Tag: Powersellers

There’s been a quiet upgrade to the Seller Dashboard with the introduction of “Basic PowerSeller requirements” and “Advanced PowerSeller requirements”. In truth barring the Basic and Advanced designators the PowerSeller requirements have not changed since October 2010 when the last update was introduced. The Basic PowerSeller requirements really match what was called the Bronze PowerSeller [...]

eBay UK have just published the first seller update of 2011 and it’s a mixed bag with hefty fee cuts of as much as 50% for some sellers and fee increases for others. Anchor shops see free insertion fees for fixed price listings and eBay have also slashed fixed price insertion fees for Basic shops [...]

So we’ve seen the fee changes for eBay.com but will they please buyers and who are the winners and losers? I’m hearing words like “we’ve listened to our sellers”, “sharing in seller’s success” and “convenience orientated buyers like immediate purchases” so how does this affect sellers? Is this the end of auctions on eBay eBay [...]

photo credit: Duchamp Some time over the last few days, my PowerSeller badge vanished. I’ve had it for exactly a decade, although I must admit for the last few months, it’s been a statistical anomoly based on high sales early last year: I haven’t deserved it because I stopped selling on my own account more [...]

Following the news from the US that eBay are surveying sellers regarding a possible “Certified Seller” accreditation they are now exploring a new “eBay Approved Seller” in the UK (PS log in required). Interestingly the survey also asks what service level you’d expect to receive from sellers that are not “Approved Sellers” – I guess [...]

Late yesterday, Australian eBayers began to notice third party ads appearing on their auction listings. A graphic and text link advert for Foxtel digital television was shown directly underneath the “your maximum bid” box on listings in some media and collectables categories: Auctionbytes has a screen shot. As we might expect, the Australian community boards [...]

This Thursday, 21st August 2008, eBay France are holding a cheap listing day for PowerSellers. Insertion fees for BINs and auctions will be 10c. All other normal fees apply, and media and motors categories, which have their own fee scedules, are not included. For non-PSs, insertion fees will be capped at 25c.

eBay Spain have announced that from 24th September, Spanish PowerSellers will receive a discount of 20% on their Final Value Fees, so long as they have a minimum DSR rating of 4.5 on each of the four criteria over the previous 30 days. The discount will apply to Spanish-registered PowerSellers who are resident in Spain, [...]

If you like to keep an eye at what eBay’s top sellers are doing, the nice people at SellerDome have broken down their top eBay sellers worldwide list by country. You can now view sellers ranked by highest feedback from the US, Germany, UK, France, Australia and Canada: just pick your country from the drop-down [...]

eBay France are holding a cheap listing day this Thursday, 29th May. For PowerSellers, insertion fees are 10c and for everyone else, they’re capped at 25c on both auction and BIN listings. Media categories, which have 5c insertion fees normally, are not included; Motors (which have free insertion fees) and some motors-related categories are not [...]