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Today eBay decided to disallow all digital downloads from sale at month’s end. 今天，易趣决定禁止所有的数字下载发售，一个月的结束。 No more eBooks, PDF files, or software….basically anything that is a direct download after the sale. 没有更多的电子书， PDF文件，或者软体... 。基本上是什么，这是直接下载后出售。
I don’t often comments on things “in the news” that make the usual rounds on blogs because that’s not why you came here.我不经常评论的事情“的消息” ，使通常的两轮博客，因为这不是你为什么来到这里。 But I just read something that I could not resist commenting on and I felt the need to post and let you know about it.但是，我刚才所读的东西，我无法抗拒评论，我认为有必要后，让你知道。 I just read on Alan’s blog Affilliate Confession, his latest post is about我刚才读的艾伦的博客Affilliate供认，他最新的职务是 eBay killing digital downloads易趣杀害数字下载 . 。 You can find the你可以找到 official eBay announcement here官方在这里宣布易趣 . 。
So - what’s all the hubub about?所以-有什么所有h ubub呢？ If you read that announcement, you’ll find that it indicates that eBay has a problem with people “manipulating the feedback system” by using thousands of low cost digital download product listings.如果你读到那宣布，你会发现，它表明，易趣有问题的人“操纵的反馈系统”通过数以千计的低成本的数字下载的产品清单。 Rather than address the problem - eBay has chosen to remove all digital download products as of March 31st, 2008 - and their only option is to pay $9.95 for a 30 day “classified ad” listing (which isn’t even an auction at all).而不是解决问题-易趣选择删除所有数字下载的产品作为2 008年3月3 1号-和他们唯一的选择就是支付9. 95美元的3 0天的“分类广告”上市（这甚至不是在所有拍卖） 。
The audacity and ineptness of eBay with the announcement is unbelievable.厚颜无耻和无能与易趣宣布令人难以置信。 I do not make a living selling eBooks, PDF files, software, or other digital downloads on eBay.我不谋生销售电子书， PDF文件，软件或其他数字易趣上下载。 For many people though, they have (over the years) built up an entire income or business by selling digital products on eBay.对许多人来说不过，他们（多年）建立了一个完整的业务收入或销售数码产品在易趣上。 I had actually thought about creating and selling several eBooks on eBay in the future.我曾想过其实创造和销售几个电子书易趣在未来。 The thing about eBooks, or PDF files, or even software is that it has a “perceived value”.在电子书的事，或PDF文件，甚至软件，它有一个“感知价值” 。 Other than the fact that it’s digital and doesn’t take resources to duplicate (like a book, magazine, CD, or DVD) - the perception of it’s value lies in the eye of the beholder.以外的其他事实，即它的数字，并未考虑资源的重复（如书籍，杂志， CD机或DVD ） -的看法，它的价值在于魔眼杀机。 I mean honestly, a country cookbook with “100 ways to Cook a Squirrel” is probably not for me, but I would buy a Jimi Hendrix biography any day.我的意思是说实话，一国食谱“ 100如何松鼠库克”也许是不适合我，但我要购买亨德里克斯传记任何一天。 What makes eBooks or software any different?是什么让电子书或软件有何不同？ They aren’t valuable unless you can find a buyer who finds value in them.他们不是有价值的，除非你能找到一个买主谁认为他们的价值。
eBay appararently doesn’t find much value in digital products because they “ are often reproduced at little to no cost to the seller “.易趣appararently没有找到多少价值的数字产品，因为他们“ 往往是转载于很少或几乎没有成本卖方 ” 。 What!?什么！ ？ Wow, if you used that analogy I guess the latest “Guitar Hero 3″ video game isn’t of much value because it can be reproduced at little or no cost.哇，如果您使用的比喻我想最新的“吉他英雄3 ”视频游戏是没有多大价值，因为它可以复制很少或根本没有成本。 Never mind the fact that it took millions of dollars and thousands of hours to create, and on the street will run you $60-80 to get a copy.没关系的事实，它采取了数百万美元和数千小时创造，并在街道上你会$ 60-80获得一份副本。 What makes eBook sellers second class citizens?是什么让电子书卖家二等公民？ As Alan points out in his post where I first found out about this, he has a Vegan Meal Planner that he and his wife poured 70 hours into, and it’s very valuable to people looking for that information.正如格林斯潘指出，在他那里后我第一次发现了这一点，他有一个素食餐计划，他和他的妻子投入到70个小时，这是非常宝贵的人希望这方面的资料。 Just because it’s not sold in Barnes and Noble or being wrapped in a fancy box by a major corporation with thousands of employees doesn’t mean that it’s not a product, or that Alan doesn’t have a valid company, or that Alan shouldn’t be able to sell his digital product on eBay.正因为它不是销售巴恩斯和诺布尔或包裹在一个幻想中的一家大公司成千上万的员工并不意味着它不是一个产品，或者说格林斯潘没有有效的公司，或者格林斯潘认为不应当能够出售自己的数字化产品在易趣上。
