eBay Germany Motors’ fee changes

March 1, 2010

As of 30th March, eBay Germany Motors prices are changing. The good news is that picture pack will be free; the slightly less cheery news is that FVFs, reserve price fees and buy it now fees are all increasing. Check out the full details in… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 6 Comments 

eBay.de’s compulsory PayPal policy under investigation

February 27, 2010

eBay is under investigation in Germany to test whether its new rule requiring new sellers to accept payments by PayPal online breaks competition law. As of Thursday, German sellers with fewer than 50 feedbacks are required to offer PayPal as a… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Paypal, Site Changes, eBay.de | 1 Comment 

Free listing days for private sellers on eBay France & Germany

February 16, 2010

eBay France and eBay Germany have both announced free listing days for private sellers for later this week following the eBay UK one we already know about. on 18th February. Private sellers will be charged no insertion fees for auction… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under CLD, eBay.de, eBay.fr | Comments Off 

eBay auto emails rolled back until next year

November 18, 2009

This morning eBay have rolled back the new auto-emails for Order Confirmation, Order Update (dispatch) and 48 hour Payment Reminders. We expect an announcement board post later today confirming the roll back for several European countries. I have… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk, eBay.de | 10 Comments 

Multi-Variation Listings now available for Clothing and Home & Garden

July 15, 2009

You heard it here first: multi-variation listings have just gone live for all Clothing, Shoes and Accessories categories on eBays UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. They’re also live for most Home and Garden categories on UK and… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, Site Changes, eBay.ch, eBay.co.uk, eBay.de, eBay.ie | 33 Comments 

Boomerangs – Easy returns goes live on eBay

June 23, 2009

eBay have enabled Easy Returns on the site to enabling buyers to inform you they wish to send items back for a refund. A drop down allows buyers to select a reason for the return, although they can if they wish enter a message to the seller to… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Featured, Site Changes, eBay.co.uk, eBay.de | 40 Comments 

eBay.com to launch revamped keyword ad program

September 24, 2008

eBay have announced today the launch of a pay-per-click keyword ad program to be known as ‘eBay AdCommerce’. Initially the program will be run as a Beta test for selected sellers on eBay.com and eBay.de, but it’s anticipated AdCommerce will be… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under eBay.com, eBay.de | 6 Comments 

eBay Germany re-introduces mutual feedback withdrawal

August 22, 2008

eBay Germany have re-introduced mutual feedback withdrawal in limited circumstances. Sellers can request buyers retract neutral or negative feedback within 30 days of the feedback being left. There are limits of two requests per month, and… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 61 Comments 

eBay Germany : returning stores to search

August 21, 2008

eBay Germany have announced fee changes for business sellers today, creating perhaps the most complicated fee schedule ever seen on any eBay site. The most important change is that Shop items will be converted into a new fixed price format,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 13 Comments 

eBay Germany require specified shipping

July 3, 2008

From this week, sellers on eBay Germany are required to specify at least one domestic shipping service. eBay say that 95% of sellers already do so, but that the remaining 5% will no longer be able to list without specifying at least one shipping… Read more

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German sellers must specify postage

June 17, 2008

Another one to file under “expect this to roll globally any time now”: from 1st July, of their listings, and will not be able to simply list postage costs within the item description. This is a sensible move and frankly should have been made… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 5 Comments 

eBay Germany introduce maximum shipping prices

May 29, 2008

eBay Germany are in 34 categories. Ranging between €5,00 and €8,00, a range of items are included in the new policy, from computer accessories, memory sticks and MP3 players, to silver-plated jewellery, some watches, and pearls. The… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 21 Comments 

eBay Germany highlights free shipping

May 14, 2008

the launch of a new icon to highlight items offering free shipping. Germany’s is also now offering the possibility to lauch “free shipping sales” in Shops. The same changes were made on .com last month, so sellers on other countries’ sites… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.de | 2 Comments