eBay.com start accepting Bill Me Later
October 19, 2009
PayPal have just announced introduction of Bill Me Later as a payment option on eBay.com. There are no changes for sellers, and in fact sellers should never notice the difference from a standard PayPal payment. Buyers simply select Bill Me Later as… Read more
“Courier” searches up 46% on Google
October 19, 2009
If there was any doubt that small businesses are refusing to be held to ransom by the industrial action between the Royal Mail and CWU it’s becoming increasingly obvious that they will simply use alternative carriers. Parcel2Go have released figures… Read more
Webinar: Interpreting AdCommerce click through data
October 19, 2009
The eBay AdCommerce team are holding a webinar covering the New AdCommerce features recently released to be held on Thursday this week (22nd October) at 4.00pm. If you want to use the new Ad Wizard and edit campaigns using the new AdCommerce user… Read more
Man gets Microsoft VeRO notice overturned
October 19, 2009
Normally the receipt of a VeRO notice spells the end of selling a product on eBay, but not for one man. Having listed a copy of Windows 7, due for release on 22nd October, on eBay as soon as the VeRO notice arrived he fired off an email to… Read more
Aimco Packing Partner upgrades and add-ons
October 17, 2009
It’s almost exactly a year since I started using Packing Partner from Aimco to produce invoices with integrated shipping labels. The software has just done what it was supposed to do, five days a week for the last year I’ve got so used to it that… Read more
eBay negotiate Collect+ discount for eBay sellers
October 16, 2009
Collect+ are the latest delivery company to announce a discount for eBay sellers. eBay have been talking with them behind the scenes and they’ve lowered their price to £3.79 for parcels up to 10kg. I’ve just checked the distance to the nearest… Read more
Alternatives to Royal Mail – Royal Mail
October 16, 2009
Whilst there’s little doubt that mail services will be severely disrupted during industrial action it’s worth highlighting what Royal Mail themselves are doing to keep mail moving through their network. Royal Mail Premium services such as Special… Read more
Google webinars to support growth in overseas sales
October 16, 2009
Google are currently running a series of webinars, in conjunction with various partners including Royal Mail, designed to offer support and advice to small businesses who either sell, or are thinking of selling, in overseas markets. The next three… Read more
eBay negotiate myHermes discount for eBay sellers
October 15, 2009
With the announcement of CWU industrial action to affect Royal Mail from the 22nd October eBay are poised to announce a specially negotiated discounted deal with myHermes for all eBay sellers. The discount from myHermes rack rate is exclusive to… Read more
CWU confirm national postal strike dates
October 15, 2009
The Communication Workers’ Union has announced this afternoon that national postal strikes are to begin next week. On Thursday 22nd October, mail centre workers and network drivers will stage a 24 hour strike, followed on Friday 23rd October by… Read more
Alternatives to Royal Mail – Parcel2Go Lite
October 15, 2009
Parcel2Go are pretty well known in eBay circles as a courier broker. They offer easy access to a range of couriers including DHL, HDN, City Link, Fed Ex and ParcelForce, but without the need for the user to have a contract directly with the courier…. Read more
OFT investigates online pricing
October 15, 2009
The Office of Fair Trading is to run two studies into pricing on the internet. The first will look at the ways in which customers’ online behaviour and personal is monitored and used to create “individually tailored” prices. The second will look… Read more
Amazon UK offer free shipping for Christmas
October 15, 2009
Amazon UK have announced that they will be abolishing their Super Saver Delivery threshold until 10th January. UK domestic orders placed with Amazon themselves can now be delivered free of charge, independent of value. Crucially for merchants… Read more
Alternatives to Royal Mail – Collect+
October 14, 2009
Here’s another novel way to get around the postal strikes. Collect+ offers a network of shops around the UK, where you can drop off a parcel. It then gets picked up by the Home Delivery Network – the same people who deliver for huge mail order and… Read more
eBay France launches TV ad campaign
October 14, 2009
eBay France have launched a new TV ad campaign this week. The four super-short films as “And you, how do you buy?” – pointing out that eBay.fr offers auctions, fixed price and local classifieds (curiously off-message, when we’ve seen JD and Lorrie… Read more
eBay.com ending GTC listings without returns, handling info
October 14, 2009
eBay.com are taking steps to enforce their recently-introduced policies that all listings must show returns information and handling time. Good Til Cancelled istings which do not display the required information will be ended, and placed back in… Read more
Alternatives to Royal Mail – myHermes
October 14, 2009
There’s little doubt that if Royal Mail and CWU don’t settle their differences that the pending industrial action will go ahead and the postal service grind to a halt. With that in mind all businesses reliant on Royal Mail need to consider… Read more
PayPal update – Packing slips unusable
October 14, 2009
If you use PayPal packing slips for folding and use as address labels in document wallets you’re in for an unpleasant surprise today. Something’s gone wrong with the layout and it’s resulted in an irregular size boxed layout that’s just about… Read more
Here is the news
October 14, 2009
Because m’colleague is a modest sort of chap 
and didn’t manage to blog it last time he was on the BBC, here is Chris last night talking about the Royal Mail strike and how it affects small businesses:… Read more
Wholesale opportunity for eBay sellers?
October 13, 2009
We often get asked “Where you can find wholesale suppliers?” so today we’ve got an answer for you…. Get into the fruit puff pastry business. We’ve got enough stock to supply several full time eateries for the foreseeable future and they’re nicely… Read more
Debenhams join eBay with a daily deal
October 13, 2009
eBay score a coup with another high street name – Debenhams have opened up shop on eBay and they’re already on the Daily Deals with a cracking Christmas present offering (well, that’s if you’re one for doing your Christmas shopping early). for… Read more
1948 London Olympic games torch on eBay
October 12, 2009
There are still three years to go until the 2012 Olympics in London, but if you want to grab a bit of authentic memorabilia look back to the previous London games and you can snag one of the from 1948, on eBay. It took 3,372 torch bearers 13… Read more
Will ParcelForce be affected by Royal mail strikes?
October 11, 2009
We’re getting a fair few inquiries as to whether ParcelForce will be affected by the industrial action affecting Royal Mail. The answer is thankfully “No”. Parcelforce are run as a separate company and any strike action won’t affect the… Read more
eBay Inc. launches new corporate info site
October 10, 2009
eBay has launched yet another official site aiming to bring together all the corporate information on eBay Inc. eBayInc.com combines much of the information that was previously rather hidden on the eBay.com site, such as press releases, job openings… Read more
Watch England vs Ukraine and pay with PayPal
October 9, 2009
The England v Ukraine World Cup qualifier football match due to be played on Saturday 10th October will be pretty unique – it’ll be the first football match to be shown exclusively on the Internet and at Odeon cinemas, instead of on domestic… Read more
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