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Which Online Sellers Will Survive the Next Five Years?
I consider myself a very active online shopper. A decade ago I may have purchased 5% of my commodi ...
Tuesday February 23, 2010
Meg Whitman Calls on eBay Pals in Latest Campaign Ad
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is saturating the airwaves of California with commercials in her bid to ...
eBay to Demote Sellers in Search Results for Poor Grades
eBay sellers will be required to meet stricter performance standards when Seller Release 1 (version ...
Monday February 22, 2010
AuctionBytes Rolls Out User Name Validation for Blogs
You may have already noticed little icons appearing next to some user names in th ...
Sunday February 21, 2010
PayPal Shipping Finally Adds Small Priority Flat-Rate Box
eBay and online sellers have been asking for years why PayPal does not support all of the USPS P ...
Saturday February 20, 2010
PayPal Policy Removes a Key Seller-Protection Provision
As we reported in AuctionBytes last week, PayPal is changing some policies. It sent an email to us ...
Thursday February 18, 2010
eBay Wants to Sell You an Apple iPad
eBay is buying paid-search ads to capitalize on the launch of Apple's latest wow-factor gadget. User ...
Tuesday February 16, 2010
eBay Exec Stephanie Tilenius to Head Google Commerce
Former eBay executive Stephanie Tilenius is joining Google to become Vice President of Commerce - a ...
Monday February 15, 2010
Online Sellers: Ask Your Shipping Questions Here
Shipping is an integral part of an online retailer's business, and even a small amount of money save ...
Friday February 12, 2010
eBay Restricts Shoppers' Ability to Solicit Advice on Fakes
The eBay Shoes, Purses and Fashion Accessories discussion board has been a goldmine of advice for bu ...
Wednesday February 10, 2010
eBay Passing off an Old Playground as a New Garden
eBay users who tested eBay's new search features in the "Playground" in 2007 might be surprised to l ...
Tuesday February 9, 2010
eBay Provides Answers on Buyer Protection Program
This month, eBay began prominently displaying messaging about its new Buyer Protection Plan on the e ...
Saturday February 6, 2010
Survey Result Are In: eBay Sellers Weigh in on New Fees
eBay is changing its fee structure at the end of March and is doing away with Store Inventory format ...
Friday February 5, 2010
Money Woes May Put eBay & Bidtopia Bidder Names Up for Grabs
AuctionBytes wrote on Wednesday about problems plaguing Bidtopia , the online auction site started ...
Tuesday February 2, 2010
Former Employees Blog about eBay and PayPal
eBay has a search problem, according to the former Director of eBay Express North America. Adam Na ...