Win your £5000 wishlist with PayPal

October 31, 2011

Here’s one for all your dreamers and hopers out there. PayPal will be giving five lucky winners every week the chance to win their £5000 wishlist between now and the 20th December. So, if you have a PayPal account, all you have to do is log in… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under Paypal | 5 Comments 

Snow makes predicting Q4 ecommerce trends trickier than usual

October 31, 2011

Predicting what Christmas shopping would look like online used to be an easy task. It would be bigger than last year, November would be huge, it would start to fall off in December but hopefully not too much before the 15th of December. But this… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, News, Paypal | 16 Comments 

And on the 8th day…PayPal actually topped up my balance from my bank account

October 31, 2011

Mostly as a way of moderating my expenditure on eBay, I like to keep a modest running balance on my PayPal account. I tend to either keep the proceeds of what I sell on hand or top it up every now and again from my bank account. So the Monday… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, Paypal | 8 Comments 

Amazon’s service is staggeringly good

October 28, 2011

As I’ll be writing more stuff for Tamebay and getting more involved over the next few months, I’ve been using eBay a lot more than usual these past few weeks. I’ve also been looking at other ecommerce sites. I’ve also decided that I really can… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under Amazon, eBay | 24 Comments 

Weekly Deals page gets a makeover

October 28, 2011

Logging in to check the Daily and Weekly Deals on eBay I’ve noticed they’ve changed the format for the offers. Up until recently the Daily Deals and have been displayed in sliding galleries which meant you had to scroll in the section of… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 1 Comment 

The Wholesale Forums new website with 100k members

October 28, 2011

The Wholesale Forums is the UK’s leading networking & advice forum for buyers and suppliers. They provide a platform where retailers and wholesalers can congregate and network with each other. Founded in July 2004, on October 20, 2011 The Wholesale… Read more

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Combine Twitter and Facebook with email marketing

October 28, 2011

iContact have announced an expansion to their email marketing service. You can now directly publish, schedule, and track the success of your social media marketing efforts on Facebook and Twitter, either as standalone campaigns or integrated with… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Facebook, News, Social Media | 4 Comments 

eBay Facebook shareable wishlists now live

October 28, 2011

eBay have added their latest social media feature in the form of Wish Lists which can be shared on Facebook or via email. If you’ve got items you want for a particular event such as Christmas, a wedding or your birthday you can even swap to a themed… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com, Facebook, Featured | 1 Comment 

Another private seller free listing weekend 29-30th Oct

October 28, 2011

There’s yet another free listing weekend for private sellers coming up. For the 29th and 30th October they can list up to 100 auction style listings with a start price of £1 or more (they already get free listings with start prices up to… Read more

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

Blogging Job: Vendio want a new blogger

October 27, 2011

Could you write for a living?Can you write quality blog posts? Do you live in the US? Would you like to make money by writing about ecommerce? If the answer to all three questions is “Yes” then Vendio want to hear from you. Vendio are looking for… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Blogging, Ecommerce | 15 Comments 

eCheques are as useless as paper cheques

October 27, 2011

It’s a long time (thankfully) since I’ve received a PayPal eCheque payment and hopefully it’ll be a long time before I get another. However I was interested to note that there’s now a message on the eCheque saying “Note: eCheques work like paper… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Paypal | 11 Comments 

Daily Deal: 80Gb USB hard drive £17.99

October 27, 2011

Today’s Daily Deal just caught my eye, mainly because I like tech orientated products at a bargain price. Sub £20 means I’ll buy almost anything, and the deal on offer today falls into that price point. It’s an and is perfect for backing up… Read more

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

House of Fraser eBay Outlet Flash Sale up to 75% off

October 26, 2011

House of Fraser is holding a two day flash sale on the eBay Fashion Outlet offering up to 75% off across the whole store. Grab an additional saving on your favourite House of Fraser fashion lines including Biba, Episode and Therapy, as well as… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 7 Comments 

Tamebay at the British Library

October 26, 2011

Tamebay now stands side by side with the greats of the English language. William Shakespeare, P.G. Wodehouse, Milton, Jeffrey Archer and now… Chris Dawson. Yes, that’s right, we popped by the British Library in London on Monday to deposit a… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under News | 13 Comments 

eBay Fashion Outlet Winter Wardrobe Collection

October 26, 2011

The eBay Fashion Outlet have just released their Winter Wardrobe Collection. This follows on the back of the Autumn/Winter billboard advertising campaign and aims to drive fashion buyers to eBay. Overseen by eBay’s first ever Creative Director of… Read more

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

Could Meg Whitman make Zaarly into eBay.2

October 26, 2011

We TameBay editors have often talked about ex-eBay execs. What happens once they leave eBay, how long do we continue to blog about them and quite frankly will anyone care? Well in this case it might be worth noting – Meg Whitman (now CEO of HP) has… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 14 Comments 

eBay Top Rated Seller Protection now live

October 25, 2011

As promised by eBay they’re now protecting Top Rated Seller status for selected sellers. The protection will be based on your past performance, and if eligible you’ll see notification of this in your Seller Dashboard. The grace period for high… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 12 Comments 

eBay change Item Condition from “Used” to “New”

October 23, 2011

I often search for my own listings to see how they’re appearing in search results, especially when they’re either performing exceptionally well or exceptionally badly. It’s good practise to know what’s being presented to buyers, and that’s how I… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, Featured | 7 Comments 

Acer Revo RL100 digital entertainment station review

October 22, 2011

We don’t review many tech products on TameBay, but this is one I couldn’t resist sharing. I’ve recently obtained a large wall mounted flat screen TV, and wanted to find a way to use it for Internet services as well. I’m not going to be using it for… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | Comments Off 

Ofcom relax Royal Mail price control to safeguard the Universal Service

October 21, 2011

Ofcom have this week announced proposals which could remove the price caps on what Royal Mail charge their customers. (Ofcom has just taken over from the now defunct Postcomm). The news has been full of horror stories suggesting that in no time… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Featured, News | 19 Comments 

Skype lose all SkypeIn numbers in Italy

October 21, 2011

Back in 2007 Skype hit the headlines when they had to cancel all 0207 SkypeIn numbers in the UK. At the time they offered users the choice of a replacement 0208 or 0203 number instead. As can be expected users weren’t best pleased with using the… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 3 Comments 

Free money from Gumtree and PayPal

October 20, 2011

Blink and you might have missed it (Chris did, he’ll be cross he didn’t bag his tenner). Gumtree Deals had an offer that essentially meant that you could buy a £15 PayPal voucher for £5. Not quite ‘free’ money but not far off. We hope to see… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under Ecommerce, Paypal | 2 Comments 

Use Google Wallet to pay your train and bus fare

October 20, 2011

Google has stolen a march on PayPal with the announcement of their first public partnership with a public transport network. If you happen to live in Newark, New Jersey travelling on the NJ Transit network, and if you also chose to use a Nexus S 4G… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News, Paypal | 9 Comments 

New discount pricing feature on eBay

October 20, 2011

One of TameBay’s readers has spotted a new price promotion feature on one of the Fashion Outlet’s eBay listings. The price is displayed as “Was £28.00, You Save £20.01 (71%), £7.99″. This is not the normal Markdown Manager sale available to… Read more

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

Sellerwise real time analytics to shut on 30th October

October 20, 2011

Sellerwise.net have announced that after “four years, lots of fun, lots of learning, and a little bit of pain every now and then” they’ve decided to shut down Sellerwise. The service will be switched off on the 30th of October 2011. They point… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 3 Comments