Why I’ll never use eBay catalogue data again
June 16, 2010
I decided it was high time I made use of eBay’s catalogue data when listing products, after all if they’ve gone to the trouble of collating relevant information about the product it would save me time typing it in. This was a big mistake and… Read more
Mark Lewis CEO of Collect+ on BBC Working Lunch
June 16, 2010
Mark Lewis, ex eBay UK Managing Director, was on BBC Working Lunch today to plug his new company – Collect+ of which he is now CEO. He had some valid points to make about missed deliveries being a pain point for online consumers and explained how… Read more
Royal Mail offer integrated warehouse solution for online merchants
June 16, 2010
Royal Mail have set up a warehousing and fulfillment solution called Warehousing and Royal Mail E-Commerce Engine , which is ideal for sellers who want to source stock but don’t want (or have) sufficient warehouse space. The solution is similar… Read more
eBay property ads go big business
June 14, 2010
If you thought the slant of the eBay playing field towards big business was limited to Fashion Outlet categories, think again: Property is going the same way, as last week, property site Zoopla announced a deal to partner with eBay and Gumtree to… Read more
eBay.com to get feedback filtering
June 14, 2010
eBay.com are to get feedback filtering which has been live on the UK site for as long as I can remember. Starting this week you’ll be able to click on a number (for positive, neutral or negative) in the recent feedback box and filter for feedback of… Read more
eBay close the door on classified ads
June 14, 2010
eBay are to close down their local services classified ads with immediate effect. Today is the last day that classified ads can be listed on the site, any current ads will run to their expiration date and then the Local Services classified ads… Read more
What should an eBay shopping cart look like?
June 13, 2010
photo credit: Looking GlassPayPal’s new fee structure has led a number of commenters to observe that if eBay had a shopping cart, the chances of multiple payments for a single order, each with a 30c fee, would be reduced. eBay users have, of… Read more
Severe glitch with SMP auto-emails
June 13, 2010
photo credit: CarbonNYCWe’re hearing from a number of sellers that there are some severe problems with emails being generated by SMP. The main problem appears to be that buyers who bought two or three weeks ago are now receiving dispatch emails… Read more
When SEO goes bad
June 13, 2010
photo credit: Noël Zia LeeWe all know (don’t we?) that including keywords in URLs helps with SEO. Blog posts, view item pages on your website, and so on get a little boost when the URL is made of actual language rather than… Read more
Auto-Sync Twitter location with Google Latitude
June 13, 2010
If you use Twitter and Google Latitude then vzaar have a cute application (nothing to do with video) to link the two together letting your friends know where you are. The big question is of course do you want people tracking where you are and… Read more
PayPal US will no longer refund transaction fee
June 13, 2010
PayPal have made some changes to their American user agreement. Most contraversially, from August 10th they will no longer refund the 30c fixed transaction fee to the seller when a full refund is made. Instead, sellers will see both the refund… Read more
Record $2.63m charity bid on eBay for Buffett lunch
June 12, 2010
There’s a new record for a charity item on eBay today – $2.63 million (about £1.8 million). The bid was placed for the annual lunch for eight people with Warren Buffett to benefit the Glide Foundation and smashes the previous record of $2,1… Read more
Gumtree comes up trumps again
June 11, 2010
Yet again Gumtree has come up trumps for me, I ended up with a large laser printer/scanner/copier/fax which is too big and heavy for a standard courier delivery so I listed it on Gumtree. It sold within four hours of listing and I’m dropping it off… Read more
What to watch between World Cup games
June 10, 2010
Just in time for the football World Cup season, Zavvi_Outlet have a Weekly Deal for “History of Football: ” on DVD. It covers every World Cup from 1930 to 1998, with extras including England’s 4-2 victory against West Germany. If you need… Read more
Enter to win 5 free deliveries with myHermes
June 10, 2010
Our chums at parcel delivery company myHermes have some free deliveries up for grabs. They’ve two voucher codes, each for five free UK to UK deliveries to give away so if you want one add a comment below saying “I want five deliveries with… Read more
eBay.com gets charity in checkout
June 8, 2010
eBay.com are adopting the “Donate a pound” eBay for Charity program which has been running in the UK since November 2008. However there is a major difference in how the program has been implemented. In the UK a random (eBay chosen!) charity is… Read more
Microsoft kills off Bing search engine cashback
June 8, 2010
Microsoft have called it a day and will be retiring their Bing cash back program rather than as had been hoped expanding it internationally. The program worked by offering discounts from retailers when a product was searched for on Bing (Microsoft’s… Read more
Stamps.com integrate with open source Zen Cart
June 8, 2010
US based Stamps.com, a service which allows you to purchase and print out USPS stamps online has expanded to include open source ecommerce shopping cart Zen Cart. With Stamps.com you can now generate postage labels from eBay, Yahoo! Merchant, Google… Read more
John Donahoe on the future of eBay
June 6, 2010
Nothing earth-shattering here. A couple of random thoughts from me: The Amazon/eBay rivalry isn’t a winner-take-all competition – nor indeed is ecommerce limited to those two giants. So I’d agree with JD on this one:… Read more
L’Oréal tell eBay sellers to remove listings or face legal action
June 6, 2010
We’re being told that a number of eBay sellers have, in the last day or two, received letters from representatives of cosmetics and perfume firm L’Oréal. The letters instruct them to remove all of the company’s product from their eBay listings… Read more
Free listing for French private sellers’ auctions until 31st July
June 4, 2010
eBay France is offering free insertion fees for private sellers’ auctions from today until 31st July. Private sellers can list up to 100 items a month with no up-front listing fee, saving between 5c and €1,00 per listing. The promotional fee… Read more
Speedo set up shop on eBay
June 2, 2010
Just in time for that new swimming costume for the summer holidays Speedo are the latest big brand name to set up shop on eBay. With eBay’s stated goal of attracting mainline retailers and brand to the site they’ve had a raft of impressive additions… Read more
Mark Lewis (ex eBay MD) becomes CEO of Collect+
June 2, 2010
Mark Lewis, eBay’s MD who left in March this year when Clare Gilmartin returned from maternity leave to become EU Marketplaces Vice President has landed a new job. He’s just become CEO of Collect+, the parcel delivery company set up in 2009 by Home… Read more
Why you should attend E Commerce Expo
June 2, 2010
E Commerce Expo is an event held in Manchester and then again in London each year. The next event will be at the National Hall at Olympia on the 19th & 20th October 2010. TameBay reader Terry attended the Manchester event last month and shared with… Read more
Free listing for UK private sellers’ auctions 6th June
June 2, 2010
There’s another free listing day for private sellers’ auctions on eBay UK this Sunday, 6th June 2010. Insertion fees are waived no matter what the start price, though all other fees apply as normal. Business sellers are not eligible, nor are BIN… Read more
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