Interrupting the usual Question of the Week for a little Public Service Announcement!

While eBay can be a fantastic place to go and shop online, find those amazing deals on beat-up old Kenners, and snipe at a new release that you missed out on in the official lottery, it is not infallible. Not by a long shot.

eBay announced last week that they had been hacked and suffered from what they call a “security breach”. As such, they are urging people to change their passwords. As I know many people in the Blythe community do buy dolls and sundries from eBay, it’s important to be aware of events like this! I don’t know how often all of you change your eBay password, but it’s probably not frequently enough when it comes to things like this.

Approximately 145 million eBay users, worldwide, are affected by this data breach. So, better safe than sorry! As annoying as it is to remember a new password, having someone decide to sniff around in your account would be a lot worse. And if you’ve changed your eBay password on or after May 21st (Wednesday of last week), you should be (according to eBay) golden.

For more details, you can check out the articles below:

• Huffington Post – eBay Wants You To Change Your Password After Huge Hack
• The Globe and Mail – Cyber attack on eBay highlights importance of digital security
• CBC – EBay cyberattack hit ‘large part’ of 145 million users

You have a doll-related website/shop/blog and BlytheLife has your target audience!

BlytheLife.com is an active doll website with a high readership that primarily consists of women who are Blythe and other doll collectors/hobbyists. By advertising your doll-related site or business with BlytheLife, you can ensure that your ad is being seen by the people that are your potential customers. Every time someone visits BlytheLife, they’ll see your ad on the side!

Sponsorship costs are purposely kept low to keep advertising accessible to people in the doll community.

Did you know? In the month of April 2014, there was an average of 3107 unique visitors per day and a total of 920,046 hits for the entire month!

There are three spots currently available for the month of June and all sponsorship funds from now until July 2015 will be donated to BlytheCon Vancouver 2015!

Large – 1 spot available for June! (325×200 pixels)

• $10 – 1 month
• $18 – 2 months
• $26 – 3 months

Small – 2 spots available for June! (160×160 pixels)

• $5 – 1 month
• $9 – 2 months
• $13 – 3 months

If you’d like more information on how you can advertise on BlytheLife, click here.

Since buying/selling/trading has shifted from forum-only to a combination of forums and Facebook, it has been getting harder and harder to really track down feedback for people. Sure, if you happen to sell on Etsy or eBay, you’d have feedback from there – but what about those who don’t have that? There’s no central place for you to go to submit feedback for someone. That is, until now. I’d like to present a new website to you all, DollyFeedback.com.

DollyFeedback is a very ‘bare bones’ kind of website. The only purpose of DollyFeedback is to provide a central location for people in the doll community to give and receive feedback. The search function makes it easy for you to find feedback that you’ve given and that you’ve received. There is a simple form to fill out to submit feedback, and there’s also a page of ‘need to know‘ information before you get started. I hope you enjoy, and share with your friends!

On behalf of the organizing committee for BlytheCon Vancouver 2015, I have a little announcement to make…

It’s official! BlytheCon Vancouver 2015 will be on Sunday, August 9th!

More details are forthcoming! In the mean time, you can head over to join the BlytheCon Vancouver 2015 Facebook group and get updates on details as they are released.

You have a doll-related website/shop/blog and BlytheLife has your target audience!

BlytheLife.com is an active doll website with a high readership that primarily consists of women who are Blythe and other doll collectors/hobbyists. By advertising your doll-related site or business with BlytheLife, you can ensure that your ad is being seen by the people that are your potential customers. Every time someone visits BlytheLife, they’ll see your ad on the side!

Sponsorship costs are purposely kept low to keep advertising accessible to people in the doll community.

Did you know? In the month of March 2014, there was an average of 5048 unique visitors per day and a total of 1,020,272 hits for the entire month!

There are three spots currently available for the month of May and all sponsorship funds from now until July 2015 will be donated to BlytheCon Vancouver 2015!

Large – 1 spot available for May! (325×200 pixels)

• $10 – 1 month
• $18 – 2 months
• $26 – 3 months

Small – 2 spots available for May! (160×160 pixels)

• $5 – 1 month
• $9 – 2 months
• $13 – 3 months

If you’d like more information on how you can advertise on BlytheLife, click here.