Tuesday, November 30, 2004

TAGnotes Special Edition ebaY US, CA, FR Promos

The Auction Guild Notes Special Edition ebaY US, CA, FR Promos
on 30 Nov 04, and 1-31 Dec 2004 , 29 Nov 2004
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THIS ISSUE
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EBAY US HALF PRICE FIXED PRICE LISTINGS AND FREE BUY IT
NOW UPGRADE ON AUCTION LISTING ON 30 NOV 2004
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EBAY US MOTORS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 1 DAY 50 CENT
INSERTION FEE CAP ON 30 NOV 2004
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EBAY US RESERVE FEE CAPPED AT $25
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EBAY CANADA HALF PRICE FIXED PRICE LISTINGS AND FREE
BUY IT NOW UPGRADE ON AUCTION LISTING ON 30 NOV 2004
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EBAY CANADA RESERVE FEE CAPPED AT $25
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EBAY FR 5 EURO CENT FIXED PRICE LISTINGS 30 NOVEMBER 2004
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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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EBAY US HALF PRICE FIXED PRICE LISTINGS AND FREE BUY IT
NOW UPGRADE ON AUCTION LISTING ON 30 NOV 2004
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ebaY US will take 50% off fixed price listings and give a free buy it now
listing upgrade (5 cent) refund for auction style listings. This promotion
runs Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 between 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on
November 30, 2004) and ending that same day Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 at 23:59:59
PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

Excluded from the 50% off fixed price listings promotion, are auction
listings, auction listings with buy it now listing upgrade, international,
live auction, professional services, real estate, ad format, motor vehicles
and non-vehicles and store inventory listings.

Excluded from the buy it now listing upgrade for auction style listings are
fixed price, international, live auction, professional services, real
estate, ad format, motor vehicles and non-vehicles and store inventory
listings.

http://pages.ebay.com/promo/fpandbin/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB1000

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EBAY MOTORS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES 50 CENT INSERTION
FEE CAP ON 30 NOV 2004
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ebaY Motors parts and accessories will have a 50¢ insertion fee cap for all
items with a starting price above $9.99 on Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 between
00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second on November 30, 2004) and ending that
same day Tuesday 30 Nov 2004 at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

This promotion includes all regular auction style and fixed price ebaY
Motors parts and accessories listings on the U.S. ebaY Motors site
(www.ebaymotors.com). The promotional rate does not apply for ebaY Motors
vehicle listings.

ebaY will still charge all other fees (such as transaction services fees and
all other optional listing upgrade fees). For more info go to -
http://pages.motors.ebay.com/promo/50cInsertion/113004/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB

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EBAY US RESERVE FEE CAP AT $25 THROUGH 31 DEC 04
(Not yet announced on ebay US as of this special edition)
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Starting on or around (not yet announced) Wednesday 1 Dec 2004 at 00:00:01
PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ending at 23:59:59 PT (11:59 PM plus 59
seconds) on 31 Dec 2004, ebaY will cap the reserve fee at $25.00. Listings
created prior to December 1, 2004 that are scheduled to start during the
promotional period December 1-31, 2004 will be eligible to receive the
promotional rate.

ebaY is excluding ebaY Motors (vehicles and non-vehicles) listings, real
estate, ad format, and store inventory listings from this promotion.

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EBAY CANADA HALF PRICE FIXED PRICE LISTINGS AND FREE
BUY IT NOW UPGRADE ON AUCTION LISTING ON 30 NOV 2004
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ebaY CA will take 50% off fixed price listings and give a free buy it now
listing upgrade (5 cent) refund for auction style listings. This promotion
runs from on 30 Nov 2004 00:00:01 EST (12:00 AM plus one second) and ending
that same day Tuesday, 30 Nov 2004 23:59:59 EST (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds).

Excluded from the 50% off fixed price listings promotion, are auction
listings, auction listings with buy it now listing upgrade, international,
live auction, professional services, real estate, ad format, motor vehicles
and non-vehicles and store inventory listings.

Excluded from the buy it now listing upgrade for auction style listings are
fixed price, international, live auction, professional services, real
estate, ad format, motor vehicles and non-vehicles and store inventory
listings.

http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/fpandbin/

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EBAY CANADA RESERVE FEE CAP AT $25 THROUGH 31 DEC 04
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Starting on Wednesday 1 Dec 2004 at 00:00:01 EST, and ending at 23:59:59 EST
on 31 Dec 2004, ebaY will cap the reserve fee at $25.00. Listings created
prior to December 1, 2004 that are scheduled to start during the promotional
period December 1-31, 2004 will be eligible to receive the promotional rate.

ebaY is excluding ebaY Motors (vehicles and non-vehicles) listings, real
estate, ad format, and store inventory listings from this promotion.

