Would you voluntarily pay more tax than you had to?
August 31, 2011
The New York Times has caused a bit of a rumpus at eBay by citing them as one of 25 US companies whose CEO’s earn more than the company pays in federal taxes. They were citing data from a report by the Institute for Policy Studies saying that “a… Read more
Promoting your best selling items in your eBay shop
August 31, 2011
Did you know that you can change the default search order for your eBay shop? Currently the default search order for your eBay shop will be Time Ending Soonest – This is the old traditional way of displaying items in eBay search and it’s still the… Read more
eBay.com 1c cheap listing day: August 30th
August 30, 2011
For sellers who list on eBay.com today’s the day to get your auctions running again for the end of the Summer Holidays. eBay are holding a one day one cent auction listing promotion for eBay.com, eBay.ca and eBay.com motor parts and… Read more
eBay: “38% of sales come from a few top sellers”
August 30, 2011
eBay’s “level playing field” is now officially dead. Big retailers, sellers with a £1m turnover and those who form part of the “few top sellers” who deliver 38% of eBay sales are now priority, according to eBay executives. Many eBay sellers… Read more
Tradebox review by Alex Ingham
August 27, 2011
Alex Ingham’s company, MI Supplies was founded in 2005, launched their first online venture with an eBay shop in 2009 with their safetyandclothing shop, and are now taking their online venture further with their ecommerce site. They supply… Read more
Adding products to eBay.com catalogue data
August 25, 2011
It was only two days ago that I asked the question “Would you like the ability to edit catalogue information or to add new entries to the catalogue data?” It now appears that on eBay.com in one category – GPS Systems, you can add new products to… Read more
Search ideas from eBay: eBuzz
August 25, 2011
eBay eBuzz (also called “Buzz of the Day!) uses similar technology to eBaySaurus that we looked at yesterday. eBuzz is offering a mile high view of eBay with the option to dig deeper. You can Learn more about the eBay eco-system with just a few… Read more
Search ideas from eBay: eBaySaurus
August 24, 2011
eBaySaurus is a cutting edge tool from eBay offering a new view of search terms and a new way to discover related items to topics of interest. eBaySaurus is a semantic network giving an insight into the search terms and vocabulary of the eBay… Read more
Test purchase leads to shilling suspension
August 23, 2011
It appears to be a bad day for sellers with account problems, as I’ve had four telephone conversations today regarding eBay accounts being suspended. One however with a TameBay reader who I shall call “Alex” (mainly because that’s his name) has had… Read more
New categories to list against eBay product catalogue
August 23, 2011
From today eBay UK has increased the number of electronics categories in which sellers should list their items with a matching product from the eBay catalogue. Sellers must, where possible, list an item against a matching product from the catalogue,… Read more
Search ideas from eBay: Discover
August 23, 2011
Discover eBay’s most interesting inventory, and get personalized recommendations. eBay Discover is another search tool, similar to Niche Markets, that offers buyers a serendipitous way to explore eBay’s amazing infinity of long tail inventory…. Read more
Search ideas from eBay: Niche Markets
August 22, 2011
There’s been many a complaint of late that eBay are focussing on fixed price items to the detriment of finding the idiosyncratic thing that you didn’t even know you were looking for. That’s why David Brackin said yesterday that he’s “disappointed to… Read more
It’s the search box, stupid – a plea to learn from the lessons of the past
August 21, 2011
David Brackin is an occasional guest writer on Tamebay and is a Director of Stuff U Sell, the UK’s leading eBay Trading Assistant. He used to be head of Strategy for LookSmart, Inc, an internet directory service, which provided the web directory… Read more
ChannelGrabber review by Georgina Davies
August 20, 2011
Georgina Davies (georgiegirlsgems) George was a full time eBay seller from 2002 – 2010. She sold horse & rider equipment before moving on to beads & jewellery making supplies. She took a year off from eBay to have a baby and concentrate fully on… Read more
eSellerPro customer event at Lords 15th September
August 19, 2011
eSellerPro have announced their first ever major public event at Lords Cricket Ground to be held on the 15th September 2011. The event is for eSellerPro customers and as well as the opportunity to meet the eSellerPro team will also lay out an… Read more
In memory of Sue Bailey
August 19, 2011
We thought you would like to know that our dear friend and colleague Sue Bailey was laid to rest yesterday in a wonderfully peaceful woodland setting in Buckinghamshire. Whilst we and many others will miss Sue’s immense sense of fun, her… Read more
Free listing weekend on eBay UK 20-21st August
August 19, 2011
There’s a free listing weekend for private sellers on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August. To qualify you’ll need to list without using professional tools such as SMP or TurboLister. The Sell Your Item, Quick Sell or iPhone application tools will… Read more
Buying from search results preview pane test
August 17, 2011
Don’t be surprised if things look slightly different next time you’re searching for an item – eBay are about to start testing enhanced versions of the search results page for a limited number of buyers. There will be several different versions,… Read more
Are you an eBay Hoarderholic?
August 16, 2011
David Brackin is an occasional guest writer on Tamebay and is a Director of Stuff U Sell, the UK’s leading eBay Trading Assistant. He founded the business 6 years ago after trying to declutter his own flat and is well accustomed to seeing all… Read more
Mid-year review for your ecommerce business
August 15, 2011
Scot Wingo, CEO of ChannelAdvisor, is hosting a series of seminars to help retailers start putting the final touches on their plans for the holiday selling season. There will be a mid-year ecommerce check up for the UK, US and Australian markets as… Read more
OFT word of warning to the knicker mafia
August 15, 2011
The Office of Fair Trading has asked eBay to advise business sellers that they are obliged to accept returns and restrictions such as “We do not accept returns due to hygiene” are unacceptable. It is important to realise that the Distance Selling… Read more
Farewell Sue Bailey
August 10, 2011
We are very sorry to say that Sue Bailey died early this morning. Sue was a founder and co-editor of Tamebay, and lots of you knew her well. She had many friends and contacts around the world, and online, and we wanted to let you all know about… Read more
Incentives: Win £50 of Amazon.co.uk vouchers
August 5, 2011
Amazon are running a survey with five prizes of £50 Amazon vouchers up for grabs. The survey asks questions regarding the size of your business and your opinions of trading on eBay and Amazon. However you do need to be resident in the UK to… Read more
PayPal to open an office in Russia?
August 3, 2011
There are rumours flying around that PayPal are to open their first offices in Russia. The rumour was started by Alain Vladimir, the founder of recruitment agency Pruffi, who says PayPal will open a small Russian office in the Autumn. We asked… Read more
Rakuten Acquires Tradoria in Germany
August 1, 2011
Rakuten are fulfilling their aim to open a UK and German site this year with the acquisition of Tradoria in Germany. They have acquired an 80% stake in Tradoria which was was founded in 2007 and employs a unique business model that encompasses a web… Read more
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