<![CDATA[TulipTools Internet Business Owners and Online Sellers Community - Tools for Sellers]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:41:06 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[eBay to Layoff Blackthorne Development Team]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-11491.html Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:00:14 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-11491.html Quote:In a further step toward consolidating its operations, eBay is moving development and support of eBay Blackthorne listing software in-house to San Jose and is laying off the Blackthorne development team. The tool was developed independently in 1998 by Blackthorne Software, which eBay acquired in 1999 (the developer supposedly had had plans to make the tool compatible with Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Auctions before the acquisition). The Pennsylvania-based unit has continued to support the software, originally called AuctionAssistant...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m11/i24/s02]]> Quote:In a further step toward consolidating its operations, eBay is moving development and support of eBay Blackthorne listing software in-house to San Jose and is laying off the Blackthorne development team. The tool was developed independently in 1998 by Blackthorne Software, which eBay acquired in 1999 (the developer supposedly had had plans to make the tool compatible with Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Auctions before the acquisition). The Pennsylvania-based unit has continued to support the software, originally called AuctionAssistant...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y08/m11/i24/s02]]> <![CDATA[iTaggit for Collectibles Sellers]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-10091.html Mon, 21 Jan 2008 03:47:58 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-10091.html Quote:As sellers on eBay and other online marketplaces, we often have a lot of stuff cluttering up our homes that is not necessarily in beautiful order. Now there are more and more tools to help us organize things online, at least, if not in the real world. One of the latest of these, iTaggit, lets you catalog your items online, but also helps you value them, export them as listings to eBay, import data from Amazon.com, and more...

Some of the best value in the site, I think, is in the strength and quality of the community in commenting on what others' treasures are worth. Where they don't know, they often offer web sites or other resources for finding out...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208...bu0207/s03

Quote:    * Catalog your valuables with pictures, documents, links and media files.
    * Publish rich information on other sites including eBay, Facebook and Craigslist.
    * Determine the value of your items with online research and appraisals.
    * Showcase and share your collections
      in our public gallery.

the iTaggit website: http://www.itaggit.com/]]> Quote:As sellers on eBay and other online marketplaces, we often have a lot of stuff cluttering up our homes that is not necessarily in beautiful order. Now there are more and more tools to help us organize things online, at least, if not in the real world. One of the latest of these, iTaggit, lets you catalog your items online, but also helps you value them, export them as listings to eBay, import data from Amazon.com, and more...

Some of the best value in the site, I think, is in the strength and quality of the community in commenting on what others' treasures are worth. Where they don't know, they often offer web sites or other resources for finding out...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y208...bu0207/s03

Quote:    * Catalog your valuables with pictures, documents, links and media files.
    * Publish rich information on other sites including eBay, Facebook and Craigslist.
    * Determine the value of your items with online research and appraisals.
    * Showcase and share your collections
      in our public gallery.

the iTaggit website: http://www.itaggit.com/]]> <![CDATA[Widgets for eBay]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9301.html Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:03:43 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-9301.html Quote:For those eBay sellers looking to send off-eBay traffic to their eBay listings, customizable Web widgets are a free and popular solution. We scoured the Internet to find 10 widgets that can be used to help online merchants. These free mini-applications help you promote your listings in your personal publishing space, incorporate site search functions and manage your eBay activity. In a few clicks, you can "widgetize" your e-biz, so what are you waiting for?...

eBay Store Display Widgets
A big thing for sellers is being able to display their eBay listings in places other than eBay itself. Web-ready widgets enable you to customize a display that can act as a visually pleasing storefront to your eBay listings. These Web-enabled widgets make adding your eBay items to Web pages, blogs and social networks such as Facebook a simple task.

It is as easy as changing a few pre-defined options, copying the code and pasting the snippet where you want to display the Web store widget online. Here are four eBay store widgets we like because the customization features are so easy to use, plus we highlight eBay's own eBay To Go widget...
full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/tren...hp/3701796]]> Quote:For those eBay sellers looking to send off-eBay traffic to their eBay listings, customizable Web widgets are a free and popular solution. We scoured the Internet to find 10 widgets that can be used to help online merchants. These free mini-applications help you promote your listings in your personal publishing space, incorporate site search functions and manage your eBay activity. In a few clicks, you can "widgetize" your e-biz, so what are you waiting for?...

eBay Store Display Widgets
A big thing for sellers is being able to display their eBay listings in places other than eBay itself. Web-ready widgets enable you to customize a display that can act as a visually pleasing storefront to your eBay listings. These Web-enabled widgets make adding your eBay items to Web pages, blogs and social networks such as Facebook a simple task.

