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I have just received an email from eBay Partner Network.  If you have been an eBay affiliate, you would notice it is not the fastest thing in the world to generate RSS feeds from their current RSS feed generator.

eBay Partner Network is going to release an updated version of RSS feed generator.  According to the email, “The new version will be fully integrated into the eBay Partner Network interface, so you will not need to jump over to the eBay search page to create an RSS feed. The new wizard will have several convenient features, including the ability to access existing campaigns or create a new one.”

If you haven’t joined, join the eBay Partner Network now.  After you have joined, you can use a plugin eg. Wordbay to install a eBay auction page to your site, and start earning commissions.

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It is the end of the month and things got quiet down a bit.  So let’s have some fun.

I have come across a list of fun facts about eBay (99 of them) and I would like to highlight some of the best fun facts here:

• The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. (See, broken item sells – no wonder people sell things on eBay)
• eBay went public in 1998, and both Omidyar and Skoll became billionaires in just overnight. (Go on – if you want to setup your online business, better do than think!)
• JayAndMarie is the first eBay member to reach 100,000 feedback, which happen in 2002.
• eBay engineers have to add about 10 terabytes of new storage every week to cover new transactions.eBay has such high margins partly because it has no factories or inventory, but also because its customers do the work.
• If eBay employed the people who earn all or most of their income selling on its site, it would be the second-largest employer on the FORTUNE 500, after Wal-Mart.
• In June 2005, the wife of Tim Shaw, a British radio DJ on Kerrang! 105.2 sold Tim’s Lotus sports car with a Buy It Now price of 50p. This was after Tim’s wife heard him flirting with model Jodie Marsh on air. The car was sold within 5 minutes.
• A toy is sold every 24 seconds on eBay Australia.
• Every minute a mobile phone sells on eBay UK.
• A piece of jewellery sells every 6 minutes on eBay India.
• Insertion fees were added in May. The first attempt was a flat $1.00 insertion fee, which due to “extreme member displeasure”, lasted about 10 days.
• The Feedback Forum began in February, 1996. Originally, Omidyar handled disputes between buyers and sellers via email.
• eBay has already expanded to almost two dozen countries including China and India. The only places where expansion failed were Taiwan and Japan, where Yahoo! had a head start.
• On an average, eBay.com runs into issues for about 50 seconds per day.
• There was at one point an auction for the first ride on Kingda Ka, the tallest roller coaster on Earth. The winning bid was $1691.66, and the winner rode in the front seat.
• One of the weirdest item sold is a chewing gum spat out by Britney Spears which went for £270.

PS. Talking about that, I am going to launch a ebook regarding earning money from eBay effectively.

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