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The Brewery
Monday, March 30 at 8:00am - Small Business 2.0
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Thursday, August 21 at 8:15am - eBay Live
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- Petition to remove EU Trade Barriers 5:49am Jul 4
- PayPal and eBay telephone support numbers 2:29am Jul 3
- Royal Mail strikes: London 8th-10th July 1:53am Jul 3|1 Comment
Yesterday I had an interesting conversation with a long term, very experienced, eBay seller who I’ve known for a many years. Their telephone bill was unusually high and they found a premium rate telephone number to be the culprit...
eBay Australia has partnered with seekingservice.com.au to provide access to business services on the site. The service allows you to find local businesses and compare quotes by posting a one-off or ongoing project which businesses can bid for...
Richard Ambrose is leaving eBay after six years with the company. As Director of Trust and Safety for eBay UK, Richard was the media face of eBay, appearing on TV and radio to talk about the company and to defend sellers and the ways they make money online...
Royal Mail are advising business sellers who still use paper dockets for PPI stamps (Printed Post Impression) to move to an Online Business Account (OBA). For those using offline postage the minimum order value has risen from £5 to £20, plus a separate £1 handling fee...
If your website sends a feed to Google Base, you need to be aware that as of today, the “condition” attribute will be required for all listings. Acceptable values are new, used, or refurbish
We’re hearing from a few sellers today that extra charges are being added onto their listings when revising – sometimes for the unsolicited addition of Gallery Plus @ £2.85, and sometimes for random and unfathomable amounts, some in excess of £5...
eBay have announced today that they will be extending the terms of the Buyer Protection Programme to cover all buyers of Michael Jackson tickets...
eBay UK have been running a promotion since last April offering 20% off FVFs to sellers in some categories who offer free postage on their items. This promotion was due to end this month, but has now been extended until 30th September...
John Donahoe’s statement that “Skype is a great stand-alone business” could be coming back to haunt him as the IPO due to float it off may be facing a long delay. Some of the technology that Skype uses is under dispute with Skype failing to secure an early court date in London...
Auction site Wagglepop is to close at the end of this month; after failing to find a buyer for the site as a going concern, it will be reborn as a “a 100% affiliate-driven marketplace through affiliate partnership agreement with Amazon”...
eBay have enabled Easy Returns on the site to enabling buyers to inform you they wish to send items back for a refund. A drop down allows buyers to select a reason for the return, although they can if they wish enter a message to the seller to expand upon why they’re returning the item...
eBay UK are holding a free listing day for private sellers on the 25th June. Any items listed as auctions will have insertion fees waived (although all other listing enhancement and final value fees will still apply). The promotion applies regardless of start price...
photo credit: avlxyz PayPal have published the results of their second annual Checkout Abandonment Survey, looking at why website buyers don’t complete purchases. Just like last year’s survey, an excessive shipping fee was the number one reason for shoppers walking away...
If you’ve got a spare unlocked 3G mobile sitting around head on over to the 3 Mobile website. 3 are giving away up to two free SIM cards per person which you can use to make free Skype to Skype mobiles calls...
eBay’s Summer edition of the Online Business Index which was published today reveals that, despite the ongoing economic gloom, the outlook for online businesses is brightening...
Those lucky souls at the eBay Developers’ Conference this week have had a sneak preview of what’s coming on eBay in the next twelve months. Some highlights include: Merchant credit card processing integrated into eBay Checkout later this year...
Introducing a new occasional feature for TameBay – eBay’s Worst Match, showcasing all the silliest results turned up by Best Match. First up: well, see for yourself: click to embiggen With thanks to Barry from Innovico for the above...
If you’re a shoe seller you can now start listing Multi-Variation listings on eBay UK using the Sell Your Item form. If you create a new listing in a relevant category (currently shoes) the option to change to a Multi-Variation listing will appear and you can start the listing flow...
eBay and ChannelAdvisor are co-hosting an online seminar at 3pm on the 25th June, focusing on the new multi-variation listing format. Multi-Variation listings are due to launch tomorrow at 6pm in the shoes category and mid-July for Clothing and Accessories...
The new Selling Manager (SM) / Selling Manager Pro (SMP) summary page has gone live on eBay. Along with the ability to change the section header colours, you can also move the sections around on the page so that the information you need is at the top...
click to embiggenIf you were hoping to snap up today’s eBay UK deal of the day, you’re out of luck: it’s been ended early...
eBay UK’s head of Trust and Safety, Richard Ambrose, said on Radio 4 yesterday that eBay is to hold payments for tickets “until buyers have what they paid for”. The statement was part of a You and Yours feature on eBay ticket sales from a seller they identified as “M T Promotions”...
London postal workers are to stage a 24 hour strike next Friday, 19th June. Their union, the CWU, says that 10,000 will take part in the action, protesting against cuts made by Royal Mail which the union say are “arbitrary” and threaten jobs and services...
In the addresses section of your account information on eBay you can set your registration address, payment address and shipping addresses. A fourth address has just appeared which will be the return address your customers use when eBay implement their new Easy Returns procedure...
