Top UK sellers may gain “Approved Seller” status

April 22, 2009

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… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 22 Comments 

Third party ads removed from eBay Oz after member complaints

September 23, 2008

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… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, Site Changes, eBay.com.au | 9 Comments 

10c listings for PowerSellers on eBay France 21st August

August 19, 2008

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… Read more

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eBay Spain introduces PowerSeller discounts

August 11, 2008

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… Read more

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

SellerDome lists top sellers by country

July 8, 2008

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,… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 6 Comments 

eBay France holds CLD this Thursday

May 26, 2008

eBay France are holding a cheap listing day this Thursday, 29th May. and for everyone else, they’re on both auction and BIN listings. Media categories, which have 5c insertion fees normally, are not included; Motors (which have free insertion… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under CLD | Comments Off 

60 days grace to save your PowerSeller status

May 21, 2008

A little bit of good news for any PowerSellers whose percentage score fell below 98% in the recent feedback recalculations: eBay are giving you 60 days grace to improve things. A on the UK PowerSeller board (valid PS sign-in required) reads:… Read more

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

US start-up takes on eBay

April 29, 2008

  A new startup is being billed as the marketplace that will rival eBay. Launched in public beta today, though apparently only open to US residents, Wigix is aiming for the Buy It Now, new items end of the market. The site, whose name… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, News | 10 Comments 

Neutral feedback to be counted as negative

April 27, 2008

A post on the eBay Developers’ Blog reveals some more details about the feedback changes coming in May. As we already knew, percentage calculations will now be on the last 12 months’ activity, not the entire lifetime of an eBay account. The formula… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured, Site Changes | 40 Comments 

eBay.com 10c insertion fees for PowerSellers today

April 22, 2008

eBay.com are holding a today (22nd April) for PowerSellers only. Auction and Buy It Now listings in both regular and media categories will be charged 10c insertion fees. All other normal fees apply, and eBay Motors and some business and industrial… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured | 1 Comment 

eBay UK : “we’ll process FVF discounts manually”

April 18, 2008

There’s good news this afternoon for some sellers with DSR/FVF discount problems. Those who are incorrectly being told they are not PowerSellers and have received zero DSRs in the last 30 days should be getting their discounts after all. Pinkie… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured | 6 Comments 

eBay France offers sellers choice of tariffs

April 17, 2008

eBay France are < ? aff_link("http://promotions.ebay.fr/pricingmodel/welcome.php","trialling a new fees tariff for PowerSellers","","FR"); ?> which places more emphasis on final value fees and less on insertion fees. Similar to the tariffs… Read more

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PowerSeller FVF discounts : a tale of woe

April 16, 2008

photo credit: Elaine with Grey CatsYou’d think that offering discounts to your biggest and most loyal customers would be a good thing, wouldn’t you? A thing that would make them want to spend more money with you, maybe even like you. But eBay have… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured | 51 Comments 

Expanded Seller Protection officially live for UK PowerSellers

March 27, 2008

eBay UK have just announced that for UK PowerSellers. Though some of us managed to sign up last week, it’s good to know that now, we are officially protected against against fraudulent payments and item not received claims with the following… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Featured | 28 Comments 

eBay Germany announce fee changes

February 12, 2008

eBay Germany have finally announced their fee changes effective from 20th February. These are some of the most complex changes any eBay site has undergone, so I’m summarising here; if you want to see the full details, this is where they… Read more

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Lorrie: media fees cut, but nothing else changes

February 11, 2008

Lorrie Norrington has made her debut on the eBay Announcements Board with some good news for media sellers on eBay.com: insertion fees in the first three pricing tiers are to be cut from 20th February: Start PriceOld IFNew IF… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under News | 2 Comments 

PayPal to offer better seller protection

January 30, 2008

PayPal have stated in the near future sellers will be able to ship to any address confirmed or otherwise and qualify for seller protection. Unconfirmed addresses which in the past made seller protection invalid, would no longer exclude sellers from… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under News | 19 Comments 

eBay Australia holds Powerseller-only CLDs

November 16, 2007

eBay Australia are holding a Powerseller only cheap listing promotion next week. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will offer free insertion fees and BIN upgrades on auctions starting at 99c or less, provided that they are listed by Powersellers. To… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments 

PS Challenge returns for north American Powersellers

November 16, 2007

US and Canadian Powersellers have the chance to win up to US$1,500 this Christmas as eBay repeat last year’s Powerseller Challenge. Sellers who enter will be given a personalised sales target: those who beat the target receive up to 1.5% of their… Read more

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Phone support available for Bronze PowerSellers

September 3, 2007

From September the 10th PowerSeller telephone support will be extended to include ALL PowerSellers in the UK. For the first time Bronze PowerSellers will be able to telephone eBay for all account related matters. Gold, Platinum and Titanium… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments 

There’s something phishy about eBay

August 13, 2007

So as I mentioned in the forum, one of my IDs has been made a powerseller this weekend. Sadly my delight at receiving this ultimate eBay accolade has been slightly overshadowed by the frankly phishy nature of the communications I’ve received from… Read more

Written by Sue Bailey · Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments 

eBay pilot: unpaid item feature fee credits

August 1, 2007

eBay in the US and Canada are launching an “Unpaid Item Protection Program”, designed to refund listing enhancement fees, if an auction results in an unpaid item. Losing feature fees has long been a bone of contention for sellers, listing fees… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Uncategorized | 5 Comments 

PowerSellers’ Discussion Board to be split

June 24, 2007

There have often been calls on the PowerSeller Community Forum to split the board into different topics. The most common request on the UK PowerSeller Board has been for “Business” and “Chat” sections. Now on the US PowerSeller Board it may… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Uncategorized | 8 Comments 

Have you phoned eBay yet?

May 1, 2007

It’s a new month, and for silver PowerSellers in the UK a new service level from eBay support. As of yesterday telephone support in the UK is extended to all PowerSellers of Silver and above. No longer will they have to wait for email responses, the… Read more

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Phone support for Silver PowerSellers update!

April 20, 2007

We have been contacted by eBay who wanted to inform us that Phone Support for Silver PowerSellers will be available to eBay.co.uk members from the 30th April and not as from today as the PowerSeller Portal would currently suggest. The new service… Read more

Written by Chris Dawson · Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment 

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