eBay Bucks rewards program opened to all US buyers

August 5, 2010

eBay.com have opened up eBay Bucks Rewards Program to all buyers. The program lets you earn 2% back on qualifying purchases when you pay with PayPal. Previously, like the UK version of the program known as , eBay Bucks was in Beta and accessible… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay.com | Comments Off 

ChannelAdvisor Insite 2010 dates and discount code

August 4, 2010

ChannelAdvisor have announced three dates for the annual ChannelAdvisor Insite event, which this year kicks off in Manchester on the 8th September and then moves to Birmingham on the 9th with the final date being London on the 23rd September. The… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Events | 1 Comment 

eBay UK launch shopping basket beta test

August 3, 2010

eBay have launched the shopping basket beta and you can try the eBay shopping basket for real on eBay UK. It’s great to be able to drop items into the shopping basket and then if you find a better deal or price you can simply click the remove… Read more

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

eBay are bidding on my User Id on Adwords

August 3, 2010

Every now and again I’ll do a check of my Internet profile more out of curiosity than anything and today’s check discovered that eBay are bidding on Google Adwords for my eBay user ID. They’ve not got it quite right though, they’re linking my… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Adwords | 8 Comments 

How to take payments at trade fairs

August 3, 2010

I’ve had some cute printers come into stock and (although I don’t usually write about the products I sell on eBay) it prompted me to think about what sellers need if they’re going to be selling at local markets or other sales in the run up to… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Featured, Selling Tips | 1 Comment 

Buying a car – the escrow scam

August 3, 2010

It’s not easy buying a car safely if you’re not familiar with the Internet. A friend of mine phoned me to ask how to do an escrow payment for a car he found on Piston Heads. It was a classic Internet sob story – “My wife divorced me, I’ve moved… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Classifieds, News | 3 Comments 

1 month free auctions on eBay.com (but not for store owners)

August 3, 2010

eBay.com have a whole month of free auction listings for sellers who haven’t got an eBay store subscription. Running from today (3rd August) until the 7th September there will be regardless of start price. It’s worth remembering that the first… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD | 1 Comment 

Free insertion, subtitle & supersize for GPS & MP3s

August 2, 2010

Free listings, free subtitle and free supersize images are available to all sellers in the MP3 and GPS categories right through the Christmas and New Year selling seasons to January 9th 2011, so long as they are listed using eBay catalogue… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD | 1 Comment 

Only 149 shopping days left until Christmas!

August 2, 2010

It’s the 2nd of August, so that must mean… Christmas? Christmas shopping at Selfridges starts today, the earliest the store has ever opened its seasonal department (last year was 8th August, so it’s not so unusually early for them). What about… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Ecommerce | 6 Comments 

DOTD Watch : why set terms that put your buyers off?

August 1, 2010

Well, another day, another deal of the day with a questionable returns policy…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, Selling Tips | 21 Comments 

How to edit eBay item condition

August 1, 2010

Item condition is a required value in eBay listings . Some sellers – surprise – are having problems editing their listings. If that’s you, here are a couple of tips: 1. Make sure Turbo Lister is up to date Hit ctrl + alt + shift + R to make sure… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, Selling Tips | 9 Comments