EbaY posted that, "A similar promotion is being run on eBay.com (note that
start time, end time, and conditions may vary)."

For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/reserve25/

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EBAY FR 5 EURO CENT FIXED PRICE LISTINGS 30 NOVEMBER 2004
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ebaY France users can list fixed price items at 5 euro cents until 23:59:59
on 30 Nov.
http://pages.ebay.fr/offres-speciales/fixedprice.html

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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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For opinion, news and information about the online auction and
trading industry, view the TAG weblog at -
http://auctionguild.blogspot.com/

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TAG assumes that ebaY will hold a free listing day sometime right before or
after Christmas. (Last year it was on 26 Dec) We will put out a Special
Edition and post to the TAGlog as soon as we find out when.

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www.auctionguild.com
Not just a venue
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email us - tag@theauctionguild.com
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004

TAGnotes Special Edition ebaY UK, Overstock FLDs etc on 23-27 Nov 04

The Auction Guild Notes Special Edition ebaY UK Motors, Overstock
Auctions Free Listing Day, Other ebaY Promotions Mon 22 Nov 04
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THIS ISSUE
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OVERSTOCK AUCTIONS FREE LISTING DAY 24 NOV 2004
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EBAY MOTORS UK FREE LISTING DAY 25 NOV 2004
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EBAY DE 10 EURO CENT LISTINGS WHEN YOU OFFER PAYPAL
23-25 NOVEMBER 2004
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EBAY AU FREE GALLERY WITH AUCTION AND BIN, AND FREE
BIN WITH AUCTION LISTINGS 25-27 NOVEMBER 2004
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EBAY US FREE BIN ADDITION TO AUCTION WHEN SELLER LISTS
AUCTION FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES 23 NOVEMBER 2004
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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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OVERSTOCK AUCTIONS FREE LISTING DAY WED 24 NOV 2004
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Overstock Auctions is having a free listing day on Wednesday 24Nov2004. All items listed between 12:01 AM MT and 11:59 PM MT (Mountain Time) on Wednesday 24 Nov 2004, will incur no listing fee. Overstock Auctions will still charge transaction fees on successful auctions and special promotional fees for bold, highlight, featured and other listing upgrades.

http://auction.overstock.com/

Signing up for Overstock? Want to help support The Auction Guild? Go to this page and use the link when registering and we will get anaffiliate credit.
http://www.auctionguild.com/generic127.html

If you have any questions you can call Overstock Auctions at
1-800-843-2446 and choose option 3

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EBAY MOTORS UK FREE LISTING DAY 25 NOV 2004
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ebaY Motors UK is holding a free listing day on 25 Nov 04. Save the £6 (GBP) listing fee when you list in the automotive category on ebaY Motors UK. FLD runs from Thursday 25 Nov 2004 from 0:00:01 GMT until 23:59:59 GMT on Thursday 25 Nov. FLD includes auction style, auction with buy it now (BIN) or BIN-only (fixed price) in the any of following categories:
Automotive > Cars
Automotive > Classic Cars
Automotive > Motorcycles
Automotive > Other Vehicles
ebaY will charge all other selling fees, including but not limited to final value fees, optional reserve price fees and all listing enhancement fees such as "Bold" or "Highlight". Shops inventory is excluded.
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/MFLD251104.html

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EBAY DE 10 EURO CENT LISTINGS WHEN YOU OFFER PAYPAL
23-25 NOVEMBER 2004
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ebaY Germany is having a promotion starting on 23 Nov 00:01 UHR until 25 Nov at 23:59 UHR. To qualify the seller must offer PayPal as a payment option.
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.de/paypal/IFP.html

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EBAY AU FREE GALLERY WITH AUCTION AND BIN AND FREE
BIN WITH AUCTION LISTINGS 25-27 NOVEMBER 2004
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ebaY Australia is having a promotion offering free gallery (50 cent refund) when a seller uses the buy it now feature. Also any buy it now only (fixed price) or auction with buy it now listing will get a 10 cent credit for using the buy it now
option. Promotion applies to listings on ebay.com.au between Thursday 25 Nov and Saturday 27 Nov. Promotion runs from 12:00:01 am AEDST on Thursday 25t Nov and 11:59:59 pm AEDST on Sat 27 Nov 2004.
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.com.au/promotion/buy_it_now.html

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EBAY US FREE BIN ADDITION TO AUCTION WHEN SELLER LISTS
AUCTION FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES 23 NOVEMBER 2004
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For auction style listings ebaY will refund the 5 cent fee for the buy it now listing feature on any US auction listing, when the listing specifies international worldwide ship to locations or designates one of the following: Americas, Canada, Mexico, Europe, United Kingdom, Germany, Asia, Australia and Japan. This includes ebaY US, www.ebay.com and ebaY Motors, www.ebaymotors.com - non vehicles only. The refund will not show up in the seller's account until late December 2004.

