International visibility for UK sellers – for a price
March 31, 2008
photo credit: thisRobot eBay UK have just announced a brand new listing upgrade which will allow for their listings. From May, British and Irish sellers will be able to purchase default visibility on eBay.com and eBay.ca for an additional fee… Read more
5p CLD on eBay UK this Thursday
March 31, 2008
photo credit: DavvykAs eBay UK’s free Gallery promotion ends today, a new cheap listing day has been announced for this Thursday. On for auctions and BIN listings, regardless of starting price. All other fees, including Gallery, will apply as… Read more
Bain consultant to head eBay Spain
March 31, 2008
Klaus Gottschlich is to succeed MarÃa Calvo as CEO of eBay Spain from April. This comes at a time when up to fifty percent of the eBay Spain employees are losing their jobs as part of the worldwide cuts revealed earlier this month. Klaus… Read more
5 Top video tips for eBay videos
March 30, 2008
Smart Productions is the company ChannelAdvisor use for their Video Newsletters, and James from Smart Productions is in the US to film at the Catalyst conference. He’s been looking at how eBay users can use video to sell their product and these are… Read more
Blog 101 : getting started
March 30, 2008
Sometimes you get asked the same question over and over again. Starting blogging has been one of those questions for me recently, so I thought over the weekends, when there isn’t much eBay news, we’d take a look at getting started on a blog of your… Read more
eBay UK goes European
March 30, 2008
photo credit: FABIOLA MEDEIROSI’m mighty confused! I’ve just flown to the US for the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst conference and faced with a four (about to become five) hour time difference, to be greeted by the eBay announcement that “”. Now I was… Read more
Is this the band for the eBay Live Gala?
March 29, 2008
A sharp-eyed poster on the eBay Live Discussion Forum spotted this concert schedule, which is the night and place of the eBay Live Gala. In a hasty attempt to look like I know what I’m talking about, I’ve discovered that Musiq Soulchild was… Read more
Seller Dashboard launch delayed on eBay UK
March 28, 2008
If, like me, you read on eBay UK yesterday and ran to My eBay to see it, you’re probably wondering why it hasn’t appeared yet. A few sellers are able to access it via the link , though most of us are still being told we’re not eligible to access… Read more
Expanded Seller Protection officially live for UK PowerSellers
March 27, 2008
eBay UK have just announced that for UK PowerSellers. Though some of us managed to sign up last week, it’s good to know that now, we are officially protected against against fraudulent payments and item not received claims with the following… Read more
Five tips to get great feedback
March 27, 2008
Feedback is the hottest topic on eBay. It always has been and probably always will be although recent changes have made it a more emotional subject than ever. The big question though is how you approach it and for sellers there are two approaches… Read more
eBay increase online ad spend 400%
March 26, 2008
According to latest Nielson figures, eBay increased their online advertising spend 397% in 2007 spending almost £20m. This has makes them one of the biggest online spenders, second only to Personal Loan Express who spent £28m. eBay’s online… Read more
Does a Frooition shop design increase sales?
March 26, 2008
Yes. Posted by Sue, 26th March… Oh, you want details? 
Money is up approximately 33%: this is even better than the 20% that Frooition themselves suggested. Perhaps even more significantly, most of this… Read more
Have your say – Webware 100 voting
March 26, 2008
There are just a few days left to get your vote counted in the Webware 100 Awards 2008. Last year eBay companies did pretty well with eBay, PayPal, Craigslist, Skype and Stumbleupon all winning awards. This year Stumbleupon has a little more… Read more
eBay UK to mask bidder IDs
March 26, 2008
eBay UK have announced today that they are to , following the change made in the US earlier this month. Sellers will be able to see the IDs of those bidding on their auctions, and the winning bidder will show once the auction is ended, but all other… Read more
Cancelled listings move to unsold items
March 26, 2008
Ever had an auction cancelled and received a notice to the effect but had the listing disappear from the site? Ever had several or even hundreds of auctions cancelled which support later decide were cancelled in error? If you have eBay have just… Read more
Nudists stripped of PayPal account
March 25, 2008
photo credit: oscar alexanderThe Federation of Canadian Naturists are threatening to sue PayPal for taking away their account. The group have been taking PayPal payments for their magazine, Going Natural, for four years now, but say that PayPal… Read more
Cheap listing with feedback DSR criteria
March 25, 2008
eBay are ramping up the importance of DSRs by using them as a qualification for listing promotions. eBay.com has just launched a week long or less only for sellers with all DSRs score at 4.5 or above. Many sellers will ignore this particular… Read more
No more feedback for ebook sellers
March 25, 2008
photo credit: TschernoBrian Burke, Director of Global Feedback Policy has announced to take place on the eBay platform. From 31st March these goods will be restricted to the and listed in the category. Ebooks in particular have a… Read more
Postage cost to be required on .com
March 24, 2008
photo credit: didbygrahameBay has announced that for eBay.com listings it will become a in all listings. For new sellers this will be an immediate requirement and roll out to all sellers in the near future. Shipping costs will become part of… Read more
PayPal made compulsory on all eBay UK listings
March 24, 2008
eBay UK have just announced that from the end of April, as a payment method on their listings. This change shouldn’t surprise anyone; it’s been edging slowly closer for months now, with all new sellers and those in some specific categories told… Read more
eBay India relaxes image guidelines
March 24, 2008
photo credit: SpooSpaeBay India has relaxed it’s policy on to include the use of human models allowing it’s sellers to display more realistic pictures of products on offer. For the first time human models can be used including product shots of… Read more
Join the dots to find what’s wrong with this picture
March 24, 2008
There are only three dots, it’s not going to be difficult: eBay UK can call clicking five times to get into each of your orders to see if there’s a note from a buyer, a “workaround”. eBay France think you can remember a complicated click pattern… Read more
$60k winning bid refused by seller
March 24, 2008
photo credit: buildscharacterWhen an eBayer, going by the online tag of dooma350, saw a brand new for sale on eBay at $60k no reserve he decided that although the colour wasn’t his first choice, that he “was willing to live with it at a 60K price… Read more
eBay Elsewhere : links for 23rd March 2008
March 23, 2008
The Financial Times has sellers complaining about feedback and fees and threatening to strike indefinitely… I’m sure I’ve heard that story somewhere before. Don Reisinger says that the only thing saving eBay is lack of competition. I had some… Read more
Happy Easter to Barnados
March 22, 2008
Barnados have benefited from a series of Easter Egg auctions including Celebrity Egg Heads featuring Created in Thorntons chocolate other eggs offered for sale included a , former Chef Patissier for the Roux Brothers. Whilst your Easter Egg… Read more
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