Lynn Dralle is featured guest on RRB Radio May 19, 2010 8 pm ET

I am happy to welcome Lynn Dralle, the Queen of Auctions on RRB Radio tonight, Wednesday, May 19th, 2010!! You can join the podcast live and call in with your questions! Go to RRBradio.com for more info!

Joining me as guest co-host tonight is Jennifer Foster, aka Jarsie on eBay, who is also the Assistant Organizer of the Fort Worth eBay Seller Group! This will be a fun show, as we recap eBay OL Dallas, and talk about the eBay Radio Party where Lynn and I will both be presenters! Hope you can join us!! You can call in with your questions, or join us in the live chat room! That’s half the fun of the show!! We are on Talkshoe, Call ID 34406.

Archives of all past shows are available online for you to listen to 24/7 while you list!! Go to RRBradio.com

I welcome your comments and feedback!!

You can listen to EJ’s interview by clicking here and listening to Episode 8.

You can also use the ‘podcast pickle’ widget on any page to listenn to Episode 8. EJ, we are so happy for you and hope to have you back on for an interview soon.

2009 Award winners include:

• DSR Rockstar: Seller Machine CRM by BengalOne
• Most Innovative: Dynamic pricing feature by Monsoon
• Early Adopter: Mercent Retail for eBay by Mercent
• Service to the Developer Community: Jake Becker (helios825) of WatchCount.com
• Rapid Evolution: Sales Manager by InkFrog

2009 Runners-up include:

• DSR Rockstar: Instant mobile alerts for sellers by ahTEXT
• Most Innovative: Vendio Research by Vendio
• Early Adopter: Detailed records of DSR scores by DSR Report
• Service to the Developer Community: David Kronenwetter (exdwh) of Experimenter’s Discount Warehouse
• Rapid Evolution: ShipRush by Z-Firm

I also want to give a big SHOUT OUT to our friends at Vendio – who were on the show on Episode 15 and you can check that out. For their truly witty, sarcastic and Hilarious Press Release about their runner-up status. Click here to read the entire thing! Well done, guys!

Ebay got the honor of kicking off the summit, which seems fitting to me. Most of us at least got our start there, even those not actively selling there right now. Todd Luttwach, Senior Director of Seller Development, was the speaker and his presentation was titled ‘The Evolving Ebay Marketplace’.

He was introduced by Jonathan of Gotham City Online. This is the presentation where Todd got down on his knees. It was a surprising moment and really loosened everyone up. Todd was speaking and I remember that he started his speech saying the eBay wanted to apologize to the sellers for 2008. He said they realized they had tried to change too much too fast and they were truly sorry. There was absolutely no response, it was one of those ‘hushed’ moments. Then a lady sitting in the front row looked right up into Todd’s face and said ‘Get on your knees’ and he DID! The crowd roared and it truly lightened the mood.

• ebayinkblog: “eBay’s goal is to be the online marketplace of choice. We serve both buyers & sellers.” – Todd Lutwak #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: “We know that buyers, sellers and developers have choices. We’re not the only game in town. But we’ll compete for your biz.” #ecom09
• mommytoaaj: RT @katskloset: #ecom09Lutwak acknowledges eBay is NOT the only game in town and vows to COMPETE for sellers!
• gypsytrading: RT @colderICE: “We realize sellers have choice, we are here to compete and win sellers by competing and winning” Todd of eBay #ecom09 HMMM
• mommytoaaj: RT @colderICE: Cash back, coupons, free shipping, buyers expect and demand these when shopping on line –tod #ecom09
• mommytoaaj: RT @colderICE: 100 million listings on eBay, we (ebay) have the best selection – Todd #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: eBay is competing to win the seller with 1. Velocity 2. Efficiency and 3. Predictability (preferred online channel) #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: 3 years ago: “Everyone knows that there is a cliff at eBay but no one knows how close they’re standing to it.” – Jonathan Garriss #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: It was that statement that made the Seller Dashboard come into being. Todd publicly thanking Jonathan and @PESA for that. #ecom09
• philleahy: Strategy to increase seller efficiencies and limit the number of changes to the platform. #ecom09
• gypsytrading: RT @katskloset: Lutwak gets applause for getting on his knees to apologize sellers! for all the changes in 2008 #ecom09 AND??
• mommytoaaj: RT @colderICE: Predictability (account frozen)made excellent strides by us in last year thx 2 Jonathan & PeSA communicating 2 us-tod #ecom09
• @colderICEPredictably unpredictable? lol…tod #ecom09ebay slides
• ebayinkblog: #ecom09 Graph showing fixed price quantity sold (in millions)…Will see if I can get slides for blog http://yfrog.com/118i3j
• ebayinkblog: #ecom09“There is no such thing as free shipping. Someone has to pay for it.” – Todd Lutwak
• usherml: I love free shipping too #ecom09
• mommytoaaj: RT @colderICE: eBay wants you to test free shipping and they have giving powersellers incentives with double discounts to try it #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: #ecom09eBay paid out more than 3X as much in PowerSeller discounts in Jan ‘09 vs July ‘08
• ebayinkblog: #ecom0980% of eBay PowerSellers are getting discounts at some level
• usherml: Nerd Alert (and I’m 3 seats away): RT: ebayinkblog@colderICE I’m sitting next to you. Are we really tweeting this convo? #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: Eliminate scrolling from buyer experience in your listings. New view item page makes that possible. All info in one place. #ecom09
• philleahy: More detailed DSR reports for sellers including breakdown for local and international. #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: “The name of the game in DSRs is to avoid a 1 or a 2.” – Todd Lutwak, #ecom09
• mattledford: #EbayBucks seen as discount from buyer perspective #ecom09
• ebayinkblog: #ecom09 eBay planning on introducing FAQ tool for sellers to address common buyer questions publicly and upfront
• millionaire224: RT @colderICE: http://twitpic.com/6j46v – NEW First Call Resolution on eBay #ecom09

• philleahy: New functionality to reduce unpaid items to be released soon. eBay to issue the UPI process not the Seller
• #ecom09mattledford: Lutwak gets applause for “We at #ebay realize, there is no such thing as ‘free shipping’” #ecom09

• ebayinkblog: #ecom09 “But it is something that buyers are asking for all the time. ‘Free Shipping’ gives the perception of something for nothing.”
• philleahy: Buyers are now searching for Coupons. BIG TIP: Set up a coupon page on your website! #ecom09

Well, we all knew the folks at Bonanzle were special and this is just another opportunity for that fantastic community to shine! Auction Wally AKA Walt Kolenda, just published another fantastic Examiner Article on this Great St. Jude’s Fundraiser.

This Auction will be another Wally’s invention – the famous ONLINE LIVE Auction on Monday, June 1st, during Walt & Phaedra’s weekly Brainstorming Bonanzle Radio show on the TalkShoe Network.

If you are one of the 3 people on the planet not familiar with the work of St. Jude’s – just click to find out!

Featured lots will include:

• A customized Swarovski Crystal & Silver BraceletJohn Wayne Cowboy Poster
• Swarovski blue sapphire & sterling ring
• 2 beautiful hand carved folk art shore birds
• Canon Pixma All-in-one photo printer
• One of a kind hand made rag quilt tote

…and much more!

You must be a registered Bonanzle Site user to bid so register now. Remember, all items were donated by the owners and Bonanzle is waiving their fees (hint to the other sites! – good PR here!) so 100% of the sale proceeds goes directly TO St. Jude’s for their important work!

You can visit this booth to see all the wonderful items donated for this auction. So visit, register and bid high for St. Jude’s!