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eBay Mulls 'Try Before Buy' Plan, Certified Seller Program
eBay is conducting an "Experience Enhancement Survey," according to a user who posted screenshots of ...
Friday July 29, 2011
eBay Changes Controversial Social Networking Policy
eBay updated its social-networking policy that had in effect banned sellers from sharing auctions on ...
Wednesday July 27, 2011
What Do Online Sellers Think of New USPS Website?
The U.S. Postal Service rolled out its new, redesigned website over the weekend. Some sellers on eB ...
Tuesday July 26, 2011
Amazon Q2 Sales up 51 Percent to $9.91 Billion
Amazon.com's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press rel ...
Monday July 25, 2011
How Do You Organize and Store Your Inventory?
Julia Wilkinson's article in Sunday's newsletter about how online sellers deal with storing invento ...
Saturday July 23, 2011
eBay Bans Facebook Friends from Bidding on Auctions
Online sellers on Facebook began discussing a policy they found on eBay that restricts their socia ...
Thursday July 21, 2011
Etsy Founder Rob Kalin Is Out as CEO
Etsy founder Rob Kalin is out as CEO and will transition out of the day-to-day management of the com ...
Wednesday July 20, 2011
eBay Releases Second Quarter 2011 Earnings
eBay's conference call with analysts is at 5:00 pm EST today, here is the company's press release a ...
Tuesday July 19, 2011
How Could Twitter Enable Ecommerce?
From micro-blogging site to social networking site - to ecommerce site? Twitter is mulling over how ...
Friday July 15, 2011
Overstock Abandons Third-Party Seller Marketplace
As most retailers and marketers are opening their doors to small third-party sellers, Overstock.co ...
Thursday July 14, 2011
Traveling in the eBay Time Machine
For some reason, the following struck me somewhat funny (or possibly sad or ironic?) and thought i ...
Wednesday July 13, 2011
How Long Should It Take Sellers to Respond to Customer Emails?
I was reading an interesting discussion on the Amazon seller boards recently about the challenge o ...
Tuesday July 12, 2011
eBay Fall Seller Release Includes Ban on Emails and Links
eBay will announce Seller Release 2 today. eBay will ease up slightly on its open cases poli ...
Sunday July 10, 2011
What Online Sellers Need to Know about Google's Latest Service
Google used to be simply about getting your business seen through search results, but now it's so mu ...
Friday July 8, 2011
eBay Confirms Lower FVFs only Impact New Listings
eBay implemented new seller fees effective July 6: - FVFs are being lowered; - FVFs now cover tota ...
Wednesday July 6, 2011
Reminder - eBay's New Fees Take Effect Today
In March, eBay announced new fees that take effect today, July 6. The company is lowering its comm ...
Tuesday July 5, 2011
AuctionBytes Broadens Focus with EcommerceBytes Brand
Last week Ina and I were rummaging through our basement and came across a box filled with 500 copies ...