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Online Sellers Should Think Like Marketers
A lot of attention is paid to sending product feeds to search engines (especially Google Product Sea ...
Wednesday July 28, 2010
eBay Rallies Sellers against Sales Tax Legislation
Brick-and-mortar retailers are locked in a battle with online retailers over sales tax collection, a ...
Tuesday July 27, 2010
Ecommerce Wants Your Facebook Data
Amazon.com is allowing customers to connect their Facebook accounts with their Amazon accounts ...
Monday July 26, 2010
What Do You Think of eBay's Third-Party Checkout?
Buyers are complaining about eBay's third-party checkout system, and complain they provide a bad buy ...
Friday July 23, 2010
Guest Column: Optimizing eBay's Search as a Seller
Today's AuctionBytes Blog post features a guest column from online seller Laura Haggarty who ...
Thursday July 22, 2010
Amazon.com Announces Second-Quarter Financial Results for 2010
Amazon's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm Eastern today, here is the company's press rel ...
Wednesday July 21, 2010
eBay Announces Second-Quarter Financial Results for 2010
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm Eastern today, here is the company's press relea ...
Tuesday July 20, 2010
eBay Updates UA on PayPal Holds, Buyer Protection
eBay updated its User Agreement effective September 7th for current users. According to the announ ...
Monday July 19, 2010
Six Signs to Watch for During eBay's Q2 Earnings Report
Another quarter is behind eBay, and earnings week is upon us. If nothing else, the next few da ...
Sunday July 18, 2010
Indiana AG Halts eBay Auctions Due to Onerous Policies
Quite a few people sent me a link to this JournalGazette.net article , "eBay snags halt sale of unc ...
Thursday July 15, 2010
eBay CEO John Donahoe Video from June D8 Conference
Wall Street Journal just published the video of Walt Mossberg's interview with eBay CEO John D ...
Wednesday July 14, 2010
Try, Try again - eBay UK Tests Shopping Cart
eBay will conduct a test of a shopping cart in the UK that allows buyers to purchase multiple item ...
Tuesday July 13, 2010
eBay Announcing More Changes for Sellers Today
eBay is set to announce SR3 (Seller Release 3) today. There are a number of changes, from tweaking U ...
Saturday July 10, 2010
Lets Talk Yard Sales!
It used to be a Saturday ritual: Ina and I would grab some coffee, a newspaper, and spend the morn ...
Friday July 9, 2010
Video Peeks Inside Amazon's Fulfillment Warehouse
Have you ever been tempted to send your inventory to Amazon.com warehouses for its FBA service , bu ...
Thursday July 8, 2010
Amazon Kicks eBay's Butt in Q2, Craigslist Tie for Traffic
Mark Mahaney of Citi Group expects Amazon traffic to grow 21% year over year in Q2, while it expec ...
Counterfeiting Remains a Serious Problem for Brands and eBay
I received several emails yesterday from readers who noticed a thread on the Yahoo Finance boards ...
Tuesday July 6, 2010
Does eBay Effectively Fight Shill Bidding?
When eBay defended itself in court from accusations of facilitating shill bidding on its live-aucti ...
Friday July 2, 2010
eBay Alternatives Hold 'Christmas in July' Sales
Bonanzle and Artfire sellers are holding 'Christmas in July' sales to generate excitement in a typic ...
Thursday July 1, 2010
eBay Discontinues AdCommerce Ad Program for Sellers
eBay sellers will no longer be able to purchase ads to promote their listings. eBay announced today ...