Sellers can now revise live multi-quantity listings with sale

October 8, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 
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Sellers can now edit almost everything in live multi-quantity fixed price listings even after a sale on the item, except for title, category, duration and format.

If you need to add quantity, modify the item price, edit the description, modify shipping costs etc, you don’t need to end and recreate the listing. You can simply revise your live listings. Buyers who had previously bought the item will have an option to see the earlier version of the listing.

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EBay Monthly Sales Gain for First Time in a Year

October 8, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 
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Retailers on EBay.com Inc.’s site had sales gains in August and September, the first increases since at least July 2008, according to ChannelAdvisor Corp., which helps merchants sell on EBay, Amazon.com and other sites.

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Four entrepreneurs win $25,000 eBay/Kauffman awards

October 8, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 
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Online marketplace eBay Inc on Wednesday named four entrepreneurs who will each receive $25,000 to bring their business plans to life.

San Jose-based eBay said the four will also receive free marketing advice and support from the company. An additional four runners up were awarded $5,000 each to pursue their plans for starting or growing a business on eBay.

Online marketplace eBay Inc. on Wednesday named four entrepreneurs who will each receive $25,000 to bring their business plans to life.

San Jose-based eBay said the four will also receive free marketing advice and support from the company. An additional four runners up were awarded $5,000 each to pursue their plans for starting or growing a business on eBay.

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eBay 33% off Insertion Fee

September 27, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

Starting on Saturday, September 26, 2009, sellers who list Auction-style item(s), and have a 12 month Detailed Seller Rating of 4.5 or higher on all criteria, will receive 33% off the standard Insertion Fee per item listed.

New sellers who don’t yet have DSR ratings are also eligible.

DSR rating criteria for this promotion will be based on the previous 12 months.

More details at http://pages.ebay.com/33off/

The Evolution of eBay

September 27, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

As eBay’s senior manager of seller advocacy, Jim Griffith gets a daily earful about what’s wrong with his company’s online marketplace amid the ongoing wave of changes implemented there. But instead of discouraging or tuning out the feedback, Griffith is urging eBay members to keep it coming–as long as it’s constructive.

“I don’t want them to keep quiet,” says Griffith, who joined eBay in 1996, when its users numbered in the thousands, not the millions, and years before it began building a corporate empire that now includes the online payment processing system PayPal, the internet communications company Skype and others.

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Postal strikes leave eBay users in limbo

September 27, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

Ebay sellers are worried they may suffer negative feedback from customers as buyers with goods caught up in the postal strike launch pre-emptive “dispute” claims in a bid to avoid being out of pocket. Many users of the online auction house have been left empty handed as the Royal Mail union snarl-up over job cuts and pay causes huge disruption at sorting offices across the country.

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PayPal, eBay to Integrate Bill Me Later Into Sites

September 26, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News, Other auctions news · Comment 

Almost a year after eBay purchased online billing company Bill Me Later, the company’s offerings will be integrated into eBay and PayPal in the coming weeks.

Bill Me Later will launch for a limited number of sellers and buyers on eBay and PayPal in the next few weeks, Sam Shrauger, PayPal’s vice president of global product strategy, wrote in a blog post.

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eBay sellers face audits

August 2, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

Tax audits for eBay merchants are nothing new to Nanaimo’s Matt James, who has been selling artwork, collector coins and fishing tackle around the globe for the past 11 years. Canada Revenue Agency auditors went through his financial books in 2005 and 2006.

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eBay hands badges to top-rated sellers

July 28, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

eBay plans to hand out new discounts and merit badges to big sellers who leave more customers happy.

The online auction house said Monday it’s conjuring a new “top-rated seller” status to those given high marks in customer feedback. The status nets celebrated sellers a 20 per cent discount on their final value fees while elevating their auctions in search.

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eBay Earnings, Major Policy Changes Ahead

July 21, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

As investors and analysts await financial figures for eBay’s second quarter, sellers are likely to hear news Monday of policy changes that continue to reflect CEO John Donahoe’s strategy of streamlining the buyer experience and redefining the auction marketplace as a traditional e-commerce site.

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