It is as easy as changing a few pre-defined options, copying the code and pasting the snippet where you want to display the Web store widget online. Here are four eBay store widgets we like because the customization features are so easy to use, plus we highlight eBay's own eBay To Go widget...
full article: http://www.ecommerce-guide.com/news/tren...hp/3701796]]> <![CDATA[50+ Tools for eBay Buyers and Sellers]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8791.html Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:21:08 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8791.html
http://mashable.com/2007/08/02/ebay-toolbox/]]>
http://mashable.com/2007/08/02/ebay-toolbox/]]> <![CDATA[Review of iSale 4.1 eBay Auction Listing Software for Macs]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8361.html Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:33:37 -0400 Kristijntje]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-8361.html Quote:Do you have something to sell on eBay but don’t feel like learning the process of listing items from scratch? Equinux’s iSale 4.1 distills the complexity that can come with eBay auctions into a familiar and intuitive interface. The program is integrated with Apple’s Spotlight, iCal, Dashboard, and iPhoto, as well as the iSight camera, and it’s easy to learn.

iSale presents you with an interface composed of auction groups—draft, running, and completed—with thumbnails of each item for sale. The program provides a place for you to create, edit, and view your own auctions without using your Web browser. This workspace gives you a simple, single view, which is much easier to deal with than navigating multiple eBay Web pages...

iSale has several templates you can use for your auction...
full article: http://www.macworld.com/2007/06/reviews/.../index.php]]> Quote:Do you have something to sell on eBay but don’t feel like learning the process of listing items from scratch? Equinux’s iSale 4.1 distills the complexity that can come with eBay auctions into a familiar and intuitive interface. The program is integrated with Apple’s Spotlight, iCal, Dashboard, and iPhoto, as well as the iSight camera, and it’s easy to learn.

iSale presents you with an interface composed of auction groups—draft, running, and completed—with thumbnails of each item for sale. The program provides a place for you to create, edit, and view your own auctions without using your Web browser. This workspace gives you a simple, single view, which is much easier to deal with than navigating multiple eBay Web pages...

iSale has several templates you can use for your auction...
full article: http://www.macworld.com/2007/06/reviews/.../index.php]]> <![CDATA[Wipbox: new listing tool for Craigslist and eBay sellers]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-7838.html Fri, 27 Apr 2007 05:54:53 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-7838.html Quote:Wipbox is a relatively new service that helps people sell things on Craigslist and eBay. Wipbox charges a small fee to help you put together a really slick looking listing, and figure out some of the subtle aspects of getting an item to sell quickly based on what category and service it's listed in. If you've ever wanted to sell something on either of the two classifieds services, but have been unsure about a good starting price, or the best way to convey the product information, Wipbox does the heavy lifting for you.

The get started quickly, you can do a search for your item. It's not free at $.25 a pop, but it gives you the starting and closing costs for your item in various categories (for eBay) or locales (for Craigslist). For example, if you're here in San Francisco, your item might fetch more money in surrounding neighborhoods. Likewise, on eBay, putting it in a .different category can dramatically improve the closing price. You're paying for Wipbox to do the legwork...
full article: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9712961-2.html]]> Quote:Wipbox is a relatively new service that helps people sell things on Craigslist and eBay. Wipbox charges a small fee to help you put together a really slick looking listing, and figure out some of the subtle aspects of getting an item to sell quickly based on what category and service it's listed in. If you've ever wanted to sell something on either of the two classifieds services, but have been unsure about a good starting price, or the best way to convey the product information, Wipbox does the heavy lifting for you.

The get started quickly, you can do a search for your item. It's not free at $.25 a pop, but it gives you the starting and closing costs for your item in various categories (for eBay) or locales (for Craigslist). For example, if you're here in San Francisco, your item might fetch more money in surrounding neighborhoods. Likewise, on eBay, putting it in a .different category can dramatically improve the closing price. You're paying for Wipbox to do the legwork...
full article: http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9712961-2.html]]> <![CDATA[Interview with the Senior Director of eBay's Developer Program]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-7202.html Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:17:46 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-7202.html Quote:What does the Disruptive Innovation team do at eBay?

