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September 2007 Newsletter Competition Congrats go out to mumbeeni They correctly deciphered the answer The Book is entitled, "Second Harvest" by Jean Gino They'll be receiving a goody box of eBid merchandise including the eBid Cap, T-Shirt, Pen, Mouse Mat, Mug, Tax Holder and Car...

0.95.8 released BUGFIX - File > Exit option not saving data status correctly UPDATE - Added more detailed confirm message on upload

Due to stricter policy changes at Google Shopping we will be restricting the products that we will be submitting to Google Shopping in the near future. Starting on the 21st of September eBid will no longer be submitting items that do not pass the following tests A, B or C. A) Media...

Some brief downtime can be expected on Tuesday due to some hardware upgrades being made. We will let you know the exact time as soon as the technicians at the data centre in Docklands notify us. Should be no more than a few minutes. Thanks Gazza

154,000 live auctions on eBid UK Thanks goes to every single one of our users who make up that figure. We couldn't do it without you. G

We're proud to announce the launch of our brand new affiliate program in conjunction with Commission Junction. The eBid Affiliate Program is free to join, easy to sign-up to and requires no technical knowledge. Join here :...

Updated today to include all new categories Download from "my Bulk Uploads" in myeBid Gazza

Copies of eBid Press Releases can be found on this thread.

80% off Seller+ Lifetime & $2000 Up for Grabs April the 25th - Day of the Ninja To celebrate the coming of age off the eBid Ninja Lister application we are offering for one day only 80% off our Seller+ Lifetime cost (74.99 down to 14.99) to enable as many users as possible to download and...

We are looking for users to help us create some videos to help new users get to know all the functions of the site. There's a bit of money in it for you but most of all the warm feeling of knowing your web and voiceover skills are helping someone in need! Visit this thread for more info....

Over the last few days we have been secretly hiding a number of "Treasure Hunt" listings throughout our 9000 product categories. Each "Treasure Hunt" item listed is a popular product that, when found, can be won for free simply by clicking the ‘BuyNow’ button on the auction page. Each "Treasure...

Congratulations to our recent Buddy Bid winners below: *Username: SlinkyRi receives a Dymo Labelwriter 400 *Username: experimentalist receives a Kingston SDHC 16GB Flash Memory Card *Username: raindropsies receives a Xbox 360 Arcade Console/Sega Superstar Tennis New Buddy listings below...

We have an opportunity with a Chat magazine in the UK to run a story about a woman (or man) that has sold via the site and has made more money than expected eg, sold collectors item without knowing.....a 'rags to riches' story whereby you made a huge profit on something you expected to sell for...

After much deliberation, Gazza and I are happy to announce the winner of the eBid Bonny Baby Competition. It has been difficult because you were all beautiful babies :) In first place: wyocowgirl1 2nd place: poppa501 3rd place: randojazz327 Congratulations to everyone who took part. It's...

Myself, Mark and the eBid Suppot Team would like to wish all eBidders a very merry Christmas. We hope everyone has a great day and we'll even be taking a few hours ourselves off to celebrate. Gazza

We are noticing quite long delays from when a user pays with PayPal until the notice is sent to our computers allowing us to upgrade your account. Any users who have not been immediately upgraded will have their accounts upgraded as soon as we are notified from PayPal. Hopefully this is only...

We've had word from our banking partners that we will no longer be able to rebill subscriptions on Maestro cards. This will affect users who are currenlty on a Seller+ subscription that is not Lifetime. An alternative card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) can be used, use the update card option in...

After the announcement of Bidville closing down it's operations, eBid is glad to offer their users a new home in our great value auction environment. As part of our offer Bidville users can transfer their feedback AND obtain a free Seller+ lifetime membership with eBid, saving themselves $49.99....

Afternoon everyone, This is just a request really, we have started clamping down a little more heavily on sellers putting products in irrelevant categories. My pet hate is DVDs going in the Blu-Ray section. I've just removed 300 auctions and placed 2 accounts on hold for this reason. So when...

Due to quite a lot of demand we've stocked up with some XL and XXL eBid s-shirts. Check out the eBid Store for our official merchandise. OAO Gazza

Payouts have been increased to £1.00 and $2.00 as of today. These are for referring all new users. We will be adding larger payouts for referring users upgrading to Seller and Seller+ in the near future. If you aren't set up yet, pop over to http://uk.ebid.net/help_affiliate.php for more...

We are currently having the following products printed. T-Shirts Mugs Caps Tax Disc Holders Pens Car Stickers Mouse Mats

I've started a thread here http://helpdesk.ebid.net/showthread.php?t=95311 that will contain images and graphics that eBidders can use on their websites or any other promotional items they have. Gazza

US and Canadian users of Yahoo Auctions can import their feeback for free. By doing this we will allow you to upgrade to a lifetime Platinum account worth $99.99 for absolutely nothing. Email a screen grab from the logged in area of your yahoo auctions account showing us your feedback page. Do...

We will be closing these categories down due to some "to the point" warnings from the Police and other authorities. Our apologies to our sellers in these categories. We have been told there are some illegal (R18) movies that can only legally be sold in licensed shops and eBid is being held...

Due to an unfortunate turn of events we have had to switch off the forums for around 36hrs. Things have now been repaired enough to enable us to re-open them. We hope you understand that in an emergency like this we have to put all our attention on the main site and the forums become a lesser...

BUGFIX - Posting new auction form would not show after returning form My Gallery image chooser Added Item Conditon to auction fields Added price searches andnew search/browse navigation dropdowns

+ Export Listings facility available for auctions you are selling and auctions you listed. The file is a tab delimited file that can be opened in excel or open office. It is formatted in our eBid spreadsheet format. + Feedback can be filtered by positive, neutral and negative. + Due to...