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Some people get well and truly bitten by the eBay bug once they discover the good profits which can be had. Whether it’s just to make a bit of extra cash or a potential start for a small business, if you want success then you need to do some serious thinking. (03/31/2010)

What’s in your cupboards?

A Royal Doulton vase, bit of Troika, Carnival Glass dishes, what have you? We all have boxes at the back of the wardrobe or in the attic, maybe unopened since we last moved house, and anything could be hiding there. (03/31/2010)

There are well over 17,000 different three letter combinations possible using the standard 26 letter english alphabet and having a complete list in Excel makes a domain name hunter's life much easier when they want to do bulk searches for expiring domain names. Does this sound like the spreadsheet solution you've been searching for? Then read on. (03/27/2010)

Bloomsbury Auctions, one of the leading auction houses for rare books and works on paper, have announced an "Irish Sale" to be held in their Manhattan sale rooms on Tuesday 23rd March 2010 starting at 10am. The sale is being held in conjunction with Whyte’s, a leading auction house for Irish art and collectibles based in Ireland. (03/17/2010)

Bonhams have announced they are to offer a rare and beautiful 1930 Mercedes-Benz SS Sports Tourer to be included in their Quail Lodge summer auction, which has now been splot over two days. (03/12/2010)

An auction of art pottery and two day show and sale is the highlight of the 2010 national convention of the American Art Pottery Association marking the return of the organization to its Ohio roots for this 30th annual event. (03/12/2010)

Cynics may see this as just another pre-election promise but, the UK's Labour Government have claimed they will start to ramp up the fight against Internet fraud and scams. According to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Internet fraud and scams have affected around three million UK consumers over the last year, costing them an estimated £3.5 Billion. (02/15/2010)

PRESS RELEASE Feb 15, 2010 – TradeDoubler continues investing into expanding its staff and appoints Jermaine Lars Jackson to Marketing Manager for the company‘s central European business. (02/15/2010)

eBay revised the structure of its RSS newsfeed links on Wednesday 10th February and, While the change has had little impact on most of their affiliates, those using the popular PHPBay and BANS website script software have experienced various issues. (02/12/2010)

Too Good to be true? No it isn't. In fact many existing eBay affiliates are quietly offsetting their eBay selling fees and making a lot of money on top by promoting their own auction listings! (01/26/2010)

First it was being reported that traditional crafts like knitting and cross stitch have found renewed interest among the younger 'recession' generation but now other hobbies like stamp and coin collecting are gaining traction too. (01/24/2010)

A new record for American silver was set recently at a Sotheby’s auction sale when a Cornelius Kierstede Silver Punch Bowl made in New York during the early 18th Century realised a jaw dropping $5,906,500. (01/23/2010)