eBay UK fee changes : goodbye SIF and Gallery fees
August 20, 2008
It’s the news everyone has been asking for: Gallery on eBay UK, which has been free for the summer, will remain free forever instead of returning to the 15p per listing of the past. But that’s the least of the changes eBay UK are announcing this… Read more
UK, US, Germany make major announcements today
August 20, 2008
eBay will be making major announcements today regarding the US, UK and German sites. We expect to hear of fee changes, as well as changes to seller requirements, payment policies and Shops’ structures. Stay tuned – we’ll bring you updates as soon as… Read more
R.O.EYE to support eBay affiliates in the UK
August 19, 2008
eBay have appointed R.O.EYE, a specialist affiliate marketing agency, to support the eBay Partner Network (EPN). EPN was launched by eBay on April 1st, after many years of running an external affiliate scheme managed by Commission Junction. The… Read more
Skypephone S2 now available
August 19, 2008
The Skypephone S2 is now available for purchase from the 3 Store. It’s sleeker, shinier and all round better with a bigger screen and higher resolution camera. It also has the all important modem drivers built in to turn the Skypephone into a 3G… Read more
Terapeak to replace eBay Marketplace Research
August 19, 2008
Terapeak are to offer an alternative to eBay Marketplace Research, which they say is to be retired on 15th September this year. Marketplace Research by Terapeak will be offered to all existing eBay Marketplace Research subscribers and all eBay… Read more
10c listings for PowerSellers on eBay France 21st August
August 19, 2008
This Thursday, 21st August 2008, eBay France are holding a cheap listing day for PowerSellers. Insertion fees for BINs and auctions will be 10c. All other normal fees apply, and media and motors categories, which have their own fee scedules, are not… Read more
Sales in a Click now available for eBay.com
August 15, 2008
Sales in a Click, the email marketing solution from imn is now available for Stores on eBay.com. I first saw the ProStores edition of Sales in a Click at eBay Live! and it’s the easiest way I’ve seen to produce quality email marketing. The Stores… Read more
eBay UK testing new view item page
August 15, 2008
Following yesterday’s announcement on .com, eBay UK have now announced testing of a new design for the view item page. From their description, it sounds very similar to the .com one; the promised “preview” function for sellers to see what their… Read more
eBay.com testing new view item page (still)
August 14, 2008
eBay.com have announced some changes to their proposed new “view item” page, and a further two months of testing. During that period, “a very small percentage of members will be randomly selected to see one of several new page variants” being… Read more
eBay moot purchase of 2nd South Korea marketplace
August 14, 2008
eBay are in talks to buy a minority share their largest South Korean competitor – Gmarket Global marketplace. eBay’s current South Korean site is it’s subsidiary Internet Auction Co which they bought a 49.9% stake in, in 2003. eBay have said… Read more
Postage, despatch and return option changes
August 14, 2008
eBay have today given advance notice of changes that sellers need to make to their listing templates by October. The intent of the changes is to give better visibility of important information to buyers and was first revealed on the Developers Blog… Read more
Beat the credit crunch with Small Business 2.0
August 14, 2008
If you want to expand your online selling beyond eBay, need imaginative ideas to survice the credit crunch, or you’re just missing see friends at eBay Universities this year, you’re going to be interested in Small Business 2.0, a one day event… Read more
eBay Motors’ price changes bad news for small business
August 14, 2008
Last night, eBay announced some major changes to pricing for North American Motors’ sites. The restructuring continues eBay’s current trend towards ‘success-based fees’, moving more of the fee burden onto final value fees and away from insertion and… Read more
eBay Germany 1c listing promotion extended
August 13, 2008
eBay Germany have announced that their long-running promotion of 1c insertion fees with free Gallery has been extended until 24th September. The promotion is valid for sellers offering PayPal as a payment method, in the categories: Audio &… Read more
eBay Canada 5c listing day 13th August
August 12, 2008
Lucky for some, eBay Canada are holding a 5c listing day on 13th August. Insertion fees for auctions and BINs will be 5c regardless of start price; this also covers the media categories which have their own fee structure. The offer is available for… Read more
Belgian court rules for eBay against L’Oréal
August 12, 2008
A Belgian court has dismissed a case brought by L’Oréal against eBay. The cosmetics manufacturer had taken legal action against eBay, saying that they did not do enough to stop the sale of counterfeited products on the site. The court ruled that… Read more
Neutrals will be neutral again from next week
August 12, 2008
eBay UK have just announced that the promised feedback recalculation, which will exclude neutrals again from percentage scores, will take place from next week. Under changes made earlier this year, neutrals had counted the same as negatives for… Read more
Multiple fixed price listing promotion for eBay UK
August 12, 2008
eBay are running a six week promotion where you’ll only pay the cost for listing a single item regardless of the quantity you list. Items have to be identical, but you can list any quantity on fixed price (BIN or SIF) listings and only pay the… Read more
eBay France bring in proper business registration
August 11, 2008
eBay France have announced today that business sellers on the site will need to prove that they are officially registered as businesses. eBay are checking the information on sellers’ accounts against that held by the Registre du Commerce et des… Read more
Tiffany to appeal eBay fakes ruling
August 11, 2008
Tiffany have said that they have filed an appeal against the ruling that eBay are not responsible for counterfeit merchandise sold via the site. The judgement made in a US court last month said that eBay had taken reasonable steps to stop the sale… Read more
Sending personal money with PayPal
August 11, 2008
It’s not often I use the “Send Money” tab in PayPal – as a I seller I receive more payments than I send. Today however I had to send a payment to a friend for some tickets they paid for and it gave me the opportunity to send a personal… Read more
eBay Spain introduces PowerSeller discounts
August 11, 2008
eBay Spain have announced that from 24th September, Spanish PowerSellers will receive a discount of 20% on their Final Value Fees, so long as they have a minimum DSR rating of 4.5 on each of the four criteria over the previous 30 days. The discount… Read more
First impressions of the new My eBay beta
August 10, 2008
The new My eBay beta is now available for users to check out and is looking great. The clunky headers from the old eBay are gone and have been replaced with a newly-,designed tabbed page complete with drop downs to access the key… Read more
DSRs and feedback glitch – an update
August 10, 2008
eBay.com have put out another announcement about the ongoing problems with detailed seller ratings. As many users have already found out, the seller dashboard has been made unavailable while DSR scores are recalculated. “Trust factors” in best match… Read more
eBay UK makes changes to Search
August 8, 2008
eBay UK has announced two new features coming to Search in the next seven days. Search suggestions will guess at what buyers are trying to type as they type it: as Whirly put it earlier, if they’re looking for baths, they’ll be told to look for bath… Read more
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