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Online Sellers Face Storm-Related USPS Issues
Dear Ina, Like many sellers, we have several packages from before and after Hurricane Sandy struck ...
High-Volume Buyer Offers Perspective to Online Sellers
Dear Ina, I am an eBay seller, vintage and collectibles, small-time with 50 listings per month. I' ...
Tuesday October 30, 2012
eBay Limits Shipping Methods to Russia and Ukraine?
Dear Ina, I just found out something that may effect others - so I'm sharing it here. If you are a ...
Monday October 29, 2012
How Does eBay Define One-Day Handling Requirement?
Dear Ina, I just got a notice from eBay that I had lost my top-rated seller status since during the ...
eBay Seller Says Gallery Plus Is a Fee Trap
Dear Ina, Have you ever wondered WHY Ebay's "Gallery Plus" is offered free on a few categories, but ...
Sunday October 28, 2012
eBay Now Charges PayPal Fees Plus 15 Percent Commission on Half?
Dear Ina, Check this out as I think it's big news - an unbelievable discovery about Half com/Ebay ma ...
Friday October 26, 2012
Why Is eBay Tinkering with Search with Christmas Sales Underway?
Dear Ina, There are a lot of Australian sellers very upset with eBay at the moment. As if trading ...
Thursday October 25, 2012
eBay Segregation on Belgian Site Causes Sales to Plummet
Dear Ina, I know Ebay hasn't been very friendly towards its sellers the last couple of year. But lat ...
Tuesday October 23, 2012
Sellers Concerned about eBay Changes to Closed Listings
eBay has changed the way it displays ended listings, and a couple of readers are concerned the chan ...
eBay Revises Seller's Shipping Settings
Dear Ina, For months I have thought that eBay was messing with my listings. I currently have over 19 ...
Saturday October 20, 2012
Bracelet Morphs into Pin During Shipment
Dear Ina, I want to alert other sellers to a problem I have with a buyer in India. I am posting thi ...
Friday October 19, 2012
eBay Seller Subsidizes Shipping, Still Gets Low DSR
Hi Ina, Please see what your readers think of this; a buyer purchased an item of me where shipping c ...
Thursday October 18, 2012
eBay Inserts Competing Listings above the Fold
Dear Ina, I was wondering if I have missed this in the blog but I have been calling eBay daily for w ...
Tuesday October 16, 2012
New 2013 Postage Rates Include Some Whoppers
Dear Ina, I reviewed the U.S.P.S. Board of Governors (BOG) PDF file link you included in your recent ...
Monday October 15, 2012
Sellers Report Major Shipping-Label Glitch on eBay
Dear Ina, MAJOR shipping label problems on eBay. I use a Brother thermal printer and all my label ...
Friday October 12, 2012
Yet Another eBay Gotcha on TRS Score
Dear Ina, It never ceases to amaze me when eBay finds yet another GOTCHA on keeping sellers from ach ...
Thursday October 11, 2012
eBay Strong Arms Sellers into Offering Free Shipping
Dear Ina, I have a hard time dealing with the DSR feedback system. We have been a Top Rated Seller s ...
Wednesday October 10, 2012
Yes or No to Phone Numbers in eBay Listings?
Dear Ina, After reading a blog entry on your site regarding phone numbers in eBay listings (from t ...
Monday October 8, 2012
Asynchronous Marketing for Product Listing Titles
Dear Ina: The recent very cogent article on making every character count , which speaks to well fo ...
Sunday October 7, 2012
One-Day Shipping Hurts eBay Buyers
Dear Ina, I spend a lot of time sending mail to eBay Corp in California. I rarely receive response. ...
Friday October 5, 2012
Amazon Counts Customer Inquiries as Complaints
Dear Ina, You stated in the Amazon story this morning how Amazon is notorious for minimizing conta ...
Thursday October 4, 2012
Seller Objects to eBay Auction Dupes Policy
Dear Ina, I know that there was a letter back in April about "ebay puts sellers on alert over Spring ...
Wednesday October 3, 2012
eBay Marketing Feature Botches Collectibles Sale
Hi Ina, I just thought I'd pass this along. I received this email last night.... Dear (seller name ...
Tuesday October 2, 2012
eBay Seller Concerned about Changes to Location Identification
Dear Ina, Don't know if you saw it or not, but eBay threw yet something else at us unannounced. L ...
Monday October 1, 2012
eBay Runs Promotion, Fumbles the Ball
Dear Ina, This is regarding the latest promotion eBay ran , by invite only, until the 28th. I deci ...
eBay Buyer Exploits DSR Loophole in Feedback Ratings
Dear Ina, Just wanted to tell you about a recent experience. I shipped an item to a buyer. Item was ...