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17/05/2013

Earlier this year we were pleased to make the third annual Tamebay eBay & Ecommerce Tools & Services Guide available online at TamebayGuide.com. We’ve been very pleased with the response and the positive reader feedback and because so many of you have found it to be an invaluable resource for your businesses we’re pleased to [...]

17/05/2013

At its bi-annual merchant Expo in Paris yesterday, Rakuten’s Play.com revealed strong merchant growth with over 3,800 merchants trading across all platforms, 800 new merchants signed up since the dedicated marketplace launched in November last year and over 300 merchants who have created own-branded virtual shop fronts. Shoppers through Rakuten’s Play.com can now browse more [...]

16/05/2013

Freecycle‘s mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community. With 2.5 million members working together in 540 groups all across the UK, Freecycle members can offer for free items [...]

15/05/2013

With just two weeks to go before the kick off for the Tamebay Ecommerce Cup managed by Genie and the Geek, it’s time to do the draw for the Group Stages. Taking place in Wembley on Tuesday the 28th of May there will be 24 teams split into sets of six for the group stages. [...]

13/05/2013

Rakuten.co.uk (still trading as Play.com) are starting to aggressively recruit UK sellers. Their message is that as from April they became solely a marketplace and no longer retail. You’re no longer just listing the items in Play.com’s catalogue, you can to replica your website on Play.com and run the store exactly the same as your [...]

12/05/2013

Patagonia have linked up with eBay UK to launch the first multi-seller branded shop under the new Common Threads Partnership program. It enables sellers of used Patagonia outdoor clothing to resell their items which will appear in the branded shop front. In November 2011, Patagonia and eBay Inc. joined forces to launch a new marketplace [...]

10/05/2013

eBay estimate I’ll get this item delivered for free by Tuesday or Wednesday. Alternatively I can pay £9.99 extra to have it delivered on Tuesday. I’m not going to pay almost a tenner for “faster” delivery! I’m a firm believer that eBay have struggled to get postage options right. For years they’ve pushed Free Postage, [...]

9/05/2013

eBay are bumping the price to rent a shop from £14.99 to £19.99 per month for private sellers. The 33% increase in price is they say to bring the shop subscription fees into line with the fees that business sellers will be paying. The price change will come into effect from June. Another change is [...]

8/05/2013

eBay have changed their mind. At the time of their last announcment when the lowered the delivery estimate for 2nd class post from 3-5 days to 2-3 days, they said that they’d be leaving 1st class post alone. Now they’ve said that the first class delivery estimate of 1-2 days will be changed to 1 [...]

7/05/2013

Why can’t all sellers use the Product Bundles Feature? That’s what Clarky from Wholesale Interiors wants to know. What’s the point of a great eBay feature that’s only open to a few selected sellers? Today Clarky wants some answers so all suggestions on how to get access to the feature are welcome. With the forthcoming [...]