Radio Small Biz Report, July 25, 2005
"eBay Selling Spawning Many Schools of Thought," by Joe Connolly
http://wcbs880.com/smbus/smbus_story_206155658.html

CBS Radio Small Biz Report, July 26, 2005
Two Experts Share More E-Commerce Tips," by Joe Connolly
http://wcbs880.com/smbus/smbus_story_207131251.html

Public Radio's Marketplace Morning Report (Radio)
"eBay Earnings Report," by Rachel Dornhelm, 4/10/05
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/am.html

NPR Public Radio: On Point, March 7, 2005
"The World According to eBay," hosted by Tom Ashbrook
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2005/03/20050307_a_main.asp

New York Times, March 6, 2005
"eBay's Joy Ride: Going Once..." by Gary Rivlin
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/06/business/yourmoney/06ebay.html

San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2005
"EBay promises improved service," By Michael Bazeley
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/10844763.htm

Los Angeles Times, February 7, 2005
"EBay to Trim Listing Fee on Low-Cost Items, but Sellers Aren't Appeased,"
by David Colker
available on the Concord Monitor Website:
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/
article?AID=/20050208/REPOSITORY/502080311/1003/BUSINESS

Bergen Record, February 20, 2005
"A piece of the auction," by Joan Verdon
http://digbig.com/4crph

Woman's World, February 1, 2005
 "The Hottest Way to Make a Bundle Working from Home," by Douglas Lichterman

San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2005
"Online auction scams soar, Complaints nearly double," by Carolyn Said
" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/02/COMPLAINTS.TMP

USA Today, February 2, 2005
"Some eBay sellers are going, going, gone," By Jon Swartz
" http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-02-01-ebay-usat_x.htm

International Herald Tribune, October 26, 2004
"Hot auction or hot goods: What's up at eBay?" By Daniel Altman
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/25/business/ebay.html

WAMC News - Northeast Public Radio, October 26, 2004
"eBay Pulls Bush Integrity Item from Site," by Allison Dunne
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?
action=article&ARTICLE_ID=700028

Public Radio Marketplace, October 21, 2004
Reporter Lisa Napoli
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/pm.html
Audio File: http://www.marketplace.org/play/audio.php?media=/2004/10/20_mpp

Wall Street Journal, October 12, 2004
"Technical Problems at PayPal Cause Troubles for eBay Users," by Carl
Bialik and Nick Wngfield
(paid subscription required)

St. Paul Pioneer Press, October 7, 2004
"DropShop auction stores shuts down: Demise stuns other eBay drop-off
outlets," by Scott Carlson
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/9853711.htm

Indianapolis Star, September 22, 2004
"Franchise cashing in on online auctions," By Madhusmita Bora
http://www.indystar.com/articles/0/180593-9480-223.html

PC World Magazine, September 2004
"Auction Stores Do EBay Selling for You," by Anne B. McDonald
 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,117090,00.asp

Boston Globe, 8/29/04
"Sold on auctioneering, he does what he loves," By Martha E. Mangelsdorf
http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/transitions/archives/082904.shtml

eBay Radio, July 13, 2004
Interview with Ina Steiner, editor of AuctionBytes.com
http://www.wsradio.com/ebayradio/july2004.htm

Reader's Digest, June 2004
"Auction Sites that Don’t Start with an 'E'" by Marc Myers

NBC TV, 6/15/04
"Web Stite Makes Auctioning Online Easy," by Mike Wendland
http://www.nbc17.com/money/3421481/detail.html

Bankrate.com, April 16, 2004
"Afraid to eBay? Hire an online auction service," by Jay MacDonald
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/20040416a1.asp

American-Statesman, April 15, 2004
"World's Online Chop Shop: Internet, eBay function as fence for stolen goods," by Asher Price

St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 31, 2004
"Best Buy sets up camp on eBay," by Scott Carlson
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/8315266.htm

New York Times, March 28, 2004
"Frontier Justice: On the Web, Vengeance Is Mine (and Mine)," by John Schwartz

New York Times, March 20, 2004
"With Internet Fraud Up Sharply, eBay Attracts Vigilantes," by Katie Hafner

