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eBay UK test removal of eBay shops module from search

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shops link in UK header

Some long-awaited good news for Shops’ owners this morning: the link to the Shops hub has finally appeared in eBay UK’s page header. I still think there’s a sad lack of awareness amongst buyers that Shops exist, and of what they do, so now’s the… Read more

Shop Inventory could be harming your business

I recently had cause to examine listing strategies, for selling high value items, on eBay. Looking at items in the £2500.00 range there are normal choices of core, (Auction and Buy it Now (BIN) listings) and Shop Inventory Format (SIF). Due to… Read more

Shops links coming back home

Some good news for eBay Stores and Shops owners today. Firstly, the Stores link in the eBay.com header is coming back “over the next few days”. Changes are also on the way for the .com Stores Hub, adding “excitement, discoverability, and… Read more

eBay Metrics from Top Sellers

There were four prolific sellers, Bob Buchanon, Jeniffer Canty, Cory Kosick and Chris Maki in the session hosted by eBay’s Matt Ledwith from Top Seller Development. Questions were varied from the ever popular “Where can I source stock” Where Cory… Read more

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