Max Mancini: If we look at the evolution of innovation on eBay, it started with innovating around consumer-to-consumer commerce and the auction format online. Then over the last 5 or 6 years, eBay has had to innovate around technology just to keep up from scale and growth perspectives. So it has been focused on scalability, performance, and also search. In that sense, many of our investments and efforts around innovation have been focused on building up the platform. Now, as the company has gotten up to about 12,000 employees, what we need to do is make sure that we continue to innovate around new business and feature ideas. We have teams for each of the major eBay areas like our Buyer team, Seller team, and eBay Express team. Each team works on its own innovations, which are focused on keeping up with the customer demands and, as the market evolves, on what comes next. That's part of their normal product road maps.

But my team is looking 12 to 18 months out to identify trends that we think are relevant to our business...
full article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/0...iqa_1.html]]> Quote:What does the Disruptive Innovation team do at eBay?

Max Mancini: If we look at the evolution of innovation on eBay, it started with innovating around consumer-to-consumer commerce and the auction format online. Then over the last 5 or 6 years, eBay has had to innovate around technology just to keep up from scale and growth perspectives. So it has been focused on scalability, performance, and also search. In that sense, many of our investments and efforts around innovation have been focused on building up the platform. Now, as the company has gotten up to about 12,000 employees, what we need to do is make sure that we continue to innovate around new business and feature ideas. We have teams for each of the major eBay areas like our Buyer team, Seller team, and eBay Express team. Each team works on its own innovations, which are focused on keeping up with the customer demands and, as the market evolves, on what comes next. That's part of their normal product road maps.

But my team is looking 12 to 18 months out to identify trends that we think are relevant to our business...
full article: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/03/0...iqa_1.html]]> <![CDATA[Auctiva acquires Sellathon]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-6370.html Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:44:42 -0500 Kristijntje]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-6370.html Quote:Auctiva, a provider of free tools for eBay sellers, has acquired Sellathon, publisher of eBay analytics tool ViewTracker. Auctiva will continue to operate Sellathon separately and plans few changes to the ViewTracker tool.

Wayne Yeager, who founded Sellathon in 2003, said Auctiva is a good home for Sellathon. "It's a good strategic fit," Yeager said. "Our customers will be taken care of and not exploited."

Sellathon's ViewTracker provides eBay sellers with traffic data - the same kind of data webmasters use to measure traffic to their own websites...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m01/i05/s01]]> Quote:Auctiva, a provider of free tools for eBay sellers, has acquired Sellathon, publisher of eBay analytics tool ViewTracker. Auctiva will continue to operate Sellathon separately and plans few changes to the ViewTracker tool.

Wayne Yeager, who founded Sellathon in 2003, said Auctiva is a good home for Sellathon. "It's a good strategic fit," Yeager said. "Our customers will be taken care of and not exploited."

Sellathon's ViewTracker provides eBay sellers with traffic data - the same kind of data webmasters use to measure traffic to their own websites...
full article: http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y07/m01/i05/s01]]> <![CDATA[Mpire Discontinues eBay Selling Tools]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5892.html Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:33:17 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5892.html Quote:Mpire has officially ended its strategy of providing auction-management services to eBay sellers, and it will instead focus on generating revenue through shopping tools for buyers. The company sent letters to customers stating it would discontinue offering and supporting Mpire Launcher and Mpire Builder as of January 31, 2007, and would instead focus on its Shopping Service and Mpire Researcher tool...

Mpire promised customers in a letter this week that it would work with them to make the transition to another listing service as smooth as possible. Mpire will no longer charge for its Builder tool, and it has added export capability to provide easy exporting of financial, customer and inventory data for importing into another system...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i22/s02]]> Quote:Mpire has officially ended its strategy of providing auction-management services to eBay sellers, and it will instead focus on generating revenue through shopping tools for buyers. The company sent letters to customers stating it would discontinue offering and supporting Mpire Launcher and Mpire Builder as of January 31, 2007, and would instead focus on its Shopping Service and Mpire Researcher tool...

Mpire promised customers in a letter this week that it would work with them to make the transition to another listing service as smooth as possible. Mpire will no longer charge for its Builder tool, and it has added export capability to provide easy exporting of financial, customer and inventory data for importing into another system...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i22/s02]]> <![CDATA[cMarket charity-auction fundraising service for non-profits]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5689.html Wed, 08 Nov 2006 08:24:31 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5689.html Quote:cMarket's services help non-profit organizations add an online component to their fund-raising efforts. Its platform consists of a hosted auction toolset that enables non-profit customers to easily create, manage and market their own branded auctions. It also offers cMarket Place, which lets non-profits stock their auction catalogs with unique items that sell, available at a low wholesale cost. (The non-profit keeps all profits from bids above the opening bid.) Another feature is its International Bidder Registration, which facilitates bidding in foreign currencies.

