September 2010

30/09/2010

eSellerPro have just announced that they’ve secured £2 million funding from investment fund Notion Capital. They say that they will use the funds to invest sales, marketing and customer service to drive and support demand across the UK, European and US markets. This is interesting as up until now eSellerPro have been a company which [...]

30/09/2010

If you’re looking to ask a question about a potential purchase then from today you’ll have to hunt for the As Seller a Question link. It’s been permanently removed from the top of the page and relocated to the bottom. eBay say that in tests the less obvious position reduced questions from buyers with no [...]

29/09/2010

TechCrunch reports that PayPal are to release a new version of their iPhone app, which will allow merchants to photograph the front and back of a check with their phone’s camera, and have it automatically added to their PayPal balance. Before the spelling police get on to me, I do mean “check” – there’s no [...]

29/09/2010

We’ve all been there: that moment when you see the red dot in the pristine line of green, reading the utterly unreasonable (and probably untrue) comment, furiously wondering if they know just what they’ve done… teeth grinding, reaching for the keyboard to respond and let the world know just what an idiot that buyer is… [...]

29/09/2010

There’s a screen shot on the Internet of Skype version 5 and it’s got full facebook integration. According to Kara Swisher an announcement is imminent telling of the integration of Skype voice and messaging with Facebook Connect. This would allow you to contact your Facebook friends direct through Skype. Skype would benefit from 1/2 billion [...]

29/09/2010

Following on from the promise to break the one-size-fits-all buying experience, eBay have launched a new search experience in GPS systems and MP3 players. The new search experience is intended to simplify the buying process on eBay for these tech products. on the site easier. The search experience rolls up listings into product pages, similar [...]

29/09/2010

I’ve had a very strange Best Offer today – on an item with an asking price of £24.99 I’ve had a Best Offer submitted for £24.99! I’m not sure if this was an error, whether the buyer simply wanted to explain why they wanted the monitor, or if they had some other reason for using [...]

28/09/2010

If you’re not a store owner on eBay.com then you’ve got free auctions until the end of the year regardless of start price. Currently the first 100 auctions a month with a start price of 99c or less are free, but this promotion makes the first 100 auctions free no matter how high you set [...]

27/09/2010

If you’ve got a free space in your diary this Thursday morning head down to London for the Internet Retailing Jump Start event focusing on eBay trading. The event will revolve around an expert panel who will share their insight and experience on eBay trading followed by a round of Q&A giving you the opportunity [...]

27/09/2010

Bulk relist in My eBay and Selling Manager Pro appears to be broken, at least for me. Possibly the reason is because I subscribed to the new Beta relist process (where you can edit details of relists in a spreadsheet type view). eBay haven’t put out an announcement on the UK site regarding this, but [...]