Items excluded from the promotion include, fixed price, multi item, real estate, ad format, international, Canada, live auction, professional services, ebaY Motors vehicles and store inventory listings.
For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/goglobal1204/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB1000

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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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For opinion, news and information about the online auction and trading industry, view the TAG weblog at -
http://auctionguild.blogspot.com/

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ebaY's PayPal was down or intermittent for about 3 hours on 22 Nov starting at around 0800 PT, and continued to work only intermittently with some features not working at all as of 15:00 PT. Users trying to access PayPal received a "We are unable to complete your request at this time. Please click Retry or try again later. We apologize for the inconvenience. Message 3004", message. At 13:55, users received "The Search and Browse system is temporarily unavailable. Please try one of the following options: Return in a few minutes and try again. If you know the specific item you're looking for, try searching by item number." Messages, whilst trying to search ebaY. Sellers also reported that they were receiving double emails from ebay on sold items. At 02:27:44 PM PT ebaY posted that the PayPal payment notification emails were missing the buyer's shipping address. To access the buyer's shipping address, sellers need to click the link in the email to "View transaction details."

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TAG assumes that ebaY will hold a free listing day sometime right before or after Christmas. (Last year it was on 26 Dec) We will put out a Special Edition and post to the TAGlog as soon as we find out when.

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THE AUCTION GUILD and eTRADERS GUILD
www.auctionguild.com
Not just a venue
877-SAFETAG
email us - tag@theauctionguild.com
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All trademarks are the property of their respective owners
Copyright 1999 - 2004 The Auction Guild Inc All rights reserved

Monday, November 15, 2004

ebaY Promotions - nothing really special & ebaY Catalog

ebaY is holding upgrade and /or gallery specials on ebaY US, ebaY Motors & ebaY Motors(non-vehicle), ebaY CA, and ebaY UK.

For ebaY US, ebaY Canada and ebaY Motors (non-vehicle listings), ebaY will refund 50% Off listing upgrades. This includes homepage featured, featured plus, border, and subtitle upgrades. US date/time Tuesday 16 Nov 2004 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ends at 23:59:59 PT on Wednesday 17 Nov 2004 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). UK date/time Tuesday 16 Nov 2004 at 00:00:01 EST (12:00 AM plus one second on November 16, 2004) and ends at 23:59:59 EST on Wednesday, 17 Nov 2004. Discount applies to auction-style, fixed price, real estate, ad format (for those that will run for less than or equal to 30 days), and Motors non-vehicles listings. This promotion will not apply to Motors vehicles, International, Live Auction, Professional Services, and Stores Inventory listings. For more info go to -
http://pages.ebay.com/promo/bigupgrades1104/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB1000

ebaY Motors Vehicle Picture Pack and Highlight will cost $1 each on Tuesday 16 Nov 2004 at 00:00:01 PT (12:00 AM plus one second) and ends at 23:59:59 PT on Wednesday 17 Nov 2004 (11:59 PM plus 59 seconds). For details go to -
US - http://pages.motors.ebay.com/promo/DollarDays/111604/?ssPageName=CMDV:AB
CA - http://pages.ebay.ca/promo/bigupgrades1104/

For ebaY UK on Wednesday 17 Nov 2004, between 00:00:01 and 23:59:59 GMT, all items listed for sale in Pounds Sterling (GBP) on eBay.co.uk, for auction-style, fixed price, auction with buy it now (BIN), or BIN-only (fixed price), or shops inventory format, can add the gallery feature for 1 pence.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/PGD17NOVEMBER04/

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ebaY is putting out a 32 page holiday catalog and will be mailing it to an assortment of several million registered users. Remember, if you have opted out of ebaY sending stuff to you via mail, you should not receive this catalog. If you do get itand have opted out, they will be in violation of their privacy policy, as they did several years ago, when they gave Krause publications the User IDs, email addys and home addresses of all ebaY users. If in doubt, check your preferences.
Article - http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/15/technology/ebay/index.htm

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And finally in the you have got to be kidding categoy -
Here is a site that TEACHES you how to register on ebaY. This is one of the most ridiculous things we have seen in a while, and why would ebaY have this site as an authorized affiliate, unless it is a matter of you pay your fee and who cares if your site offers anything of real value. The website gets paid the affiliate fee, nothing wrong in that, but is this enough to be the basis of an online business? http://www.auctionsregistrydirect.com/?src=overture

Saturday, November 13, 2004

New ebaY Markets and Who is selling on ebaY now?

