‘Best match’ made default on eBay France
July 31, 2007
eBay France have just announced that “sort by relevence” will be implemented by default in three categories. Known as “best match” on eBay UK, this way of sorting search results is designed to show those most likely to be what the buyer is looking… Read more
How to use VeRO to kill your competition
July 31, 2007
The VeRO program is a bit of a mystery to most eBay users. Often the first time they hear of it is the receipt of an email telling them their auction has been ended for breaching someone’s Intellectual Property (IP) rights. In normal circumstances… Read more
Item specifics: have your say
July 31, 2007
Love them or hate them, Item Specifics seem to be here to stay. If they’ve been recently introduced in your categories, eBay want to hear from you. Are there vital things missing, or things that shouldn’t be there at all? Now’s your chance to have… Read more
eBay Germany “Enter the Luxury Market”
July 31, 2007
The story is that eBay Germany have teamed up with six fashion design student to help promote their collections on eBay. A landing page has been created for the six eBay shops where the designers have selected garments from their ranges to sell… Read more
More tests on new search results
July 30, 2007
eBay UK have made another announcement about tests for changes to search results on the site. Beginning this week, until the beginning of September, 2% of users will be shown the new pages, which are designed to return more items for each search,… Read more
Things you love to win on eBay
July 30, 2007
eBay are sending out thousands of “Find the things you love to win on eBay” Summer 2007 magazines. Each page is packed full of colourful suggestions of items available on eBay. Inside are pages titled “Go for gold” with everything from a gold… Read more
eBay expects “increased litigation” in Germany
July 29, 2007
eBay have revealed that a German court has said they must do more to halt the sale of counterfeit goods on their site. The judgement by the Federal Supreme Court, Germany’s highest, is part of a long-running dispute between the auction site and… Read more
PayPal “moves” from Ireland to Singapore
July 29, 2007
The Irish Sunday Business Post today carries two articles about PayPal. In the first it states that PayPal have relocated “a significant portion of its business to Singapore for accounting and taxation purposes”. This follows on from PayPal… Read more
Judge refuses injunction against Buy It Now
July 29, 2007
A judge in the long-running eBay vs. MercExchange case has refused to order eBay to stop using the Buy It Now feature. U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman refused MercExchange’s request for a permanent injunction against BIN; the US Supreme… Read more
Should eBay decide your morals and beliefs?
July 29, 2007
It’s not a question I’d ever given much thought to in the past. Sure there are certain restrictions on what you can list for example some products are prohibited to follow local laws (part used cosmetics in Germany), and the groundswell of public… Read more
Shops links: eBay giveth, eBay taketh away
July 27, 2007
We were celebrating earlier this week that the Shops’ hub link has been added to the eBay UK header, but it seems the fight to get Shops’ links back where they belong (i.e. in buyers’ faces) isn’t over yet. eBay announced at the beginning of… Read more
Eight scammers arrested in HK
July 27, 2007
Eight people were arrested in Hong Kong yesterday for eBay fraud estimated at UHK$5million. Police believe that 10,000 buyers may have been cheated out of money for goods that were never delivered, though they are still trying to ascertain the exact… Read more
eBay.co.uk to launch buyer telephone support
July 27, 2007
Great news today for prolific buyers! From Monday eBay.co.uk are starting trials of phone support with their top buyers who frequently spend on the site. eBay have been increasing the amount of support available to top sellers with the recent… Read more
eBay Italy put the fun back into auctions
July 26, 2007
It’s eBay Pulse on Windorphins! All the amusing, unusual and downright bizarre items from eBay collected in one place and voted for by the community. That’s the new Incredible on eBay site from ebay Italy. I do like the way that anything offbeat… Read more
Fee changes on eBay Belgium
July 26, 2007
eBay Belgium today becomes the second eBay site this week to announce fee changes valid from 28th August: Items with a start price €2,00 – €9,99 have their insertion fee reduced by 5c to 15c. Gallery fee for the €0,01- €1,99… Read more
Time to serve your community
July 26, 2007
ChannelAdvisor are looking for “bright, ambitious, tech-savvy individuals, with an interest in software and internet retail” to work in their Richmond offices. Positions are available in everything from product marketing to ecommerce sales and… Read more
PayPal teams with Red Cross flood appeal
July 26, 2007
PayPal and The British Red Cross have launched an appeal in support of the communities affected by recent floods throughout the UK. They’re raising money to support individuals whose homes and lives have been affected as well as community… Read more
Buyers encouraged to leave worse Detailed Seller Ratings
July 26, 2007
I get the impression that Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR’s) aren’t working as well as eBay would like. A new message has appeared when a buyer leaves feedback informing them that sellers can’t see what DSRs they leave. (Click to embiggen) Now… Read more
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows misprint
July 25, 2007
Copies of the hottest book of the year are appearing on eBay. Not however the mint editions you might expect, but collectable misprinted copies. It’s questionable what the long term value of these will be, as it’s the final book in the series… Read more
eBay France makes Gallery compulsory
July 25, 2007
eBay France have just announced that from the 28th August, Gallery pictures will no longer be priced seperately, but will be included in a revised insertion fee. Intended “to make searching the site more visual and more intuitive”, the new fee… Read more
First flight on new Airbus A380 on eBay
July 25, 2007
The new double decker Airbus A380 is due to make aviation history with it’s first commercial flight in October of this year. The flight will be between a return flight between Singapore to Sydney. Due to the demand from aviation enthusiasts… Read more
Changes to eBay emails
July 24, 2007
If you use email filters or automated response systems to deal with your eBay email, you need to know that eBay are changing the email subject lines. The emails affected “soon” are registration, bid and listing confirmations, favourite seller update… Read more
PayPal cuddles up to Facebook
July 23, 2007
PayPal are running a developers competition for Facebook applications (sadly only open to US residents). Naturally the application has to use PayPal but it’s a great way for PayPal to make inroads into the 30 million odd Facebook users. Judging… Read more
10 ways to save money on eBay fees
July 23, 2007
I’ve just had a phone call from the landlord of my office this morning. He’s sold something on eBay for £70.00 and was asking how I can make a living when the final value fee was £17.00! Well the answer is I couldn’t… He made a simple… Read more
eBay just made my day!
July 22, 2007
It’s amazing what you can find on eBay. TameBay reader Sean from IS Electronics found his own car, featured on a BT phonecard! He said, “I was just browsing eBay as you do on a wet Sunday afternoon when I couldn’t believe my eyes. There was… Read more
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