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eBay Uses DSR Feedback Ratings in Seller Crackdown
Numerous eBay sellers have reported seeing their status change for the poorer in a span of several d ...
Sunday May 29, 2011
eBay DSRs Not Entirely Anonymous Thanks to Google
There's nothing more frustrating for eBay sellers than learning that a buyer has left them positive ...
Thursday May 26, 2011
Google's Stephanie Tilenius Sued over eBay Poaching
If you're going to recruit former colleagues but are contractually prohibited from doing so, it's be ...
Tuesday May 24, 2011
eBay Sellers Unable to Send Post-Transaction Emails
Some sellers are feeling like eBay "moved their cheese" today, reporting they are unable to send ema ...
Saturday May 21, 2011
Fuji Arts' Best Match Dilemma Leads to Success off eBay
In 2008, eBay made changes that resulted in a crisis for its number-one seller in the Japanese pri ...
Can Amazon Become a Platform for Collectibles?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke at the ShopSmart Summit in New York earlier this month. During the Q& ...
Thursday May 19, 2011
eBay Surveys Customers on Social Networking Activities
eBay sent an email to a subset of users asking them to take a survey on social networking. It used ...
Tuesday May 17, 2011
New eBay Search Feature Makes It Too Easy to Buy?
A new eBay feature lets shoppers preview items on search results pages rather than going directly to ...
Sunday May 15, 2011
PayPal and Visa Face off in Battle for Digital Wallet
PaymentsViews wrote about CEO John Donahoe's presentation at eBay's 2009 analyst day in which he sta ...
Tuesday May 10, 2011
Skype Sale - Good Deal for eBay?
eBay bought Skype in 2005 for approximately $2.6 billion in up-front cash and eBay stock, plus poten ...
Monday May 9, 2011
eBay Mysteriously Doubles and Triples Auction Bid Increments
Bidders began noticing something strange on eBay auctions at the very end of April - some listings ...
eBay Removes Selling Activity from My eBay Summary Page
Initial reaction from sellers to changes eBay made to the My eBay account pages today has not been p ...
Thursday May 5, 2011
Does eBay's Best Match Search Algorithm Favor Certain Sellers?
You don't have to be a disgruntled eBay seller to know there are flaws in the search function - eB ...
Tuesday May 3, 2011
Collecting Sales Tax Is Not Easy for Marketplace Sellers
There's a lot of talk these days about sales tax collection, and while merchants are not (yet) req ...
Sunday May 1, 2011
Amazon's Focus on Customer Is the Key to High Growth Rates
In listening to eBay and Amazon.com executives last week during first-quarter earnings calls and ...