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Bidz.com Closing Third-Party Merchant Program?
Two online sellers have emailed AuctionBytes reporting that Bidz.com is shutting down its Certifie ...
Askville and Chance to Receive Amazon Gift Cards
Amazon.com launched Askville , a website where users ask and answer questions. Askville.com us ...
Tuesday November 27, 2007
Informal Survey on Online-Auction Holiday Sales
I'm getting a lot of press releases about sales performance over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend ...
Sunday November 25, 2007
Moneybookers Warns of FaceBook Phishing Risks
Moneybookers issued a press statement warning that the social networking site Facebook could he ...
Sunday November 18, 2007
eBay Considering Changes to Feedback System?
eBay is conducting a survey about feedback, and one question has some sellers upset at the ide ...
Idiosyncrasies in eBay Search
Searching eBay these days is confusing. My first complaint is that sometimes I see the message, ...
Thursday November 15, 2007
More Signs of eBay Dance: Best Match Sort
More indications that eBay will roll out "Best Match" as the default sort order on search results ...
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Mitt Romney Campaign Turns to eBay to Raise Cash
eBay CEO Meg Whitman is spending lots of time helping her friend and former Bain co-worker Mitt ...
Monday November 12, 2007
eBay Shipping Glitch a Bad Buying Experience
A problem with eBay's Shipping Calculator is making for a bad buyer experience, one that I ...
Tuesday November 6, 2007
eBay's Guest Buyers and Blocked Bidders
eBay has launched a Guest Buyer program as described in this Newsflash article . eBay got back ...
eBay Makes Yahoo Ads Look Like Listings
In searching eBay last night, I noticed the "Sponsored Links" ads at the bottom of search result ...
Friday November 2, 2007
eBay Search Glitch Shows Free Shipping
I was putting the final touches on a review of an eBay search engine called GetItNext for Sunday' ...
Thursday November 1, 2007
eBay Kidnaps Santa
The holiday season is here, and retailers and marketplaces gearing up their ad campaigns. In Au ...