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How Will John Donahoe's Tenure at eBay Be Remembered?
In baseball, there's a saying after a team has a bad season: You can't fire the team, you fire the m ...
Monday September 29, 2014
Should the USPS Do More to Tap into Ecommerce?
In Tuesday's Newsflash newsletter , we report on how the Australian postal service is tapping into ...
Thursday September 25, 2014
Etsy Sellers: Curation Trumps Algorithm
I'm hearing from sellers who are unhappy with some of the changes going on at Etsy. One is the new h ...
Monday September 22, 2014
eBay Outage Costs Seller Her TRS Discounts - Updated
Update 9/24/14: eBay user "ladykingel" has clarified that she has not lost her TRS discounts, ...
Thursday September 18, 2014
Warning to Media Sellers: Amazon Restricts Sale of DVDs
If you sell DVDs, be aware of a new restriction from Amazon - and even if you sell DVDs on other ...
Wednesday September 17, 2014
Sellers on the Hook for 6 Months with New PayPal Policy
In many ways, selling online is getting harder and harder, and PayPal's latest policy change is the ...
Monday September 15, 2014
Some Things Collectors Should Know before Listing on eBay
MilitaryTrader.com has a comprehensive piece on various government regulations that can hinder dea ...
Thursday September 11, 2014
eBay Bids Adieu to Another Top Exec, CTO Mark Carges
Four months after eBay revealed news of a major security breach, its Chief Technology Officer is ste ...
Tuesday September 9, 2014
UK Tax Agency Makes Example of eBay Seller
If you sell online, you better pay your taxes - that's the lesson the UK tax agency wants British ci ...
Saturday September 6, 2014
Do you have an oddball collection?
Not only is there a (virtual) museum devoted to air sickness bags, but you can become a "patron of p ...
Friday September 5, 2014
eBay to Make Reparations to Sellers for Service Disruption
eBay will make some reparations to sellers who were impacted by the major technical issues the site ...
eBay Lets Sellers Initiate Offers to Buyers - Good or Bad?
Most sellers know about eBay's Best Offer feature that lets sellers open their fixed-price listing ...
Wednesday September 3, 2014
eBay Glitch Brings Activity to a Crawl Wednesday PM
UPDATE 9:55 pm EST: eBay posted another update on its announcement board at 8:49 pm EST, ope ...
Monday September 1, 2014
Are eBay Glitches Hurting Auction Sales?
There have been a lot of reports of glitches that are impacting auctions on eBay recently. Last week ...