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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Shops link in UK header

July 20, 2007

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

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Shop Inventory could be harming your business

July 14, 2007

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

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Shops links coming back home

July 10, 2007

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

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eBay Metrics from Top Sellers

June 14, 2007

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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eBay Guardian Business Sense competition results

May 29, 2007

THe Guardian Business Sense Challenge 2007 winners have been announced. As predicted at the start of the competition the overall winner was laptopscrapyard aka Joe Williams who set out selling parts scavanged from broken laptops and… Read more

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Who ate my breadcrumbs?

May 24, 2007

If you have an eBay Shop, you probably used to see a line of links across the top of your listings, showing which category and subcategory your listing was in. They were small links, but beautifully formed, enabling buyers to easily move up one… Read more

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WAGs Boutique eBay shops success

April 16, 2007

It’s been a busy weekend for the WAGs selling in their eBay shops. They’ve sold an enormous amount of charity Willow Foundation and Great Ormond Street (GOSH) Hoodies and T-Shirts and their eBay shops have proved to be a roaring success. The… Read more

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The battle of the WAG’s hots up

April 13, 2007

A press release goes out today from eBay which will raise the profile of WAGs Boutique Bows and Better Half eBay shops. Listings are ending sold, almost as soon as they’re listed and the two teams arranging extra supplies to stock to meet demand. We… Read more

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WAGs Boutique Charity Hoodies only available on eBay

April 11, 2007

The ITV WAGs Boutique website has announced that eBay is now the only place to get Bows and Better Half charity items – they will no longer be available in the boutiques! This includes the WAGs Hoodies, Sweatshirts and T-Shirts for both Great Ormond… Read more

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WAGs Boutique Bows & Better Half sell on eBay!

April 11, 2007

If you’ve not heard of WAGs Boutique it’s billed as “The battle of the babes” as two teams of WAGs (footballers’ wives and girlfriends) compete to turn their passion for fashion into a hot profit. WAGs Boutique is presented by June Sarpong WAGs… Read more

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New dynamic galleries for eBay shops

March 30, 2007

eBay have upgraded the promotion boxes in eBay shops with a scrolling gallery option. This is similar to the popular Vendio and Auctiva galleries which many sellers include in their auctions. The gallery is category sensitive so it can… Read more

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Shops fall out of Google results

March 26, 2007

eBay sellers watching their traffic reports closely last month might have noticed a drop in their traffic coming via Google. What they didn’t realise until today was that Google traffic had fallen not just to individual shops, but to the whole site…. Read more

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eBay make multiple sales more attractive

March 22, 2007

eBay have announced three major changes to checkout today, two are postage discount based but the most important change is “Biddy’s Button”, or as eBay have called it “Enhanced Merchandising”.Biddy’s ButtonAt last after two years campaigning eBay… Read more

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eBay.com gets promotion that’s standard on .co.uk

March 12, 2007

eBay.com have announced a promotion for sellers that open a new store (shop to us in the UK!). Up until March 18th anyone opening a new basic or featured store for the first time will be eligible for a 30 day free trial. To be honest I’m… Read more

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Sale discounts for eBay shops – markdown manager

January 31, 2007

Markdown Manager is the perfect solution for setting up a sale in your eBay shop. Not available in the UK yet but launched for US shop (store) owners it allows you to literally slash prices on Buy It Now and Shop Inventory Format listings. Buyers… Read more

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Top Tips for Shop Owners

December 1, 2006

Secrets to eBay offers Ten Ways to Promote Your eBay Store. Most of them are of the ‘so obvious, why doesn’t everyone do it’ type: it’s a useful checklist to make sure you’re promoting your Shop at every opportunity. And in obedience to #8, here… Read more

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eBay introduce email marketing templates

November 25, 2006

We let you know about the increase in email marketing allocations back on the 14th and eBay have now released more features – templates and scheduling. As well as the existing customisable layout there are five new designs to choose from along… Read more

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More free marketing emails with Shops

November 14, 2006

Another improvement eBay have kept quiet about: email marketing free email allocations have just been massively increased. Basic Shop owners now get 1000 emails, Featured Shops 2500 and Anchor Shops a massive 5000 emails a month. As eBay tell us… Read more

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