eBay seeks to double size of Fashion Outlet business

April 22, 2012

eBay’s new head of UK Fashion Brands Melanie Smallwood has revealed her ambition to double the size of the Fashion Outlet by attracting more brands to sell on the site. Currently, 30 high street names get preferential treatment including French… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay.co.uk, News | 6 Comments 

Are you ready for the Royal Mail price hikes?

April 20, 2012

Are you ready for the significant Royal Mail price hikes that come into effect on 30th April? The countdown is ticking for eBay sellers and other ecommerce SMEs. If you haven’t take the time to examine the price increases and made changes to your… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay.co.uk, News | 30 Comments 

eBay reports “awesome” Q1 2012 results

April 19, 2012

Last night, eBay Inc. reported its results for the first quarter of the year. By all accounts, these results were quite impressive with all three of eBay’s major business units (Marketplaces, PayPal, GSI) smashing Wall Street expectations and… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, News | 4 Comments 

Reminder: PayPal outage planned for Friday morning UK Time

April 19, 2012

Remember: the PayPal service will be unavailable for about an hour or so on Friday morning UK time. An hour long scheduled maintenance window is predicted from 10pm Pacific Time (PT). We reckon this means PayPal will be out of… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, Paypal | 9 Comments 

Wednesday Whinge: Why don’t eBay know me by now?

April 18, 2012

Yesterday, I received an eBay marketing email to an account I’ve held since August 1999. For more than a decade I have been using that ID to buy and sell bits and bobs. Maybe a vintage paperback, a historical curio, doubtless a Doctor Who DVD or… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, News | 19 Comments 

Royal Mail price hikes: eBay to raise P&P maximums

April 17, 2012

eBay have announced today that they will be raising some of the P&P maximum levels in response to price hikes from Royal Mail that come into effect on 30th April. According to eBay’s post on Sellersphere, “where Royal Mail have increased the… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 9 Comments 

MandMDirect £1m target with eBay for Charity

April 16, 2012

MandMDirect make history this week as the first major high street retailer to partner with eBay and donate a percentage of their eBay sales directly to a charity on an on-going basis MandMDirect are a leading fashion retailer and are set to give… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 1 Comment 

Before Facebook there was eBay….

April 16, 2012

Mark is a long time eBay trader, in fact I think he and I probably started trading on eBay about the same time some ten years or so ago. As well as a successful collectables business he also runs Business Photography and can shoot stunning… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, Facebook, Social Media | 12 Comments 

Royal Mail target eBay sellers of unfranked stamps

April 14, 2012

Obviously keen to win ever more fans in the eBay community after increasing contract rates last week and with further eyewatering price hikes on the way later in the month, Royal Mail has told the BBC that they will prosecute eBay sellers they… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 9 Comments 

Another free listing weekend for private sellers

April 13, 2012

I’m starting to think it would be easier to write when there *wasn’t* a free listing weekend for private sellers. Yet again this Saturday and Sunday, 14th-15th April, private sellers can list up to 100 auction style listings for free. Same rules,… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD, eBay | 3 Comments 

eBay mothballs the eBay Apps Center

April 12, 2012

If there’s one criticism that’s deservedly leveled at eBay it’s that they don’t support third party developers enough. Without third party tools it would be almost impossible to run an eBay business of any size, and certainly a multichannel business… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com | 2 Comments 

The mystery parcel and missing a sales opportunity

April 12, 2012

I had a bit of a surprise yesterday. A courier turned up with a parcel neatly addressed to me which isn’t that unusual since I’m regularly buying things online. However I wasn’t expecting something quite this size and when I opened it it turned out… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Selling Tips, Soapbox | 12 Comments 

Pinterest social media sharing buttons on Amazon & eBay

April 12, 2012

I’m starting to hear more and more about Pinterest and the new Social Media picture sharing site appears to be catching on fast. I’ve just this evening spotted that both eBay and Amazon have added Pinterest sharing buttons on all product… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Amazon, eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com, Social Media | 10 Comments 

Export Your Store to start selling on Amazon

April 11, 2012

If you’re an eBay seller and want to get your products onto Amazon then there’s a new service that might be worth taking a look at. Export Your Store have an eBay to Amazon export service and all you need to get going is an Amazon seller… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Amazon, eBay | 13 Comments 

The downsides of no borders or text on Gallery Photos

April 10, 2012

There are a number of reasons behind eBay’s new photo policy on eBay.com which states “Borders around pictures, and text added to pictures, will no longer be allowed. Watermarks for attribution purposes only will continue to be allowed”…. Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.com | 25 Comments 

Mobiles listed on eBay UK but UK buyers not welcome

April 10, 2012

A Tamebay reader tells us there’s a steady trickle of mobile phones being sold on eBay with conditions such as “International Only” or “No UK Buyers”. It appears one of the most likely reason for this is that the phones are blocked or barred in the… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 12 Comments 

How does the weather affect your eBay sales?

April 10, 2012

We took a stroll along Brighton seafront on Easter Monday. Battered with rain and wind and chill, we remarked how different the climate was from just a few days back. I’d been sat out by the briny in shirt sleeves only 5 days ago. I saw people with… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, Selling Tips | 14 Comments 

eBay offer buyers a 10% off coupon apology after PayPal glitch

April 7, 2012

On Wednesday evening last (4th April), I was one of presumably many hundreds of thousands of eBay users who tried to pay with PayPal but couldn’t. I was stymied by an error. Indeed, I tried to buy an Immediate Payment item on my smartphone and… Read more

Written by Dan Wilson · Filed Under eBay, Glitches, Paypal | 14 Comments 

chartixx Daily Deal Evaluation – eBay annual review 2011

April 6, 2012

chartixx, the sales analysis tool for online retailers, offers its customers a detailed view of the eBay Daily Deals of all countries, including those of the full year 2011. In three annual review analyses chartixx monitors the success and potential… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com, eBay.de | 1 Comment 

Even more adverts for eBay’s view item page

April 5, 2012

Starting today eBay will begin to test text ads on all eBay UK listings. They will be similar in appearance to the text adverts which already appear at the bottom of search results pages. eBay say that they’ll be monitoring the results of these… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, Featured | 15 Comments 

Four days of free auctions for private sellers

April 5, 2012

There’s free listing for the whole of the Easter break for private sellers on eBay UK. From the 6th to the 9th of April you can list up to 100 auctions with a start price of £1.00 or more for free on the UK site. There are the normal… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under CLD, eBay, eBay.co.uk | 6 Comments 

UK & DE products to be made visible on eBay France

April 5, 2012

Items listed on eBay UK and eBay Germany will be displayed to all buyers logged in to eBay France in specific categories. eBay have been running tests for some months and will now make UK and German items permanently visible to French buyers. The… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.fr | Comments Off 

eBay Checkout problems prevent PayPal payments

April 4, 2012

If you’re trying to buy something on eBay at the moment you may be unable to pay for it. Apparently some users are unable to complete payments with PayPal and there are some errors and slowness when users are going through checkout with other… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com | 11 Comments 

Snow and bank holiday shipping delays

April 4, 2012

It’s time to step up communications with your customers as snow hits the North of the country just as we’re heading into a double bank holiday weekend. Doubtless there will be people in Southern England watching the rain fall just as the hose… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay, eBay.co.uk | 2 Comments 

Nissan launched on eBay UK by Pentagon Interactive

April 3, 2012

I ran into Laurence from Pentagon Interactive a few weeks back at the Internet Retailing Expo in Birmingham and was amazed at the update he gave me on the company. They’ve now got over 60 employees and a client list that reads like a who’s who of… Read more

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