Ebay
eBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website where people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in several other countries. There are many sites that provide free information on how to buy or sell products on Ebay eBay Inc also owns PayPal, Skype, and other businesses.
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Matt Halprin
Hello...This is Matt Halprin, eBay's Vice President in charge of Global Trust & Safety.
As eBay continues to grow into a global online marketplace we are a natural target for online criminals. As you may know, fraud related to fake Second Chance Offers has been a significant challenge to the safety of our marketplace. Fraudsters send these authentic-looking, malicious emails to bidders on auction-style listings in an effort to convince them to send them funds. Unsuspecting bidders get fooled into thinking they are dealing with a legitimate seller, and agree to send funds (often by an unapproved method like Western Union, a major red flag that fraud is involved) in exchange for receiving an item like the one they had recently hoped to win.
Combating fraud by protecting our Community's identities
In January 2007, the Safeguarding Member IDs project was launched on eBay.com for auction-style listings of $200 or greater to reduce the negative impact that these fraudsters have on the marketplace. Last August we also made enhancements to bring back more of the transparency to the bidding process, which our Community told us was important. These changes did not reduce bidding on auction listings above $200 and virtually eliminated fraudsters' attempts at this price level.
How Safeguarding Member IDs works
Bidder User IDs are "masked," so that scammers can't tell who is bidding on a listing and therefore cannot target them with official-looking spoof email. The masked User ID's consist of two random characters from the member's User ID - for example, a***b. This method of identifying a bidder (whose feedback score is also visible) gives legitimate members a sense of who is bidding, while protecting the bidders' identities. (Please note that sellers who are logged in can see all the actual User IDs for the bidders on their listings.)
I'd like to address a common question we hear - How do scammers get a bidder's email address? Unfortunately, a high percentage of eBay members have registered an email address that is very close or identical to their User ID. Fraudsters attempt to send emails to the bidders they are targeting by using the User ID, plus several of the most common domain names - i.e. userid@yahoo.com , userid@gmail.com, userid@hotmail.com, userid@aol.com. This combination yields a very high success rate for them. Subsequently, too many eBay bidders get fooled - and lose their money - as an unfortunate result.
The state of fake Second Chance Offers (or attempts by criminals to tempt you into a false transaction) today
For over a year, these masked User IDs have proven to be very successful on these higher-end listings. In fact, we saw the volume of fake Second Chance Offers for $200 or more drop significantly. We've also worked to educate members about the importance of unique email addresses, and we have aggressively targeted members who have risky User ID/email combinations to encourage them to change. Please note - If your User ID matches your email address, please protect yourself by changing your User ID so your user ID doesn't match your email address. Please also review our Password Tips.
While these efforts are important, we must do more to stop this type of fraud. Despite all our previous efforts, criminals have adjusted their methods and the overall problem persists. By increasing the volume of fake Offers that they send now to buyers of lower priced items, they hope they can make the same returns they'd been making on higher-end items.
Protecting buyer's identities as they bid on all auction-style listings
To protect the Community from this growing safety threat, we have made the decision to mask User IDs for bidders on all auction-style listings on eBay.com and Motors. This change will go into effect later this week. Even with all this history and need, we understand that masking User IDs on all auction-style listings is a significant change, and it this is not a step we are taking lightly. However, in light of today's environment - and the damage fake email offers pose to our members and to overall buyer trust in the marketplace - it's imperative we act now to make this change.
I appreciate your support - working together, our efforts are helping keep the marketplace a safe place to buy and sell.
Sincerely,
Matt Halprin
Vice President, Global Trust & Safety
Hello...This is Matt Halprin, eBay's Vice President in charge of Global Trust & Safety.
As eBay continues to grow into a global online marketplace we are a natural target for online criminals. As you may know, fraud related to fake Second Chance Offers has been a significant challenge to the safety of our marketplace. Fraudsters send these authentic-looking, malicious emails to bidders on auction-style listings in an effort to convince them to send them funds. Unsuspecting bidders get fooled into thinking they are dealing with a legitimate seller, and agree to send funds (often by an unapproved method like Western Union, a major red flag that fraud is involved) in exchange for receiving an item like the one they had recently hoped to win.
