eBay Marketplaces Quarterly Fast Facts As of 30th June, 2008

Here is the latest eBay Marketplaces data!
  • A pair of shoes sells every 7 seconds
  • A mobile phone sells every 7 seconds
  • A car sells every 56 seconds

There were 667 million new listings added to eBay.com worldwide in Q2-08. At any given time, there are approximately 112.3 million listings worldwide, and approximately 7.1 million listings are added per day.

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Adult Learners’ Week 1-8 September 2008

What is Adult Learners’ Week?

Adult Learners’ Week is an opportunity to celebrate, promote and advance all forms of adult learning.

Adult Learners’ Week takes place in more than 40 countries around the world and has been held in Australia every year since 1995.

By celebrating Adult Learners’ Week together, we can raise the profile of adult learning and highlight its value to the Australian community.

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yaBe Training Courses not available in your area or day and time?

We are interested in hearing from potential students so that we can try to meet your eBay training needs. yaBe Training is located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Your confidential submission will be received and reviewed by yaBe Training. In the event that a location or day and time is offered as per your submission, you will be contacted by us.yaBe Training does not guarantee that your submission will be accepted but will be considered.

eBay Retiring Marketplace Research Tool

eBay is retiring its eBay Marketplace Research tool on 15th September 2008, according to Terapeak, an eBay Certified Provider, whose tool will be offered as an alternative. Marketplace Research by Terapeak will be accessible from the eBay website, with Terapeak providing dedicated customer support. Terapeak’s tool provides research for sellers based on completed eBay listings. Terapeak said it plans to extend the range of reports and features that were available with eBay’s tool, including up to two years of category trends, seller-specific searches, and dedicated customer support.

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Urgent: email virus alert

Several email viruses have been received today. There are several subject headings including – Your Pay Pal account May be Compromised and Your internet access is going to get suspended. There are potentially up to five different virus messages, all of which contain zip files.

Do not open these emails as they contain serious viruses. If you have received these email messages you must delete them permanently.

Would you trust anyone to teach you how to Buy and Sell on eBay?

Our instructors hold the Education Specialist trained by eBay qualification in addition to formal training qualifications so that we can provide our clients with the highest level of quality education.

The Education Specialist training program provides instructors with the knowledge and tools necessary to successfully teach others how to make the most of eBay whilst training qualifications ensure that instructors have the skills to enable knowledge transfer.

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 ‘Education Specialists trained by eBay’ are trained to deliver eBay University curriculum, but are neither employed by or affiliated with eBay Inc.

eBay.com.au - Category structure changes - August

A number of changes to the Category Structure on eBay.com.au will be introduced this month.

These changes are being made in an effort to simplify the finding experience for buyers, and help make listing easier and faster for sellers.

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PayPal scheduled maintenance - Friday 8 August 2008

The PayPal site will undergo maintenance from approximately 4:00PM to 6:00PM AEST on Friday 8 August 2008. During this maintenance period, the PayPal site and the majority of its features will be unavailable.