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Thursday November 30, 2017
Seller Not Happy with Etsy Responses on Company Goals
Dear Ina, You must read the  newest Q and A  in Etsy Forums under Discussions. It was a ...

Tuesday November 28, 2017
eBay Lawsuits and Cranky Sellers
Dear Ina, I have a couple of things I've been wondering about for a while. I've seen a bunch o ...

Friday November 24, 2017
Seller Feels Taunted by eBay in Best Offer Email Notice
Dear Ina, I'm not sure if I am on beta test, and have developers messing with me.  I had a "b ...

Wednesday November 22, 2017
Seller Compares Shoppers on Amazon, eBay, and Etsy
Would you agree with this seller's blunt assessment of the type of shoppers found on Amazon, eBa ...

Monday November 20, 2017
eBay Restricts Buying for New Account of Longtime User
Should eBay restrict the buying activity of a new account of a longtime user even though it knows ...

Friday November 17, 2017
eBay Charges Seller with Improper Use of Keywords
eBay sent this reader a warning about her use of keywords, but she said her title was an accurate ...

Thursday November 16, 2017
eBay Breaks Email Marketing as Seller Sales Slump
The tool eBay sellers use to market to customers isn't working, according to a reader who is facin ...

Wednesday November 15, 2017
eBay Changes Search to Divert Shoppers to Cheaper Rivals
Two readers have concerns about a  recent change  to eBay search. Next to listings on ...

Tuesday November 14, 2017
eBay's New Seller Tool Interferes with Shopping Cart
Dear Ina, Just had an eBay buyer contact me to say he could not request a total while using the sh ...

Saturday November 11, 2017
Problems with eBay Markdown Manager
Dear Ina, eBay has not just rolled out the new Markdown Manager (MM) tool in Canada, they have don ...

Thursday November 9, 2017
Rep Tells Seller eBay Lacks Resources to Fight Fakes
Dear Ina, In the process of getting my eBay listings prepped for my upcoming holiday sales I decid ...

Tuesday November 7, 2017
eBay Sellers Should Watch for Make an Offer Change
Dear Ina, Woke up today to find 3 listings had been changed to 'Make An Offer" with threshold se ...

Seller Finds eBay Relists His Already Sold Unique Items
Dear Ina, I sell one of a kind antiques and collectibles on eBay and have done so since 2002, havi ...

Monday November 6, 2017
eBay Seller Floats Theory about Poor Returns-to-Sales Ratio
Dear Ina, At the risk of proposing something that sounds like a conspiracy theory, is eBay steerin ...

Sunday November 5, 2017
eBay Seller Unable to Get New Markdown Manager to Work
Dear Ina, I use eBay Markdown Manager every month to put all 1000 items in my store on sale at 10% ...

Thursday November 2, 2017
eBay Resumes Sending Seller Marketing Emails
Dear Ina, You may (probably not) recall that I had previously said (and long ago submitted a rep ...

Wednesday November 1, 2017
Seller Says eBay Hurricane Protection Is MIA
Dear Ina, I live in Florida and was impacted by Hurricane Irma. I had no electricity and no intern ...