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Today eBay decided to disallow all digital downloads from sale at month’s end. 今天，易趣決定禁止所有的數字下載發售，一個月的結束。 No more eBooks, PDF files, or software….basically anything that is a direct download after the sale. 沒有更多的電子書， PDF文件，或者軟體... 。基本上是什麼，這是直接下載後出售。
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.我不經常評論的事情“的消息” ，使通常的兩輪博客，因為這不是你為什麼來到這裡。 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，我剛才所讀的東西，我無法抗拒評論，我認為有必要後，讓你知道。 I just read on Alan’s blog Affilliate Confession, his latest post is about我剛才讀的艾倫的博客Affilliate供認，他最新的職務是 eBay killing digital downloads易趣殺害數字下載 . 。 You can find the你可以找到 official eBay announcement here官方在這裡宣布易趣 . 。
So - what’s all the hubub about?所以-有什麼所有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.如果你讀到那宣布，你會發現，它表明，易趣有問題的人“操縱的反饋系統”通過數以千計的低成本的數字下載的產品清單。 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).而不是解決問題-易趣選擇刪除所有數字下載的產品作為2 008年3月3 1號-和他們唯一的選擇就是支付9. 95美元的3 0天的“分類廣告”上市（這甚至不是在所有拍賣） 。
The audacity and ineptness of eBay with the announcement is unbelievable.厚顏無恥和無能與易趣宣布令人難以置信。 I do not make a living selling eBooks, PDF files, software, or other digital downloads on eBay.我不謀生銷售電子書， PDF文件，軟件或其他數字易趣上下載。 For many people though, they have (over the years) built up an entire income or business by selling digital products on eBay.對許多人來說不過，他們（多年）建立了一個完整的業務收入或銷售數碼產品在易趣上。 I had actually thought about creating and selling several eBooks on eBay in the future.我曾想過其實創造和銷售幾個電子書易趣在未來。 The thing about eBooks, or PDF files, or even software is that it has a “perceived value”.在電子書的事，或PDF文件，甚至軟件，它有一個“感知價值” 。 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.以外的其他事實，即它的數字，並未考慮資源的重複（如書籍，雜誌， CD機或DVD ） -的看法，它的價值在於魔眼殺機。 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.我的意思是說實話，一國食譜“ 100如何松鼠庫克”也許是不適合我，但我要購買亨德里克斯傳記任何一天。 What makes eBooks or software any different?是什麼讓電子書或軟件有何不同？ They aren’t valuable unless you can find a buyer who finds value in them.他們不是有價值的，除非你能找到一個買主誰認為他們的價值。
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沒有找到多少價值的數字產品，因為他們“ 往往是轉載於很少或幾乎沒有成本賣方 ” 。 What!?什麼！ ？ 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 ”視頻遊戲是沒有多大價值，因為它可以複製很少或根本沒有成本。 Never mind the fact that it took millions of dollars and thousands of hours to create, and on the street will run you $60-80 to get a copy.沒關係的事實，它採取了數百萬美元和數千小時創造，並在街道上你會$ 60-80獲得一份副本。 What makes eBook sellers second class citizens?是什麼讓電子書賣家二等公民？ 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，在他那裡後我第一次發現了這一點，他有一個素食餐計劃，他和他的妻子投入到70個小時，這是非常寶貴的人希望這方面的資料。 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.正因為它不是銷售巴恩斯和諾布爾或包裹在一個幻想中的一家大公司成千上萬的員工並不意味著它不是一個產品，或者說格林斯潘沒有有效的公司，或者格林斯潘認為不應當能夠出售自己的數字化產品在易趣上。
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.我也認為eBay是一個完全忽視巨大點這裡很好，這是一個事實，即他們離開的一個最大的漏洞敞開。 It’s called a “box”.這是所謂的“盒子” 。 That’s right a “box”.這是正確的“盒子” 。 What’s the difference between Alan’s Vegan Meal Planner eBook and the latest copy of Windows Vista?有什麼區別Alan的素食餐策劃師電子書和最新的Windows Vista副本？ A box.一個方框。 That’s it - nothing more and nothing less.這就是它-僅此而已。 Remember, eBay only killed “digital downloads” or things that were downloadable only after purchase.請記住，只有死亡的易趣“數字下載”或東西，下載了之後才購買。 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.如果你有一個了不起的產品仍然可以將它刻錄成CD ，把它放在一個盒子（或任何包裝） ，並郵寄給任何人，並列出所有的拍賣你想要的。 This is a real PITA I admit, but there are ways around it.這是一個真正的太平洋島嶼電信協會我承認，但也有它周圍的途徑。
