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Live Blogging eBay Town Hall Meeting Store to Core
eBay is hosting a Town Hall meeting to discuss this week's changes, including Store to Core and fee ...
Tuesday March 30, 2010
eBay Listings Count Jumps 55% Today as Stores Move to Core
eBay listing counts have jumped as eBay moves Store listings into core search results today. The ...
Sunday March 28, 2010
Where Have all the eBay Drop-Off Stores Gone?
I was doing a little Spring cleaning on the site this weekend, and one of the chores was going throu ...
Thursday March 25, 2010
eBay Snoozes as Hijacker Lists 52,000 Auctions in 2 Hours
An eBay account belonging to a seller of military certificates has been hijacked, and the ...
Wednesday March 24, 2010
eBay to Impose Shipping Caps, Item Condition in More Categories
As users wait for major changes to roll out to the eBay site next week, developers are already geari ...
AuctionBytes to Cover June Internet Retailer Conference IRCE
I'll be covering the annual Internet Retailer conference for AuctionBytes in June. It's back to Ch ...
Monday March 22, 2010
eBay to Make Changes to Search as It Adds Store to Core
eBay is testing enhancements to its search function, according to Wall Street analyst Colin Sebastia ...
Friday March 19, 2010
eBay Executive Pocketbooks Take a Hit in 2009
eBay released information about executive compensation in an SEC filing on Friday, publishing the ...
Thursday March 18, 2010
Do eBay's 'Glitches' Benefit Its Bottom Line?
Talk to an eBay seller, and they would be hard-pressed to give you an example of when an eBay glitch ...
Sunday March 14, 2010
eBay Sellers React to Unpaid Item Assistant for Deadbeats
Sellers are reacting to eBay's announcement regarding a process for dealing with deadbeat bidders ...
Friday March 12, 2010
eBay Lifts Ban on Teachers Manuals?
eBay banned the sale of teachers' manuals on its marketplace in 2006, which was a big blow to parent ...
Thursday March 11, 2010
Amazon Pushes Back as States Attempt to Tax Online Shopping
Hungry for revenue, states around the country would like to collect sales tax from residents who s ...
Monday March 8, 2010
eBay Promotes Coupon from PowerSeller Eforcity
eBay is working with PowerSeller Eforcity to offer a coupon-based promotion, which runs from March ...
Saturday March 6, 2010
eBay Developer InkFrog Down in Possible Malware Incident
InkFrog's website is down, and Google identifies it as a potentially unsafe site to visit. InkFrog p ...
Thursday March 4, 2010
eBay Triumphs in Antitrust Lawsuit - Wins Summary Judgment
Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted eBay's ...
eBay Will Remove Subtitles on Store Listings (Finally)
File it under, "Wish You Had Told Me Sooner" (or perhaps, "Wish You Had Told Me at All"). Some selle ...
Wednesday March 3, 2010
eBay Alerts Sellers of New Promo via Calls, Texting
Wednesday's AuctionBytes Newsflash covered news of eBay's automated phone campaign alerting s ...
Tuesday March 2, 2010
eBay Blurs Lines between Ads and Listings
AuctionBytes readers have noticed a difference in the appearance of eBay "sponsored results" tha ...