How to sell my first item…
April 30, 2007
I had an interesting call from a friend tonight that wanted to list their first item on eBay. Their son’s car is up for sale and where better to advertise it than eBay for motors? Of course being the local “eBay expert” they asked me over to assist…. Read more
Find it, buy it, pay it
April 30, 2007
Dan Wilson continued his series in the Guardian today with how to buy on eBay. Dan himself, an avid Dr Who collector, is pictured with some of his eBay purchases. The article covers everything to look for from seaching and finding potential item… Read more
Costly trading assistant request
April 30, 2007
Today I received a Trading Assistant request to contact another eBayer and potentially sell on their behalf. The email included a telephone number to contact the prospective client on, but with an 07024 number. This number falls within a range set… Read more
Half-price auctions on Thursday
April 30, 2007
Just days after the ten-day listings from the last CLD ended, there’s another cheap listing day on eBay UK. This one offers half-price insertion fees on auction listings only – similar to the offers seen on eBay.com and .ca recently. eBay’s previous… Read more
Right to cancel
April 30, 2007
I just, finally, upgraded to Sky Plus, which inevitably meant that I looked at my Sky package. I realised I’m paying £6 a month for Sky Sports which I never, ever watch, so I went to Sky’s website to downgrade. I can’t. Banners for *upgrading* my… Read more
“I use eBay every day and I’m not alone”
April 29, 2007
It makes a nice change to be able to say that a national newspaper has some positive coverage of eBay. It’s even nicer to be able to say that it’s a series running over a week, and that it’s being written by Dan Wilson, ex-eBay Community Manager,… Read more
WAGs GOSH hoodies now available online
April 28, 2007
Following the enormous success of WAGs Boutique Nicola T has set up a website to carry on selling the Great Ormond Street Childrens Hospital (GOSH) hoodies and other clothes that she designed for the show. She said:One night I was thinking about… Read more
The reality of the loss of eBay.com visibility
April 27, 2007
Nick Talley is the managing director of POP-culture.biz Limited, which has been trading as iposters on eBay since 2003 selling posters, prints and other pop-culture items. Nick has been affected by the unanounced changes to visibility of UK… Read more
Google Checkout £10 for £30 not available to all
April 27, 2007
Google have made much of their Checkout promotions where they’re basically buying market share. Spend £30 and Google will bung you a tenner so you’ll only pay £20 – a great deal for buyers and retailers with the promotion in place have… Read more
RM strikes loom
April 26, 2007
The postal workers’ union is to ballot its members on strike action over the closure of a Derbyshire sorting office. Officials of the CWU say they have not been consulted over plans for the Heanor office, which is to transfer its staff and business… Read more
5126 times ouch
April 25, 2007
People who know me in real life, who can’t just ignore a blog post
, are probably bored by now by my saying that the biggest problem eBay face is that it’s too easy to get started. People start businesses (as I did) completely by accident, with… Read more
Feedback 2 launches on .com
April 25, 2007
eBay have announced that Feedback 2 will launch on eBay.com next week. The system, which allows buyers to rate sellers anonymously on accuracy of description, communication, speed of dispatch and reasonableness of shipping charges, was introduced in… Read more
Celebrity auctions for Oxfam
April 23, 2007
On Tuesday April 24, Oxfam will launch its biggest ever celebrity and public auction to help raise money for its £5 million appeal for Darfur and Chad. A host of stars from international pop legend Elton John, Oscar-winning actress Dame Helen… Read more
An Interview with Scot Wingo
April 23, 2007
Last week I attended the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference and then eBay University on the Saturday. I’ll be posting my thoughts on both over the course of this week. At Catalyst I had the opportunity to interview Scot Wingo, President and CEO… Read more
$25000+ to go fishing on eBay
April 21, 2007
When I first logged on to the Internet it was on a laptop running Windows 3.11 with a BT dial up connection with a 28k modem. Slow and clunky, but then so was the Internet in those day. In todays connected world most Internet connections are… Read more
Phone support for Silver PowerSellers update!
April 20, 2007
We have been contacted by eBay who wanted to inform us that Phone Support for Silver PowerSellers will be available to eBay.co.uk members from the 30th April and not as from today as the PowerSeller Portal would currently suggest. The new service… Read more
Ticketmaster suing StubHub
April 19, 2007
Ticketmaster are suing eBay’s ticket sales subsidiary StubHub for violation of contracts between venues and Ticketmaster. Ticketmaster are apparently the exclusive ticket agent for the Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr. “Rowdy Frynds” tour,… Read more
Phone support extended to Silver PSs
April 19, 2007
eBay have announced that from 30th April, phone support will be extended to Silver Powersellers in the UK. Sellers who turn over £1,500 or 300 items per month qualify as Silver PSs. Those qualified can find the Support phone number by logging in… Read more
Paypal, Yahoo stand together against Checkout
April 19, 2007
Yahoo and Paypal are promoting merchants who advertise with Yahoo and offer Paypal’s Express Checkout with a special logo. The new Yahoo! Paypal Checkout service offers merchants free Express Checkout processing until the end of the year, and US$100… Read more
What Meg actually said
April 19, 2007
Various blogs, TameBay included, and eBay message boards have been buzzing today with the suggestion that eBay wanted to shed “commodity” books and DVD listings. It seems, however, that this was playing Chinese Whispers with what Meg Whitman… Read more
Strike call over WHSmith’s Post Offices
April 19, 2007
The postal workers’ union has called for a boycott of WH Smith and possible strike action over plans to move 70 post offices to within WHS branches. CWU spokesman Andy Furey called the move a “devastating blow” for “specialist highly skilled staff”,… Read more
eBay getting rid of books and DVDs?
April 19, 2007
Randy Smythe reports a rather shocking comment from Meg Whitman during the Q1 earnings conference call. Quoting business2.com, “two initiatives to improve the quality of the marketplaces – getting rid of commodity listings like low-priced books and… Read more
eBay Q1 2007: biggest increase in five quarters
April 18, 2007
eBay have announced figures for the first quarter of 2007, dubbed “a very strong one” by Meg Whitman. Net revenues were US$1.77 billion, 27% up the same period last year. 588 million items were listed over the three months, up 13 million from Q1… Read more
Date set for BIN patent hearing
April 18, 2007
Auctionbytes point out that judgement day for Buy It Now approaches. eBay and MercExchange will appear in court on June 12th, MercExchange arguing for a permanent injunction against eBay’s BIN, and eBay arguing for a stay of proceedings in view of… Read more
Child pornographer used eBay to find customers
April 18, 2007
A man has admitted using eBay to build a customer network for his child pornography business. He used “low-level material” to attract buyers, and then offered them explicit images from his own extensive collection. Blackfriars Crown Court heard… Read more




