How To Succeed With Domain Auctions When there is an announcement of domain auctions, many domain investors gets very excited. Auctions can be great places place to sell quality domains at prices that are attractive to buyers.When you submit your names for consideration at a domain auction, you'll be competing against tons of other submissions. In some cases, there are 100,000 submissions or more that have to be waded through and reduced...more
Lets consider the PSYCHOLOGY of people bidding on eBay for a moment ...Once someone has placed a bid on your eBay listing, they have ALREADY PICTURED THEMSELVES WINNING THE AUCTION. They mentally OWN your product and DON'T want anyone to take it away from them. They want to WIN it. After all, no one likes to LOSE - even if it's "losing" an eBay auction.But if someone looks at your eBay listing and doesn't place a bid, perhaps they just add your...more
In this article we want to explain the details of the VeRO program so you know exactly how it works and what you need to be thinking about when you are buying products to sell and creating eBay listings.The goal of the VeRO program is to ensure that sellers on eBay do not in any way misrepresent the products that they are selling, nor do they engage in copyright infringement when creating listings.- If you are selling a branded item, for example Coach purses, Lacoste shirts, Yves St. Laurent fragrances or iPhone accessories, you must be absolutely certain that your products are genuine.- When you create a listing for a branded product, you may not use copyrighted images, text or any other materials without permission.- When you create a listing for a product that is not branded, but that may act as an alternative to brand name item (such as an MP3 player that has many of the same functions as an iPod), you may not promote the item as an iPod look-alike or substitute. The product must be promoted by describing its own features alone.Once your listing is up, it is subject to scrutiny by rights owners. A rights owner is the company or the individual who holds the intellectual property...more
Now that we have described the VeRO program and discussed the positives and negatives, we want to share some of our members' tips for staying out of the line of fire. We need to start with the disclaimer that it's very difficult to know for certain which strategies will work.Product Images - CopyrightedMany sellers make the mistake of using images...more
In this article we take a closer look at how rights owners discover alleged offenders, and a discussion of the pratice eBay labels as "encouraging".Monitoring AgentsMany manufacturers have delegated the responsibility for monitoring eBay listings to a monitoring agent who works on their behalf. It seems that a cottage industry has developed around...more
eBay originally created the program to position itself within a safe harbour available in the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The DMCA holds site owners responsible for site content that may infringe copyright. But, if the site owner vigorously enforces rules against copyright infringement, and actively roots out offenders, they are protected. Thus, VeRO.VeRO affects everyone associated with eBay, but the effect can be quite differential.eBay itselfeBay itself is affected by VeRO in more than just its insulation from liability under DMCA. The VeRO program is a cost to eBay which it bears as a risk mitigation cost. It's probably true that VeRO has some public relations value to eBay, because it's a way to show buyers that eBay is protecting their interests by eliminating fake goods. And, in fact, the program probably does eliminate some percentage of the fake products that are sold on eBay, so it does actually protect.eBay buyersLess obvious but probably also true, eBay tends to favour Power Sellers in its philosophy and policies. Super Sellers are more likely to have the means to fight a VeRO delisting, and have the credibility to avoid being a target. That's a plus to a...more
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This article explains the concept of "parallel imports", an area of intellectual property rights that can get you into trouble if you don't understand it well.Parallel Imports ExplainedParallel imports (sometimes referred to as grey-market goods)...more
Ebay Ebook Success: Using Reviews and Guides to Promote your eBay Store -with full resale rights In my last article I discussed how to effectively promote your eBay store using your About Me page. In that article I outlined that it was one...more
Ebay Ebook Success: The Benefits of Having an eBay Store -product resell right I firmly believe that to be a success when selling ebooks on eBay you need to have an eBay store. They more than pay for the £6 monthly fee with the benefits...more
Every month thousands of cars are seized by the government, banks and police. These cars are seized from laws and order broken by individuals, firms or companies, people that are caught driving without license, incomplete particulars and unregistered...more
Ebay Ebook Success: Effectively using your About Me Page -ebooks with resale3) Provide a Contact Address:- Buyers viewing your About Me page may want to ask more questions so it is only logical that you provide a contact address. Make it clickable...more