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Ina Steiner moderates this forum. Share your opinions about the latest ecommerce news.

Come in and discuss issues relating to online auction sites and services. Co-ops and niche auction sites, online payment services, auction management services are all open topics in this forum. Do NOT make promotional announcements here, companies should post them in the Announcements forum.

Take a break from talking about business. This forum is for general topics. You can discuss just about anything, as long as the discourse is civil, and you don't spam. Have fun!

This forum is for sharing information and advice related to online fraud. We can help prevent fraud by educating ourselves about it. There is a growing fraud information page on our Site. Feel free to suggest helpful resources for us to add. Please use this forum for constructive activities only.

Jim Crawford hosts this forum devoted to helping users market their Web Sites and e-businesses. Jim is an entrepreneur and Internet Marketing Consultant. His Web Site, The Collector's Marketing Resource Center, provides information about Web site design and marketing for the highly competitive antiques and collecting industry.

This forum is for questions about trademark and copyright issues for online auction sellers, including discussion of eBay's VeRO program.

Husband-and-wife team Karen Dudnikov and Michael Meadors, who sell under the eBay ID Tabberone, will moderate. Karen is an accountant who makes handmade items, Mike is a computer programmer. Together, they have successfully battled major corporations who used eBay's VeRO program to shut down their auctions. Visit their Tabberone Web site for more information.

This forum is for questions and discussion related to packing and shipping. Representatives from packing and shipping companies have been invited to this forum and are welcome to answer questions from users.

In order to facilitate the reporting process of technical difficulties on online auction sites and 3rd party services, and to help confirm whether they are widespread problems, we have created “The Glitch Report" forum.

Report technical issues in this forum so that they are documented in a timely manner. Hopefully this sharing of information will help users get a better sense of the significance of a problem. Serious and widespread issues will be reported in the AuctionBytes NewsFlash newsletter.

Discuss strategies contained in Ina Steiner's book "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars," a guide for becoming more profitable by analyzing your eBay sales. Ask questions, discuss strategies and keep up-to-date on new features and products. Vendors are welcome to participate by answering questions and announcing new features, workshops and promotions.

This forum is to be used by companies to post announcements concerning their Online Auction Sites and Services. All announcements of this type, posted in other forums, will be moved to this area.

Greg @ NorthForkPets hosts this forum devoted to the discussion of advertising collectibles and ephemera, comics and magazines. Greg sells rare Victorian Bird Cages, vintage Pet / Veterinary supplies and animal themed Ephemera through his webshop www.northforkpets.com , Victorian Mourning and vintage Funeral collectibles via www.teardropmemories, 19th century Photos on www.maidensmemoirs.com and his New Hope Pa. B&M shop.

Come in and discuss everything related to books! You'll find the friendliest and most knowledgeable collectors on the Internet in here.

This forum, devoted to the discussion of coins, is hosted by Daniel S. Smith. Dan has been a numismatic collector since 1965 at the age of nine. He became a fulltime dealer in 1976. Besides being a specialist in modern coins, bullion coins, world coins, and collector coins, Dan is an authority in the specialized rare coin areas of Colonials, Indian cents, Buffalo nickels, Barber coinage, key date coins, silver dollars, commemorative issues, silver dollars, and patterns.

Franci Neale hosts this forum devoted to fabrics, materials and textiles. Franci retired from her own business two years ago to begin selling books and fabric on eBay. She operated her own sewing shop for 16 years and has extensive knowledge on fabric, using it effectively and selling yardage at auction.

Toby Aulman moderates this forum devoted to Glass. Toby is a 'student of glass', who enjoys researching glass as much as he does hunting for and finding glass treasures. He collects late Victorian Era blue opalescent glass. His primary area of study is American pressed patterns from the last 100 years, with an emphasis on poorly documented patterns from the 1940's to 1970's. When not buying, selling, or studying glass he works from home as a Web Developer http://www.abzoid.com.

Bob Block is the host of this forum. He has collected marbles for the past 30 years. Bob has written several books on the subject (Schiffer Publishing), as well as numerous articles and media appearances. His firm, The AuctionBlocks, is the oldest and largest auctioneer of marbles in the world.

Graham Roberthall moderates this forum. Graham's main interests are in Antique British Ceramics, especially Royal Worcester from the Victorian period although he has an interest in all ceramics. He also runs ceramics-r-us.co.uk/.

Ben Rogers hosts the Record Collectors Forum. He has been collecting LP records for over twenty years. He has extensive Beatle, Elvis, Rolling Stones, surf music, and doo-wop collections. He also has a large collection of LPs that fall in the "Incredibly Strange" category. He buys and sells records under the name of E*L*V*I*S! on Ebay.

Christine Hirschfeld has been collecting Catholic items for over 40 years, selling online since 1998. She specializes in pre-Vatican II Catholic items, out-of-print books, sacramentals, statues, and other ex-votos. She assists religious groups with fund raising by helping them turn religious treasures into cash for their ministries. Christine founded Catholic Auction Apostolate, a sellers-only group. Visit her website Catholic Home and Garden.

John Leckrone moderates this forum. John has over 2 decades of experience buying and selling sterling silver and silverplate flatware and holloware which is his niche. Come in and join the discussion! You will learn about silver, how it was used, who made things from it and how to identify and care for silver.

Cheri & Sandy moderate this dual-purpose forum. Not only can you show off what you snagged at yard & estate sales here, but if you need general ID help, this is the forum to ask for it! Links to pictures are welcome! You can check out Cheri's online store at http://www.decaura.com or Sandy's store at http://www.sandysfancypants.com

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Bobby Beeman hosts this Toys & Collectibles forum. Bobby started dealing in toys at the age of 8, when he established a front yard trading post, but professionally has been at it fulltime for 10 years. He has a broad base of knowledge about vintage and antique toys from 1880 to present.

Beth Kagel hosts this vintage camera discussion forum. Beth is an experienced photographer who loves to work with vintage cameras to create fine art. She collects all types of vintage cameras. She encourages both amateur and professional photographers to broaden their creative horizons by experimenting with 19th and 21st century technology.

LisaMoo is the host of this forum and has been dealing in vintage clothing & jewelry since 1990. Her expertise comes in caring for the delicate fabrics as well as identifying the textiles & fashions of different eras.

Rita Perloff has been a vintage jewelry dealer and collector for over 20 years and tries to learn a little more about her interests every day. Her involvement in vintage jewelry stems from her collection of Czech vintage glass figural beads and she sells both at her website, Remember When Vintage Jewelry and has been online with TIAS since 1997.

Discuss issues concerning fixed-price store fronts in this forum.

Post the items that you're looking for in this forum.

This forum is for users of the Buyers Market Classified ads. Post suggestions for making your classifieds as effective as possible, or ask questions about features. Buyers: post items you are looking for! You never know who might have what you want!

The Sellers Connection is an organization of local clubs for anyone who sells or would like to start selling on the Internet. Members meet regularly to share information that will help them become a successful online merchant. The charter club was successfully established in Olympia, Washington, and the hope and intention is that there will soon be one in your neighborhood.