cMarket's new analytics feature, SmarterAuction, offers the enhanced ability to track and improve an online auction. A real-time auction meter appears on the SmarterAuction dashboard and calculates the chances of reaching a fundraising goal based on the auction's logistics and lifecycle thereby allowing the non-profit to make any necessary course corrections in time to make their goal. SmarterAuction then allows clients to track each element of their auction against goals, optimize variables that would increase revenue, and review multiple scenarios proven to yield higher results...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i08/s03]]> Quote:cMarket's services help non-profit organizations add an online component to their fund-raising efforts. Its platform consists of a hosted auction toolset that enables non-profit customers to easily create, manage and market their own branded auctions. It also offers cMarket Place, which lets non-profits stock their auction catalogs with unique items that sell, available at a low wholesale cost. (The non-profit keeps all profits from bids above the opening bid.) Another feature is its International Bidder Registration, which facilitates bidding in foreign currencies.

cMarket's new analytics feature, SmarterAuction, offers the enhanced ability to track and improve an online auction. A real-time auction meter appears on the SmarterAuction dashboard and calculates the chances of reaching a fundraising goal based on the auction's logistics and lifecycle thereby allowing the non-profit to make any necessary course corrections in time to make their goal. SmarterAuction then allows clients to track each element of their auction against goals, optimize variables that would increase revenue, and review multiple scenarios proven to yield higher results...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i08/s03]]> <![CDATA[adMarketplace Replaces eBay Keyword Program]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5624.html Sat, 04 Nov 2006 04:46:25 -0500 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5624.html Quote:When eBay dropped its Keywords paid-search program in September, sellers had the option of continuing to use adMarketplace, which had powered the program for eBay since 2003. Rather than ads appearing on the eBay site, however, adMarketplace ads now appear on partner sites like Ask.com. Like its predecessor, the AMP Keyword program drives traffic to sellers' eBay listings.

Recently, some sellers have expressed frustration on eBay discussion boards about the program, complaining that they can't get answers about where exactly their ads are appearing. eBay had given premium Store owners free credits to use toward the eBay Keywords. The change to a fee-based program appears to be the cause of at least some of seller questions. AuctionBytes talked to adMarketplace president Adam Epstein to get some clarification on how the program works.

Epstein said that, like other self-service ad services, advertisers deposit funds to activate their account and create ads. Sellers choose keywords and how much they are willing to pay for ad clicks (just like the Google AdWords or Yahoo Search Marketing programs). Sellers are not able to select the websites on which their ads will appear. Rather, the adMarketplace program does "real-time optimization."...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i03/s02]]> Quote:When eBay dropped its Keywords paid-search program in September, sellers had the option of continuing to use adMarketplace, which had powered the program for eBay since 2003. Rather than ads appearing on the eBay site, however, adMarketplace ads now appear on partner sites like Ask.com. Like its predecessor, the AMP Keyword program drives traffic to sellers' eBay listings.

Recently, some sellers have expressed frustration on eBay discussion boards about the program, complaining that they can't get answers about where exactly their ads are appearing. eBay had given premium Store owners free credits to use toward the eBay Keywords. The change to a fee-based program appears to be the cause of at least some of seller questions. AuctionBytes talked to adMarketplace president Adam Epstein to get some clarification on how the program works.

Epstein said that, like other self-service ad services, advertisers deposit funds to activate their account and create ads. Sellers choose keywords and how much they are willing to pay for ad clicks (just like the Google AdWords or Yahoo Search Marketing programs). Sellers are not able to select the websites on which their ads will appear. Rather, the adMarketplace program does "real-time optimization."...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i03/s02]]> <![CDATA[Vendio launches free customer relations tool: Vendio Buyer Appreciation]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5460.html Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:54:38 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5460.html Quote:eBay auction-management provider Vendio has launched a new email service called Vendio Buyer Appreciation. The service helps eBay sellers send automated "thank you" emails to bidders, which can also be used to showcase their other eBay listings or to offer incentives that encourage buyers to continue bidding.

Vendio Buyer Appreciation automates the time-consuming process of contacting bidders as a means of customer relationship management (CRM) and advertising...

The service can be used in conjunction with any other sales management service or eBay listing method and is offered at no charge...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m10/i25/s04]]> Quote:eBay auction-management provider Vendio has launched a new email service called Vendio Buyer Appreciation. The service helps eBay sellers send automated "thank you" emails to bidders, which can also be used to showcase their other eBay listings or to offer incentives that encourage buyers to continue bidding.

