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Live Blogging eBay's 2011 Shareholder Meeting
Greg Holden is live-blogging the eBay Annual Shareholders meeting for AuctionBytes again this year. ...
Wednesday April 27, 2011
eBay Announces First Quarter 2011 Earnings, Revenue up 16%
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press release a ...
Tuesday April 26, 2011
Amazon Net Sales up 38 Percent in Q1 2011
Amazon.com released the following press release announcing first quarter earnings for 2011, it will ...
Monday April 25, 2011
Etsy Culture Clash: Vintage versus Handmade
Etsy is best known for handmade items even though it has a thriving marketplace of vintage goods, ...
Friday April 22, 2011
What a Difference a Year Can Make on eBay
We occasionally take some heat from people for our "tone" when covering this industry - especially w ...
Thursday April 21, 2011
Use eBay Auctions with Care when Duplicating Fixed-Price Listings
Last week an AuctionBytes reader wrote to say they were unable to list some items. They said when ...
Tuesday April 19, 2011
Warning: Facebook Buttons May Be Hazardous to Your Site's Health
If there's one thing that makes online sellers and marketplaces happy, it's an increase in traffic o ...
Saturday April 16, 2011
eBay Adds Facebook Like Buttons to Listings
eBay is adding Facebook Like buttons to the top of listings so users can share specific ...
Thursday April 14, 2011
PayPal Survey Points to Interest in Escrow Service
A reader forwarded a screenshot of a survey PayPal is conducting that asked, "Which of the follo ...
Tuesday April 12, 2011
Etsy to Post Users' Real Names in Discussion Forums
Etsy plans to add users' real names to the forums for those users who shared their real names in the ...
Saturday April 9, 2011
eBay Prevents Sellers from Encouraging 5-Star Feedback
eBay is preventing sellers from making certain statements about feedback in their listings or encour ...
Friday April 8, 2011
Merchants Use eBay Variations for Keyword Spamming
eBay seller Matthew Ogborne says some sellers are using eBay's "variations" feature to keyword spa ...
Wednesday April 6, 2011
Can Etsy Founder Manage a Maturing Company?
Inc Magazine wrote an article about Etsy that raises an old question about whether founders are su ...
Monday April 4, 2011
eBay, Google Heart Big Merchants - Content Key for Small Sellers
I spent some time this afternoon speaking to Mercent 's Eric Best about eBay's pending acquisition ...