The eBay Index. It works like this: Create an advertisement that features some otherwise worthless tchotchke that’s identified with your brand. Limit said trinket’s availability.
Watch and see what kind of price the thing can ring up on eBay.
The results can be astonishing. Witness the price that the VW GTI’s goofy gremlin, The VW Fast, is […]

AdMission Corporation, a provider of online classified advertising solutions, today announced the availability of AdMission Marketplace. The new complete solution arms publishers with the key features that consumers have come to expect in online classifieds and auction sites such as self-service ad creation, photos and rich media, buyer/seller ratings, negotiated sales and integrated payment options. […]

SellBuy.com (http://www.sellbuy.com), an online classifieds service for the UK, is being launched by mother of three, Mrs Sally Lock, of Guildford, Surrey. Sellbuy.com provides an easy-to-use, cheap alternative to classified sites, auction sites and newspapers for buyers and sellers.
Sellbuy.com offers over 130 categories of products and services - from cars to houses, watches and […]

Newspapers are busily trying to find ways to make the internet work for them. The Telegraph has launched its podcasts and so has The Times. Murdoch has bought the MySpace.com community site and there are unconfirmed reports that it will be linked to the Sun website, to create a MySun online network. The Guardian Unlimited […]

Santa Cruz – Police are investigating whether prostitutes are doing business online with provocative classified ads.
“It’s popped up on our radar screen,” Sgt. Loran Baker said.
Authorities are investigating at least one case in which someone offered services “beyond what the ad said,” Baker said, although he declined to provide details.
One particular focus is Craigslist, which […]

CRAIGSLIST has taken on many giants. Can it survive a challenge from Microsoft?
The software behemoth late last month started Windows Live Expo (expo.live.com), another node in its growing network of Internet services, and a direct stab at Craiglist’s vital organs: free, local classified ads.
In doing so, Microsoft is treading on ground that has swallowed many […]

Craigslist chief executive, Jim Buckmaster, aims to offer a public service, not add zeros to his bank balance, explains Andrew Cave.
Jim Buckmaster lives in a rented house, has never owned a car and doesn’t want to float his internet company, although that would make him phenomenally wealthy. No wonder Fortune magazine pondered whether he was […]