by Genia V. Stevens Managing an online auction business is no simple task. Serious sellers may find that the cost of running an online auction business exceeds their expectations. Free auction tools help sellers minimize expenses, maximize profit, and manage the selling process.

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If you wish to provide a link to all your eBay auctions, you can use the free tool AuctionLink. This allows you to link to all your eBay auctions using one small url. AuctionLink users are allowed to assign keywords to the webpage they create, and even name the webpage whatever they wish. This should make search engine submission a breeze for anyone wishing to send search engine traffic to their AuctionLink webpage. Amherst Robots provides sellers with a final value fee calculator, free counters, and a tool that allows you to view feedback of any eBay user without logging into eBay.

HammerTap's BayCheck takes it one step further and allows users to get information about an eBay user's activities. HammerTap also provides a free sniping tool, a free bidder block tool, and an email tool which allows you to email up to 5 eBay users at the same time using just their usernames. For a list of additional auction tools, visit our resources and tools pages: theauctionboard.com/resources.html and theauctionboard.com/auctiontools.html Permalink

STUPID PEOPLE:

for those that are reading this it is most likely not for you. I personally don't deal well with stupid people. I define stupid people in some of the following ways:

1. Those that place bids and complain later on because they were neglegent in reading a description.

2. Those that send there hard earned money and never tell me what the item is that they have purchased.

3. Those that send me there hard earned money and give me no address to ship.

4. those that send there hard earned money with no item, no name, no return address, no clue whatsoever they are paying for.

5. Those that blatently disreguard the terms and conditions outlined in the description.

6. Those that make threats related to the auction and it's listing.

7. Those that commit fraud in there purchase.

8. Those that have me ship to an address which they no longer live at.

9. those that repetedly complain about my terms and conditions - when they can easily find another seller to buy from.

10. Those that are plain just clueless on life.

11. Those that never read item descriptions.

12. Those that commit fraud by using either a stolen credit card or stolen bank account to make there purchase. Mail fraud also fits this catagory and all buyers that do this will be refered to the postal services mail fraud division for prosecution.

Note: I would not have to put this part in my listing if I had not had problems in each of these areas in the past. Unfortunately I have problems in each of them and a couple of them it is quite frequent.

SPECIAL NOTE: I reserve the right to close auctions early, cancel bids from buyers that I choose not to deal with, substitute replacement materials for those that are returned for any reason, return funds and request payment be resubmitted either because of insufficient funds or an unverified account, acts of GOD or Nature, or any other reason that I deem necessery.


TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

The above mentioned are my terms and conditions. It is the bidders responsability to read and understand the for mentioned terms. bidding is an acceptance and understanding of the terms as outlined whether you have read the terms or not. In the event that you can not accept the terms mentioned I ask that you find another auction where you can agree with that sellers terms and conditions. The above terms and conditions are NOT negotiable before, during, or after an auction. they are set in stone and I have a 0 tollerance for those that want to haggle over there purchase.


All sales are final after 21 days or 1 complaint by the buyer. The only exception to this is those that are not happy with there purchase and want to return it under the satisfaction guarantee which I offer, but be warned all I want to hear if you are not happy is that " I am not happy and would like return directions."

Like craigslist, eBay is about helping folks get everyday stuff done, on a level playing field - they emphasize trustworthiness and reputation, and try really hard to listen to people. Basically, we're both about building community, and humanizing and democratizing the 'net, and there's gotta be more of that.

Internet auction services are a hot way to buy and sell almost anything. They're also increasingly an avenue that creative con artists use to defraud users. Last year, consumers logged 301,835 complaints of fraud with the Federal Trade Commission. Of those, 15 percent dealt with losses from Internet auctions, and its victims cited total losses of about $200 million, or an average loss of $195 a person.

Where can I find info on how to set up and run my own auction site and do it right. I am [an] ISP and wish to get out of the Dial Up Internet Service business. I have a auction site design up. . . but need some marketing info.

Can anybody tell me how to pay in ££ as all the auction payments are in $$ ??? We dont want to use bankers order or cheque. the seller does not take paypal the winning bid was in ££ We live in the UK She lives in Hong Kong

I'm real scared of breaking any rules at e-bay. I have an item that the auction has ended on. It didn't sell and had a start price of £20. Someone has contacted me now via e-bay question and offered me £15. I'm happy with that, am I allowed to sell without breaking any rules please?

Malc