Head of eBay UK Communications to take questions from sellers
February 18, 2011
If you’ve got any questions about trading on eBay, whether it be buying or selling, then head over to the Online Business Forum on Linked In. Patrick Munden, Head of Seller Communications for eBay UK & eBay.ie will be popping into the forum next… Read more
HTC Desire S available for pre-order on Amazon
February 18, 2011
Amazon have just got the scoop for the release date of the HTC Desire S mobile phone handset. They’ve got it advertised at a price of £419.99 with a release date of the 18th April. The new version of the Desire features a 3.7-inch Sony… Read more
SNAFU: eBay checkout glitch
February 18, 2011
Your buyers might be having problems buying from you this morning. There’s a problem with eBay checkout which is currently being worked on. eBay say they are “currently experiencing checkout problems. Community members may see errors or timeouts… Read more
eBay On Location: Las Vegas 13th-14th April
February 17, 2011
eBay have just announced the first eBay On Location event for 2011. The event will be held on the 13th – 14th April in Las Vegas. Early registration will begin in two weeks time and is rumoured to be $59, although I’ve yet to hear what the full… Read more
eBay Australia Spring 2011 Seller Update
February 16, 2011
eBay Australia are the first this year to announce the next round of seller changes, although much of… Read more
eBay ranked first for social media reputation
February 16, 2011
eBay have just come first in the Top 50 Brands in Social Media league table from Yomego. eBay has always embraced social media ever since the introduction of community forums. They also have the eBay Ink Blog run by Richard Brewer-Hay as well as… Read more
IMRG Christmas Delivery Review 2010
February 16, 2011
The IMRG have just published the IMRG Christmas Delivery Review 2010*, which says “Even with the extreme challenges brought by the weather, overall the e-retail sector still performed above expectation and, despite some suggestions to the contrary,… Read more
Dead Space 2 for PS3 only £29.85 on eBay
February 15, 2011
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting Dead Space 2, the big-budget sequel to the 2008 survival-horror epic, then eBay are offering – saving 40% off the RRP. The same game is currently selling for £37.99 elsewhere. As part of its Weekly Deals, eBay… Read more
eBay app to be pre-installed on all O2 mobile phones
February 15, 2011
In what is the first mobile pre-load deal agreed by eBay anywhere in the world all O2 mobile smart phones sold in the UK will have the eBay app pre-installed. It’s also a first for Telefonica, the owners of O2, it’s the first time that they have… Read more
eBay buyers and sellers raise record amounts for charity
February 15, 2011
eBay buyers and sellers donated over £7.5m for UK charities in 2010 and that’s on top of a further £4m raised by charity shops on eBay UK. That’s a 20% increase on the total raised in 2009, and a 200% increase from 2007 to 2010. Much of the… Read more
Notice of a problem
February 15, 2011
I went to get some keys cut yesterday. Here’s the notice that the shop had up (I tried to get a picture but the man frowned at me): Please ask the price of keys before you request to have them cut. If you do not ask the price and the keys are cut,… Read more
How do eBay sellers stop buyers from ripping them off?
