Other sellers’ listings appearing on all BINs

March 16, 2010

from 17th March, all fixed price listings will show “seller merchandising” on the live listings pages; in practice, this means cross-promoted items from other sellers. Sellers may (at the moment) : if you opt out, you will neither have other… Read more

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

eBay UK’s feedback trial continues

March 9, 2010

We’ve noted in previous posts that eBay are trialling a new style of feedback: this has been around for some buyers on eBay UK for a while now, but for the first time yesterday, I got the trial version too. It seems there are a couple of versions… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 32 Comments 

[Updated] eBay UK to launch new fashion site for brands

March 5, 2010

Photo credit: CTR on Stock Xchang. eBay UK has announced that it is to launch a new fashion sub-site for branded clothing. Mark Lewis, eBay UK’s MD, made the announcement at the Retail Week Conference. The new site, at fashion.ebay.co.uk,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 23 Comments 

Cold War spy bunker for sale on eBay UK

February 28, 2010

Looking for a country pad? Something unusual, maybe even historical? Are you, perhaps, a survivalist, or even a crazed Bond villain looking for a new base? Look no further, eBay has your solution. , complete with panoramic view over the… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 2 Comments 

eBay to run ads on private sellers’ listing pages

February 20, 2010

eBay UK has announced that, as of Monday, they will start testing advertising on the view item pages of “a small percentage” of listings belonging to private sellers. that these are eBay listings for which the seller has not paid an insertion fee -… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk, eBay.fr | 3 Comments 

eBay UK considers default returns policy for CSA

February 10, 2010

eBay UK is consulting sellers on the possibility of imposing a minimum returns policy on all sellers in the Clothing, Shoes and Accessories category. In a post on the PowerSeller board (PS login required), Pink Elisabeth says we are in the… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 14 Comments 

eBay displaying other sellers’ items on your live listings

January 19, 2010

eBay UK has announced a new test this morning, which will see “seller merchandising” displayed on live listings: Starting on 20 January, we will be running a test on displaying merchandise at the bottom of view item pages for a small percentage… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes | 33 Comments 

eBay UK extends FVF discount offer for free postage categories

December 30, 2009

eBay UK has again extended its promotion offering reduced FVFs in selected subcategories for sellers offering free domestic postage. The promotion will now run until 31st March 2010. Valid subcategories are in CSA (Clothing, Shoes and Accessories)… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under CLD | 6 Comments 

[Updated] Problems with eBay search and Stores access

November 21, 2009

If you’re having a problem getting into eBay UK tonight, you’re not alone. eBay has announced that it is working to resolve issues with a delay in search being displayed. It’s not so much slowness as stopped here; any search I run gets me no… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Glitches | 73 Comments 

Every listing helps : Tesco comes to eBay

November 18, 2009

Tesco has become the latest high street name to open an outlet store on eBay UK. They’ve yet to list any products, but from the shop design it looks like they’ll be hitting the electronics market first; suggests they’ll mostly be selling… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News, eBay.co.uk | 66 Comments 

eBay UK showing duplicate BINs in search results

November 16, 2009

We’ve been asked recently by a number of people whether eBay UK have abandoned their duplicate listings policy, which says that a seller may have no more than 15 identical listings live at any one time, and that only one of these can be fixed price…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 9 Comments 

Free auction listings for private sellers this Sunday

November 12, 2009

On Sunday 15th November, private sellers will pay no insertion fees for auction listings on eBay UK and eBay Ireland, irrespective of starting price. Auction-with-BIN is included, BIN proper is not. Other fees apply, read the small print before you… Read more

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eBay auto emails : what your buyers will see (it ain’t pretty)

November 9, 2009

As a few eBay UK sellers have already noticed, some new emails are being sent out to buyers. Buyers will now receive the following mail automatically: • an order confirmation email when an item is paid for. • an “order update” whenever a… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 43 Comments 

Timetable for eBay UK changes

September 21, 2009

eBay UK have put out a timetable for the changes taking place later this month and in October. Here’s what we have in store (in chronological order rather than the bizarrely random ordering of the eBay announcement): 22nd SeptemberCategory… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 40 Comments 

Half-price listing weekend on UK Motors 5th – 6th September

September 1, 2009

eBay UK Motors is offering half-price insertion fees this weekend. For Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September, IFs will be £4 instead of the usual £8. Auction, Auction with BIN and Buy It Now formats are included, but Classified Ads and GTC are… Read more

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eBay UK celebrates birthday with 10-day FLD

August 19, 2009

eBay UK has just announced that it will celebrate its tenth birthday by offering private sellers ten whole days of free listings. From 22nd to 31st August, any item in any category with any start price listed by a private seller with a UK address… Read more

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eBay seller promotions for August and September

August 18, 2009

eBay are running a couple of promos for sellers for the rest of this month and next. Firstly, there’s a that sellers in the Music, Books, Video games and DVD, Film & TV categories can get 20% off their FVFs when they offer free domestic P&P…. Read more

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September category changes for eBay.co.uk and eBay.com

July 28, 2009

Is your category on the list? eBay.com has announced various changes to subcategories and item specifics which will roll out in the week commencing 22nd September. Lots of categories are affected, and a full list of changes can be found… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk, eBay.com | 2 Comments 

eBay UK listings updates

July 16, 2009

Just a few updates for sellers on eBay.co.uk: The listing frame really is back It’s been officially confirmed that the listing frame (aka categories down the side of the view item page) is back, and not just a glitch. Multi-variation… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 11 Comments 

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 

Glitch: extra charges when revising listings

June 30, 2009

We’re hearing from a few sellers today that extra charges are being added onto their listings when revising – sometimes for the unsolicited addition of Gallery Plus @ £2.85, and sometimes for random and unfathomable amounts, some in excess of £5…. Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Glitches | 5 Comments 

Free P&P FVF discount promotion extended

June 27, 2009

since last April offering 20% off FVFs to sellers in some categories who offer free postage on their items. This promotion was due to end this month, but has now been . The promo is valid for the Clothes, Shoes & Accessories, Video games,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under CLD | 13 Comments 

Got any mower Deals of the Day?

June 14, 2009

If you were hoping to snap up today’s eBay UK deal of the day, you’re out of luck: it’s been ended early. Perhaps that’s as well, as the listing contained a fairly blatant breach of eBay’s regulations: a fee-avoiding offer for an add-on lawnmower,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Soapbox | 10 Comments 

Free picture offer extended to Home & Garden.

June 8, 2009

eBay’s mentions in passing that free eBay-hosted pictures are to be made available to the Homes & Gardens category. This offer had already been announced for Clothes, Shoes and Accessories. Sellers including Gallery Plus, . eBay have… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 8 Comments 

Are your listings ready for June 15th?

June 8, 2009

photo credit: Jon_MarshallBack at the end of March, eBay UK made their announcement about what would be changing for eBay sellers this summer. The new rules and features launch on June 15th, so here’s our checklist: make sure your listings are… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, Selling Tips, Site Changes, eBay.co.uk | 43 Comments