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.最後，我認為，易趣真的是短視這裡，他們肯定沒有問題接受數以百萬計的美元過去幾年的數字下載列表。 They have billions of dollars and a crack team of developers on staff.他們有幾十億美元和裂縫的開發團隊的工作人員。 There’s no reason they couldn’t have fixed the problem in a way other than removing all digital downloads.沒有理由，他們可能沒有固定的問題在某種程度上消除以外的其他所有的數字下載。 The easiest of which would have been to temporarily suspended feedback on all digital downloads until a better solution was found.最簡單的本來暫時中止對所有的反饋數字下載到一個更好的解決辦法被發現。 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.我不能指望的數量巨大的電子圖書和產品我買了易趣的在線營銷，而我敢肯定，有一些可疑的賣家-每一個我買的是正直和高質量的產品。
Good job eBay - so much for thinking about the customer (or your sellers for that matter)…搞好易趣-這麼多的思考客戶（或您的賣家為這個問題） . ..
Tags:標籤： ebay易趣 , ， ebooks電子書 , ， policy政策
March 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pm 2008年3月26日在下午12點50分
Let’s call a spade a spade.讓我們直言不諱。 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.易趣在過去5-8年已成為一個友好的地方，你可以要求和實際說話的人，變成一個怪物只負責向股東和上級腦死亡西裝。
I remember when you could call ebay and speak to one of their 12 employees if something quirky was going on.我記得當您可致電eBay和說話之一的12名員工，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.現在，你很幸運得到一個十分愚蠢的Cookie刀電子郵件模板的答案後， 5或6天甚至不處理的原因您發送易趣擺在首位。
I must have given ebay over $150,000 in fees since 1998 yet due to one listing one month ago that some VERO member “thought” it “might” be violating “possibly” their property rights ebay closed that account within 10 minutes of the VERO email after a “full investigation determined the action was warranted”我必須給予易趣超過$ 150000的費用自1998年以來，由於沒有一個上市一個月以前，一些知識產權權利人的成員“認為”它“可能”違反了“可能”他們的財產權易趣關閉該帳戶在10分鐘內的知識產權權利人的電子郵件後， “全面調查確定的行動是正當的”
No matter I have 8 selling accounts.不管我有8日銷售帳目。 No matter total combined feedback is over 30,000.不管反饋合計超過30,000元。 If you are VERO’d on one for “possibly” violating you are out of luck on all your selling accounts.如果您是一個VERO'd為“可能”侵犯你的運氣了對所有的銷售帳目。 If one is closed for “possibly violating” you cannot sell from any of them.如果一個封閉的“可能違反”你不能出售任何人。 Makes a lot of sense right?提出了非常有意義嗎？
Ebay is a 10,000 pound elephant inside an antique store that does what it wants to regardless.易趣是一個一萬英鎊大象在一個古董商店做什麼，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!!上個月他們“降低”上市費用由鎳！ yet raised FVF fees by 300%+.尚未提出FVF費用的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.易趣賣家全心全意鼓勵建立企業的數字，過去3年，現在在一個廣泛的，迅速中風的時間內7天內把他們所有的業務上。 That’s typical ebay group think.這是典型的易趣組的想法。
Thank goodness I don’t have to work there.(corporate headquarters) I wouldn’t last 30 seconds.謝天謝地，我沒有在那裡工作。 （公司總部） ，我不會最後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剛剛宣布他們支持電子書： http://www.zipidee.com . 。 Try their site if you can’t (or don’t want to) sell on ebay anymore.試試他們的網站如果你德卡尼亞仙，包括“仙噸（或不想）在eBay上出售了。