Copyright 2005 Auctionbytes.tv. All rights reserved. http://auctionbytes.tv Recent News and Videos en-us 2008/05/02 5 250 83 http://auctionbytes.tv/ http://auctionbytes.tv/images/ABTV_LOGO_2.gif http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 AuctionBytes chats with SingleFeed founder Brian Smith. Brian talks about the challenge for eBay sellers in taking advantage of comparison-shopping engines and how his service simplifies the process. With a 12-year background in Internet Marketing, including search-engine optimization, paid-search and affiliate marketing, Brian shares some interesting tips - including resources where merchants can learn more. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 Gotham City Online CEO and PESA Executive Director Jonathan Garriss chats with AuctionBytes' Ina Steiner about a statement released by PESA on June 14th in which the group characterizes the state of the eBay marketplace as unhealthy. Garriss also comments on announcements made during the eBay Live keynote address, such as eBay's decision to advantage PowerSeller listings in Best Match searches and the new price-plus-shipping sort option. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 Ralf VanSosen of ecommerce solution Infopia discusses his new book, "The eCommerce 2.0 Handbook - How to Prosper in the New Era of Online Selling." Ralf talks about targeting niche markets and multi-channel selling, and gives an example of using eBay Giving Works as a way to differentiate yourself and attract new customers, while achieving higher selling prices. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 TRUSTe's Director of Marketing Carolyn Hodge announces the company's new agreement with BuySafe. Carolyn explains how TRUSTe works for eBay sellers and for online sellers who have established their own websites and want to use the TRUSTe seal, which alone can increase conversion rates of between 2 - 9 percent according to company data. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 Vendio CEO Rodrigo Sales talks about the company's comparison-shopping service called Dealio.com and how it is integrating eBay market-data into the shopping tool. Rodrigo talks about what he's been hearing from sellers at the show, such as the desire to expand beyond eBay to multiple channels. He also talks about how eBay sellers are using email marketing. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/17/2007 Chris Maki is Owner and Partner at OneQuality.com and operates an eBay Store, http://stores.ebay.com/OneQuality-Store selling used pro-audio and pro-video equipment. Chris talks about a panel session he participated in at eBay Live on the topic of profitability for eBay sellers. Efficiently allocating capital, keeping costs low, and measuring your profitability were themes of the panel. http://auctionbytes.tv/features 06/16/2007 Bill Cobb, President of eBay Marketplaces North America, joined AuctionBytes to talk about news from the eBay Live conference in Boston. Topics covered included Feedback 2.0, Trust & Safety initiatives, and "core versus store" issues. Bill addressed seller concerns over Yahoo ads that have been appearing on the eBay.com website. He also talked about the results eBay is seeing after pulling its ads from Google US and addressed reports from some sellers that page views are down as a result.