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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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