July 2008

31/07/2008

There’s a reminder from eBay UK today that business sellers in the UK and Ireland need to register as such with eBay. The new Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 came into force in the UK on 26th May, under which it is a criminal offence to make false or misleading statements relating to [...]

31/07/2008

There’s a great new feature from eBay Giving Works, the US equivalent of eBay for Charity. You can use the new Donate Now tab from your favourite charity’s page on GW to donate directly to them. It’s a nice touch which makes the charity pages feel more complete; and it’s nice too to see the [...]

30/07/2008

A rather strange glitch today, brought to us by my competitor chum Jane the demon bead lady. On replying to an question from a prospective buyer this afternoon, she got the following: The men’s flip flops aren’t anything she sells, and are certainly nothing to do with quartz chip beads. I like very much the [...]

30/07/2008

When attempting to make a payment via PayPal earlier today, this message appeared stating the seller can’t currently accept payments through PayPal. I’m guessing that either their account isn’t fully verified, or PayPal have put them on hold due to a security risk. I suppose I should be thankful to PayPal for protecting my money [...]

29/07/2008

Amazon have today launched Amazon Payments to enable sellers to accept payments from buyers using their Amazon log on credentials. Amazon Flexible Payments actually launched in limited beta back in August 2007 and Amazon have rolled this in with their new product offerings which are Amazon Simple Pay and Checkout by Amazon. Checkout by Amazon [...]

29/07/2008

If you think there’s too much third-party advertising on eBay now, just wait: things are only going to get worse. New Media Age reports that eBay have launched “an international business division” to sell targetted campaigns across eBay’s collection of international sites. Christian Kunz, head of advertising international at eBay, said that eBay’s “unrivalled product [...]

29/07/2008

eBay UK have just announced that sales of tickets to Soccer Aid will be restricted. Sellers donate at least 20% of the sale price to UNICEF UK through eBay for Charity. In addition, one and three day listings will not be permitted. Soccer Aid at Wembley on September 7th will see teams of football legends [...]

29/07/2008

Most people know how to type an emoticon without even thinking about it. They’ve become so ingrained in our lives from IM to email and even on mobile SMS text messages that :-) is pretty much universally understood. In recent times :-) automatically displays as (can any one still remember the early days when they [...]

29/07/2008

eBay are running a three day 50% off promotion for the Featured Plus! listing enhancement for auctions and BIN listings. The promotion runs on 29th – 31st July and appears to be open to all sellers regardless of your location. It’s worth remembering that with Featured Plus your listing is featured on the page of [...]

28/07/2008

I heard Stephen Fry tell this story, so it must be true: when Louis Daguerre invented photography, one of the first things he did to celebrate was to persuade a local barmaid to pose for some topless photos. The association between photography and naked ladies has been there from the beginning, so perhaps we can [...]