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eBay Live June 2008 Conference Events
eBay is holding its seventh annual user conference in Chicago June 19 - 21. There is a lot going ...
eBay, Excessive Shipping, and Germany's Radical Solution
A few years ago, it would not have been unheard of to win an eBay auction for a Little Ki ...
Thursday May 29, 2008
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian's Charity eBay Auction
Julia Wilkinson is a blogger, freelance writer, and the author of several books including "The ...
Complaints of PayPal Subscription Bug
A web analytics service called StatCounter complained on its blog of technical issues t ...
Wednesday May 28, 2008
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Still Politicking
I can't help but be intrigued when Meg Whitman's name comes up as possible running mate to Repu ...
Tuesday May 27, 2008
eBay's ProStores Has Outage Tuesday
Some sellers reported that eBay's store-hosting service was down and they were unable to access ...
Ztail Becomes More Worth-y
Julia Wilkinson is a blogger, freelance writer, and the author of several books including "The e ...
Mysterious ACCC Filing Has eBay Sellers Playing Detective
eBay sellers are playing a game of "whodunit" today over a new submission to the Australia Com ...
Sunday May 25, 2008
eBay Changes Buyer Dissatisfaction Rate from 5% to 2%
Sellers are concerned that eBay has changed the criteria for disadvantaging sellers in Bes ...
eBay Pushes PayPal on Users Worldwide
I noticed the eBay UK website uses a new graphic to promote PayPal on the View Item pages. Cur ...
Friday May 23, 2008
eBay Slaps Name on Slots, What's Next?
Warning: Those who are sensitive to satire may want to skip this post. Scot Wing ...
Thursday May 22, 2008
eBay Considering PayPal-Only Policy in US?
As eBay prepares its response to the opposition of its PayPal-only policy in Australia, ...
Bang4Bucks Gives Aussies New Selling Options
Julia Wilkinson is a blogger, freelance writer, and the author of several books including "The e ...
Wednesday May 21, 2008
eBay Practices Enforcement Before Policy
eBay has decreed certain types of auctions no longer acceptable - magazine subscriptions, digit ...
eBay NARUs Head of PESA Australia?
A reader wrote in to report that one of eBay Australia's biggest seller, philsales1, was NARU ...
Tuesday May 20, 2008
CraigsList vs. eBay: No Kumbaya in Kijiji-ville
Julia Wilkinson is a blogger, freelance writer, and the author of several books ...
Pleas for Fix on PayPal Glitches
I blogged on Sunday about the challenges of dealing with PayPal echecks, and eBay and P ...
Monday May 19, 2008
eBay Makes Major Trust & Safety Policy Changes
eBay made a post to its Announcement Board that has a large number of significant change ...
Sunday May 18, 2008
eBay Buyer Asks, Why PayPal Slow to Clear
I wrote recently about eBay's decision to stop letting sellers block PayPal echecks ...
Saturday May 17, 2008
Wigix, Fididel, Flippid Target eBay Sellers
Sunday's AuctionBytes-Update newsletter features reviews of three new ecommerce sites: W ...
If I Ran the eBay Zoo
"It's a pretty good zoo," said young Gerald McGrew, "and the fellow who runs it seems proud ...
Thursday May 15, 2008
More Nielsen Data, eBay Page Views Down in April
Just got our hands on the April 08 data from Nielsen Online - it's extremely interesting. We wr ...
Canadian eBay Sellers Get Flat-Rate Shipping Box
From the press release : Canada Post and eBay Canada today announced the launch of a Fla ...
Wednesday May 14, 2008
Amazon.com De-emphasizing 3P Seller Listings?
Some third-party sellers on Amazon.com said they noticed a change in how the site displa ...
Overstock.com Bails on NY Affiliates over Sales Tax Issue
Overstock.com is bailing on its affiliates in New York State, according to the New York ...
Tuesday May 13, 2008
What will YOUR eBay Feedback Look Like Next Week?
As we reported in Monday's NewsFlash ( http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/cab/abn/y08/m05 ...
eBay Sellers React to New Feedback Changes
Sellers have figured out a way to see how eBay's new feedback policy will affect their overall ...
Monday May 12, 2008
eBay Glitch in QuickBooks Export
A glitch in eBay Accounting Assistant is preventing sellers from exporting all of their ...
Saturday May 10, 2008
eBay Wants Small Sellers!
After telling a gathering of high-volume sellers that eBay is becoming a more retail-like site, ...
Friday May 9, 2008
Critical Test for eBay's PayPal-Only Policy
The Australian government must decide whether eBay's proposed PayPal-only policy is anti-compet ...
Thursday May 8, 2008
Why Is QXL Closing in the UK?
Someone wrote in with a question. Did eBay's relationship with Naspers Limited have anything to ...
Wednesday May 7, 2008
eBay Gives SquareTrade Pink Slip, No More MFWs
Some sellers may be sweating bullets after getting an email from SquareTrade today. You have o ...
Online Retailers View Multi-Channel Expansion as Key
ChannelAdvisor commissioned JupiterResearch to survey online retailers on issues driving multi- ...
eBay Pronounces PayPal Glitch Resolved
AuctionBytes reported on a glitch last week in which some PayPal payment notification ema ...
Online Merchants Prepare for New USPS Rates
New postal rates go into effect on May 12th in the US, and online sellers need to make s ...
Monday May 5, 2008
eBay Cancels 2009 Atlanta 'eBay Live' Conference
Signaling more change, eBay cancelled next year's user conference, scheduled for June 11 - 13 i ...
Sunday May 4, 2008
eBay Does Exclusive Deal with Buy.com
eBay acknowledged on its corporate blog it has entered into a deal with Buy.com after the news ...
Thursday May 1, 2008
Amazon Sues NY over Sales-Tax Collection Law
New York State enacted a law on April 9 requiring online retailers like Amazon.com to collect s ...