.Net: How to improve your eBay store by Mark Buckingham
January 31, 2012
The March 2012 edition of .net magazine is out and the headline story is how to “Improve your eBay Store today!” written by eBay education specialist, SEO specialist and eBay business consultant Mark Buckingham of Netseek. Within the article Mark… Read more
eBay to push fashion outlets for Christmas
August 30, 2010
The Guardian reports that eBay UK will be pushing harder than ever in the run up to Christmas. As well as the current billboard campaign, adverts will appear in glossy women’s magazines including Vogue, OK!, Grazia, Look and Elle. Angus… Read more
eBay.com dump the stores link in navigation bar
May 10, 2010
eBay.com have announced that in line with the UK they are going to dump the Stores link in the navigation header. The reasoning is like the UK that there’s no point searching eBay Stores now that all listings are viewable in core search results, and… Read more
eBay UK : “Everything is different, but the same…”
March 29, 2010
If you’ve spotted some things on eBay UK looking a bit different in the last few days, you’re not (necessarily) going mad. Lots of users are reporting seeing a variety of different things, some staying put and some disappearing with a refresh of the… Read more
eBay UK test removal of eBay shops module from search
February 18, 2010
eBay UK are testing the removal of the Matching eBay Shops module from search results. If you’re in the test group you’ll be seeing a text link which reads “See all matching eBay shops” instead of the module which previously carried the same link… Read more
eBay.com remove shop modules from search results
November 9, 2009
eBay shop owners in the US are up in arms about what’s perceived as lower visibility for eBay.com stores. eBay are due to remove two Stores promotions from the search results page today – removing the “Get More Results module” at the bottom of… Read more
Question & Answers with Frooition
May 8, 2009
There’s been a lot of talk about Frooition recently, especially in connection with the new shops experience. We’ve taken some of the most asked questions by our readers and put them directly to Frooition and they were delighted to have the… Read more
Buy, Buy, Buy – £1000+ unexpected sales on eBay
November 18, 2008
Do you remember opening a new eBay ID? It’s a while since I’ve done so but some consultancy today reminded me just how exciting buying on eBay can be. A company is looking to set up their first shop on eBay and like everyone else have started out… Read more
Which eBay shop is best for you?
August 30, 2008
I’ve always believed that an eBay shop was worth more than the ability to use SIF listings, so the announcement that SIFs are to be retired in September is not going to convince me to close my shop. In view of the fee changes and possible… Read more
eBay UK testing shops in search?
June 27, 2008
There’s an : over the next few weeks we’ll be testing how buyers react to different displays of Shops items on eBay UK search results pages. These tests are part of our continual efforts to optimise of how we display items to buyers on eBay.co.uk…. Read more
My eBay shop design : Going live
June 5, 2008
Having given Frooition the approval on the final design for it was installed in one afternoon. Alun, the designer, has done a fantastic job although I still need to tidy up a couple of custom shop pages. I especially like the way he has changed… Read more
How to get top placement on Google for free
June 4, 2008
Not only is my eBay listing the first one returned in a worldwide Google search but I get a shopping bag icon beside it. The secret behind how to do this is Google Product Search (also known as Google Base). Google Product Search is a shopping… Read more
My eBay shop design : The brief
May 28, 2008
I’ve always liked design, which is pretty much a standard eBay implemention with a header. Even the header has been designed to resemble ebay shop promotion boxes with curvy corners (thanks to Sue and her code magic). The time has come for a… Read more
eBay Italy: EUR0.01 listings, free Gallery, Best Match
April 30, 2008
From June this year eBay Italy will be the first site to make , scrapping existing SIF listings and combining them with BIN to make a new format – “Buy It Now with full visibility in the search”. In addition to the standard listing lengths there… Read more
eBay France free boutiques listings promotion
April 29, 2008
eBay France is offering during May, June and July to sellers who use prefilled information in their listings. is available on eBay.fr for books, films, music, video games, PDAs, digital cameras and mobile phones. The promotion is open to… Read more
Red Letter Days and branding
April 22, 2008
Today at the Catalyst Conference Bill Alexander, Managing Director of Red Letter Days spoke on the importance of brand. When Theo Paphitis and Peter Jones bought Red Letter days in 2005 it was in administration with £17million of outstanding… Read more
Positive brand protection on eBay
April 11, 2008
It’s always bemused me why big brands either ignore eBay entirely, or sign up to the VeRO program but do nothing to establish themselves on eBay. I’ve long been of the opinion that brands would do well to have an active presence on eBay even if it… Read more
Get your own eBay-friendly webstore
April 9, 2008
eBay sellers often fall into online selling more by accident than design, and once they’ve built up a successful online business the natural next step is to start their own website. And that’s where things can get complicated – Which hosting package… Read more
TameBay discount for eBay templates
March 13, 2008
You may have noticed an advert on TameBay for custom eBay auction templates and shop design from Just Template It (the same company that runs the Pay Per Parcel delivery service). Today they’ve announced a 20% discount on auction templates and shop… Read more
Top UK eBay sellers analysed
January 19, 2008
Have you ever wondered what it takes to be successful on eBay? What listing tools should you use? Should you pay for a professionally designed custom eBay shop and listing template? I wondered too, so I looked at the top UK sellers to see what… Read more
Sponsored links downgraded, SIF upgraded
January 4, 2008
In welcome news to sellers eBay have posted on the community forums that sponsored links will be moved below all eBay listings in the future. In November eBay confirmed that sponsored links were here to stay but the placement was still under… Read more
Markdown manager new features
November 20, 2007
Markdown Manager is getting two new features this week. The first is the ability to email anyone who has subscribed to your email marketing lists to inform them you’ve started a sale. By default this will be turned on, so if you’d prefer to send a… Read more
Smarter Shop searches
September 8, 2007
A nice tweak today – or maybe I only just noticed it! – to eBay Shop searches: the same smart searching you get on the main site now works in shop-internal searches too. Searches that return zero results, but some close matches now show you the… Read more
Your Featured shop is now a Premium Shop
September 5, 2007
eBay.com have signalled a change in the way eBay shops will be viewed in the future. It’s often been question exactly what a “Featured Shop” gets over and above a basic shop, but the new name of “Premium Shop” more accurately reflects it’s benefits…. Read more
Shops links: eBay giveth, eBay taketh away
July 27, 2007
We were celebrating earlier this week that the Shops’ hub link has been added to the eBay UK header, but it seems the fight to get Shops’ links back where they belong (i.e. in buyers’ faces) isn’t over yet. eBay announced at the beginning of… Read more
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- Not a level playing field!
- Long time seller account banned
- Issues with Import Duty Tax and Invoices
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- Concord Extra - eBay, Amazon Store
- New UK fruit machine and coin-op amusements auction site!
- TV Purchase / Electronics
- "Outlet" sellers have immunity from banned listings removal!
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