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eBay Gets Extreme Makeover in Electronics
Remember years ago searching on eBay and finding items sorted by "time ending soonest" so you co ...
Wednesday September 28, 2011
Can You Afford to Offer Free Shipping during the Holidays?
Shipping cost is a hot-button issue for Internet retailers, who are squeezed between consumers who w ...
Sunday September 25, 2011
New Amazon Tablet Could Impact Mobile Shopping
After months of speculation that Amazon would launch a tablet with capabilities somewhere between Ba ...
Thursday September 22, 2011
Sellers Worried about Conditions in Amazon Warehouses
Online sellers are concerned about conditions in Amazon warehouses after the Morning Call published ...
Wednesday September 21, 2011
What Do You Think of Etsy's New Advertising Program?
Etsy sellers can now pay to have their listings appear at the top of search results on the handm ...
Tuesday September 20, 2011
eBay Begins Processing Payments on Sellers' Behalf in Europe
eBay is testing a new model in Germany in which it processes payments from shoppers, and then forw ...
Saturday September 17, 2011
Amazon Sellers Struggle with New FBA Storage-Fee Policy
Online merchants who use Amazon FBA to fulfill orders on their behalf began reporting what they beli ...
Wednesday September 14, 2011
eBay Seeks Mobile Shoppers with New TV Ad Campaign
Ecommerce used to be about the click of the mouse on a desktop or laptop computer. Retailers are hop ...
Monday September 12, 2011
What Do Sellers Think of eBay's Expanded Titles?
eBay rolled out longer titles last Tuesday, though not without a few bumps in the road reported by ...
Saturday September 10, 2011
Would You Miss Your Post Office If It Closed?
Kenneth Corbin attended hearings in Washington DC this week on the USPS plans to close over ...
Thursday September 8, 2011
Best Buy Opens Marketplace to Third-Party Sellers
Yet another chain-store retailer has launched a marketplace open to third-party sellers - this time, ...
Wednesday September 7, 2011
What Would You Tell New President of eBay Marketplaces?
eBay named Devin Wenig President of Global Marketplaces Business on Tuesday. Wenig comes from the pu ...
Tuesday September 6, 2011
Yahoo's Bartz vs eBay's Donahoe: Tale of the Ticker Tape
The Yahoo board of directors fired its CEO on Wednesday. Carol Bartz was an outsider brought in ...
Monday September 5, 2011
Is PayPal Pressuring Sellers to Provide Social Security Numbers?
PayPal has begun requesting social security numbers and tax ID numbers from sellers thanks to a new ...
Friday September 2, 2011
eBay Puts Dupe-Listing Warning System in Place
Be warned - eBay is rolling out new functionality to the site next week to prevent sellers from list ...