eBay UK to expand ‘charity in checkout’ program

July 9, 2009

photo credit: Annie Mole that they’re to expand the eBay for Charity program which asks some buyers to donate a pound to a random charity as they checkout. This program’s been running since November 2008, and eBay have labelled it a “great… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, Soapbox, eBay.co.uk | 6 Comments 

PayPal survey: why shoppers abandon their shopping

June 24, 2009

photo credit: avlxyzPayPal have published the results of their second annual Checkout Abandonment Survey, looking at why website buyers don’t complete purchases. Just like last year’s survey, an excessive shipping fee was the number one reason for… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Ecommerce, Marketing, Paypal, Selling Tips, Web Design | 8 Comments 

DevCon gives a taste of things to come

June 17, 2009

Those lucky souls at the eBay Developers’ Conference this week have had a sneak preview of what’s coming on eBay in the next twelve months. Some highlights include: Merchant credit card processing integrated into eBay Checkout later this year…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Events, Site Changes | 13 Comments 

FAQs: How do I give a discount on an eBay invoice?

May 1, 2009

photo credit: PinkMooseLots of sellers seem to be asking on various eBay forums recently about how to give buyers discounts on their eBay invoices: it must be the credit crunch. So even though most experienced sellers know the answer to this one,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Selling Tips | 11 Comments 

Third-party checkouts changing, not banned

April 16, 2009

You may have read a blog post yesterday on AuctionBytes reporting that third party checkouts were to be banned on eBay from June. The post cited ProStores and Infopia as saying that their checkouts were to be discontinued, and named the source of… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.com | 31 Comments 

eBay.com allow Moneybookers, Paymate

January 8, 2009

Moneybookers and Paymate will be permitted for US sellers from February. Propay are also opening their service to all US PowerSellers from January 22nd. eBay.com will also integrate third party merchant services into checkout later in the year…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 31 Comments 

Checkout glitch estimates delivery yesterday

November 21, 2008

Several sellers have reported a glitch in eBay’s checkout in the last few days, where delivery time is estimated to be “within -1 day after seller dispatches item”. The problem mainly seems to occur on “sellers standard rate” and international… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Glitches | 5 Comments 

PayPal transactions reversed without warning

September 21, 2008

I’ve had a bizarre problem with PayPal payments over the last week or so. Certain payments have been – apparently at random – reversed in my PayPal account and the money returned to the buyer, without any action from me or from the buyer. They’ve… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Glitches, Paypal | 16 Comments 

eBay UK make changes to Checkout, My eBay

July 2, 2008

. All members will now be able to checkout and pay with PayPal without actually leaving the eBay site. I love this one: paying feels so much quicker and easier. I’ll be interested to see what “P&P promotions offered by sellers are handled… Read more

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

eBay.com.au indefinitely postpone PayPal only

June 26, 2008

eBay Australia have for the second time delayed implementation of the PayPal only policy, but this time a little more permanently On the 21st May Australian users became obliged to offer PayPal on all listings, and it was planned that eBay… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Featured, Paypal | 14 Comments 

Choice listings, anonymous email, but definitely not PayPal only on eBay.com

June 18, 2008

Adam Trachtenberg, eBay’s Director of Product Management for Platform & Services, gave an overview this morning of where eBay is going in the new few months. Though this was aimed primarily at developers, it provides some great news, and some not so… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Events, Featured | 18 Comments