Alibab Strengthens Its US eCommerce Position, Buys Auctiva Too!
Pin ItHONG KONG, August 24, 2010 – Alibaba.com (HKSE: 1688.HK) (HK.1688), the world’s leading e-commerce company for small business, has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctiva, the leading third-party developer of tools for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) sellers. With more than 170,000 active users, Auctiva provides a variety of listing, marketing and management tools as well as image hosting and online storefronts that make it easy for small businesses to sell successfully via e-commerce on sites like eBay. The acquisition of Auctiva, as well as Alibaba.com’s purchase of...
read morePress Release: Auctiva Introduces a Marketplace Platform Called AMP
Pin It Auctiva, a leader in tools for online sellers, is launching AMP – the Auctiva Marketplace Platform. AMP takes item information from thousands of individual e-commerce stores and groups them together into one platform that developers can use to build custom marketplaces and applications. This simple idea offers an opportunity never before seen in the e-commerce space: open development of e-commerce marketplaces. Developers can sign up and start using AMP today at www.poweredbyamp.com. Only a handful of online marketplaces exist today. Prior to AMP, creating online marketplaces...
read moreAuctiva Wants To Set The “Record” Straight, But WHY?
Pin It Why in the world do people care what I think? I am not trying to be funny, I am being serious here. I am "just a squirrel trying to get a nut", either that or I am just a NUT, you can take your pick, LMAO So I write a story that gives an example (albeit, a very simple one) that explains what round-tripping means as it relates to eBay Partner Network (ePN). That was a follow-up comment from the Auctiva shift to paid platform story. From that, I got to speak with both InkFrog and Vendio on how they plan to respond. And now Auctiva has contacted your boy to "school me"...
read moreVendio “Doubles Down” to Offer FREE Services to Former Auctiva Users…WTF? Seriously? No Kidding!
Pin ItIn my video on the new Auctiva price increase I was rather critical of the timeframe given for sellers to adjust. When you move from free to $9.95 or as much as $34.95 a month PLUS transaction fees, that is like and INFINATE price increase. That is like going from 0-60 mph on the Superman ride at the amusement park, it takes your breath away. Price is not at issue with me, hell everyone has GOT to make money and that is real. What I was most concerned with was users were only given 30 days notice. Now that was some BULL’ish IMHO. It is so bad, you have to laugh at the...
read moreAuctiva Hi-Jacks Sellers Wallets While InkFrog and Others Leap To The Rescue
Pin It Why oh why is the eBayosphere all up in arms? Well it is quite simple. Back in September 2008 eBay changed its policy for what is known as “round tripping” links. Ebay pays affiliates for driving traffic to eBay through ads, websites and keywords etc. Many of these affiliate will set up shops that contain eBay product ads and those ads drive buyers to the eBay site. When a buyer makes a purchase a portion of that is paid to the original sender of that traffic. One of the techniques used by some of the “black hat” crowd was to take a buyer on eBay, off the eBay...
read moreHey Buddy Can You Spare a Dime or 12 Cents? : Auctiva Ask Sellers to Cough Up!
Pin ItI did the initial story that had just the facts on the Auctiva fee change. But not lets get down to the REAL nitty gritty. What should you DO? Well I say you should at least watch this video. This is about you business and your ability to remain profitable. This saga is just beginning and you want to make sure that you make a proper decision! Pass this one around to your eBay buddies cause we all NEED to think about the next move. Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend...
read moreJTFM (Just The Facts Man) – The Auctiva Free to Fee Change
Pin ItOK, so some were reading a story in the AuctionBytes web site and then my email and phone started to "blow up". So I am like…WTF is going on? Why is there so much commotion? So then I get around to the email to see a press release from Auctiva.com and here is the ENTIRE communication for you guys. There is a call today that I will be on, and AFTER that call, I will make my "educated" comments… Dude, I am SURE you do not want to miss what I got to say about this one, LMAO by Auctiva.com staff writer – May 28, 2009 Auctiva, the world’s largest...
read moreeBay 3rd Party Provider Auctiva Shuts Down Site Due To “MONSTER” Mystery VIRUS?
Pin It So now after 5 DAYS…Auctiva “TURNS OFF THE CHINESE “MONSTER” VIRUS”. MAN, did I almost call this scenario on the Emergency Call with Dwight Miller from Sunday? HELLO!!! I think some may have thought my constant reporting of this starting on Saturday was not a “big deal”?!? Seemed like I was screaming in the wind, LMAO. However it looks like the guys at Auctiva were NOT sleeping at all. They knew it was big, but kinda didn’t tell us till TODAY?!? They are telling users to search the PC’s for the MYSTERY Virus. HEY AUCTIVA what is the “name” of the mystery...
read moreAuctiva Alert: Time To Sound The ALL CLEAR!
Pin ItThis morning I am HAPPY to report that the issues with Auctiva and their “malicious software” has been resolved. I was able to get to the Auctiva pages will NO ALERTS from Google. The tag of malicious site has been REMOVED! The pending status is good news for ALL the sellers that use the tool. But the lingering damage to trust and reputation could play out for weeks to come. I am going back to reflect on what transpired and will be presenting it THIS WEDNESDAY on the the B.S. Walks program at 1:14 pm. This Auctiva situation was a WAKE UP CALL and a good case study, worthy of the...
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