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eBay to Leave Links Policy Alone
The good news is, eBay announced today it would leave its links policy as is, after having delayed ...
Tuesday July 29, 2008
Users on eBay Australia Buzzing over Failed PowerSeller
eBay users in Australia are reeling after a PowerSeller has allegedly left many buyers in the lurc ...
Thursday July 24, 2008
eBay Not Rewarding Cross-Border Traders?
I've been hearing reports that eBay sellers who reside in one country but list items on another ...
Wednesday July 23, 2008
Rumors, Glitches and Problems
I'd been hearing people talk about a rumor that 99-cent listings were not showing up in search, E ...
Tuesday July 22, 2008
eBay's PayPal-Required Message a Glitch in Some Cases
Sellers began reporting last Friday they were receiving a message from eBay telling them t ...
Sunday July 20, 2008
eBay Forcing PayPal on Sellers?
Beginning Friday, eBay began displaying messages telling some sellers they must offer PayPal or ...
eBay Things That Make You Go Hmmmmm...
Just a couple of things kicking around my inbox that don't really have a home, but might be ...
Saturday July 19, 2008
Green Tips for Ecommerce Packaging
Jan Ferrigan tackles the issue of environmentally friendly packaging in the July 20th issue of A ...
Sellers Discuss eBay Earnings
I just got feedback in the previous blog post that I should give people an opportunity to talk ab ...
Let's Talk Domain Names
The EcommBytes column in the July 20th issue of the AuctionBytes-Update newsletter tackles the i ...
Friday July 18, 2008
eBay Tests 'Auctions Ending Soonest' Gallery in Search Results
The eBay Observer Blog noticed eBay is starting to roll out (or test) the new search-resul ...
Wednesday July 16, 2008
Dutta Retires, Norrington to Head eBay Global Marketplaces
eBay CEO John Donahoe said Rajiv Dutta is retiring from the company after 10 years. He was eBay ...
eFencing Legislation Targets eBay
eBay and retailers are about to duke it out over legislation introduced into the US House ...
Mind Ps and Qs When Listing Hot Items on eBay
A seller learned the hard way to be careful when listing hot items like Nintendo Wii consoles ...
Monday July 14, 2008
eBay Wins Tiffany Counterfeiting Case
eBay won a lawsuit filed by Tiffany & Co. over counterfeit items on its site (see today's ...
Friday July 11, 2008
eBay's New Links Policy on Hold for Now
eBay has confirmed with AuctionBytes that the links policy announced in May is being delayed with ...
Thursday July 10, 2008
eBay Feedback Change: Neutral Means Neutral
eBay spokesperson Usher Lieberman confirmed that the company would no longer consider neutrals in it ...
eBay Adjusts Feedback Policy
eBay has announced that they will no longer factor in neutrals into feedback percentages. In a mess ...
The AuctionBytes Glitch Report
The AuctionBytes Glitch Report is a regular feature summarizing reports of glitches we're ...
Wednesday July 9, 2008
eBay Seller Suspended for Posting Neg in Positive Feedback
A PowerSeller said his account was suspended for leaving buyers negative comments in his positi ...
A Name for eBay's Rolling-Region Visibility
Finally, there are names for phenomena that eBay would have sellers believe is conspiracy theory ...
Tuesday July 8, 2008
eBay Sellers Conning Disney Park Visitors
The Orlando Sentinel newspaper published an article today that is very popular with Auct ...
Monday July 7, 2008
IMA Board Dwindles as Things Heat Up
Tensions at the Internet Merchants Association (IMA) organization reported last week e ...
Sunday July 6, 2008
Future eBay DSR Page ''Not in the Stars''?
It appears that eBay may be testing a new buyer interface for leaving Detailed Seller Ratings ( ...
Saturday July 5, 2008
Tools for Online Sellers
In Sunday's newsletter, AuctionBytes is running an article about some of the services for onlin ...
Thursday July 3, 2008
What Does This Have to do with eBay?
The other evening, as I was multi-tasking, I happened to catch a story on the NewsHour with Ji ...
eBay Signaling Distress in the UK?
A row has broken out on the eBay UK forums over a recent promotion offering UK visibili ...
Wednesday July 2, 2008
eBay Withdraws Notification to ACCC to go PayPal Only in Oz
eBay has apparently shelved its plans to make PayPal the only payment method on their Austr ...
Tuesday July 1, 2008
PayPal's Handling of Counterfeits Raises Questions
Consumers have been raising questions about PayPal's handling of counterfeit items sol ...