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Check out the new features on WatchedItem.com. There is a new 500 “most watched items” list with neat 24 hour change tracking info. The Hall of Fame banner shows a seller’s listings that made the top 500 most popular listings on eBay.
Here’s the list of eBay.com sellers with the most watched [...]

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The Today Show profiled the reborn baby phenomenon. Reborns have become one of the most watched niches on eBay.

Reborns make up 5% of the 100 most watched items on eBay.com. There are 8 reborn babies in the top 100 most watched listing one eBay.co.uk.
Most people seem to love them or hate them. [...]

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New eBay Pulse released today

There is a new eBay Pulse. The new page seems to come and go. The old page shows about 50% of the time.

It’s got a nice layout but there is not enough meat. I need numbers, pictures and names. It’s so neutral.
The most prominent section called the “internet pulse” makes no [...]

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eBay seller bravosixx has multiple eBay listings that stuff eBay Partner Network affiliate cookies. Here’s one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300246242550
Bravosixx is using the HTML object tag to force the cookie. Tracing the header info when the eBay listing loads, you can clearly see this http header roll by:
http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=1&
campid=5336016432&toolid=10001&customid=
eBay’s response to this junk is [...]

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Another MakeTrackster

I use the Firefox add-on called Load Time Analyzer. It tells me what my browser is loading and from where. For example, when you view a site like http://cashcownobull.com/ed/, the site calls two eBay MakeTrack URLs which forces you to become a watcher of their listings.
Which eBay seller is this MakeTrackster? Just [...]

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Here’s that listing that I meant to write about. It’s the wife and girlfriend listing on the right. This is a different seller, tjm2k5, but it’s the same listing and trick.

This one gathers watchers from a mature audience listing using the MakeTrack trick. The mature listing has a picture that says [...]

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Here’s a new Pulser that has not been NARUed yet.

I think they must use the make track trick. It’s too random for the Pulser script.
See the latest watcher count here.

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Kekoa64 NARU again?

Someone reported that Kekoa64 went NARU again. The last time was in February. I don’t know anything else. Anyone?

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This 10 day listing was #1 on the Pulse with 965 watchers on Monday at 5 am eBay time. It was ended by eBay on Tuesday at 7:15 pm with 975 watchers.
It was removed from the eBay site but you can view it by using Google cache.

I guess they ran a script to add [...]

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A reader pointed out the “ROLLING STONES Autographed Gibson Firebird V Guitar!” as a possible Pulser listing. So I tracked the number of watchers on this listing today using eSeller Street.

The increase in watchers is impressive. I started watching this morning at 5 am eBay time when it had 900 watchers. There [...]

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Here’s the top watched listing on eBay.com with 900 watchers. ROLLING STONES Autographed Gibson Firebird V Guitar! The proceeds go to charity.
Thanks for the tip, whoever you are!

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Josh Kulp (jjfjq) is NARU

eBay NARUed the last Pulser tonight around 7:30 pm.
What happened Josh? And you got your first negative in 12 months today too. Bummer.

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