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eBay to Expand Allowed Payment Services in 2009
eBay spokesperson Usher Lieberman said eBay would allow additional payment services on its site nex ...
Emails Sent in PayPal Class-Action Lawsuit
Garden City Group sent an email to certain PayPal users today about a settlement in a class actio ...
Wednesday August 27, 2008
eBay's Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy
eBay has a "don't ask, don't tell" policy with regard to the payment methods sellers may advertise i ...
Tuesday August 26, 2008
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Gifts $5 Million in Stock
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave away 200,000 shares of eBay stock last week, valued at about $5 mil ...
eBay Boots Affiliates, Some Vow Revenge
A number of eBay affiliates reported they were kicked out of the program last week, and they were no ...
Sunday August 24, 2008
Announcing the EveryPlaceISell.com Merchant Directory
For some time now, David has recognized the need for a place where merchants could show shopper ...
Saturday August 23, 2008
PayPal Germany Responds to Security Concerns
A fraud-watchdog group based in Germany found what it called security flaws in PayPal German ...
Friday August 22, 2008
Could GoAntiques Solve Problem of Small eBay Sellers?
GoAntiques told users yesterday it would launch an auction platform in part because of eBay's d ...
Tuesday August 19, 2008
eBay Makes Major Changes to Fixed Price Fees
eBay briefed me today on changes that it was announcing publicly at midnight (Eastern). I'm scram ...
Monday August 18, 2008
AuctionBytes Glitch Report for August 18, 2008
BRAND NEW GLITCH: Some sellers are getting email messages with a strange header titled, "eBay Tax ...
Comparison of eBay vs. Amazon.com Continues
eBay's hometown newspaper, the San Jose Mercury News, ran an article today, call ...
Friday August 15, 2008
eBay Eliminating Listing Fees?
eBay has been making enormous changes to the site this year, and it may all be leading to a f ...
Thursday August 14, 2008
eBay Continues Testing View Item Page
eBay is continuing its testing of the new View Item page after making some modifications. (See ...
Wednesday August 13, 2008
Are Sellers Leaving eBay?
Mylene Mangalindan's article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday began, "Some online ...
Tuesday August 12, 2008
eBay's Meg Whitman Portrayed as Lobbyist
The LA Times took eBay's Meg Whitman at her word in a post about a presidential campaign ad for ...
Monday August 11, 2008
eBay as a Catalog
A reader sent me a screenshot of an eBay search results page for the term "sony ericsson w580i," ...
Saturday August 9, 2008
Marketing through Package Inserts
Julia Wilkinson writes in Sunday's newsletter about an effective way online sellers can market th ...
Thursday August 7, 2008
eBay Sellers Report DSR Glitch on Dashboard
eBay sellers are reporting that their DSRs are plummeting due to a glitch. The Seller Dashboard is ...
PayPal to Report eBay and Merchant Payments to IRS
eBay sellers and online merchants are facing increasing regulation as ecommerce moves out of the ...
Saturday August 2, 2008
Users Protest eBay Ban on Identical Items
eBay users are protesting the company's new policy that prevents a seller's identical items from sho ...
What Does Amazon Acquisition Mean for Booksellers?
In what is Abe-azonian news for booksellers, Amazon.com announced Friday plans to acquire AbeBooks, ...
Friday August 1, 2008
eBay Survey Suggests ProStores Fee Change
A reader reports having taken a survey conducted by eBay that indicates it may be considering poss ...