Customise your kit on eBay listings
April 15, 2010
If you’ve ever wanted to sell accessories on eBay this listing will make your day! Customise your order by adding accessories, which in this example includes memory cards, batteries, cases and warranty. As you add or remove accessories from the… Read more
Tbay office spotted in Devon
April 14, 2010
Spotted by a reader down in Torbay, they took a double take wondering if they’d found the secret location of the TameBay offices. Truth be told they’re a lot less conspicuous than this one which is actually the lair of tbay taxis. In unashamed… Read more
ChannelAdvisor Catalyst: Amazon
April 14, 2010
Matt Henderson, Amazon UK’s director for Merchant Services had some interesting news for retailers at this weeks ChannelAdvisor Catalyst conference. Whilst totally unrepentant that Amazon are a retailer and will compete with their third party… Read more
“More Like This” – eBay Image Search just got clever
April 13, 2010
eBay UK have added a rather neat search feature to the Clothing, Shoes and Accessories categories. “More like this” uses images to search, but in an amazingly clever way: if you need a polka dot handbag, but just not quite *this* polka dot handbag,… Read more
Adverts on eBay to carry AdChoice icon
April 13, 2010
eBay have just announced more transparency for adverts on eBay which have been personalised according to data eBay holds about you. Currently the adverts have either an “AdChoice” or “about” link to a pop up window explaining how these ads… Read more
ChannelAdvisor Catalyst: 10 real life consumers
April 12, 2010
One of my favourite sessions at ChannelAdvisor Catalyst is the consumer panel. 10 real life consumers who are chosen at random are given no briefing on the Catalyst event tell where they buy online, what makes them use a particular site, and answer… Read more
ChannelAdvisor Catalyst: Scot Wingo ecommerce overview
April 12, 2010
Scot Wingo kicked off this year’s Catalyst conference attended by 250 retailers, with an overview of what’s happening in the ecommerce world. Scot talked about the changes in how shoppers find products, how eBay appear to have turned the corner… Read more
eBay UK Fashion Outlet launched
April 12, 2010
eBay have launched the Fashion Outlet microsite which can be reached at fashion.ebay.co.uk or by clicking the Fashion Outlet tab in the eBay header. This has reduced the number of Outlets from 30 to 13, although those retailers previously billed… Read more
UK eBay Education Specialist Program closes
April 10, 2010
eBay UK has announced that its Education Specialist Program is to end as of next week. Members were told in an email: You are receiving this message as a registered tutor of the UK & Ireland eBay Education Specialist Programme…. Read more
Seller banner ads in My eBay
April 10, 2010
If you’ve been so annoyed by the relentless march of adverts across eBay UK that you’ve turned it off with Adblock or similar, you’ll be missing eBay’s next trick: banner advertising for sellers on top of My eBay. Pictures courtesy of the… Read more
eBay to pay €16k damages to duped gold buyer
April 8, 2010
photo credit: BullionVaultAn Austrian court has ordered eBay to pay €16,000 in damages to a buyer who paid for gold they never received. The Austrian buyer paid for a kilo of gold from German company and ex-PowerSeller ML Agentur, which has… Read more
Do you know an eBay star developer?
April 8, 2010
Have you got a favourite eBay app? If so, why not nominate it for the eBay Developer Awards 2010. They’re running in five categories: DSR Rockstar (improving customer service & buyer experience) Most Innovative (innovative problem solve… Read more
Google Checkout glitch shuts merchants out of accounts
April 7, 2010
Google has posted a message on its Checkout Merchant Forum explaining why many merchants have been unable to access their own accounts: A recent server update has temporarily disabled the Google Checkout merchant frontend servers. As a result,… Read more
Romanian police arrest 70 in “eBay scam” raids
April 7, 2010
Romanian police yesterday arrested 70 people suspected of involvement in eBay and internet fraud. The suspects are alleged to be members of three gangs which used phished eBay logins to list luxury items for sale on the site. Buyers paid for luxury… Read more
PayPal may delay bank account withdrawals
April 7, 2010
PayPal appear to be hotting up on their security measures, a number of people’s PayPal accounts have been “been randomly selected for this maintenance” and when they log into PayPal “”ill now be taken through a series of identity verification… Read more
eBay UK rolls out automatic unpaid item disputes
April 7, 2010
the Unpaid Item Assistant is now available for UK sellers. This allows sellers to specify a period of time (between 4 and 32 days) after which, if the buyer hasn’t paid, an unpaid item dispute will be automatically opened for them by eBay. If the… Read more
It’s the General eBay-lection
April 6, 2010
Can you predict the outcome of the General Election from eBay UK listings? I’m going to say no, you can’t – but that isn’t going to stop me adding to the plethora of polls around the place today with a quick look at what’s being sold under the names… Read more
Bags of questions on today’s DOTD
April 5, 2010
Are your eBay fees mounting up more than you’d like? Are all those 5ps starting to be a burden? Why not follow the example of today’s Deal of the Day seller, and stick a bunch of completely different lines on one multi-variant listing!… Read more
eBay India introduces the “eBay Guarantee”
April 5, 2010
eBay India has announced they’re launching the “eBay Guarantee” on April 20th 2010. From that date for eBay India buyers that are not 100% satisfied with their purchase on eBay, eBay will ensure that they receive a replacement or a full refund… Read more
If you sell overseas you may lose PowerSellers status
April 4, 2010
It’s April and dates for the new PowerSeller qualifications (18th April) and Minimum Seller Standards (20th April) are looming, and sellers are starting to realise whether they’ll continue to qualify or not. The minimum seller standards will see… Read more
eBay discount vouchers spawn category spamming
April 4, 2010
Almost every time I’ve logged into one of my eBay accounts lately I’ve been greeted with yet another voucher offering a discount specifically from eBay Outlets. That the voucher is limited to Outlets is annoying, but what’s even more frustrating is… Read more
eBay wins (again) against Tiffany
April 2, 2010
photo credit: Jill ClardyTiffany has failed in its latest bid to sue eBay over fake jewellery sold on its site. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeal refused yesterday to overturn a lower court’s ruling that eBay has done all it is required to do… Read more
Free 99p auction listings for private sellers to be limited
April 1, 2010
It’s the policy change that UK business sellers have been asking for, begging for, pleading for for months: eBay UK are introducing a limit on free 99p auction listings for private sellers:… Read more
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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
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