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Here's our first list of unregistered domain names for 2009. At the time of posting all these domain names were still available for anyone to grab. (01/04/2009)

Invariably I buy more domain names than I can ever hope to find the time to develop properly. So I thought I would highlight some of the more interesting names I have to see if anyone out there in the UK blogosphere wants to take on these domains with a view to developing a good website. (01/04/2009)

After a short break for the holidays the Pheebay member's promotion of penny start auctions is resuming. Unlike the pay to bid penny auctions attracting so much negative publicity lately, these are real auctions where bidding for good items starts at just a penny and making bids is free. (01/03/2009)

In a forum post today WOGO - short for WantOneGotOne - has announced free easter eggs for all new UK sellers who join up and post their first auction or fixed price sale. (01/03/2009)

Pheebay member Passion Vine House recalls the difficulties of promoting sales pre-eBay and the lessons that sellers using today's crop of eBay alternatives may not have learned about marketing and advertising in the search for sales. (01/03/2009)

Scotland on Sunday’s Christmas Appeal auction conducted on eBay has raised more than £7,000 for charity including more than £1,000 for a shirt signed by the BBC Sports Personality of the year, Chris Hoy. (12/28/2008)

The charity auction website www.Charitable-Auctions.com is allowing use of their non profit auction services free until July 2009. It appears to be promoting a dropshipping arrangement to people and organisations seeking to raise funds. (12/27/2008)

The worldwide tour of the Credit Suisse international Art & Entrepreneurship exhibition reached the last stop in London on November 24 and also featured a charity auction of several exhibited pieces contributed by some of the most noteworthy artists. (12/24/2008)

Being keen to spot opportiunities for new websites I keep an active eye out for new domain names that offer potential. But I guess people like me will eventually always hit the problem. It's a great name but what do I do to develop it in to a website? (12/23/2008)

Once again authoritative blogs, analysts and comentators are singing eBay's woes based on falling traffic numbers but are they making assumptions on corrupt data? (12/23/2008)

Continuing our series of articles highlighting unregistered domain names. Today we offer another long list of auction related names anyone can register. We've highlighted names that could be used to host auction sites or prove useful for eBay affiliates. (12/20/2008)

The BBC has today reported concerns about the growing number of penny auction sites that sell bundles of bids for users to try and win high value items. In most cases the bidding revenue these sites earn can far exceed the value of the items on offer leading many people to believe these are more like lotteries rather than games of skill or true auctions. (12/20/2008)