Brightpearl online/offline multi-channel retail solution

February 10, 2012

There’s a new option available for retailers looking for a multi-channel solution to include eBay and Magento. This week Brightpearl unveiled additions to their solution adding eBay and Magento Support, businesses can now connect their eBay listings… Read more

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100 free listings for private sellers 11th-12th Feb

February 10, 2012

You asked for it, you got it! We’ve got yet another free listing day on eBay UK this weekend. OK, I’ll admit we didn’t quite get what the US got with their 50,000 free listing on Tuesday this week, the UK free listing day is for 0.2% of what the US… Read more

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eBay display NSE search results with no pricing

February 9, 2012

Something is not quite right with eBay’s New Shopping Experience (NSE). For some reason many of the search results displayed in product cards aren’t displaying any price information. For instance when browsing camcorders you’d expect all listings… Read more

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Which of your eBay DSRs can you control?

February 6, 2012

There’s been some lively discussion regarding eBay DSRs over the past few days here and here. The big question appears to be should we be rated on things outside of a seller’s control? There are four DSRs buyers rate us on on eBay, so lets take a… Read more

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eBay increase access to historical sale prices

February 6, 2012

eBay have increased the look back period for completed listings in certain categories from 15 days to as much as 60 days. This is largely in the collectables categories where it is much more useful to see past prices than in say iPads. The new… Read more

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.Net: How to improve your eBay store by Mark Buckingham

January 31, 2012

The March 2012 edition of .net magazine is out and the headline story is how to “Improve your eBay Store today!” written by eBay education specialist, SEO specialist and eBay business consultant Mark Buckingham of Netseek. Within the article Mark… Read more

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10% Discount vouchers for dormant eBay buyers

January 30, 2012

TameBay have been a little lax on the spending front recently, at least that’s not quite true, both Dan and I have been busily spending money on eBay but on our personal eBay accounts. Our TameBay eBay account hasn’t been used for buying for a… Read more

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New eBay International Selling Policy

January 30, 2012

eBay are asking all International sellers to agree to a new International Selling Policy when selling overseas. This is because selling policies vary between sites and they particularly draw attention to the fact that buyer protection policies vary… Read more

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Feedback DSRs replaced with drop down options

January 30, 2012

It’s always interesting to log into eBay and find that they’ve been tinkering with feedback and today is no exception. Gone is my ability to leave star ratings for Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) which have been replaced with drop downs to select… Read more

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eBay Q4 Earnings Call: How eBay has changed

January 19, 2012

eBay have once again beaten expectations on their earnings with their Q4 Investor Call reporting revenue of $3.38billion, above predicted $3.32billion and up 35% from a year ago. Q1 which will be reported in April isn’t looking so rosy though with… Read more

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eBay start to test new postage label printing

January 19, 2012

eBay are testing a new version of eBay Postage, from this week when printing postage labels some users will begin printing the labels on eBay rather than being passed through to PayPal. eBay say that sellers will be able to print and pay for… Read more

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UK and DE listings displayed on eBay.IT

January 12, 2012

eBay Italy has announced that from the 9th of January, in some categories, items from the UK and Germany will be displayed on the Italian site. This isn’t a surprise – eBay tested visibility from UK and German sellers to Italy six months ago, the… Read more

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What site changes should eBay make this year?

January 11, 2012

With the New Year well under way and Christmas already pretty much a distant memory for most people it’s getting towards the time of year for eBay to release the first seller update of 2012. Last year’s Spring Seller Update was released in… Read more

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Why eBay’s Daily Deals team needs replacing

January 7, 2012

I’m not a fan of eBay’s Daily and Weekly Deals at the moment – they’ve been pretty pathetic over the Christmas selling season. I’m not particularly a fan of protein supplements either which eBay are hawking under this weeks . What I’m really hacked… Read more

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Even more great deals in 2012!

December 23, 2011

I just received an email from eBay wishing me a pleasant, relaxing holiday and even more great deals in 2012. They’ve got to be having a laugh! Today’s deals are as dismal as those of the whole Christmas period – Soul Cal Men’s Check Shirts at… Read more

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eBay’s most boring Christmas deals ever

December 18, 2011

I’ve written quite frequently about eBay’s Daily Deals of late, and haven’t been too impressed with their choice of Christmas Gift ideas. This weekend is the last few days in which you could order Christmas presents online so it seemed to me like… Read more

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eBay survey business sellers on government policies

December 11, 2011

If you’re a business registered seller in the UK, France or Germany you may be one of the few thousand selected to be surveyed on business issues affecting you. eBay are conducting the survey through Freshminds and want to give sellers a voice to… Read more

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eBay, is it time to take responsibility for illegal seller terms?

December 1, 2011

Jane Bell, one of the top eBay Education Specialists who provides consultancy to a host of eBay businesses has been a staunch friend of TameBay since the site was launched. Today she talks about her frustrations with seller terms and… Read more

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SMP Relisting Duplicate End Time Glitch

November 27, 2011

TameBay reader Joe reports that when relisting some unsold items he was nearly caught out relisting something that was already listed and would have been a duplicate Fixed Price listing. Thankfully a tiny alarm bell went off in his head and he… Read more

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Fixed price items hidden in search (again!)

November 27, 2011

We thought it was fixed, but it’s back and my email inbox has been inundated with emails from eBay sellers pointing out that Best Match is broken again. On certain searches eBay are yet again reporting that there are plenty of items found matching… Read more

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eBay weekly deals get some gift ideas :-)

November 24, 2011

Having complained earlier today about eBay’s choice of “Gifts for him” Weekly Deals I’m pleased to see they’ve been updated. The previous “Gifts for Him” and “Gifts for her” have both been renamed as “Fashion” and a brand spanking new “” tab has… Read more

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Fijit Friends are selling higher than retail on eBay

November 24, 2011

It’s the time of year when there’s always some “Must Have” toy which is short on stock, but currently there don’t seem to be many in short supply this year. However our friends at Terapeak have come up with an opportunity for UK sellers. Fijit… Read more

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Weekly Deals: eBay vs NotOnTheHighStreet

November 24, 2011

It’s Thursday just before “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” which, although they’re are American terms, are the start of the busiest shopping period in the run up to Christmas. That being the case it’s time to start Christmas shopping so I couldn’t… Read more

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Daily Deal: Pink Polaroid Pogo Mobile Printer

November 23, 2011

At last! There’s just a month left until Christmas and the Daily Deal isn’t for once more boring high street fashion – eBay have found a deal that people might actually want to buy as a Christmas gift. The Polaroid Pogo Printer Daily Deal is back… Read more

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eBay market research training from Terapeak

November 22, 2011

If you want to know how to use eBay market research to become more profitable through the use of eBay listing data, focusing on margins, seller research, and listing optimization then the Terapeak webinars which start today are perfect for… Read more

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