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24/05/2013

Amazon tell us that they are constantly looking for ways to make Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) as simple and as cost effective as possible. To this end they have just introduced a Partnered Carrier Programme (PCP) in the UK now available to all UK sellers giving them access to preferred transportation rates negotiated by Amazon [...]

24/05/2013

ChannelAdvisor Corporation announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 5,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $14.00 per share. The shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the 23rd of May 2013 under the ticker “ECOM.” Since the launch the shares have skyrocketed in a very un-Facebook [...]

24/05/2013

What’s wrong with this screen shot taken of an item offered for sale on eBay yesterday evening? Yes that’s right, the seller is on holiday but eBay are still offering Fast and Free shipping with a delivery date of the 28th May. There are two issues here – firstly the holiday notice is simply a [...]

23/05/2013

It would appear that new adverts are being displayed on eBay. The adverts are appearing when search terms match the brand names of eBay official Outlet shops. I can imagine that sellers will be pretty envious of the additional exposure that this gives the Outlets. If you’re selling the same products it’s hard to compete [...]

23/05/2013

We tweeted eBay today asking if there would be a free listing promotion this weekend. They helpfully directed us to the eBay UK announcement board where currently there’s no mention of any free listing days for the bank holiday. Not to worry… Tamebay has discovered courtesy of @_Boho_Mama that there is free listings for private [...]

23/05/2013

Over the last few days I’ve been looking a little more closely at marketplace feedback and there are some surprising differences between eBay feedback and Amazon feedback. Amazon have two types of feedback – Seller Feedback and Product Reviews. If you want to comment on a product which you’ve purchased from Amazon you can leave [...]

23/05/2013

eBay’s Bank Holiday Bonanza is now on with prices slashed by as much as 50%. As well as the usual categories the deals are drawn from – tech, fashion, electronics, there are also some great home and garden products for sale. Without a doubt Tamebay’s favourite for the garden is the helicopter hammock – we’re [...]

22/05/2013

CollectPlus have been looking at their services and how better to help retailers serve today’s ever more demanding consumers. They’re introducing new faster services, the first of a kind rolling month on month loyalty bonus and a new tarrif. New faster 2 day service From 5th June 2013, CollectPlus customers will have two parcel services [...]

22/05/2013

Since posting yesterday that Google are scrapping Google Checkout as of November this year, we’ve received a veritable deluge of emails regarding alternatives. Google Wallet isn’t currently available for merchants in the UK, however Google wanted to to clarify that Braintree and Shopify, two of Google’s recommendations as an alternative, both operate in the UK. [...]

22/05/2013

eBay.com have enabled same day despatch options within handling times. This enables sellers with the ability to cut a day off eBay’s estimate delivery dates displayed to buyers. Of course it’s impossible to ship once you’re courier has collected for the day so eBay now give you the facility to specify a cut off time. [...]