February 2012

29/02/2012

Amazon have written to UK sellers to inform them that as of the 21st March they will have to deliver to UK off shore Islands at the same cost as to mainland UK. They specifically mention the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, as well as the Isle of Man. These destinations will now be [...]

29/02/2012

As mentioned by Patrick Munden on Tamebay yesterday, eBay UK have invested in their first TV advertising since 2007 that will go live tomorrow. The adverts are to showcase the range of eBay’s top-selling brand new products. The new campaign will run on TV until the end of the month, appearing on all major channels [...]

28/02/2012

eBay.com have just announced their first seller update of 2012 detailing changes coming over the next few months. The big news in the US is free pictures for all sellers (and that includes up to 12 pictures with Zoom and Enlarge). On the downside to become or retain Top Rated Seller Status there will be [...]

28/02/2012

From early summer a new payment process will be introduced which will change the way sellers are paid for sales on eBay Germany. With the new payment process, buyers will pay eBay, and eBay will pay sellers. The new payment process replaces the way payments are currently being made on eBay completely. Sellers will no [...]

28/02/2012

Angus McCarey introduces the main points of the eBay UK Spring Seller Release and gives some background on the key changes

28/02/2012

In mid March eBay will be introducing a sophisticated new buying experience, which will capture a buyer’s vehicle details and provide personalised search results when a buyer is searching for Vehicle Parts & Accessories. My Vehicles is designed to make it easy for buyers to find parts and accessories which fit their own specific car. [...]

28/02/2012

The first seller release of 2012 brings some fee changes (increases) to Tech categories and eBay Motors along with lower Top Rated Seller discounts across the board, Increased feedback protection for sellers, adverts on all sellers listings, the introduction of a new My Vehicles shopping experience, and some general housekeeping for all sellers. eBay reminded [...]

28/02/2012

I’ve long said that eBay DSRs are increasingly out of the control of sellers and it appears that eBay agree! They’re going to give an automatic five star rating for the communication DSR under certain conditions. From the 29th March if you meet the following criteria you can get an auto five star feedback, which [...]

28/02/2012

eBay are going to be testing new advert placements on listing from all sellers (Business and Private sellers). Advertising Placement The first is an advert which already appears on Private Seller’s listings below the seller information box. The adverts may be for a whole range of products and services and will sit right at the [...]

28/02/2012

Today eBay announced that fees for sellers will be rising from the 3rd May 2012 in Technology Categories and the discounts for Top Rated Sellers will be reduced for transactions dated from the 1st May 2012. Technology Categories Fee Increase Technology fees have for the past year been the lowest in any category on eBay [...]