EU consultation on the future of ecommerce

October 30, 2010

The European Commission want to study in detail the reasons for what they believe is still a limited takeoff of ecommerce in Europe and want your input. The “Electronic Commerce” Directive aims to remove barriers to the establishment of… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 8 Comments 

PayPal site outage affects eBay payments

October 29, 2010

There has been a major PayPal outage today so if you’re wondering why your buyers haven’t paid for their purchases this is probably the reason. If your items require immediate payment then it’s also likely that they’ve not been able to complete… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Paypal | 4 Comments 

Shipping order bug fixed on eBay

October 29, 2010

There has been a bug on eBay for some time where the shipping methods presented to buyers at checkout were displayed in the wrong order. This has led to many buyers unintentionally upgrading to priority services and of course paying more than… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay.co.uk | 13 Comments 

Emin-forging eBay seller jailed

October 29, 2010

A man who sold forged art works purporting to be by the artist Tracey Emin has been jailed for 16 months. He admitted 10 counts of fraud and one of deception at Manchester crown court. The 32-year old made at least 11 pieces after working alongside… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, News | 1 Comment 

Post Office to receive £1.3bn extra funding

October 29, 2010

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced that the Post Office network is to get £1.3bn of extra funding over the next four years. Mr Cable has also reiterated that there will be no PO closures under the coalition government. He said that… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 20 Comments 

WePay chills PayPal dev con

October 28, 2010

A cunning stunt from PayPal competitor WePay at the the PayPal developer conference this week: they delivered a 600lb block of ice to the front of the conference centre, filled with frozen money and the message “PayPal freezes your accounts |… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Events, Paypal | 1 Comment 

eBay UK tweaks View Item page

October 28, 2010

Of particularly good news to business sellers is that advertisements will no longer show up on their listings (except in the Motors category). The number of items sold is now being displayed at the top of the listings, as is the item number…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 5 Comments 

eBay.com finally sorts out vacation settings

October 28, 2010

Some news that eBay Store owners have been waiting for for a long time today: vacation settings on eBay.com are finally being improved so that buyers cannot buy fixed price items at all while sellers are on holiday. Previously, though fixed price… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, eBay.com, Featured | 14 Comments 

PayPal Apps announced at Innovate 2010

October 27, 2010

PayPal have announced “PayPal Apps” at the Innovate 2010 developers conference being held this week in the US. PayPal Apps are similar to eBay.com Apps and PayPal applications will run in IFrames within the PayPal website. Three PayPal apps… Read more

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Buy Android apps and pay with PayPal

October 27, 2010

You can now use PayPal to buy apps on their Android Market according to PayPal. This will be in addition to Google Checkout or entering a credit card at the time of purchase. It looks like developers will still collect money through Google… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Paypal | 5 Comments 

Why item specifics are so important

October 24, 2010

Back on 30th September Internet Retailing held a Jump Start event focusing on eBay trading. The aim of the event was to educate retailers considering eBay as an additional platform and to make them aware of the opportunity and challenges they will… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Events, Selling Tips | 18 Comments 

How will you handle the VAT increase in January?

October 24, 2010

eBay have surveyed sellers regarding the VAT increase to 20% due in January 2011. The big questions facing sellers are will the VAT rise impact sales and will it be passed on to customers or will sellers absorb the increase themselves. Based on… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 24 Comments 

eBay Instant Sale for lazy casual sellers

October 23, 2010

Can’t be bothered to list your old consumer electronics on eBay? No longer a problem if you’re in the US. eBay have launched eBay Instant Sale as a quick and easy way to dispose of your gadgets such as old mobile phones, laptops, GPS and… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.com | 6 Comments 

Free auction listings for private sellers 23rd-24th October

October 22, 2010

There’s free listing on eBay UK this weekend for private sellers. For the 23rd and 24th October private sellers can list on auction for free regardless of start price. As with recent private seller auctions use of professional selling tools such… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD | 10 Comments 

Best offers higher than the listed price

October 21, 2010

I’m not sure what’s happened with Best Offers, but I was under the impression that the highest price that could be offered was the asking price. This obviously isn’t the case as I’ve just had an offer (which I accepted) for £15 on an item with a… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay | 10 Comments 

Win a years salary of £40k with PayPal

October 21, 2010

PayPal are to give away six lots of a years salary for £40,000 in a competition running for the next six weeks. All you have to do to enter is purchase and pay using PayPal, send someone money with PayPal, or submit a “Valid Entry” by having a… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Events | 5 Comments 

eBay Q3 Earnings: PayPal bails out eBay (again)

October 20, 2010

eBay released their 3rd quarter Earnings today and it’s a familiar tale of strong payments growth (In the past I would have said PayPal but we have Bill Me Later as well now), slightly better than expected eBay marketplace performance and a good… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 3 Comments 

eBay Fashion Outlet wins E Commerce Award for Excellence

October 20, 2010

Last night was the gala dinner and awards ceremony at E Commerce Expo hosted by One Show presenter, Hardeep Singh Kohli and eBay won the award for the “Best e-commerce Marketing Initiative”. The judging panel was recruited and managed the IMRG and… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 3 Comments 

eBay Listing Analytics tool now live

October 20, 2010

eBay are now rolling out the Listings Analytics tool to UK users, although it may be some time before you see the new tab in My eBay. There appears to be a few glitches and the tab has been randomly appearing and disappearing for the last few hours… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 15 Comments 

ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference 2011

October 19, 2010

ChannelAdvisor have opened bookings early this year for the Catalyst conferences running in Spring 2011. The UK Catalyst conference will be held on 17th – 18th May 2011 at the Park Plaza Riverside, London. The US Catalyst conference will be on 4th… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Events | 3 Comments 

25c auctions for all eBay.com sellers

October 19, 2010

eBay.com are running yet another promotion, this time for 25c auction listings for a full week starting today 19th October and running until 25th October. To qualify you’ll need 12 month detailed seller rating of 4.5 or higher and the promotion… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD, eBay.com | 2 Comments 

Apple call time on 3rd party accessories

October 19, 2010

Have you ever purchased a charger, a cable or a spare battery for your phone or laptop? Are you a seller of accessories for consumer electronics? If so do you sell genuine manufacture accessories or would you be happy to buy third party compatible… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 3 Comments 

Royal Mail seek to increase price of bulk mail

October 18, 2010

Royal Mail is asking the postal regulator for permission to increase prices on bulk mail. It wants to raise an extra £100 million a year, by increasing the price of bulk mail. RM says that it loses on average 2½p for each of the 6.4… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 10 Comments 

Would you like a dispute with that?

October 17, 2010

We heard from the lovely Jane, eBay Anorak and Demon Bead Lady, of an issue with eBay’s Unpaid Item Assistant. Jane quite sensibly had turned this off, preferring to handle her unpaid items on a case by case basis rather than potentially annoying… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under eBay, Featured, Glitches | 17 Comments 

ChannelAdvisor revamp their eBay checkout

October 16, 2010

ChannelAdvisor have quietly revamped their 3rd party eBay checkout which is now a single page four tabbed process. There’s a pre-populated address check tab, followed by shipping method, payment option and final order confirmation tabs. As you go… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay | 4 Comments