07.31.06

Some more changes at ListedWrong.com.

Posted in Listed Wrong.com at 9:31 am by mikel

It seemed that nobody was really interested in either the bookstore on the forum, so both of those have been removed.

07.18.06

A new addition to ListedWrong.com

Posted in Listed Wrong.com at 11:01 pm by mikel

We’ve added a bookstore to the ListedWrong.com main page. It links to a whole load of eBay related books from Amazon.com.

Click here to check it out.

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07.13.06

All About Online Auctions

Posted in eBay at 9:32 pm by mikel

Introduction

The success of eBay has been attracting millions of people looking for things to buy or sell online, and its growing popularity helped set off a flurry of similar online auction and shopping businesses. But online auctions were among those who were badly hit by the dotcom bubble burst, and many of those websites that appeared like mushrooms in 2000 were as quick to disappear online.

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Mentions in other blogs

Posted in Listed Wrong.com at 8:21 am by mikel

It looks like a bunch of other bloggers have discovered the Listed Wrong Search Engine and seem to like it. They’ve written up a couple of positive reviews about it… One on the Techno Freak blog, and another on the v7n Tech blog.

The Techno Freak blog has a piece called “Save money on eBay!“, and the v7n Tech blog has one called “Cool eBay Tool“.

If you’ve got a blog and have written a piece about Listed Wrong, let us know so we can have a look and help promote it.

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07.12.06

The eBay Story

Posted in eBay at 9:51 pm by mikel

Compared with other dotcom companies launched almost at the same time as eBay, none has ever reached the level of success and popularity among a very huge client base than that of eBay’s. Throughout its existence, the company remained steadfast in surviving the bubble burst, but also maintained if not improved its position in the market today.

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07.10.06

eBay Auctions: Some of the Oddest Items ever Auctioned

Posted in eBay at 8:58 pm by mikel

eBay has become the hotspot for people to sell strange items. Over the past few years, where eBay has grown from a virtually unknown web site to the leading online auction marketplace in the world, some very odd items and services have been offered up for auction on the site. Strangely enough, many of these strange items have sold for thousands even tens of thousands dollars. A few of these items have sold for six or seven figures as well. eBay does have a policy that it takes down any auctions that it sees as not legitimate, but still, it allows many of these strange auctions to take place. In fact, these strange auctions have become part of the culture in America as they appear in Late Night Television shows, comedic sketches, and in thousands of websites and Internet blogs.

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Misspelled Items for sale on eBay

Posted in eBay at 8:57 pm by mikel

The method of selling and auctioning off old items was radically transformed with the introduction of eBay just a few years ago. eBay has grown to become the most popular form of buying and selling goods online and has spread to countries all around the world. You can find whatever you are looking for in just minutes using eBay’s search tool. Hundreds of new items for sale are being put up on eBay every day. However, every now and then, a few items are placed incorrectly or not spelled correct and thus get placed in the wrong categories. These items are known as “lost items” on eBay and do not display in search results. Hence, to find names on eBay with misspellings, one has to hunt for them. As a result of this, these listings get fewer visits and thus fewer bids. You can purchase items on eBay that have misspellings for far less than you could a regular item, as you will have less competition when bidding on misspelled items.

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