February 14, 2011
Once upon a time… there was a girl who put a thousand quid shirt in the post, the ordinary post, with no tracking. It went to Australia, to a buyer with -1 feedback, who’d paid with a credit card (this was before PayPal was even thought of)…. Read more
Here we go again : Post Office staff in strike ballot
February 13, 2011
4,000 Post Office staff are being balloted on industrial action in a row over pay. Counter staff in 373 Crown offices – the larger offices usually found on high streets and busier locations – will vote whether to strike in protest at not receiving a… Read more
eBay predict double digit growth for next 3 years
February 12, 2011
eBay held their annual Analyst meeting on Thursday this week and the company’s future is all about PayPal. eBay expect PayPal to gain up to 24% of global e-commerce by 2013 which is an incredibly ambitious projection. For the next two years eBay… Read more
eBay own almost half of Magento
February 12, 2011
eBay revealed at their latest analyst day that they own 49% of Magento. Magento announced back in March 2010 that they had received a sizeable investment, but at the time the investor was a not very well kept secret. The revelation by eBay on… Read more
eBay fuels half a billion pound UK export boom
February 12, 2011
Prime Minister David Cameron has declared at the World Economic Forum in Davos, that exports were central to the Government’s strategy to rebuild the UK economy. According to figures released by eBay today, eBay sellers are leading the way and… Read more
Terapeak hold Valentines discount sale
February 12, 2011
Terapeak, the eBay Market Research specialists are holding a Valentines discount on annual subscriptions. From now until the 24th February 2011, Terapeak are offering up to 60% off their standard rates. If you’ve not used Terapeak before it’s the… Read more
3rd Party Checkout is SNAFU for next week
February 11, 2011
It appears that there’s a problem with 3rd party checkout on eBay, and the fix isn’t likely to happen for a week. The issue occurs when multiple items from different sellers are placed into eBay’s shopping cart and then paid for as a single… Read more
Harrier Jump Jet bombs twice on eBay
February 11, 2011
It would be hard to get much unluckier when you’re trying to sell something on eBay than has just happened to Jet Art Aviation. First they tried to sell a Harrier Jump Jet (naturally decommissioned) only to have it won by a seven year old boy who… Read more
Free listing weekend for eBay UK
February 11, 2011
This weekend for the 12th – 13th February private registered sellers on eBay UK can . Once again, as with previous recent free listing promotions, professional listing tools are barred – only the Sell Your Item form can be used if you want to… Read more
Gumtree tv ads
February 10, 2011
Gumtree are back on the TV screen with two new adverts – general household goods and another focusing on cars. The ad shows pretty much how Gumtree works (although I’m sure that’s not actually a ‘Gumtree’ in the advert). You list items you have… Read more
Google Shopping comes to Spain, Italy, Netherlands
February 10, 2011
Google Shopping is the one Comparison Shopping Engine (CSE) that all retailers should be listing their products on. Not only is it free, but by virtue of the “Shopping” tab in Google search results it’s currently one of the highest profile CSEs on… Read more
Is this the end of Comparison Shopping sites?
February 9, 2011
Over on the ChannelAdvisor blog, their CEO Scot Wingo, has just published Same Store Sales for the month of January. Same Store Sales compare how all of ChannelAdvisor’s customers are performing relative to the same period in the previous… Read more
Mencap April Fools & Teenage Cancer Trust Tickets
February 9, 2011
eBay have announced listing restrictions around two charity events happening in the coming months – Mencap’s April Fool’s comedy event to be held on 1st April and Teenage Cancer Trust annual concerts which will take place between the 21st and… Read more
Microsoft Bing “learns” from Google’s search results
February 8, 2011
There’s been an interesting spat recently between Google and Microsoft regarding their search engines. Google noticed that in many cases Microsoft’s Bing search engine was returning the same results as Google themselves would return, even for very… Read more
Recent Forum Threads
- Best Multi Channel Email Answering Software
- Distance Selling Regulations (again)
- Safebuy - Be careful if you've cancelled
- AMAZON / JERSEY tried and failed
- please help buyer refusing to pay and wants to cancel.
- eBay email notifications
- Half term sales way down
- Promote your items on other pages (and vice versa) feature
- Multi Channel Sales & Stock Control Software (Order Manageme
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From Twitter
- eBay predicts 1 in four of us will by off TV by 2014. My brother already shops on eBay on his interactive TV http://t.co/jxq5YVlP 9 hrs ago
- RT @customlogoshop: Got a business but wanting to look more professional? For just £50 you can re-brand your company! -... 11 hrs ago
- @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 12 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 12 hrs ago
- RT @john_w_hayes: You can now judge my book by its cover, but still cannot read it until June 11 - #becomingtheexpert | http://t.co/s73xseMa 2 days ago
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