eBay University update!

June 12, 2007

TameBay attended eBay University in London this week. We took the opportunity to ask Matt Priddle, Seller Education Manager at eBay, his thoughts on how the event has changed and what’s in store for the futureeBay University and the timetable in… Read more

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The reality of the loss of eBay.com visibility

April 27, 2007

Nick Talley is the managing director of POP-culture.biz Limited, which has been trading as iposters on eBay since 2003 selling posters, prints and other pop-culture items. Nick has been affected by the unanounced changes to visibility of UK… Read more

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Are Auctiva spamming your customers?

April 17, 2007

Steve Seddon sells audio books from his eBay shop, Okantfoss Audios, and uses Auctiva to showcase his entire range on individual listings. But they’ve been causing him problems… Many sellers use Auctiva’s services, whether for picture hosting,… Read more

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Evil Superman Costume on eBay.com

April 6, 2007

Aaryn Warner and her sister Delfi run Pimp My Strides, a boutique filled with gorgeousness. Today she’s spotted something a little less trendy (though it does involve big pants). Valued at between £25,500 – £35,500, the late Christopher… Read more

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Vero to zero in one eBay step

February 22, 2007

Nici Smith has been trading on eBay for more than three years, running a successful shop selling gifts, gadgets and novelty items. Then, overnight, everything she had worked so hard to build was taken away from her – by an eBay program supposed to… Read more

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BT Tradespace for eBay Sellers

February 14, 2007

The key to selling online is getting traffic and converting viewers in to customers. eBay is a very efficient way of attracting buyers but as your eBay selling develops you should start looking at different ways of driving traffic to either your… Read more

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Some Mothers do ‘ave Em

January 29, 2007

Dan Wilson is the former Community Manager for eBay.co.uk and is now a freelance consultant and writer. He blogs at www.wilsondan.co.uk. It’s been three months this week since I left the warming arms of the eBay bosom to a world of freelancing and… Read more

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Going solo

January 2, 2007

Andrea has been an eBayer for over three years and recently took the step from part time eBay seller with full time employment to full time eBayer. Today she shares her story of how redundancy spurred her on to success. Andrea is a full time… Read more

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“Safeguarding Members IDs is not a licence to shill”

December 7, 2006

Sean_Coolness has been an eBay member since 2001, and describes himself as “addicted”. Specialising in motorcycles, he feels strongly that eBay should do everything they can to protect his customers from the fake ‘second chance offers’ which have… Read more

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In the beginning, there was Graham…

December 6, 2006

Back in 1996, gf-attic registered on eBay, one of the earliest people in the UK to do so. He soon became the UK’s first powerseller, and he still trades on the site today. eBay celebrated his achievement with a birthday cake. Here he reflects on his… Read more

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