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eBid Newsletter October 2009
Nov 2nd
Site News & Updates
Welcome to our October newsletter. Where do the days go? It seems like only yesterday I was writing last month’s newsletter. So what’s been happening in the last 4 weeks at eBid?
We have hit the 3 MILLION mark for current number of live auctions and as promised we will be giving away US$3000 or equivalent in local currency to the lucky eBidder who listed the auction that ticked us onto 3,000,000. So who was it? Well here’s a clue, the auction ID is 20526500. Keep the listing going, we’ll be announcing a US$4000 prize soon for the 4 millionth auction to show appreciation for the loyalty and time our users have given to eBid over the years.
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eBid Newsletter July 2009
Aug 1st
Welcome to our July newsletter. To say we’ve been busy this month would be an understatement. The move to Dallas has gone as smoothly as can be expected, a few DNS hiccups but other than that we were down for a very limited amount of time.
Our move to Dallas has allowed us to upgrade our server hardware, upgrade our network and reduce our hosting costs. Take a look at the site and I hope you’ll agree it is running fast and smooth.
We are about 50% through our redesign build with the bulk of our time being spent building the new look design into our template system, our aim is to make the site simple, clean and effective giving both buyers and sellers a much better experience. The site’s a lot whiter with green and purple as the main colours.
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eBid Newsletter June 2009
Jun 28th
Site News & Updates
- 2,440,108 Live Auctions RECORD
- 9,664 Categories RECORD
- 8,287 eBid Stores Live RECORD
Welcome to our June newsletter. It’s been a very busy month for us, so much going on it seems to have flown by in a flash.
In the coming week we will be moving our operations to our new Dallas data centre. In testing we’re seeing over 250% improvement in page load times for our US users and over 200% for the rest of the world.
eBid Newsletter December 2006
Dec 20th
1. Upgrade to Platinum 15 Day Offer
newsletter top We have added a new selling level (Platinum) that provides additional features and facilities that have been requested by our professional sellers. The new features are specifically designed to allow streamlining of customer invoicing and payments as well as providing flexible auction listings features that make the professional seller’s auction experience run smoothly and efficiently in a busy business environment.
Platinum members will now be able to schedule auction start and close times, list fixed price Listings (no bidding) and run their items until sold. Platinum members also have full checkout services including access to PayPal checkouts for the first time allowing buyers to make quick and easy payments for the goods bought. Customer invoices can be sent out at will or on request. Other additions features include but are not limited to free multiple eBid Stores.
We will be running an offer for around 2 weeks over Xmas whereby we will multiply all the subscriptions paid to date by 10 and put this towards the full cost of our Platinum Lifetime subscription. The day after the multiple will go down to 9 and so on.
Offer Dates
16th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
17th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
18th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
19th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
20th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
21st Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 10
22nd Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 9
23rd Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 8
24th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 7
25th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 6
26th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 5
27th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 4
28th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 3
29th Dec – Gold Subscription Payments x 2
30th Dec and On – Gold Subscription Payments x 1
Platinum Lifetime Costs
uk £149.99
us $229.99
ca CA$229.99
au AU$249.99
ie €199.99
eg. If you have already paid £44.99 for a Gold Lifetime we will multiply this by 10 to give you £449.90 and this will easily cover the £149.99 cost of Platinum. I’m afraid we will not be giving any credits for the remaining £299.91!
2. Additional Features
The most noticeable change is to the summary page of My eBid. Now every item you have bought or sold has a dropdown menu with all the options you need to continue with the transaction, including invoicing, payment and feedback making the after auction process so simple.
Other changes include
* After Auction Log fixes and additions
* eBid Store navigation changes
* Login for status link on auction pages
* Gallery Auction 2% variable closing fee
* Specific feedback highlighting
* Option to automatically load My Default set on starting an auction
* My Favourite Searches daily emails
* Edit auction page changes
3. Site Re-design Update
Our latest upgrade is only a tiny part of the changes that are in the pipeline for eBid. We have been working on a brand new design that will take us to the pinnacle of worldwide auction websites in terms of design and usability.
Designs should be finalised in mid January with the re-launch of the site a few weeks after that.
Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year from Gary & Mark
Thanks for taking your time to read this and we hope to see you at www.eBid.net in the near future.
Gary Sewell
eBid CEO
