Asda parent company Walmart launches marketplace
August 31, 2009
Walmart.com today announced that it has added nearly one million new items to its online product assortment with the launch of “Walmart Marketplace”. It’s done this by adding just a handful of selected merchants products to it’s online… Read more
eBay France: fee changes and a cheap listing weekend
August 28, 2009
on 31st August and 1st September. Insertion fees will be just 5c for fixed price items, in most categories (except Vehicles and Media). In addition, the long-running 15c insertion fee “promotion” for business sellers’ BIN listings is being… Read more
Has Skype found a buyer?
August 28, 2009
TechCrunch are reporting that eBay may have found a buyer for Skype. A group of venture capitalists and private equity firms are said “by a source close to the deal”, to be combining resources to make a bid for the company. eBay are supposed to… Read more
Schwarzenegger flogs California’s cars on eBay
August 28, 2009
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California is flogging excess motors and equipment to raise money for the State. Not only that but in an effort to raise prices he’s been busy personally signing sun visors on the… Read more
ChannelAdvisor UK move to Covent Garden offices
August 28, 2009
ChannelAdvisor have recently moved into new Covent Garden offices in Central London and had an office warming yesterday evening. We took the opportunity to ask James Scott, ChannelAdvisor UK Managing… Read more
eBay France gives private sellers free auction listings
August 27, 2009
that from 9th September, private sellers will no longer pay insertion fees for auctions starting at €1 or less. At the same time, FVFs will be raised* to 7% of the final sale price, up to a maximum of €21. Some categories – basically,… Read more
Autumn Fair, 6th – 9th September at the NEC
August 25, 2009
If you’re short of ideas on what to sell, want to expand, or simply don’t know where to find suppliers then the Autumn Fair at the NEC to be held on 6th – 9th September is the event for you. In fact if you want to find suppliers it’s worth… Read more
17 eBay Selling Manager Applications
August 24, 2009
It’s been a week since eBay launched Selling Manager Applications and 17 have now been made available. Every application is available with a free trial so you can try it out before you subscribe, but currently they’re only available to eBay.com… Read more
PayPal Charity Hack 09 to be held in Richmond
August 24, 2009
PayPal are inviting all developers that work on charity projects to meet at their Richmond offices for Charity Hack 09. PayPal, MissionFish and JustGiving as well as some yet to be announced charities will be showcasing their API’s (Application… Read more
Royal Mail strikes for w/c 24th August
August 22, 2009
Next week is set to see the “biggest week of postal strikes” yet, according to the Communication Workers’ Union. Up to 20,000 postal workers across the UK will stop work for 24 hours each, and the union continues to threaten a national strike… Read more
PayPal “didn’t want to make a huge communication” about new fees
August 21, 2009
PayPal have come in for criticism over a largely-unannounced change to the fees charged on private accounts. Payments sent to personal accounts used to be free, but now if the sender of the money marks the purpose of the payment as being for “goods”… Read more
Christmas shopping has started in earnest
August 21, 2009
If you’ve stocked up on seasonal items to sell in the run up to Christmas now’s the time to get them listed on eBay. although the temperatures might be soaring a Christmas tree is selling every three minutes on eBay with five packs of Christmas… Read more
eBay UK celebrates birthday with 10-day FLD
August 19, 2009
eBay UK has just announced that it will celebrate its tenth birthday by offering private sellers ten whole days of free listings. From 22nd to 31st August, any item in any category with any start price listed by a private seller with a UK address… Read more
Skype TV ad banned for being too good
August 19, 2009
Oh no, what will Skype do? The TV ad they ran several months ago has been banned by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA). Apparently five people complained saying that the picture and sound quality shown on the ad wasn’t what most people could… Read more
eBay affiliate program goes cost-per-click
August 19, 2009
eBay’s affiliate program, the eBay Partner Network, announces major changes today. Affiliates will no longer be paid by action (when buyers buy something, or when a new eBayer signs up for an account), but will instead be paid when links to eBay are… Read more
TameBay Morsels for 19th August
August 19, 2009
A couple of interesting things I’ve been reading: as we might guess in a recession, discount vouchers for use on websites are growing in popularity. And the always-excellent SEOMoz has tips on link building for small ecommerce sites. Both worth a… Read more
eBay.com issues new user agreement
August 19, 2009
eBay.com has , effective 29th September for existing users (but immediately for newbies). The biggest changes relate to the new dispute resolution process. Sellers must now have a reimbursement method on file with eBay, and for transactions paid… Read more
vzaar: Launching a Selling Manager Application
August 18, 2009
eBay have enabled Selling Manager Applications for eBay.com users, and UK based vzaar are one of the first to go live on the new platform. vzaar launched in 2007 to provide online video hosting with the aim of making adding video to eBay listings… Read more
eBay seller promotions for August and September
August 18, 2009
eBay are running a couple of promos for sellers for the rest of this month and next. Firstly, there’s a that sellers in the Music, Books, Video games and DVD, Film & TV categories can get 20% off their FVFs when they offer free domestic P&P…. Read more
Amazon change to “charge on ship”
August 18, 2009
Amazon are enabling “charge when shipped” for third party sellers on the site. Rather than charging a buyers credit card when the order is placed, in the future they’ll only be charged when the goods are despatched by the seller. Amazon told… Read more
An interview with EPN’s Will Martin-Gill
August 17, 2009
Murray Newlands interviews Will Martin-Gill, eBay’s Director of Internet Marketing, about the eBay Partner Network affiliate program. Will talks about advances in comparison shopping sites, a new widget which (as Murray says) sounds a lot like… Read more
Top Seller badge to be tested on eBay UK
August 17, 2009
Keep a look out from next week for the new eBay Top Seller badge appearing on some item pages and in search results. This will be a test for a small amount percentage of eBay’s traffic so don’t worry if you think you should be a Top Seller and don’t… Read more
Does eBay have an obligation to regulate the market?
August 16, 2009
It is has often been said by eBay that feedback (and now DSRs) will regulate the market – bad sellers will be found out and will not be able to trade on the platform. Does this work though? It seems that there are many sellers who trade successfully… Read more
Channel Island VAT loophole to be closed?
August 16, 2009
The government are to crack down on companies using Channel Island shipping to avoid VAT, reports the Observer. Leaked letters from Treasury minister Stephen Timms state that UK companies using CI fulfillment companies to ship DVDs and CDs back to… Read more
$1/2M To be buried above Marilyn Monroe
August 15, 2009
For those who would like to lie with a star there’s a once in a lifetime opportunity on eBay to occupy when you pass away. The tomb is currently occupied, but the widow intends moving her deceased husbands body “so as to make room for a new… Read more
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