Combating fraud by protecting our Community's identities
In January 2007, the Safeguarding Member IDs project was launched on eBay.com for auction-style listings of $200 or greater to reduce the negative impact that these fraudsters have on the marketplace. Last August we also made enhancements to bring back more of the transparency to the bidding process, which our Community told us was important. These changes did not reduce bidding on auction listings above $200 and virtually eliminated fraudsters' attempts at this price level.
How Safeguarding Member IDs works
Bidder User IDs are "masked," so that scammers can't tell who is bidding on a listing and therefore cannot target them with official-looking spoof email. The masked User ID's consist of two random characters from the member's User ID - for example, a***b. This method of identifying a bidder (whose feedback score is also visible) gives legitimate members a sense of who is bidding, while protecting the bidders' identities. (Please note that sellers who are logged in can see all the actual User IDs for the bidders on their listings.)
I'd like to address a common question we hear - How do scammers get a bidder's email address? Unfortunately, a high percentage of eBay members have registered an email address that is very close or identical to their User ID. Fraudsters attempt to send emails to the bidders they are targeting by using the User ID, plus several of the most common domain names - i.e. userid@yahoo.com , userid@gmail.com, userid@hotmail.com, userid@aol.com. This combination yields a very high success rate for them. Subsequently, too many eBay bidders get fooled - and lose their money - as an unfortunate result.
The state of fake Second Chance Offers (or attempts by criminals to tempt you into a false transaction) today
For over a year, these masked User IDs have proven to be very successful on these higher-end listings. In fact, we saw the volume of fake Second Chance Offers for $200 or more drop significantly. We've also worked to educate members about the importance of unique email addresses, and we have aggressively targeted members who have risky User ID/email combinations to encourage them to change. Please note - If your User ID matches your email address, please protect yourself by changing your User ID so your user ID doesn't match your email address. Please also review our Password Tips.
While these efforts are important, we must do more to stop this type of fraud. Despite all our previous efforts, criminals have adjusted their methods and the overall problem persists. By increasing the volume of fake Offers that they send now to buyers of lower priced items, they hope they can make the same returns they'd been making on higher-end items.
Protecting buyer's identities as they bid on all auction-style listings
To protect the Community from this growing safety threat, we have made the decision to mask User IDs for bidders on all auction-style listings on eBay.com and Motors. This change will go into effect later this week. Even with all this history and need, we understand that masking User IDs on all auction-style listings is a significant change, and it this is not a step we are taking lightly. However, in light of today's environment - and the damage fake email offers pose to our members and to overall buyer trust in the marketplace - it's imperative we act now to make this change.
I appreciate your support - working together, our efforts are helping keep the marketplace a safe place to buy and sell.
Sincerely,
Matt Halprin
Vice President, Global Trust & Safety
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But having said that, I've just been introduced to Keith Purkiss and I wish I'd known him years ago!
Keith is an ebay powerseller, an internet marketer and an award winning entrepreneur....
Big Deal - I know a lot of people who could claim similar!
Keith isn't like a lot of people though -- He has something that I don't see very often at all!
In fact I see many (and I mean many) ebay entrepreneurs who
claim to know the systems and methods of
earning big on ebay, and they show their proof with their 1000+ powerseller ratings.
I've even seen some with a 2500+ rating, and on rare occasions there are the real deal powersellers with a 10,000 plus rating (like John Thornhill).
SO the question I keep asking myself is why I've never heard of Keith Purkiss?
Keith has an ebay powerseller rating of ..... wait for it...**28,000+**
Did you just say "Gosh, that's a massive rating!" ?
Well I said something similar .... haha
Seriously though, can you imagine how much he must have sold on ebay over the years to acquire such a high rating?
And, if you're like me, don't you wish you could afford to list that many items in the first place??
Think about how much you could make, and how you could grow your mailing list with those numbers of sales....
Frankly, I know my business would benefit
tremendously if I had that many listings on ebay, and I'd bet you're thinking the same.