In a rather bizarre article, established Philippine based online auction site Bidshot.com, says that ebaY's interest in entering the Philippine online auction market is a good thing. TAG wonders if this site is looking for a buyout. Bidshot says that ebaY's interest will "bring more attention to the Philippine market"
Article at - http://news.inq7.net/infotech/index.php?index=1&story_id=17916

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If you are wondering who it is that is selling on ebaY now, and how the person to person business is being further diluted, another ebaY based consignment store business has opened. There are many of these companies in existence, and dozens that have come and gone. This one, called Auction Mills, is located in McKinney Texas, and much like the other businesses based on this model, are hoping to franchise. Auction Mills is a publicly traded company (as of Jul) whose stock is currently at around 30 cents a share. TAG has yet to see a single successful/profitable ebaY related consignment model, so it will be interesting to see how this stock does and what influences its price.

One of these days we will TAGlog why we feel there is little chance of consignment shops succeeding.
Article at - http://snipurl.com/amdt

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In a related press release, a company called AuctionTeller, is offering auction management software that gives sellers ability to track their consignment sales.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/11/prwebxml177711.php

Friday, November 12, 2004

The Auction Guild Notes Special Edition Overstock AuctionsFree Listing Day Thu 11 Nov 04

THIS ISSUE -
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OVERSTOCK AUCTIONS FREE LISTING DAY
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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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Gordon Terry
Chapel Perilous: the Aesthete, the Shaman and the Colonial Frontier
4 nov-18 dec
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15 rue Debelleyme 75003 Paris
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OVERSTOCK AUCTIONS FREE LISTING DAY WED 24 NOV 2004
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Overstock Auctions is having a Free Listing Day on Wednesday 24
Nov 2004. All items listed between 12:01 AM MT and 11:59 PM MT (Mountain Time) on Wednesday 24 Nov 2004, will incur no listing fee. Overstock Auctions will still charge transaction fees on successful auctions and special promotional fees for bold, highlight, featured and other listing upgrades.
http://auction.overstock.com/

Signing up for Overstock? Want to help support The Auction Guild? Go to this page and use the link when registering and we will get anaffiliate credit.
http://www.auctionguild.com/generic127.html

With almost two weeks advance notice, this will give folks who list on ebaY a window of opportunity to try Overstock Auctions for free.

If you have any questions you can call Overstock Auctions at
1-800-843-2446 and choose option 3
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OTHER INFORMATION OF NOTE
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The Auction Guild opened a Web Log today to try out a new format for providing information on the online auction and trading industry. You canview the blog at -
http://auctionguild.blogspot.com/
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ebaY’s PayPal was down for an hour on 10 Nov starting at around 09:52:54 PT, and ebaY’s seller’s lists were down from 8:38 PT, with search down for a short time at 10:24:35 PT. ebaY’s seller’s lists were down for about 30 minutes on 11 Nov from around 6 to 6:30 AM.
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ebaY has added a page with some site statistics. Though too general and lacking in detail to be of much use to sellers, some might find it interesting.
http://pulse.ebay.com/
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ebaY is buying up online classified sites. Their latest acquisition is Marketplaats.nl in the Netherlands. ebaY claims it will continue to run it as a stand alone business.
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TAG assumes that ebaY will hold a free listing day sometime right before or after Christmas. (Last year it was on 26 Dec) We will put out a Special Edition and post to the TAGlog as soon as we find out when.
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ebaY has removed the one-day listing option from the ebaY Motors site. Now all they have to do is repeat this policy on all the other ebaY sites. The one-day listing is the favorite of scammers and thieves, and has no place in the online auction and trading industry.
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THE AUCTION GUILD and eTRADERS GUILD
www.auctionguild.com
Not just a venue
877-SAFETAG
email us - tag@theauctionguild.com
***********************************************************
All trademarks are the property of their respective owners
Copyright 1999 - 2004 The Auction Guild Inc All rights reserved

Thursday, November 11, 2004

Welcome to the TAGnotes Weblog

In an effort to keep up with all the news and changes in the online auction and trading industry (OAI/OTI) we have decided to experiment with a weblog format. Some items we will encourage readers to answer on, and some items will just be no response posts. We welcome your input on this format and how you feel it should work with TAGnotes, The Auction Guild Website and our special editions.

So WELCOME! -TAG