If there's any stock analyst reading this (now or in the future), mark my words.. multiple must go down. This company is up the river (or at least losing market share to it)

Does ebay have any plans of lowering the price of classified ads? A 30 day STORE ad is cheap. A 30 day calssified is EXPENSIVE!

Someone listing 1000 or even 100 different items would have a very high ebay bill......or is that part of the stategy?
1000 x 5 cents
1000 x $9.95 HMMMMMMMMmmmm!

The Content Itself Considering creating an “eBay How To” eBook or compile a collection of your own needlework or embroidery patterns or a collection of templates (the type of content doesn't matter here. All types of content will benefit from these tips)? Fantastic! Keep in mind that these are very crowded fields at the moment (it’s almost seems like every full time seller is writing a “how to” eBook of some sort). Before you begin, ask yourself: what is my angle? What is it about my content that is different, more valuable than the existing content? Maybe it’s your humorous writing style that sets your ebook apart. Or maybe you actually have strategies, tips and tricks that have never been presented. Maybe your ebook is rich in helpful graphics or is laid out like a school text books with q and a tests at the end of each chapter. Maybe your “how to” ebook comes in audio format as well. (Why are there not more of these?) If you cannot come up with a unique angle for your content topic, maybe you should consider a different topic. What are your other fields of expertise? Are you a fly tying expert? An expert watercolorist? A paint decorator? There aren’t too many ebooks on these subjects. The field beyond “How to [fill in the blank] on eBay” is wide open.

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what language can we use in our classified ads to explain how payment will take place?

-no payment link
-no weblink
-no shopping cart...

sounds like we are presenting the customer with a payment mystery they have to solve...

Pricing This is touchy area for many sellers. No one (including me) wants to dictate the value of self-created content as indicated by the price the seller places on their own content. But consider: you spend time and effort putting together an ebook on a topic. You are proud of your work. You consider it to be of great potential value and use to your readers. You have followed all of the above suggestions and have created a workable listing and marketing promotion strategy. Then you price the content out at .99 Remember, for the most part, buyers believe that value is best indicated by price. Sure, every buyer wants a good deal, a bargain. No buyer wants to spend more than an item is worth. However, there is a price point for every item – not always obvious and not always easy to determine – below which the buyer stops considering the item as a bargain and starts viewing the item as “cheap” with all the word’s negative connotations. Don’t demean your content’s value by a too-cheap price. Part of your differentiation strategy has to be pricing. Experiment with different price points and take into consideration the results of your extensive research into existing pricing. Many sellers know this from experience but the lowest priced item in a category is not always the best seller.

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electronicspart :

That would not be an effective way of utilizing Classified Ads. You can use one Classified Ad to list your entire inventory (type and number) of content listings as opposed to several (1000's) of auction or fixed price listings. So actually, using Classified Ads as a part of your content selling strategy will actually save you money in fees.

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rice21895rice21895,

Typo – we announced March 24 with enforcement beginning March 31

Thanks.

Brian

cesnewscesnews,

Good suggestion, we will take a look at it.

Currently it would not be allowed.

Policy - http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/downloadable.html

Thanks.

Brian

$hortdawg,

I think everyone knows what an event ticket is, a "ticket" discount for a club membership, even if the "ticket" is printable is not an event ticket.

Thanks.

Brian

off2wdw4funoff2wdw4fun,

Please send me any violating item #’s to my email address – bburke@ebay.com and I will make sure we have someone review them.

Thanks.

Brian

$hortdawg,

Baby? Bathwater?

Now you know why I require my three kids to take showers.

Thanks.

Brian

off2wdw4fun The policy was implemented to deal with delivery method, not with content. This is an important distinction that perhaps we are not making clear: We are not judging the worth of content ("your eBook/templates/patterns/etc are excellent and yours are not") The policy was changed to eliminate a delivery method only.

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$hortdawg I've been in these discussions in a live format many times in the past 12 years and it is my experience that participants in live forums tend to be polite, civil, and the discussions are orderly. There is something about the typed, online format that tends to bend discussion tone and style to the, well, let's just say "hurly burly."

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auctionfreakk Link to or mention their classified ad in their auction listing or store listings?? Yes. If so what can be stated when about the classified ad when linking to it from your auction ad or store inventory listing. You can mention the Classified Ads you have running, and you can link to them but your listing description still must be in compliance with our Keyword Spam policy and we cannot allow said seller to use the words "download delivery" or something to that effect, in their descriptions. Will the digital scrapbooking category be eliminated? Yes. Will the software digital downloadable software category be eliminated? Yes. Why are foreign ebay sites given a month to adjust when ebay USA was only given a week? Germany has never allowed download or digital delivery. Other sites are located in countries that by law required a 30 day notice.

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ebrownfox: Thank you. I live to serve.

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dacholiday: Why are our classifieds forced into information products. I do not sell an information product, I sell ebay design and Ebay stores design We are considering options to solve this including the addition of extra Classified Ad format categories as well as other possible solutions.

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montessori_print_shop Is it possible to get an answer to this question: How are you planning on preventing the listing/sale of digital/email/PDF File listings to make it a fair playing field for everyone? If you find a listing that is in violation of the Digital Download Delivery policy, use the Report This Item link at the bottom of the offending listing page.

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off2wdw4fun Both Brian and I will be at eBay Live but don't wait till then, let us know via email what you have on your mind. (Sometimes, the process from report to action for listing policy violations can take 2 days depending on the waiting list of reports).

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rice21895 I apologize if we didn't quite understand your question. As the workshop is now locked, please feel free to email the details to me. But if your question was with regards to sending the content via email attachment POST SALE where you also never mentioned that would, as either an option, or courtesy, delivery the content in digital format, then it would be allowed.

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off2wdw4fun Why not just go to a system where digital items need to be approved before being listed? The policy was implemented to solve the issue around delivery method, not the content. Let me make this clear: we are not judging, qualifying or devaluing content. THis is not about content. It is ONLY about delivery method. Griff

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