Meet the Company: UK Mail
February 6, 2012
Time Sensitive and Secure Deliveries UK Mail specialises in offering innovative parcel, mail and logistics services designed to provide local and international business which suit all their clients’ requirements. Formerly known as Business… Read more
How to get your business started on Facebook
February 1, 2012
Facebook has been bit of a mystery to me, or at least how to make money out of Facebook is. Should you be trying to sell on Facebook, use it to engage customers, or simply use it as a customer support network? Many of the online retailers I speak to… Read more
Terapeak 9.0 unveiled with new look and new features
January 19, 2012
Terapeak have unveiled “Terapeak 9″ the latest version of their eBay marketplace research software along with a brand new look and feel to the website. They’ve reinvented Terapeak to be easier to use, faster to navigate, and provide users with more… Read more
Coping with China’s Business Black Hole: Chinese New Year
January 10, 2012
Jim Erickson from Alibaba.com has today given us a heads up on the Chinese New Year and what the implications of the Chinese national holiday period are for online retailers looking to source goods from China. It’s said to be the largest seasonal… Read more
Linnworks Christmas contest – free to enter
December 14, 2011
Linnworks are giving away two Linnworks Anywhere Enterprise licences with a 12 Month FREE Subscription as well as five £50 Amazon gift vouchers in their Christmas competition. All you have to do to enter is “Like” the Linnworks Facebook page and… Read more
How persistant are you to get a new supplier?
December 13, 2011
I’ve heard of some suppliers being particularly difficult or even impossible to get accounts with, but today I was told a story of persistence which is pretty impressive. The retailer in question placed a weekly phone call to a particular… Read more
VAT & Import Duty Tax Calculator eBay plug in
December 5, 2011
I’m always a fan of TameBay posts which keep getting read time after time, and when we first wrote about Duty Calculator I never expected it to attract anywhere near the traffic it brings to TameBay. It appears though that it’s one of our most… Read more
Bulk upload listings to Amazon for free
December 2, 2011
List multiple items and upload your listings to Amazon in bulk!It’s no secret that one of the biggest headaches for online-retailers is managing and creating Amazon listings, especially if it’s hundreds or thousands of them. The reasons are… Read more
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
How to become a Gumtree Daily Deals supplier
November 27, 2011
This Christmas 70% of us will be tempted off the High Street and onto a Daily Deal site to make a purchase according to new research by Gumtree, who now offer Daily Deals. On average buyers will make £75.00 savings by bagging Daily Deal savings and… Read more
Tips for maximising your Christmas sales
November 21, 2011
It’s just a week until people get their final pay cheque before Christmas and the busiest selling time of the year gets into full swing, but are you making the most of your opportunities to capitalise on holiday sales? Stamps.com survey findings… Read more
How eBay are blacklisting good seller’s auctions
November 10, 2011
Over the last few weeks I’ve been hearing complaints from more and more sellers that their auctions are being buried at the bottom of eBay search results. There seems to be no good reason for this – these sellers are not below standards, in fact… Read more
How to use eBay catalogue to your advantage
November 4, 2011
How to take best advantage when selling with eBay catalogueYesterday we looked at how eBay Catalogue may affect your ranking in search results. There are ways to take advantage of eBay catalogue and some sellers already are being advantaged by these… Read more
How eBay catalogue impacts your listing strategy
November 3, 2011
How eBay’s Catalogue may affect your search positionThere are a number of reasons why having your product matched against eBay Catalogue affects you ranking in search results. Knowing what they are is the first step in knowing how to list to your… Read more
Terapeak 15 months for the price of 12 offer
November 1, 2011
Terapeak, the definitive source for eBay research, are running a promotion until the end of the year giving you access to their eBay Market Research tools for 15 months for the price of 12 months subscription. Added bonuses are Free Hot Research… Read more
Webinar: Submitting products to Google Product Search
October 14, 2011
Google are holding a webinar on the 26th October at 10am Pacific Time (6pm in the UK) on Google Product Search. If you want to learn how to keep your product data fresh on Google Shopping then you should sign up for this event. Lasting 60 minutes… Read more
Using the catalogue adoption tool on eBay
October 13, 2011
eBay now insist that sellers listing in certain categories match their product against the relevant eBay catalogue entry when there is one available. Whilst you should be able to match your products to the eBay catalogue at the time of listing,… Read more
Planning for Christmas: 2011 Holiday Marketing Guide
October 11, 2011
Driving through through my home town of Thatcham yesterday I was a but surprised to see the council workers busily erecting Christmas lights and decorations onto the side of street lights. It’s still early October and Christmas seems a long way off,… Read more
Would you give a special discount to a Charity?
October 9, 2011
Glenn is a regular TameBay reader and today shares his personal experience of trading with Charities on eBay. This morning I received an email from an apparent ‘Charity’ representative asking if I could give a special discount on a number of… Read more
E-commerce and Photography
October 5, 2011
I’ve known Mark and Philomena for many years and often browsed their collectible items on eBay (and even bought a couple). One thing that’s always impressed me is the quality of their images, especially for items such as glass which is notoriously… Read more
“Google Trusted Stores” launched as pilot program
October 3, 2011
Google have announced a pilot of “Google Trusted Stores” program to give shoppers reassurance when buying on the Internet. The program allows buyers to shop with confidence across the web in the knowledge that they’ll receive reliable, on-time… Read more
RSS eBay feedback monitoring
September 25, 2011
TameBay readers are always resourceful and one pointed me to a neat feedback tool this week. It’s basically a feedback tool to enable you to be notified by an RSS feed whenever someone leaves feedback for you.”One tool I have been using for the past… Read more
Introducing SaleHoo Online Stores
September 19, 2011
SaleHoo, who in 2005 launched their wholesale supplier directory, is now home to over 95,000 online retailers who enjoy the supplier directory, the busy forums and free educational resources. Now, after 18 months of planning and development and 6… Read more
“My competitor left malicious low Feedback DSRs”
September 12, 2011
We always welcome guest posts from our readers and today tell the story of a reader who was subjected to feedback abuse from one of their competitors. Normally we don’t publish anonymous stories, but in this case we’ve chosen to withhold the… Read more
Best practice listing strategies Part 3: UPC EAN ISBN
September 11, 2011
In the first two parts of this series we looked at best practices for eBay Catalogue and eBay longer titles and Item Specifics. Today in the final part we look at how using product codes can help your sales. eBay have added a field into… Read more






