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Changes to eBay Item Condition and Search Display Ahead?
Thursday's newsletter has information about changes eBay is making to Item Condition, including d ...
eBay Sellers React to Top Rated Seller Rollout
eBay sellers are now coping with the effects of some of the Seller Release 2 (SR2) changes t ...
Monday September 28, 2009
How eBay Best Match Will Work in Collectibles & Toy Categories
Last week, eBay instituted a number of changes as part of its SR2 (Seller Release 2) announced in Ju ...
Sunday September 27, 2009
Liquidation.com Acquires eBay PowerSeller Dyscern
As reported in Monday's AuctionBytes newsletter ( link ), Liquidity Services Inc. (LSI) acquired onl ...
Friday September 25, 2009
eBay CEO Talks about Core Values: Auctions Are Not a Religion
I videotaped a few parts of eBay CEO John Donahoe's keynote address at the Shop.org Summit ...
Wednesday September 23, 2009
eBay CEO Takes Jabs at Amazon and Wal-Mart
eBay CEO John Donahoe came out swinging at companies competing with eBay when the to ...
Shop.org Showcases Radical Ecommerce Business Models - Woot!
The CEOs of the Gilt Groupe and Woot answered questions at a panel at the Shop.org Summit this afte ...
Tuesday September 22, 2009
Blogging Ecommerce from Shop.org
Retailers are upbeat in Las Vegas at Shop.org's annual summit, which kicked off this morning. ...
Monday September 21, 2009
eBay Reorganizes as Top Exec Stephanie Tilenius Departs
eBay's head of global product and North America for eBay is leaving the company, according to the co ...
Saturday September 19, 2009
Amazon Basics and the Effect on 3P Online Sellers
Amazon launched AmazonBasics on Saturday, a private-label collection of consumer electronic items ...
Friday September 18, 2009
eBay Still Testing Feedback Changes
Remember back in May when the eBay blog interviewed Brian Burke about some new feedback test ...
Thursday September 17, 2009
Let's Play the M&A Match Game
In a blog post , Om Malik pondered possible Merger & Acquisition activity and made some predict ...
Wednesday September 16, 2009
Bonanzle.com Almost Too Sweet at 100,000 Members?
Bonanzle.com surpassed 100,000 members on Monday, barely a year after the company's official lau ...
Like Walmart, Sears Launching Marketplace for 3P Sellers
Sears Marketplace is a new service integrated with Sears.com, allowing merchants to list their p ...
Tuesday September 15, 2009
eBay to House High-End Designer Clothing Store
eBay is getting into designer clothing. From its press release: eBay announced plans with desig ...
Monday September 14, 2009
Marketplaces Continue to Heat up Secondary Market
Most marketplaces these days offer some form of "daily deals" as part of their strategy in going a ...
Sunday September 13, 2009
eBay Daily Deals Gets Charitable with the Jonas Brothers
Monday morning at 8 AM Pacific, eBay will kick off a Daily Deal that is raising money for a charit ...
Monday September 7, 2009
eBay Pushes to Liquidate High Volumes of Retail Inventory
In March, eBay told analysts it was going after the secondary market, calling it $500 billion oppo ...
Friday September 4, 2009
eBay - PayPal Glitch Report
PayPal confirmed there is a bug affecting eBay transactions in the "Confirmed Address" status. A r ...
Wednesday September 2, 2009
eBay's 'Best Match' Test to Limit Exposure for Some Features
eBay is doing away with certain optional listing features on October 1, 2009, as part of its ...
Tuesday September 1, 2009
eBay Unloads Meg's Folly, Gets $1.9 Billion for 65% of Skype
It's official - eBay has sold Skype, the VoIP telecommunications company that former CEO Meg Whitman ...