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eBay up and running Grant?!?!?

Hello Fellow Ebayers,

Has anyone applied for the Grant EBAY puts out offering $10,000 ?

Are they just giving it away? 

Do you pay eBay back?

Been curious Thank you Happy Selling 

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It's a grant. They just give it away. 

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@golddigger21 

 

Grants have been awarded for this year, but if you want to read about it......checkout this page:

 

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Announcements/eBay-Launches-5th-Annual-Up-amp-Running-Grants-Program-A...

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Loans are paid back. Grants are not.

 

The window to apply for this year's grants closed a week ago and they usually announce the winners at eBay Open (in September this year).

 

You can do an internet search and find tons of news articles, videos, interviews, press releases, etc about Up & Running Grants @golddigger21 .

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I applied the first couple years it started. I soon realized I didn't have much of a chance. It appears that they are looking for sellers that fit a specific demographic, which definitely wasn't me.

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What if it's all dark complected females getting selected.

There might be favor for refugee immigrants too.

From what I understand this type of thing is purely posturing, it will all favor a certain group of people.

 

Maybe eBay accepting money from Black Rock to increase their United Nations ESG score is not good.

 

The girl who started the topic has no chance of winning any grant if an organization is funded by politically active private equity firms. They will not let you win if you have blonde hair, this is what happens with companies influenced by ESG and DEI mandates. Some is law, some is policy that has gotten way out of control.

 

It's not what they say it is.

They will punish a beautiful woman like the original poster, to push their agenda.

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I think they're looking for sellers they can use as a promotion for eBay. 

 

'How I turned selling socks into an empire.'

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Wow! A bunch of sour grapes here!

I applied for the Up and Running Grant.  I got the application in on time, and received an email from the company conducting the process (Hello Alice) that I will know in September.  This company appears to be in the business of providing grants and financing to small businesses.  

 

Why did I apply?   Well, you need to be in it to win it.  I looked over the extensive application and reasoned that not a lot of folks are going to go to all that trouble, many won't have a plan nor the business skills to write the proposal.  

 

For me the process was good for my business. It forced me to sit down and write a business plan.  I outlined my progress to date and exactly what I hoped to achieve with the grant funds. If nothing more I now have a better plan. It took me the better part of two days to do so.

 

I am not a haphazard used left sock seller,  I'm a stamp dealer who serves a specific market with a pretty good  plan for growth.  And I'm a 65 year old white male. So we will see what happens.

 

 

 

 



Sending America's collectibles where they belong, one auction at a time!

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Good luck to those who applied. Thank you ALL for the info. 

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Well I looked at the 51 question application and white people not apply, its so full of DEI question should be 20% chance for a hard working average person to get it  based on accomplishments.  When 10 of the question are race, gender, disability, and on then the acks "what do you identify as"  = eBay is a woke joke and has lost any community it had.  I started here 28 yrs ago when it was a community and less about eBay making billions of the backs of sellers.  Now all they do is coddle buyers and let them p**s all over sellers.  8k sales and I have seen it all.  Does eBay management care?  = NO.  I have written 3 letters to the president and not even the courtesy to reply once.  If your not a salve making money for them then you trash.

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Can I use the grant to pay bills?  I'd rather have my visibility turned back on so I can make my own money.

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@nylvseller wrote:

Well I looked at the 51 question application and white people not apply, its so full of DEI question should be 20% chance for a hard working average person to get it  based on accomplishments.  When 10 of the question are race, gender, disability, and on then the acks "what do you identify as"  = eBay is a woke joke and has lost any community it had.  I started here 28 yrs ago when it was a community and less about eBay making billions of the backs of sellers.  Now all they do is coddle buyers and let them p**s all over sellers.  8k sales and I have seen it all.  Does eBay management care?  = NO.  I have written 3 letters to the president and not even the courtesy to reply once.  If your not a salve making money for them then you trash.


Now that you know this, you know how to answer the questions.

This old, gray haired, 71 yr old guy is gay ...  AND transitioning.

I have just realized my gayness, and have yet to 'come out'.

Prove I am not.  My wife will swear to it.   Gay as a maypole.   

 

Back in 1980 I applied to a state University for admission.

I was turned down because I am white, and male ... they needed to fill a quota.

The next time applied, I was Native American.

And, I was accepted.

In my junior year I was 'caught'.  Called into the Deans office and accused of lying on my application.  I pointed out that since I was born in the United States, I was a "native" American, by definition.  

So was anyone born in Canada or South America ... all of us are "Americans" because America is a continent, not a country.

My lawyer wrote them saying that if they booted me he would sue the ^%$* out of them.

They left me alone, and changed the wording on the ap to say 'Native American Indian'.

Yea, that was me.

And I graduated early and with honors.  (Not bad for a racist white boy, eh?)

 

Now that you've defined the problem, think about a solution that fits within the parameters of that problem.

 

 

 

 

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The allocation of grant money has usually been based on the ability to write a compelling story.   With AI taking over the world it's a whole new ballgame.  

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I was so confused by this thread, until I realized that the Original Post was from 2024.

 

For any of you interested here in May of 2025, the time frame to apply is still open until June 6, 2025.

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Hi everyone,

 

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

 

Thank you for understanding. 

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