eBay paves the way for the end of the auction
EBay confirmed today sweeping changes to the way it runs the business paving the way to replace its auction model with more fixed-price sales to take on Amazon.
Terapeak Offered as Alternative to eBay Marketplace Research
Terapeak, an eBay Certified Provider, today announced that Marketplace Research by Terapeak is being offered as an alternative for eBay Marketplace Research, which eBay plans to retire as of September 15th, 2008. Available to all existing eBay Marketplace Research subscribers,
Auction websites fight amongst themselves
AS the popularity of auction giant eBay hangs in the balance, local competitors have started fighting amongst themselves.
Australian auction websites OZtion and Trading Post, anticipating an exodus of users from the market leader, are locked in a stoush over the use of the word “free”.
From eBay to Bidtopia: Bargainland’s Success Story
Bargainland (which is also a company named for the popular eBay user ID), was greatly affected by changes at eBay. Policies on designer brand names, for example, limited Bargainland to listing only five of these items at a time, and in other instances, Bargainland was required to have a 98 or 99 percent positive feedback. St. James said that when you sell this type of product, even if you list every single item as damaged in the description, you just cannot achieve that high of a rating. The company also believed that eBay, through its new policy changes, was discouraging the types of listings that was the core of its business.
Irked by eBay, Some Sellers Trade Elsewhere
Some online retailers are moving away from eBay.
Irked by February’s changes in fees and the feedback-rating system, merchants who once sold wares exclusively at the online-auction site can now be found on a number of smaller alternative sites that have sprung up. With names like Wigix, Silkfair, Etsy and Oodle, these sites aim to offer more hand-holding for sellers — and charge lower fees — than the behemoth eBay.
eBay Sellers Report DSR Glitch on Dashboard
eBay sellers are reporting that their DSRs are plummeting due to a glitch. The Seller Dashboard is reportedly showing incorrect Detailed Seller Ratings, which eBay uses to calculate seller performance discounts.
eBay’s Latest Screw-Up
A buyer types one or two keywords in the search box and then eBay uses Finding technology, a.k.a Best Match, to sort listings and determine which listings are duplicates. If Best Match thinks it found a duplicate – then the item disappears into a void because only one unique item per seller is allowed.
eBay Canada Launches Search for 2008 Entrepreneurs of the Year
eBay Canada launches its fourth annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, a program to identify and reward Canada’s most successful and ambitious eBay entrepreneurs. This year the program includes two new categories: the Mompreneur* of the Year and the Enviropreneur of the Year categories
eBay UK Appoint Digital Agency Essence to their Direct Partnerships Account
Following a competitive pitch, Essence will look after both long-term media partnerships and display activity for eBay in the UK. This will include media planning and buying, creative development and – above all – the management of performance to stretching ROI targets.
Facebook overtakes eBay to become 3rd top UK website
Social Media phenomenon, Facebook, has become the third most visited site in the UK and is closing in on second placed Hotmail, the online email service owned by Microsoft. According to internet monitoring company, Hitwise, Facebook received 2.75% of UK internet traffic last month beating eBay at 2.46%. The top site is, obviously, Google.
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