What's the difference between this pay service and using the advanced search under "completed items"?
--- David Lieberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > By Eric Auchard Thu Nov 10, 8:47 PM ET > > > SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online auctioneer eBay > Inc. on Thursday introduced > a new service that allows buyers and sellers to > search the price history of > any product on its electronic marketplace worldwide > for up to 90 days. > EBay Marketplace Research, as the new subscription > service is known, gives > buyers and sellers a view into millions of eBay > listing, bidding, and pricing > trends, in effect creating a constantly updated > barometer of consumer > shopping habits. > The paid service gives subscribers access to data, > charts and graphs, that > show the prices eBay's 168 million users have paid > in any auction over the > past several months, which gives consumers a > powerful way to find baseline > product prices. > "It does help you to get some idea of the true value > of what you are > selling," said Martin Pyykkonen, an analyst with > brokerage Hoefer & Arnett in > Boulder, Colorado. > "With research, the informed buyer is going to be > able to say, 'The item is > worth about this,"' agreed Hal Varian, an economist > at the University of > California's Haas School of Business. > Marketplace Research comes in three subscription > levels, starting with a > two-day pass for $2.99, a basic monthly service for > $9.99 and a professional > package priced at $24.99 a month. The first two > services show pricing data going > back 60 days while the professional subscription -- > aimed at power sellers > -- has a 90-day pricing history and international > market data. > Sellers can follow trends as they play out online, > allowing them to adapt > their sales strategies immediately. > Pyykkonen said the service will help eBay's core > base of existing > auctioneers. "Ebay needs to do everything they can > to help the seller community" by > bringing more sellers online and converting them > into veteran "power sellers," > Pyykkonen said. > Gartner Inc. analyst Allen Weiner said competition > in the online auction > market is heating up, both from start-ups and other > major Internet players who > are pushing their way into the classified > advertising market, including Google > Inc.. > EBay is looking for ways to make it easier for new > users to take part, > Weiner said. "Part of the big mystery of online > auctions is their inefficiency," > he said. "By offering pricing history, eBay is > making people's time online > more efficient. > "A lot of people are very inexperienced and really > have no idea about how to > set prices," Weiner said. > > > > > David A. Lieberman > CineMasterpieces.com > 602 309 0500 > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at > www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo > Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: > SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible > for its content. > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
