Comments on: The Skypephone, vzaar and eBay http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:27:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josordoni http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-23064 Josordoni Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:09:22 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-23064 Hoo! I've just put my first Vzaar video in a listing! The listing is for a musical jug, and I thought it would be good for the buyer to be able to hear the musical movement, and see the moving lever move... and I think it is great! It comes live at 8.30 tonight, when you will be able to see it at item no. 230205672137. Now I've just to try to work out how to use the bit of code that Chris did before... Hoo! I’ve just put my first Vzaar video in a listing! The listing is for a musical jug, and I thought it would be good for the buyer to be able to hear the musical movement, and see the moving lever move… and I think it is great!

It comes live at 8.30 tonight, when you will be able to see it at item no. 230205672137.

Now I’ve just to try to work out how to use the bit of code that Chris did before…

]]> By: Adrian (vzaar chief geek) http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19699 Adrian (vzaar chief geek) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:06:36 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19699 Jade, that's a great use of video. Love it. Really shows what you are getting. Chris and Tamebay, we're also going to work on some further mobile functionality that allows you to embed the listing from your mobile directly and later on even create the listing. Obviously that's not so much geared towards powersellers (per say) but we think it will be a great "time filler". Shoot a whole lot of vids on your phone, and then when you are sitting on trains and buses or queueing, or otherwise bored, you can just do a few listings. Be great to sit on a train and make more money on the journey than the train ticket. We're currently working on enhancements that will bring greater functionality and ease of use to powersellers, but if we have lots of interest in mobile will look to accelerate this next year. Jade, that’s a great use of video. Love it. Really shows what you are getting.

Chris and Tamebay, we’re also going to work on some further mobile functionality that allows you to embed the listing from your mobile directly and later on even create the listing.

Obviously that’s not so much geared towards powersellers (per say) but we think it will be a great “time filler”. Shoot a whole lot of vids on your phone, and then when you are sitting on trains and buses or queueing, or otherwise bored, you can just do a few listings.

Be great to sit on a train and make more money on the journey than the train ticket.

We’re currently working on enhancements that will bring greater functionality and ease of use to powersellers, but if we have lots of interest in mobile will look to accelerate this next year.

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19252 Chris Dawson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:25:53 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19252 Wierd Al is famous, heck eBay used to (I don't know if they still do) have it as their hold music on the telephone switchboard in Richmond :D Wierd Al is famous, heck eBay used to (I don’t know if they still do) have it as their hold music on the telephone switchboard in Richmond :D

]]> By: Jade Edwards http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19249 Jade Edwards Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:03:58 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19249 lol @ north - Hmm maybe I should have made it clear that it wasn't musical! Oh well we sold three of these in the last 24 hours so maybe the video is working ;-) So you had seen the Wierd Al vid, darn and here was me thinking I was bringing something fresh to the table :-) thats the trouble with the net, something a year two old in net years is like 100 - 200 years old in human years :-) lol @ north – Hmm maybe I should have made it clear that it wasn’t musical! Oh well we sold three of these in the last 24 hours so maybe the video is working ;-)

So you had seen the Wierd Al vid, darn and here was me thinking I was bringing something fresh to the table :-) thats the trouble with the net, something a year two old in net years is like 100 – 200 years old in human years :-)

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19246 Chris Dawson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:34:01 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19246 PMSL at North..... now that would be funny :twisted: PMSL at North….. now that would be funny :twisted:

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19245 Chris Dawson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:32:50 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19245 OMG! It's taken a year but now someone's posted Weird Al on TameBay :shock: It's hilarious, but Jade, please don't make me watch it again :P OMG! It’s taken a year but now someone’s posted Weird Al on TameBay :shock:

It’s hilarious, but Jade, please don’t make me watch it again :P

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19244 northumbrian Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:30:57 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19244 bet ya get some pillock that says this musical spice rack has no sound bet ya get some pillock that says this musical spice rack has no sound

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19243 Chris Dawson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:30:03 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19243 Ohhh I love those spice racks... I keep meaning to buy one! It's a great video, and especially the music which suits the product. Well done! Ohhh I love those spice racks… I keep meaning to buy one! It’s a great video, and especially the music which suits the product. Well done!

]]> By: Jade Edwards http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19242 Jade Edwards Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:28:27 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19242 Talking about videos, you have probably seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU it is still making me LOL after two weeks love-in-it! Sorry if you've already seen it (it does look old) "tell me why?" la la la la laaa Talking about videos, you have probably seen this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU it is still making me LOL after two weeks love-in-it! Sorry if you’ve already seen it (it does look old) “tell me why?” la la la la laaa

]]> By: Jade Edwards http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19239 Jade Edwards Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:51:03 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19239 hmm sorry (wont too high with quality setting again) should have read (wont go too high with quality setting again) hmm sorry (wont too high with quality setting again) should have read (wont go too high with quality setting again)

]]> By: Jade Edwards http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19238 Jade Edwards Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:49:31 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19238 I used vzaar for my 1st listing recently and like all new things there is a bit of a learning curve and a little bit of buggeration to start with. But after I managed to get my file size down (wont too high with quality setting again) get it uploaded (managed to pick an evening when they were having server problems) and managed to reposition the embedded code into my html (which is not a problem if you just just let them position it at the top of listing as then its automated) I was away, well have a looksie at my listing and see what you think. (I'm NOT trying to sell it to you) but it's the kind of item that benefits GREATLY from being shown moving. Imobile one off items of course are probably not worth putting on video, but there ARE loads of things that are. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330188160007&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT I used vzaar for my 1st listing recently and like all new things there is a bit of a learning curve and a little bit of buggeration to start with. But after I managed to get my file size down (wont too high with quality setting again) get it uploaded (managed to pick an evening when they were having server problems) and managed to reposition the embedded code into my html (which is not a problem if you just just let them position it at the top of listing as then its automated) I was away, well have a looksie at my listing and see what you think. (I’m NOT trying to sell it to you) but it’s the kind of item that benefits GREATLY from being shown moving. Imobile one off items of course are probably not worth putting on video, but there ARE loads of things that are.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330188160007&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19233 northumbrian Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:59:20 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19233 not knocking it chris, I think its a great idea, just a bit clunky and involved at the moment for high volume unique listings not knocking it chris,
I think its a great idea, just a bit clunky and involved at the moment for high volume unique listings

]]> By: Chris Dawson http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19230 Chris Dawson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:54:53 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19230 Hey North.... there's a counter for each video in "my vzaar". You can see how many have viewed the video on eBay and how many directly on vzaar (and you're right it's generally less than the auction views, but it's more than enough to justify it for many items) Hey North…. there’s a counter for each video in “my vzaar”. You can see how many have viewed the video on eBay and how many directly on vzaar (and you’re right it’s generally less than the auction views, but it’s more than enough to justify it for many items)

]]> By: northumbrian http://tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19226 northumbrian Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:27:17 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/11/the-skypephone-vzaar-and-ebay.html#comment-19226 still too time consuming and involved for sellers like me, even the better videos are grainy blured or poorish quality , I think there is a danger of giving give a geeky anorak type flavour to an otherwise good listing, or at best over complicating the listing with so much on ebay, I wonder how many bidders take the time to actually click the arrow, it would be interesting to have a counter on the video alone to see how many actually bothered with it still too time consuming and involved for sellers like me,

even the better videos are grainy blured or poorish quality ,

I think there is a danger of giving give a geeky anorak type flavour to an otherwise good listing, or at best over complicating the listing

with so much on ebay, I wonder how many bidders take the time to actually click the arrow,

it would be interesting to have a counter on the video alone to see how many actually bothered with it

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