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Sellers React to eBay Spring Changes
Sellers are trying to wrap their brains around eBay's latest round of changes, as outlined in the S ...
Tuesday February 28, 2012
eBay's Spring 2012 Update: A Seller's Take
eBay just came out with their 2012 Spring Seller Update , and as always there is bound to be much d ...
Friday February 24, 2012
eBayers Who Use Creative (and Weird) Packaging
The other day I posted a photo to one of the seller forums where I hang out of one of the weirder ...
Thursday February 23, 2012
A Beginner's Guide for Packing
[Guest blog by online seller Michael Ridlen] I see the UPS truck stopping outside, and my interest ...
Wednesday February 22, 2012
eBay Tapping Best of Both Worlds with Split Screens?
There's been much talk about how eBay is trying to be more and more like Amazon.com. This has its pr ...
Tuesday February 21, 2012
Where Have All the eBay Buyers Gone?
On a few different online groups where I hang out, there has been waxing nostalgic for the "good old ...
Monday February 20, 2012
Jim Cockrum: Can Anyone Profit from eBooks?
We couldn't fit the whole interview with Internet Marketing Expert Jim Cockrum in the recent Ecom ...
Thursday February 16, 2012
Should Man Return Money He Found in Safe Bought on eBay?
It's like something out of a "What Would You Do?" TV reality show: a Bartlett, Tennessee man bought ...
Wednesday February 15, 2012
eBay Asks for Feedback, DSRs Input: What Do You Suggest?
Overheard in the eBay world: eBay is asking for actions that can be taken to improve Feedback &a ...
Tuesday February 14, 2012
Will Amazon's Latest FBA Seller Fees Change How You List?
Amazon's FBA ("Fulfillment by Amazon") fees for Pick & Pack changed on Feb. 1 for many types of ...
Friday February 10, 2012
Selling Perfume Bottles on eBay for Fun and Profit
Amy Alexander Kagey ("amycats2" on eBay) attended a country auction one day and bid on a $2 box lot. ...
Thursday February 9, 2012
New eBay 14-Day Minimum Return Policy Unfair to Sellers?
In eBay's last year's "SR2" ( Seller Release 2 ), they announced that early this year (2012), seller ...
Wednesday February 8, 2012
Why Aren't More People Using Facebook Marketplace?
With the hype over the Facebook IPO, we've heard a lot of stats. One of them is if Facebook were a c ...
Monday February 6, 2012
Ease and Speed of Listing Help Vault Amazon to Top
With one-line descriptions, no need for uploading photos, lots of customers and a simple transaction ...
Thursday February 2, 2012
Amazon Takes a Swing at Sports Collectibles Space
Amazon made another move towards eBay's collectibles space with the announcement today that it was l ...
Wednesday February 1, 2012
Chinese Seller's Item Location Stirs up Confusion
There was an interesting discussion on one of the eBay boards recently about whether the "Item ...