eBay wins against French antique dealers
December 13, 2009
For once, good news from a French court for eBay: a case brought against the company by French antique dealers and flea-market traders has been dismissed. It had been alleged that eBay was allowing commercial dealers to trade on the site claiming to… Read more
Win Christmas day at Warwick Castle
December 12, 2009
Ever thought how great it would be to have someone else cook Christmas dinner, put up the tree and all the decorations, and then serve a sumptuous seven course meal for you and all your friends and family? Well if you’ve got upwards for £25k to… Read more
Gumtree unveil new site with UK wide search
December 11, 2009
Gumtree are about to unveil a brand new look and feel to the site with improvements in everything from location, search to the introduction of saved and recently viewed ads. Up until now it’s been difficult to browse multiple cities, and… Read more
VAT changes for 1st January 2010
December 10, 2009
Following confirmation in yesterday’s pre-budget report that VAT will be returning to 17.5% as of the 1st January, . This will only affect you if you’re VAT registered. eBay’s help page confirms that listings can be edited in bulk and that fixed… Read more
EU manufacturer fined €11.5m for price fixing
December 9, 2009
The German competition regulators have fined a contact lens manufacturer €11.5 million for trying to restrict the price their products were sold for on eBay. Reports are that the manufacturer, CIBA Vision, had spies checking prices on eBay and… Read more
Skype and ePN win Econsultancy awards
December 9, 2009
Skype and eBay Partner Networks (ePN aka eBay affiliates) are both winners in the Econsultancy Innovation Awards 2009. ePN won the award for Innovation in Affiliate Marketing. There were praised for Quality Click Pricing and the decision to… Read more
Industrial action affects Australia Post
December 9, 2009
Following the recent Royal Mail strikes called by the CWU I had a certain amount of sympathy for our Australian readers when I heard that they were suffering industrial action too. Then I read the and I have to admit I like the way they do… Read more
Cheap listing until Jan 24th for private media sellers
December 9, 2009
Free listings for all private sellers in media categories from now until the 24th January 2010 – that’s the latest gambit from eBay to get all those duplicated and unwanted books, cds and video games you’ll receive for Christmas listed on… Read more
Win your January courier fees paid by Parcel2Go
December 8, 2009
Parcel2Go are running a competition to win free deliveries for the whole of January. Yes, that’s right, they want to pick up your entire courier bill (up to a total of £3000.00) which for many sellers will enable them to ship everything they sell… Read more
Compare the Meerkat Alexandr Limited Edition
December 8, 2009
Without a doubt the most talked about advert of the year is Compare the Market dot com with their Aleksandr Compare the Meerkat spoof. Harrods have had so many advance orders for the limited edition Aleksandr that Mohammed al Fayed decided the only… Read more
50% off short auctions’ IFs on eBay.com, .ca
December 8, 2009
eBay.com and eBay Canada are running a special offer for 1, 3 and 5 day auction listings for today and tomorrow, Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December 2009. Sellers with 12 month DSRs of 4.5 or higher can save 50% off their insertion fees, a… Read more
Using Gumtree to find casual labour
December 8, 2009
It’s time to move warehouse again. Some of you are probably aware that I share my current warehouse with John Pemberton who sells on eBay as and he had another warehouse in Ellesmere Port. We’re consolidating all our warehouses and moving into new… Read more
Royal Mail & CWU dispute update
December 7, 2009
Roger Poole, who is overseeing talks between the Royal Mail and CWU has today issued a statement which is markedly upbeat in tone compared to last weeks Daily Mail article. Having had three review meetings and talks still progressing it’s looking… Read more
Baby goods shop shut down by bully boy brands
December 6, 2009
eBay are featured in the Sunday Times today highlighting restrictive trade practices by manufacturers who restrict how retailers can sell and price their products. Highlighted is online retailer “Baby Zoop” who have been forced to close their… Read more
If you’re not a TRS here’s how to qualify in a month
December 4, 2009
Many sellers are struggling to meet the Top Rated Seller (TRS) criteria due to low volume sales combined with DSRs received prior to the progammes announcement. After careful consideration and reviewing the 12 month rating period (Links to… Read more
eBay and gift wrapping 2003 – 2009
December 4, 2009
It’s six years since the then for their buyers but eBay still love the gift wrapping theme. This year they’ve got the UK Origami champion Mark Bolitho to help create an animated gift wrapping film showing some toys being wrapped. I like the end… Read more
Free auction listings for private sellers 5th – 6th Dec
December 3, 2009
There’s a , but only for auctions and only for private sellers. eBay have also created an “” where consumers can browse for some ideas of what to sell along with average sale guide prices. It’s again worth remembering that buyers that sell the… Read more
How not to deliver a parcel
December 3, 2009
You have got to be kidding me! I’ve been away from home for two days and fortunately returned today. Thursday is the day my refuse is collected and as I have fantastic neighbours they’re always kind enough to put my wheelie bin out at the front of… Read more
Daily Mail tells how to fight back against spam
December 2, 2009
Last week I wrote about spam and how I billed a company for sending me a spam text message, today the Daily Mail picked up the story in Money Mail. You can read the story in both the print and online editions. If you’re sent a spam text message… Read more
50% off auction listing in the US unless your DSRs are bad
December 2, 2009
There’s a on eBay.com today (Wednesday 2nd), but only if you’re DSRs are above 4.5. If your 12 month ratings have dipped below 4.5 you’re persona non grata as far as promotions go on eBay, if you don’t have DSRs yet because you’re a new seller you… Read more
LMVH vs. eBay : brand spanking for the small seller
December 1, 2009
photo credit: Gavin GilmourStrike another one for LVMH. As m’colleague’s posted, the Jarndyce and Jarndyce of ecommerce, eBay vs. LVMH, has seen eBay fined some more pocket money for allowing, or not stopping, the sale of products LVMH didn’t want… Read more
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- eBay predicts 1 in four of us will by off TV by 2014. My brother already shops on eBay on his interactive TV http://t.co/jxq5YVlP 9 hrs ago
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- @ebay_uk @eBayFashion_UK I like the new swatch matching too, although some have said colours on a screen differ to real life so a challenge in reply to ebay_uk 11 hrs ago
- @ebay_uk Augmented Reality combined with Image Recognition, but probably hardest to achieve will probably have most impact for sales in reply to ebay_uk 11 hrs ago
- RT @john_w_hayes: You can now judge my book by its cover, but still cannot read it until June 11 - #becomingtheexpert | http://t.co/s73xseMa 2 days ago
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