Overcharging on postage has in the past been pretty much the norm on eBay for many sellers, which is one of the reasons that eBay are starting to introduce compulsory free post in some categories...
I’ve read some pointless “guides to eBay” before but I think even the newest of newbies could figure out The Times’ five points to selling on eBay. For five really useful things, check out John Jantsch’s post about what people really buy...
photo credit: Jon_Marshall Back at the end of March, eBay UK made their announcement about what would be changing for eBay sellers this summer. The new rules and features launch on June 15th, so here’s our checklist: make sure your listings are ready...
eBay’s reminder about changes to come this month mentions in passing that free eBay-hosted pictures are to be made available to the Homes & Gardens category. This offer had already been announced for Clothes, Shoes and Accessories...
Auction site Tazbar is to cease trading on 16th July, owner Lee Markham announced tonight...
If you use automatic accept/decline on Best Offers you may think you have no need to check outstanding Best Offers. Since the ability of buyers (and sellers) to enter additional terms you need to start checking Best Offers regularly...
Having been an avid Firefox user for years I’m starting to enjoy using Internet Explorer 8. It’s got a couple of really cute features that are ideal for using with eBay. IE8 eBay Accelerator The first is the IE8 eBay Accelerator...
eBays UK and Ireland Motors are holding a half-price listing weekend for the 6th and 7th June. Insertion fees for auction and BIN listings will be half the normal rate, so £4 or €4.50. Classified ads do not qualify for the promotion...
I think I was probably about the only person ever to use Skype buttons on eBay listings, which gave buyers and sellers an alternative way of communicating. However as the feature was used by so few sellers eBay are going to remove the Skype options as of the 10th of June...
eBay have said that from today, listings on eBay UK will be “promoted” on other European sites. The announcement was made in an email sent to eBay UK sellers: I can’t find anything more official on the site yet...
Some sellers have raised concerns on the PowerSeller board that search results are being presented as Time Ending Soonest* rather than Best Match...
London postal workers have voted overhwelmingly in favour of strikes, said their union, the CWU. The union said that its members voted 9 to 1 in favour of industrial action, though it’s hoped that all-out strikes can be avoided...
eBay are surveying site users on the future of the community forum boards. They’re currently running a survey giving users their chance to say how they use the eBay chat boards, what they like and dislike and how they think the boards should evolve in the future...
eBay Partner Network (ePN) is eBay’s affiliate scheme which pays a commission to websites that send traffic to eBay. Different rates are paid when a website refers a user who places a bid, makes a purchase or registers as a new eBay user...
Golf clubs and cameras and cell phones - oh my! eBay.com are offering 5c insertion fees for a range of items in specified categories when listed with pre-filled item information...
Proof that you can still bag a bargain on eBay: the man who bought a Gainsborough on eBay for less than $200. eBay Australia have found that 8 in 10 people are shopping on the sly, hiding the value of their shopping from their family and friends during the recession...
eBay UK have announced today that the sale of electronic cigarettes is to be banned on the site from the 30th June. The ban also includes componant parts, including cartridges, atomisers, liquid refills, vaporisers, batteries and shells...
eBay Motors US will cap insertion fees at 35c for auction-style listings in its Parts and Accessories categories from 1st to 8th June. This will be a reduction in fees for any item starting at $10 or more. All other fees apply as normal...
VC Fred Wilson wonders why PayPal isn’t more popular: he doesn’t really draw any conclusions, but I suspect the comments may get interesting. More interesting comments as Venture Beat asks Can eBay rebrand itself as the Web’s Wal-Mart? I’d say yes, it can, but should it want to...
Skype have released their latest Skype 4.1 Beta today, which adds screen sharing capabilities. It’s not going to instantly replace professional webinar solutions as it’s currently view only and at the moment only works between two users - a host and a guest viewer...
A newly proposed EC Consumer Rights Directive aims to give consumers across the Europe the same protection as they can expect when buying from within their own country...
It’s a tempation familiar to many eBay sellers: your buyer just doesn’t want to pay postage and packing, and for a fleeting moment, you want to slap a stamp on the item itself, and stick it in the post box...
Today the UK High Court ruled against L’Oréal mirroring the French courts decision from last week. In court, of the 15 products hand-selected by L’Oreal as evidence against eBay UK, not a single one was proven to be counterfeit...
Research by Terapeak into average selling prices for music albums has confirmed that prices in the UK are currently the best in the world. Doubtless this is in part due to the exchange rate, but it does mean that it’s an ideal time for overseas buyers to purchase from the UK...
A Swedish chef is auctioning a potato he says bears the face of Jesus. I’m having trouble seeing much more than a vaguely faced-shaped blob myself, but your mileage may vary...
eBay are testing more changes to feedback with new feedback flows to be presented to selected sellers customers over the next four to six weeks in the US. eBay Ink has some screen shots as well as an interview with Brian Burke, eBay Director of Seller Standards & Feedback...
Let’s play a game. Can you tell the difference between these two items? How about these two? Just one more. This one’s a little tricky:...
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