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Emma Virtual Assistant Comes to eBay
eBay recently replaced the "Contact Us" and "Help" links that used to appear at the top right of pag ...
Friday January 28, 2011
PayPal Bug - Who is Richard Brezovec?
eBay sellers are reporting that when they use PayPal to make payments to eBay for postage labels or ...
Thursday January 27, 2011
Amazon Announces Q4 2010 Sales up 36% to $12.95 Billion
Amazon.com's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press ...
eBay Changes to Search Hurt Sellers Using Multi-Variation
A longtime Platinum-level eBay seller said his traffic dropped like a rock after eBay changed the wa ...
Tuesday January 25, 2011
eBay Sellers Report Glitch in Free Auction Promotion
eBay launched a new promotion in which sellers can list up to 100 auctions with no insertion fees, ...
Saturday January 22, 2011
2,800 Sellers Rate Online Marketplaces in Independent Survey
The results of the AuctionBytes second annual Sellers Choice Awards are in, and there are plenty of ...
Friday January 21, 2011
Neg or Let Live on eBay? What Would YOU do?
I thought a recent transaction of mine as a buyer on eBay might make an interesting case study of se ...
Wednesday January 19, 2011
eBay Announces Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press release a ...
Sunday January 16, 2011
Increased Shipping Costs Are Coming - How Will You Adjust?
Online sellers are being squeezed between the consumer demand for free shipping and the ever-increas ...
Thursday January 13, 2011
eBay Sellers Get Partial Reimbursement in Lawsuit Settlement
Brice Yingling and Andy Scott sued eBay in 2009 over the fees they were charged for selling on eBay ...
Wednesday January 12, 2011
What to Expect from eBay and Amazon Q4 Earnings
eBay and Amazon.com will report fourth-quarter and full-year earnings this month. The fourth quarter ...
Monday January 10, 2011
How eBay Nearly Missed out on Its Mobile Advantage
A total of 11% of web shoppers reported having made a purchase from their phones this holiday season ...
Wednesday January 5, 2011
How eBay Connected Buyers and Sellers in 2010
eBay published the following press release this afternoon, recapping the events of 2010, includin ...
Tuesday January 4, 2011
Did eBay Blunder with Its Digital Content Strategy?
In 2008, eBay banned digital downloads from its marketplace. It wasn't that eBay didn't see a de ...
Sunday January 2, 2011
Rate the Online Marketplaces - Sellers Choice Voting Is Open!
What better way to kick off the New Year than to open up the voting for our 2nd annual Sellers Cho ...
Saturday January 1, 2011
Does More Transparent Pricing Leave Room for Retail Profits?
ComScore founder Gian Fulgoni wrote a blog post on Thursday in which he looks at data to see how c ...