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Vehicles, Parts and Accessories Webinar 30th May

eBay Motors Feat

Following the recent launch of the Nissan shop selling Official Merchandise and Accessories on eBay, Silvia Kirilova, Pentagon Interactive and Matthew Dean, eSellerPro will be hosting a webinar to explore the changing landscape of vehicles, parts and accessories. Drawing on the lessons learned from the successful launch, the webinar will discuss the upcoming changes to [...]

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Bon Voyage Richard Brewer-Hay @eBay Ink

RBH

eBay Ink will never be quite the same again. It’s founding blogger (and only blogger barring guest posts), Richard Brewer-Hay better known as RBH is leaving. The good news is that he’s not going very far, just down the road a couple of blocks to eBay’s StubHub where he’ll be heading up their social media [...]

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eBay tweak the design of bid/buy buttons

eBay buttons

eBay have changed the look and feel of the “Place bid”, “Buy it now”, Make offer and “Add to basket” buttons. It’s a small change but the new buttons definitely look more funky than the older style. All the buttons are blue, with the exception of the Add to basket button which is differentiated in [...]

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38 Tips to help you make more money on eBay

Brightpearl have released a guide, “38 Kick Ass eBay Tips to help you Make More Money Online“. Whilst it’s intended for retailers or wholesale businesses thinking about getting started on eBay it’s also a pretty good review of what existing eBay businesses should be doing. There’s sure to be some additional ways you can use [...]

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London 2012 Olympic Torches attract £100k bids on eBay

The Olympic flame only arrived in Britain on Friday and the London 2012 Torch Relay enjoyed its first stages on Saturday in Cornwall and Devon. But already, official London 2012 Olympic torches are for sale on eBay. Two auctions, which include the official Olympic torch and the bearer’s white tracksuit uniform, already have bids in [...]

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8,000 Olympic torches: how many will end up on eBay?

Today’s the day the massive publicity around the Olympics really kicks off, with the Olympic flame arriving to start it’s 8,000 runner jaunt around the UK. Each runner gets the chance to purchase their Torch (once the gas canister is removed and the burner assembly deactivated), although if were selected as a runner by Coca-Cola [...]

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eBay Australia removes ad from search results

eBay Australia have announced their intention to remove adverts from the top of search results pages. These were some of the most annoying adverts on eBay and will be gladly missed. The biggest impact is of course more listings will be visible in search results. No one will be sorry to see these adverts gone, [...]

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Did your eBay fees rise unexpectedly?

Following the category changes announced in the Spring Seller release some sellers will have suddenly been paying higher eBay Final Value fees than expected. As a result of categories being moved they now reside in a different fee tranche, but the good news is having realised this eBay will credit you for the fee increase [...]

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eBay iPhone app now includes swatch matching

eBay have released a new version of the eBay iPhone and iPod app, which now includes a compelling swatch matching feature. You can take a photo of your favourite fabric and the app will then match the colour and pattern from the image to suggest matching items on eBay. eBay claim to be the UK’s [...]

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eBay open New York and Bangalore Tech Centers

eBay have announced two new technology centers to be set up this year, one in New York and the second in Bangalore, India. The New York center will grow to around 200 people starting with 25 moving over from Hunch which eBay recently acquired. This site will be headed up by Chris Dixon, the founder [...]

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