The Guardian newspaper (London), March 18, 2004
"Doing the business with eBay," by Ken Young
http://digbig.com/3xxg

Fortune Small Business, March 2004
"Answer Central: Building Sales on eBay," by Louise Witt
http://digbig.com/3xwy

Bloomberg Radio, March 9, 2004
"Tomorrow Tonight" with Charlie Pellett 

Bloomberg Newswire, March 9, 2004
"EBay May Benefit as More Consignment Stores Open," by Greg Wiles

Boston Globe, March 8, 2004
"Profiting off 'eBay economy,'" by Scott Kirsner
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/
2004/03/08/profiting_off_ebay_economy/

New York Times, March 1, 2004
"eBay Seller of Fake Artwork Again Upsets the Auction Site," by Bob Tedeschi
(reprinted in ArtDaily.com: http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=9401 )

Smart Money Magazine, January 2004
"Sold on eBay," by Anne Kadet

Star-Telegram, March 1, 2004
"Net Worth," by J.G. Domke
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/8076504.htm

USA Today, February 22, 2004
"EBay evolves to serve small businesses," by Jon Swartz
http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/2004-02-22-ebay_x.htm

USA Today, December 11, 2003
"Microsoft studies browser flaw that may aid ID theft," by Byron Acohido
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-12-11-microsoft2_x.htm

Fox TV (Washington DC), November 17, 2003
Segment on eBay fraud

WFXT Fox TV (Boston), November 13, 2003
Segment on eBay and Yoozed.com with reporter Angelica Thornton

Entrepreneur Magazine's "Making Money on eBay" Internet Radio Show, November 12, 2003
http://www.wsradio.com/money_on_ebay/archives.htm

Public Radio "Marketplace," November 11, 2003
(Segment entitled "eBay spawns an entire industry," reporter: Apryl Lundsten)
http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2003/11/11_mpp.html

Public Radio "Marketplace Morning," November 4, 2003
(Segment on eBay sniping with reporter Apryl Lundsten)

U.S. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) Web site, April 2003
"Going, Going, Gone... When Online Auction Users Lose Out To Phony Payment and Escrow Services"
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/features/onlauctions.htm

WBZ-TV Boston Television News, November 26, 2002
"Email Identity Thefts" (Paula Lyons, Consumer Reporter)
http://wbz4.com/siteSearch/local_story_330153842.html

New York Times, November 25, 2002
"A Note of Caution on eBay," by Bob Tedeschi
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/25/technology/25ECOM.html

CNET, November 22, 2002
"Identity Thieves Strike eBay," by Paul Festa
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-966835.html

Wired, September 23, 2002
"eBay Bidders Sold on Sniping," by Joanna Glasner
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,55204,00.html

Web Pro News, September 9, 2002
"From WebPro to AuctionPro: How to Rocket Your eBay Profits"
http://www.webpronews.com/2002/0909.html

Featured List of the Day, September 9, 2002
List-A-Day
http://list-a-day.com

Collector Online Seller's Edge Newsletter, Vol. 1 #41 (May 30, 2002)
"Collectors Combine Business with Pleasure"
http://www.imakenews.com/onemade/index000015998.cfm

PC World Magazine, July 2002
"Consumer Alert: PayPal's Problems: Customer service woes continue to plague popular payment service," by Tom Mainelli
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,101525,tk,cx053002a,00.asp

"KNX High Tech Hour," anchored by Bob McCormick, KNX Radio Los Angeles, California, May 24, 2002
"Yahoo! Auctions Exits Europe"
http://www.knx1070.com/

Antique Week, May 20, 2002
"Surveys Suggest eBay Prices Fall," p. 1

Atlanta Business Chronicle, April 26, 2002
"Auction Site Bidding on Expansion" by Mary Jane Credeur

Wall Street Journal, March 29 2002, page W8
"Art & Money: What's It Worth?" by Brooks Barnes

St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 2, 2002
"Members Berate eBay," by Leslie Brooks Suzukamo
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/2778794.htm

Boston Globe, December 23, 2001
"OnSite" by D.C. Denison
http://www.boston.com/globe/weblog/dcdenison/

