July 2012

31/07/2012

Motor accessories traders have a number of unique problems that don’t affect sellers in other categories selling on eBay. Most products fit 10s if not 100s of vehicles, typically parts at best are line drawings in a catalogue so photographs have to be shot of each item before it can be listed on a marketplace. [...]

31/07/2012

Royal Mail is piloting a Pinpoint initiative to map the precise co-ordinates of every home and business address in the UK. This initiative, being piloted in East Anglia, will help improve the accuracy of location-based information used by individuals and businesses. If successful, the initiative will be rolled out across the UK later in the [...]

31/07/2012

I make no claims to knowledge of why they’re so popular, but all the daughters of my friends seem to be wearing crystal ball bead bracelets these days and they do seem to sell for extortionate prices. Today eBay have Shamballa Crystal Ball Bracelets on the Daily Deal for just £9.99 (with a claimed RRP [...]

31/07/2012

If you’re thinking of buying London 2012 Olympic Games replica Gold, Silver or Bronze medals I’d think twice before parting with your money. With prices ranging from a couple of pounds for what’s obviously not an official medal but happens to have the word London on it, right up to replica Olympic medals costing £120 [...]

30/07/2012

Watch With eBay, originally launched in November 2011 as an extension of the eBay for iPad app, has been updated with a special, interactive London Olympics section (although eBay refer to it as the “summer games section” to avoid any charge by LOCOG that they’re infringing on the brand. Sadly only available in the US, [...]

30/07/2012

Brightpearl have announced that they’ll be adding integration with Amazon to their existing eBay and Magento integrations in the near future. Brightpearl’s Point of Sale module enable you to manage your inventory, orders, customers and accounts all in one system and is especially suited for businesses with a bricks and mortar presence, whether that be [...]

30/07/2012

Patrick Smarzynski is the co-founder of WebInterpret, a leading e-commerce internationalisation software provider. WebInterpret have helped hundreds of e-sellers boost their international sales during the last few years and Patrick offered to share with you some of the best practices they have learned in a three part series. These tips have become even more relevant [...]

30/07/2012

It’s been known for some time that Collect Plus have been included in the eBay UK postage flow alongside Royal Mail and ParcelForce, but did you know that they’re also the first new carrier integrated with Amazon? Collect Plus on eBay On eBay sellers can offer Collect Plus as a delivery option and then print [...]

29/07/2012

Day 1 of the Olympics and Day 1 of eBay Deals sale of official Olympic Team GB clothing“. JJB sports are supplying the merchandise and eBay are providing prime position as the top category on the Daily Deals website to make the clothing available. Currently hopes of a British Gold (or any!) medal have been [...]

28/07/2012

Friday’s You and Yours BBC Radio 4 programme picked up on the Tamebay stories regarding Olympic delivery surcharges. They covered both the courier surcharges for deliveries within the Olympic Road Network in London as well as the extortionate £25 charge UPS are imposing for any deliveries to official Olympic venues. You and Yours invited me [...]