Wedding Watching
April 29, 2011
Not that we’re blowing our own trumpets or anything… okay, we are a bit. With the world’s media focused on Westminster Abbey this morning, just about every news organisation on the planet is reporting on the marriage of Wills and Kate, sorry, the… Read more
Get your Royal Engagement Ring on eBay
April 29, 2011
If you’re after a final souvenir from the Royal Wedding eBay hasn’t failed to come up with the goods on today’s Daily Deal with a replica Royal Engagement Ring and Pendant. At just £9.99 each you can buy in what eBay are calling special deals… Read more
William & Kate marriage boosts sales on eBay
April 29, 2011
photo credit: garryknightPeople across the UK and around the world are sitting down to watch the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton who will hence forth be known as their Royal Highnesses Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the highest… Read more
eBay buys SoLoMo payments company Fig Card
April 29, 2011
eBay has made a really interesting payment acquisition according to the Boston Globe. It’s only a three man start up outfit, but Fig Card, founded just over a year ago has apparently attracted the attention of John Donahoe eBay’s CEO, who snapped up… Read more
eBay UK’s stellar performance bolsters group earnings
April 28, 2011
During last night’s Q1 2011 Investor Earnings conference call John Donahoe once again emphasised that eBay UK is the darling of all country sites. The UK is outperforming it’s rivals including eBay.com, although only the third biggest country site… Read more
eBay & Amazon report Q1 2011 earnings
April 28, 2011
eBay and Amazon have both reported their first quarter earnings for Q1 2011 and they’re both significant for different reasons. Amazon are growing at a fantastic rate of around 38% and significantly a third of all items shipped on Amazon are by… Read more
Saturday business start up club at Staples stores
April 27, 2011
Staples is throwing it’s weight behind the The StartUp Britain Campaign in their aim to boost the economy by getting 500,000 new businesses launched in 2011. The retailer will host weekly Start up Saturday classes in its 138 stores for potential… Read more
Offline businesses see faster Internet growth than online businesses
April 26, 2011
The British Retail Consortium has published its first Online Retail Monitor report today, showing a dramatic increase in mobile retail searches. Mobile search grew 181% in the first three months of the year and now accounts for 11% of all retail… Read more
ChannelAdvisor poised for growth in Europe
April 26, 2011
In advance of next months Catalyst Conference, ChannelAdvisor have announced new additions to their team in London. Simon Bushell has joined as European sales director and Johan Valind as EMEA marketing manager. If you’re attending Catalyst… Read more
Race for the bottom results in a $23m book
April 26, 2011
There’s been an interesting price war taking place on Amazon.com which resulted in a book on genetics being offered for sale at $23,698,655.93 (plus $3.99 shipping). Spotted by Michael Eisen, a biologist at UC Berkeley, two sellers appear to have… Read more
How were your sales over the Easter weekend?
April 26, 2011
We’ve just had the first two of four Bank Holiday weekends and sellers are likely busy today catching up with their packing and postage, or are they? How were your eBay/Amazon/Website sales over the Easter weekend? There’s probably a correlation… Read more
Products or Items – which is best for sellers?
April 26, 2011
eBay are rapidly expanding the number of categories with the mandatory listing using eBay Catalogue data, which is intended to make it easier for buyers to find the products that they’re looking for. However compared with Amazon they still have a… Read more
Item Condition goes missing on eBay.com, .de, .co.uk
April 22, 2011
If you’re wondering why your items aren’t selling, or why if they do sell they’re not fetching the price that you expected, it may be down to a major glitch on eBay spotted by a TameBay reader. On many listings the Item Condition is missing and… Read more
eBay focus on Local & Mobile with Where acquisition
April 21, 2011
eBay have announced they are to acquire Where, who are a leading location media company with a local discovery app for mobile phones. Location based media is easily translated to local mobile adverts. Where enable you to advertise direct to… Read more
Webinar: Best practices for optimizing your Facebook presence
April 21, 2011
If you’re interested in changing fans of your Facebook business page into paying customers then the Facebook/ChannelAdvisor webinar to be held on Tuesday 26th April is an educational event not to be missed. Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor will… Read more
More views on the proposed EU Consumer Rights Directive
April 21, 2011
Following the news at the beginning of the month that the EU is considering new distance selling regulations harmonised across the whole of Europe many organisations are starting to voice concern at two of the proposals. The clauses causing… Read more
Celebrity Easter Egg auctions raise money for Royal Blind
April 20, 2011
There are a string of on eBay. The auctions don’t end until after Easter so it’s not too late to bid on the Easter Eggs signed by the likes of Stephen Fry, Nick Faldo and Michael Ball. Each egg is individually crafted in a Faberge style… Read more
£57.97 for a £7.99 eBay purchase??
April 19, 2011
I just went to buy some reasonably cheap light bulbs on eBay and got the shock of my life courtesy of the eBay Shopping Basket. I clicked the “Add to Basket” link for a £7.99 item and up flashed a box telling me the total was £57.97. The… Read more
Royal Wedding memorabilia blunder on eBay
April 19, 2011
If there’s ever an event guaranteed to produce an influx of sometimes tasteful, but more often tacky, souvenirs it’s a Royal event such as a Coronation, Jubilee or at this moment in time a Royal Wedding. eBay is awash with William and Kate… Read more
Introduction to Email Marketing & Social Media
April 19, 2011
Last week we wrote about iContact, an email marketing solution for small and medium-sized businesses, with a free edition for users with up to 500 contacts. The information sparked a fair amount of interest so we asked John Hayes, the EMEA Business… Read more
ChannelAdvisor Catalyst conference updates
April 18, 2011
Once the Bank Holiday weekends are out of the way it’ll only be a couple of weeks until the ChannelAdvisor Catalyst conference takes place in London. Due to be held on the 17th to 18th May new speakers have been added to the line up. John Gillan… Read more
PayPal/RBS cancel all PayPal Top Up Cards
April 18, 2011
If you have a PayPal Top Up Card it has now been cancelled and your card has been blocked as of the 14th April. PayPal have parted company with RBS the company behind the program and they stopped accepting applications for new cards in August… Read more
Guide to New Buyer Experience and eBay Catalogue
April 18, 2011
If you’re one of the sellers who are listing in the categories which have mandatory use of eBay catalogue data then there’s a useful eBay document you should read. The document covers both the (Link opens in .pdf). Understanding the search… Read more
Are you prepared for an 11 day bank holiday?
April 15, 2011
There are four bank holidays about to fall over two weekends in the UK. This will lead to a three day working week sandwiched between two four day working weeks, and to be honest couldn’t come at a worse time for many online sellers. Not only is… Read more
Open an Amazon seller account with 1st months subscription free
April 15, 2011
If you’re not yet selling on Amazon now is the time to start. Currently they have a promotion running to waive the first months Amazon Pro seller subscription fee of £28.75 per month. The promotion is open to sellers who haven’t previously… Read more
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