Vendio Buyer Appreciation automates the time-consuming process of contacting bidders as a means of customer relationship management (CRM) and advertising...

The service can be used in conjunction with any other sales management service or eBay listing method and is offered at no charge...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m10/i25/s04]]> <![CDATA[PriceCoaster Dynamic Pricing Service for eBay Stores]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5361.html Tue, 17 Oct 2006 04:58:31 -0400 mandy]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5361.html Quote:Digonex Technologies Inc. announced a new dynamic-pricing service for eBay Stores. PriceCoaster is an eBay-certified application that allows eBay Store sellers to change prices of listings automatically based on demand for those products.

PriceCoaster uses Digonex's recently patented dynamic pricing system and integrates with eBay Store Inventory Format items. Prices can be continuously adjusted to the level where maximum sales are derived for any given period of time. The company said the service works best for high volumes of identical items with a definite end date, such as those with an expiration date or seasonal items...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m10/i16/s01]]> Quote:Digonex Technologies Inc. announced a new dynamic-pricing service for eBay Stores. PriceCoaster is an eBay-certified application that allows eBay Store sellers to change prices of listings automatically based on demand for those products.

PriceCoaster uses Digonex's recently patented dynamic pricing system and integrates with eBay Store Inventory Format items. Prices can be continuously adjusted to the level where maximum sales are derived for any given period of time. The company said the service works best for high volumes of identical items with a definite end date, such as those with an expiration date or seasonal items...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m10/i16/s01]]> <![CDATA[Web 2.0 Selling Tools for eBay and Online Sellers]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5258.html Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:40:37 -0400 regic]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5258.html Quote:SingleFeed.com is set to launch on Monday and allows sellers to create one data-feed for submission to multiple comparison-shopping sites (http://www.singlefeed.com). Founder Brian Smith said merchants may be surprised that they can get as good results on shopping sites as they can on paid-search sites. Look for an announcement of this new service in this week's AuctionBytes Newsflash newsletter.

A Boston-area company is developing an online shopping tool that automatically sends consumers updates about products that interest them. Offertrax (http://www.offertrax.com) will allow visitors to receive RSS feeds from retailers with updates about products in which they are interested. The feeds can be delivered via the web or to mobile devices. While this is a shopping tool, it directly benefits online sellers by pushing their listings to shoppers who are interested in their types of items...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y206/m10/abu0176/s03]]> Quote:SingleFeed.com is set to launch on Monday and allows sellers to create one data-feed for submission to multiple comparison-shopping sites (http://www.singlefeed.com). Founder Brian Smith said merchants may be surprised that they can get as good results on shopping sites as they can on paid-search sites. Look for an announcement of this new service in this week's AuctionBytes Newsflash newsletter.

A Boston-area company is developing an online shopping tool that automatically sends consumers updates about products that interest them. Offertrax (http://www.offertrax.com) will allow visitors to receive RSS feeds from retailers with updates about products in which they are interested. The feeds can be delivered via the web or to mobile devices. While this is a shopping tool, it directly benefits online sellers by pushing their listings to shoppers who are interested in their types of items...
full article: http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y206/m10/abu0176/s03]]> <![CDATA[buySAFE adds two new surety partners]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5226.html Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:02:47 -0400 bargainbloodhound]]> https://community.tuliptools.com/thread-5226.html

Quote:    * buySAFE adds two new surety partners

We're excited to announce partnerships with two leading surety bond providers, Travelers Bond and ACE USA. These companies will join Liberty Mutual - a buySAFE surety partner since 2004 - to provide surety bonds for buySAFE Merchants, guaranteeing transactions and increasing the level of confidence for online shoppers.

Travelers is a leading provider of property casualty insurance, surety products, and risk management services to a wide variety of businesses, organizations, and individuals. ACE is the U.S.-based division of the ACE Group of Companies, which provides insurance and reinsurance for a diverse group of clients around the world.
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Quote:    * buySAFE adds two new surety partners

We're excited to announce partnerships with two leading surety bond providers, Travelers Bond and ACE USA. These companies will join Liberty Mutual - a buySAFE surety partner since 2004 - to provide surety bonds for buySAFE Merchants, guaranteeing transactions and increasing the level of confidence for online shoppers.

Travelers is a leading provider of property casualty insurance, surety products, and risk management services to a wide variety of businesses, organizations, and individuals. ACE is the U.S.-based division of the ACE Group of Companies, which provides insurance and reinsurance for a diverse group of clients around the world.
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