eBay auto emails : what your buyers will see (it ain’t pretty)

November 9, 2009

As a few eBay UK sellers have already noticed, some new emails are being sent out to buyers. Buyers will now receive the following mail automatically: • an order confirmation email when an item is paid for. • an “order update” whenever a… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 43 Comments 

ITV Tonight “Could the internet make you rich?”

November 8, 2009

The ITV Tonight programme aired last Friday asked if the Internet could make you rich and featured examples of British entrepreneurs including some who sell on eBay. Helen Chapman One seller featured was Helen Chapman who sells on eBay as and… Read more

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What jeanius thought this up?

November 8, 2009

It’s a rainy Sunday afternoon; what better to do than a little eBay shopping? I need a couple of new pairs of jeans… Well, good luck to anyone else who wants to buy female jeans on eBay today, because eBay has just made it a whole bunch more… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 12 Comments 

What products would you buy from a Daily Deal?

November 7, 2009

There’s little doubt that two offers today on the Daily Deal were a success, they were both sold out within three hours. Nice to see Benthams back up there again, this time with a instead of the . With just 509 available though they were snapped… Read more

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Google Merchant product feed replaces Google Base

November 6, 2009

If you’re used to logging into Google Base to upload your website feeds and get them indexed in Google Product Search (Google Shopping), you’ll need to visit Google Merchant Center in future. You can still upload non-product data, Google Base… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Selling Tips | 4 Comments 

eBay Enhanced Reporting refocused on counterfeits

November 6, 2009

Some experienced eBay users have access to a program called Enhanced Member Reporting (EMR) The program enables participants to mass report offending listings to eBay customer support without the tedious cut and past of item numbers, clicking… Read more

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Long-lost Chaplin film bought on eBay for $5

November 6, 2009

The Telegraph reports that one lucky buyer got more than he hoped for when he purchased a tin on eBay for just $5. Morale Park from Henham in Essex bought the tin because he liked the look of it, but inside found a fragile film which he believes to… Read more

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eBay settles Skype lawsuits and lose another $137m

November 6, 2009

Skype, eBay, Joltid, Joost, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis have settled their differences and come to an agreement to secure the future of Skype and the underlying technology. Previously it was claimed that Skype was infringing IP rights on… Read more

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New PayPal buyer protection for off-eBay purchases

November 6, 2009

PayPal has offered buyer protection for many years, but it’s been restricted mainly to eBay transactions. That’s all changed as of the 1st November, PayPal now cover claims for non-receipt of goods for transactions from any website. In the past… Read more

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Last Royal Mail Christmas 2009 Posting Dates

November 6, 2009

Now the CWU have canceled further postal strikes, at least until after Christmas we can publish the last Royal Mail posting dates for 2009 with confidence that they’ll be correct. UK Last RecommendedPosting DatesService Friday 18th… Read more

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Amazon.com introduce flat file Music Loader

November 5, 2009

If you list music products on Amazon.com you might want to make use of the new Amazon Music loader they’ve created for Pro-Merchants. The Music Loader released today works similarly to the existing Inventory Loader and Book Loader. The Music… Read more

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Will you be going back to Royal Mail?

November 5, 2009

So Royal Mail and the CWU have managed to reach enough of an agreement to call off tomorrow’s postal strikes. There will be no more industrial action this side of Christmas, although the CWU have by all accounts – the real details of the agreement… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, News | 21 Comments 

[Updated] CWU and RM agree draft deal – postal strikes cancelled

November 5, 2009

Sky News is reporting that the postal workers’ union and Royal Mail have agreed a draft deal that may lead to tomorrow’s strike being cancelled. The CWU’s executive committee will still have to approve the deal. It’s expected that there will be more… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 26 Comments 

eBay Daily Deal expands to add Weekly Deals

November 5, 2009

The fastest ever selling Daily Deal returns today, the and it’s £1.00 cheaper at just £18.99. If you missed out this time I can highly recommend snagging a couple before they sell out. The POGO’s return marks an auspicious occasion for the… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 25 Comments 

PayPal X Dev Con spawns Facebook shopping mall

November 4, 2009

The PayPal X developers conference opened yesterday for developers where they unveiled their new API enabling developers for the first time not to just link to PayPal to handle payments, but to actually build new applications with PayPal embedded… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Featured, Paypal | 27 Comments 

An end in sight for Skype fight?

November 4, 2009

The New York Times is reporting that an end may be in sight for the long-running litigation surrounding Skype’s technology. The proposed settlement would see Skype’s creators, Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, take a significant share in the… Read more

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Royal Mail update on strike action

November 4, 2009

Whilst the strikes due to take place on Friday of this week and Monday of next aren’t inevitable, it would appear pretty likely that they’ll go ahead. Talks are still continuing between Royal Mail and the CWU so there’s the potential agreement might… Read more

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ChannelAdvisor buck the recession to make a profit

November 3, 2009

Good news is coming from ChannelAdvisor, especially bearing in mind the recession. For the first time since the company was founded in 2001, they’ve been profitable for a full year, with $2.6 million in bookings and 229 new customer additions in the… Read more

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TameBay welcomes its one millionth reader

November 3, 2009

Today at 7.34am an unknown Internet user, from North Carolina USA, typed a query into Google and became the 1,000,000th person to visit TameBay. As with many of our readers we know nothing about them, not even their name but would like to thank them… Read more

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Book your place for Small Business 2.0 – 23/01/2010

November 2, 2009

Put the 23 January 2010 in your diary. Small Business 2.0 is coming to town (Novotel London West, Hammersmith to be precise) and it’s the only event on the calendar dedicated to helping small businesses prosper on the Internet. It doesn’t matter… Read more

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“Beat the Strike” competition with myHermes

November 2, 2009

With the next postal strike looming on Friday this week and Monday of next, we’ve decided to run a “Beat the Strike” parcel race competition. The guys at myHermes are putting up 10 free deliveries for the first 10 sellers to post a comment below… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Events, Featured | 36 Comments 

Your biggest ever competitor is coming to eBay UK

November 2, 2009

Buy.com are coming to the UK, Germany and France with Italy and Spain to follow before the end of the year. They also intend to list on eBay in those countries. For those unfamiliar with Buy.com in the US, they are a Top Rated Seller and have the… Read more

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Microsoft Office Accounting killed off

November 2, 2009

If you use Microsoft Office Accounting it’s time to look for an alternative. Microsoft will stop distributing the product as of 16th November 2009. More importantly for eBay merchants, the eBay sales data option will no longer be available after… Read more

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PayPal – an unlikely contender to become a UK Bank?

November 1, 2009

If you watched the BBC breakfast news today you’d have seen their top story that was the government plans to create three new high-street banks from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds and Northern Rock. Separating some of the good assets from the… Read more

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TameBay Video Morsels 01/11/09

November 1, 2009

eBay launch their 2009 series of holiday adverts under the theme “Come to think of it, eBay”. Not quite as snappy as the spoof advert that was made for eBay’s “Find IT on eBay” campaign from 2005 – I know which will stick in my mind the… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 5 Comments