I also think that eBay is overlooking one completely huge point here as well, and it’s the fact that they left one of the biggest loopholes wide open.我还认为， eBay是一个完全忽视巨大点这里很好，这是一个事实，即他们离开的一个最大的漏洞敞开。 It’s called a “box”.这是所谓的“盒子” 。 That’s right a “box”.这是正确的“盒子” 。 What’s the difference between Alan’s Vegan Meal Planner eBook and the latest copy of Windows Vista?有什么区别Alan的素食餐策划师电子书和最新的Windows Vista副本？ A box.一个方框。 That’s it - nothing more and nothing less.这就是它-仅此而已。 Remember, eBay only killed “digital downloads” or things that were downloadable only after purchase.请记住，只有死亡的易趣“数字下载”或东西，下载了之后才购买。 If you have a great product you can still burn it to CD, put it in a box (or any wrapper), and ship it to anyone and list all the auctions you want.如果你有一个了不起的产品仍然可以将它刻录成CD ，把它放在一个盒子（或任何包装） ，并邮寄给任何人，并列出所有的拍卖你想要的。 This is a real PITA I admit, but there are ways around it.这是一个真正的太平洋岛屿电信协会我承认，但也有它周围的途径。
In the end, I think that eBay is being really short-sighted here, and they sure had no problems accepting millions and millions of dollars over the years for digital download listings.最后，我认为，易趣真的是短视这里，他们肯定没有问题接受数以百万计的美元过去几年的数字下载列表。 They have billions of dollars and a crack team of developers on staff.他们有几十亿美元和裂缝的开发团队的工作人员。 There’s no reason they couldn’t have fixed the problem in a way other than removing all digital downloads.没有理由，他们可能没有固定的问题在某种程度上消除以外的其他所有的数字下载。 The easiest of which would have been to temporarily suspended feedback on all digital downloads until a better solution was found.最简单的本来暂时中止对所有的反馈数字下载到一个更好的解决办法被发现。 I can’t count the number of great eBooks and products I bought on eBay for online marketing, and while I’m sure that there are some shady sellers - every one I bought from was upstanding and had quality products.我不能指望的数量巨大的电子图书和产品我买了易趣的在线营销，而我敢肯定，有一些可疑的卖家-每一个我买的是正直和高质量的产品。
Good job eBay - so much for thinking about the customer (or your sellers for that matter)…搞好易趣-这么多的思考客户（或您的卖家为这个问题） . ..
Tags:标签： ebay易趣 , ， ebooks电子书 , ， policy政策
March 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pm 2008年3月26日在下午12点50分
Let’s call a spade a spade.让我们直言不讳。 Ebay over the last 5-8 years has turned from a friendly place that you could call and actually speak to someone, into a monster answerable only to the shareholders and the upper level brain dead suits.易趣在过去5-8年已成为一个友好的地方，你可以要求和实际说话的人，变成一个怪物只负责向股东和上级脑死亡西装。
I remember when you could call ebay and speak to one of their 12 employees if something quirky was going on.我记得当您可致电eBay和说话之一的12名员工，如果一些古怪的事情。 Now, you are lucky to get an idiotic cookie cutter email template answer after 5 or 6 days that does not even address the reason why you emailed ebay in the first place.现在，你很幸运得到一个十分愚蠢的Cookie刀电子邮件模板的答案后， 5或6天甚至不处理的原因您发送易趣摆在首位。
I must have given ebay over $150,000 in fees since 1998 yet due to one listing one month ago that some VERO member “thought” it “might” be violating “possibly” their property rights ebay closed that account within 10 minutes of the VERO email after a “full investigation determined the action was warranted”我必须给予易趣超过$ 150000的费用自1998年以来，由于没有一个上市一个月以前，一些知识产权权利人的成员“认为”它“可能”违反了“可能”他们的财产权易趣关闭该帐户在10分钟内的知识产权权利人的电子邮件后， “全面调查确定的行动是正当的”
No matter I have 8 selling accounts.不管我有8日销售帐目。 No matter total combined feedback is over 30,000.不管反馈合计超过30,000元。 If you are VERO’d on one for “possibly” violating you are out of luck on all your selling accounts.如果您是一个VERO'd为“可能”侵犯你的运气了对所有的销售帐目。 If one is closed for “possibly violating” you cannot sell from any of them.如果一个封闭的“可能违反”你不能出售任何人。 Makes a lot of sense right?提出了非常有意义吗？
Ebay is a 10,000 pound elephant inside an antique store that does what it wants to regardless.易趣是一个1万磅大象在一个古董商店做什么，希望不管。 One hand gives, the other hand takes 3 times as much.一方面使，另一方面需要3倍多。 Last month they “lowered” listing fees by a nickel!!上个月他们“降低”上市费用由镍！ yet raised FVF fees by 300%+.尚未提出FVF费用的300 ％ + 。
Ebay wholeheartedly encouraged sellers to build up their digital business over the last 3 years and now in one broad, swift stroke within a period of 7 days put them all out of business instantly.易趣卖家全心全意鼓励建立企业的数字，过去3年，现在在一个广泛的，迅速中风的时间内7天内把他们所有的业务上。 That’s typical ebay group think.这是典型的易趣组的想法。
Thank goodness I don’t have to work there.(corporate headquarters) I wouldn’t last 30 seconds.谢天谢地，我没有在那里工作。 （公司总部） ，我不会最后30秒。
April 11th, 2008 at 5:00 pm 2008年四月十一日至下午5:00
Zipidee just announced their support for ebooks: Zipidee刚刚宣布他们支持电子书： http://www.zipidee.com . 。 Try their site if you can’t (or don’t want to) sell on ebay anymore.试试他们的网站如果你德卡尼亚仙，包括“仙吨（或不想）在eBay上出售了。