Picturing the shear volume of "Payment Notifications" in your inbox, and the humongous size of your mailing list (is humongous a word? - either way it would be massive)
One thing that did pop into my mind though... I had to ask myself "How much would it cost
to generate so many listings and sales?"
And that is precisely why I mention Keith today.
It seems strange that I've never heard of him before, and even other ebayers I know weren't familiar with his name?
**And Now We Know Why!**
Keith Has Been Keeping A Secret!
And it's a real secret ... not one of these --
"The secret is to think big blah blah" type secrets!
Are you curious to know what it is-I know I was....
Anything a 28,000 rated powerseller wanted to tell me I was curious to hear!
Well he's finally spilled the beans and revealed one of his Biggest Secrets .......
~~HE GETS LISTINGS FOR FREE~~
(I admit - I was wondering how the heck he could afford to list so many items.)
Not only that, he has items that are listed fr'ee and when they sell ---He Doesn't Pay ANY final Value Fees!
No wonder he's kept a low profile in the internet community for so long!
The good news, is that he is revealing
exactly how he gets his fr'ee listings and no final value fee auctions in a new report that's set to amaze ebayers worldwide.
He's adding in a heck of a lot more knowledge and tips-but hey ...... I wanted the report just to see how he avoids paying for all those listings and sales.
I can say this right here and now-It's Completely Legal and above board! (which did surprise me;))
All in total compliance with ebays terms etc.
In fact once I read the report myself - I was amazed at the simplicity of what Keith knew, And I'm sure you will be too.
For that reason I felt I had to share the report with as many people as possible - because at the end of the day ..... we could all do with a break like this!
Go and see for yourself now-You will be thrilled that you did.
Just be sure to soak up all of Keiths tips - as well as the main reasons for grabbing his report.
It really is so under priced for the value it contains.
Besides - whatever price it was - you'd save on future fees anyway.
So even without his money back guarantees - it really is a no brainer!
Free Listings, and NO Final Value Fees - How many more auctions will you now run ?
There really isn't anything else to say,
Hit the link and take a look for yourself!
To your Success!!
www.catalysthere.com
P.S. - If you didn't read the whole section and skimmed straight here - You may miss the Secret of the Year!
Fr'ee really does mean Fr'ee - Oh just check the
Link then
P.P.S. And Yes - it really does have a money back guarantee!
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Early ebay
The online auction web site was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb, part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus.
The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.
The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers." The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.
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More Early Days....
Chris Agarpao was hired as eBay's first employee and Jeff Skoll was hired as the first president of the company in 1996. In November 1996, eBay entered into its first third-party licensing deal, with a company called Electronic Travel Auction to use SmartMarket Technology to sell plane tickets and other travel products. The company officially changed the name of its service from AuctionWeb to eBay in September 1997. Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, Omidyar's consulting firm. Omidyar had tried to register the domain name EchoBay.com but found it already taken by the Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, so he shortened it to his second choice, eBay.com.
eBay went public in 1998, and both Omidyar and Skoll became instant billionaires. The company purchased PayPal in October 2002.
eBay went public in 1998, and both Omidyar and Skoll became instant billionaires. The company purchased PayPal in October 2002.
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Millions of collectibles, appliances, computers, furniture, equipment, vehicles, and other miscellaneous items are listed, bought, and sold daily. In 2004, eBay launched its Business & Industrial category, breaking into the industrial surplus business. Some items are rare and valuable, while many others are dusty gizmos that would have been discarded if not for the thousands of eager bidders worldwide. Anything can be sold as long as it is not illegal or does not violate the eBay Prohibited and Restricted Items policy. Services and intangibles can be sold too. Large international companies, such as IBM, sell their newest products and offer services on eBay using competitive auctions and fixed-priced storefronts. Regional searches of the database make shipping slightly faster and cheaper. Separate eBay sites such as eBay US and eBay UK allow the users to trade using the local currency as an additional option to PayPal. Software developers can create applications that integrate with eBay through the eBay API by joining the eBay Developers Program. As of June 2005, there were over 15,000 members in the eBay Developers Program, comprising a broad range of companies creating software applications to support eBay buyers and sellers as well as eBay Affiliates.
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