BusinessWeek e.Biz, 12/3/01, p.15
"The People's Company"
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_49/b3760601.htm

"Chronicle" Television Program
ABC Boston Affiliate - WCVB Channel 5 Television, November 14, 2001
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/chronicle/1058744/detail.html

ContentBiz, September 19, Vol II, Issue 33
"AuctionBytes Uses Compelling Niche Content to Sell Ads," by Anne Holland
http://www.contentbiz.com/sample.cfm?contentID=1816

NBC Boston Affiliate - WHDH Channel 7 Television, September 5, 2001
"Buying and Selling Online," Jonathan Hall
http://www.whdh.com/news/your_money/buy_sell_online.shtml

TheStreet.com, 8/21/01
"Listing Numbers Cast Doubt on eBay's Growth Plans"
http://www.thestreet.com/tech/internet/1522833.html

InfoWorld, 8/17/01, p.22
"Afloat with Auctions"
http://iwsun4.infoworld.com/articles/fe/xml/01/08/20/010820fetrend.xml

Boston Herald, July 15, 2001, p. 31
"Couple educates e-auction goers: Collectors extend hobby into full-fledged online advice site"
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business/prof07152001.htm

Cool economy means hot bargains online
By Shelley Emling
Special to the Austin American-Statesman
Tuesday, June 26, 2001

Antique Week, June 18, 2001, page 1
"Internet Prices Down as Much as 25 to 39 Percent"

Wall Street Journal, June 1 2001, page 1
"Ebay Watch: Corporate Sellers Put the Online Auctioneer on Even Faster Track; Goods From IBM, Disney Help Dot-Com Pioneer Post a Surge in Profits; Why Mom and Pop Are Mad;

Wall Street Journal, June 1 2001, page W1
"The Electronic Yard Sale"
'Online auctions are booming - but not for sellers, with prices falling as
much as 30%. Robert J. Hughes and Daniel Costello hawk dozens of items, from diamonds to Elvis clocks, and learn some harsh lessons.'

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, May 4, 2001
"Star Tribune, eBay strike auction advertising deal"
http://webserv6.startribune.com/stOnLine/cgi-bin/article?thisSlug=EBAY04&date= 04-May-2001&word=auctionbytes.com

CNET Radio - Interview with Kevin Fitzpatrick, May 4, 2001

Calling All Collectors Radio Show (WBIX AM-1060) - Interview with Gary Sohmers, May 6, 2001

Newsbytes.com, May 3, 2001
"Ebay Sellers Making 25% Less Than Year Ago - Study" http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/165270.html

InternetNews, May 3, 2001
AuctionBytes Pricing Study http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article/0,,4_758221,00.html

Ecommerce Times, May 3, 2001
"Survey: Collectibles Prices Down on eBay" http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/9447.html

Yahoo! News, May 3, 2001
"Survey: Collectibles Prices Down on eBay

Antiques & Collecting Newsletter, August 1, 2000
 "Guide to Online Auctions" - (http://topica.com/lists/antique-collect/read)

Antiques Journal, April 2000, p. 29
"AuctionBytes.com Free Email Newsletter Addresses Online Auction Questions"

Northern Light Web site "Special Collections" March 24, 2000

MetroWest Daily News - Sunday Business Section, November 28, 1999 p. E1
"Bids & Bytes", a profile of AuctionBytes.com and some of its readers, including:Joanne Wood-Ellison, Wayne and Amy Tuiskula and Marlene Earle.

MetroWest Daily News - Business Section, Thursday, March 2,2000 p.C8
"There's No e-Tax Break on eBay," a story on taxable income in which David is quoted.

Resource Guide to the Internet, a supplement to newspapers in the Boston area, February 2000, p.4 "Avoiding Online Auction Scams"

NorthAdams.com Web site , Thursday, December 30, 1999 Front Page
"In the Spotlight: AuctionBytes.com"

The Beacon , Thursday, December 2, 1999 p.3
"Alumni Business at 'Ground Floor' of Internet Auctions"

Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield MA), November 9, 1999
"Guide to Online Auctions"