Exactly who owns virtual game items that can be acquired, sold and exchanged online is a real-world ambiguity that has forced eBay.co.uk into action.Speaking yesterday, the auctioneer told Contractor UK that it no longer allows the sale of virtual items from internet games such as World of Warcraft and EverQuest.
An eBay spokesperson said synthetic objects from such titles like game characters, currency and points present too much of "legal complexity" to be permitted.The move follows warnings from unhappy publishers of MMORPG titles that they take a dim view of individuals, and presumably supporting websites, that sell their "in-game property."Blizzard, makers of World of Warcraft, have urged players not to trade in virtual items outside the realm of Azeroth, and have already shut down 1,000 gamers who refused to comply.
Read more http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003079.html
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
eBay Motors Goes Local with Dealer Subscriptions
eBay Motors has launched a new subscription-based service for auto dealers to list their entire used-vehicle inventory to customers within a 100-mile radius of the dealership.
eBay Motors Local Market costs $1,000/month, which covers listing fees for an unlimited amount of vehicles, with no individual insertion fee per vehicle. As with traditional eBay Motors listings, a $50 sale fee applies for vehicles that sell online. The new subscription service requires no contract or commitment.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m02/i06/s02
eBay Motors Local Market costs $1,000/month, which covers listing fees for an unlimited amount of vehicles, with no individual insertion fee per vehicle. As with traditional eBay Motors listings, a $50 sale fee applies for vehicles that sell online. The new subscription service requires no contract or commitment.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m02/i06/s02
Microsoft Claims Popular eBay Merchant Is A Software Pirate
Microsoft is suing an eBay "power seller" with more than 2,000 successful transactions on the online auction site for allegedly selling counterfeit versions of some of Microsoft's best-selling applications and labeling them with fake certificates of authenticity.
In the lawsuit, Microsoft accuses Donald Collins, a Mount Prospect, Ill., resident whose eBay name is ChicagoComputerBroker, of counterfeiting and auctioning off a range of Microsoft applications, including Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003. Microsoft also accuses Anne Collins, a Chicago resident who operates on eBay as irish5025, of participating in the alleged scheme.
The suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Microsoft is seeking unspecified damages against both defendants.
Read more http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003771
In the lawsuit, Microsoft accuses Donald Collins, a Mount Prospect, Ill., resident whose eBay name is ChicagoComputerBroker, of counterfeiting and auctioning off a range of Microsoft applications, including Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003. Microsoft also accuses Anne Collins, a Chicago resident who operates on eBay as irish5025, of participating in the alleged scheme.
The suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Microsoft is seeking unspecified damages against both defendants.
Read more http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197003771
Monday, February 5, 2007
Sheltering Income from Your eBay Business
If you run a profitable eBay business, full-time or part-time, you may be able to gain tax relief and build up retirement savings through a qualified retirement plan and/or IRA. For example, if you net $40,000 from an eBay business and make a tax-deductible contribution of $5,000 to a retirement plan, you only pay income tax now on $35,000.
If you're in the 25% tax bracket, the write-off essentially means that the contribution is only costing you $3,750 out-of-pocket; the government is contributing $1,250 through the taxes you save by making the contribution.
The type of plan you use and the amount of money you put into it depends on several factors, including how much you want or can afford to save, whether you have other retirement plans, whether you have employees, and your years until retirement. Here are just three options to consider:
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y207/m02/abu0184/s02
If you're in the 25% tax bracket, the write-off essentially means that the contribution is only costing you $3,750 out-of-pocket; the government is contributing $1,250 through the taxes you save by making the contribution.
The type of plan you use and the amount of money you put into it depends on several factors, including how much you want or can afford to save, whether you have other retirement plans, whether you have employees, and your years until retirement. Here are just three options to consider:
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y207/m02/abu0184/s02
Homestead Sites for eBay Sellers
Homestead.com has offered website hosting since 1998. As an online seller, you can choose between two main offerings. Homestead's web-hosting service allows you to add a PayPal shopping cart if you want to sell items. And Storefronts is a full-featured ecommerce service that uses eBay's ProStores technology (formerly Kurant) and integrates with eBay and PayPal.
Homestead Websites The Homestead web-hosting Starter plan costs $4.99/month for the first 3 months, then rises to $9.99/month. You can use the Starter plan for one website with up to 5 pages and can get a personalized domain. There are two other plans, one for $19.99/month, and one for $49.99/month. If you want to sell items, you can add a PayPal Shopping Cart.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y207/m02/abu0184/s03
Homestead Websites The Homestead web-hosting Starter plan costs $4.99/month for the first 3 months, then rises to $9.99/month. You can use the Starter plan for one website with up to 5 pages and can get a personalized domain. There are two other plans, one for $19.99/month, and one for $49.99/month. If you want to sell items, you can add a PayPal Shopping Cart.
Read more http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y207/m02/abu0184/s03
Man banned from eBay for alleged shilling
A British man, one of eBay.com's "Titanium PowerSellers," has been permanently removed from the Web site for alleged shill bidding.
Shill bidding is when the seller artificially drives up the price of an auction, The Sunday Times of London said.
Eftis Paraskevaides, an antiquities dealer from Cambridgeshire, England, allegedly used his ex-wife's eBay account to drive up the prices of at least 400 items, the newspaper reported.
Six users were permanently banned from the auction site after after The Sunday Times ran an investigation on shill bidding and passed the evidence on to eBay, the newspaper said.
Paraskevaides antique company made around $2.7 million, making him a "Titanium PowerSeller" and one of eBay's top earners.
Last month he told an undercover reporter that he was able to have business associates bid on his auctions, The Sunday Times alleged.
Shill bidding is when the seller artificially drives up the price of an auction, The Sunday Times of London said.
Eftis Paraskevaides, an antiquities dealer from Cambridgeshire, England, allegedly used his ex-wife's eBay account to drive up the prices of at least 400 items, the newspaper reported.
Six users were permanently banned from the auction site after after The Sunday Times ran an investigation on shill bidding and passed the evidence on to eBay, the newspaper said.
Paraskevaides antique company made around $2.7 million, making him a "Titanium PowerSeller" and one of eBay's top earners.
Last month he told an undercover reporter that he was able to have business associates bid on his auctions, The Sunday Times alleged.
nna Bonta Spaceship for Sale on eBay!?
The spaceship being sold may win the high bidder half of a million dollar grand prize and a place in aerospace and literary history. A rocket being built to compete in an aerospace competition has been name Lauryad, after the spaceship from American novelist Vanna Bonta's quantum fiction FLIGHT novel!
The rocket team is competing for a grand prize of one million dollars in the NASA Lunar Lander Challenge this October (07) against a few rocketeers contenders, including video game genius John Carmack (Doom and Quake).
Read more http://www.waleg.com/celebrities/archives/006736.html
The rocket team is competing for a grand prize of one million dollars in the NASA Lunar Lander Challenge this October (07) against a few rocketeers contenders, including video game genius John Carmack (Doom and Quake).
Read more http://www.waleg.com/celebrities/archives/006736.html
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