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eBay Explores Shipping Insurance Plan for Sellers
A recent eBay seller survey obtained by AuctionBytes indicates that eBay is considering rolling ou ...
Tuesday July 28, 2009
AuctionBytes Conducts Survey on eBay's July Announcement
eBay made a major announcement on July 27, 2009, outlining changes to its PowerSeller program, fee ...
Monday July 27, 2009
eBay Publishes September Changes ahead of Announcement
As we reported last week and in yesterday's AuctionBytes Update newsletter, eBay is introducing majo ...
Saturday July 25, 2009
A Cheat Sheet of eBay's Pending Announcement
On Monday, eBay will announce its fall changes impacting sellers. All week we've been previewing som ...
Friday July 24, 2009
Amazon.com Sees Fastest Growth in Third Party Sellers in Q2
Amazon.com said it grew its base of third-party sellers 21% in the second quarter, the fastest growt ...
Thursday July 23, 2009
Amazon.com Announces Q2 2009 Earnings
Amazon.com Announces Second Quarter Financial Results; Free Cash Flow Exceeds $1.5 ...
eBay CEO John Donahoe Shares Thoughts on Q2 Results
eBay announced second quarter earnings yesterday, and CEO John Donahoe and CFO Bob Swan presented th ...
Wednesday July 22, 2009
eBay Loses Zappos with Amazon Acquisition
While eBay's marketplace GMV continues to decline and the company is looking a bit tarnished, Amazon ...
eBay Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 Results
eBay's Press R ...
Tuesday July 21, 2009
eBay Looks to Speed up Deadbeat-Bidder Claims Process
Deadbeats bidders and buyers are the bane of an eBay seller's existence. It can take 2 months to res ...
Sunday July 19, 2009
eBay to Change Its PowerSeller Program and Discounts
eBay will change its PowerSeller program in the United States later this year by adding a top-rate ...
Google Finds Missing eBay Items
Google Product Search will find items on eBay that eBay's own search engine can't retrieve. A ...
Saturday July 18, 2009
eBay Eyeing Seller Responsibilities Policy for September
eBay is slated to make an announcement the last week in July that will reveal major changes coming t ...
Thursday July 16, 2009
An eBay Item-Page Redesign Could Affect Use of Templates
eBay surveyed sellers on the appeal of new designs to View Item Pages that go much further than th ...
Wednesday July 15, 2009
Amazon.com Welcomes Third-Party Sellers
Amazon.com wants to attract new sellers - both large and small - and beginner sellers are welcome. T ...
Monday July 13, 2009
RIP eBay Live
Last year, eBay announced it was canceling its June 2009 user conference, and today, it officially ...
Swoopo Called the Crack Cocaine of Auction Sites
Mark Gimein wrote a review of Swoopo in which he compared it to crack cocaine, and said it was "th ...
Thursday July 9, 2009
eBay Favors Select Retailers, Sellers Abuzz over Ideeli
eBay sent emails to users on Thursday promoting a 2-day "sales event" for Cole Haan items from eBa ...
Comparing eBay and Amazon Traffic Trends
Today's AuctionBytes Newsflash reports on eBay and Amazon.com traffic. The two marketplaces co ...
Wednesday July 8, 2009
eBay Access Issues by Verizon Subscribers?
Requests are coming in from people having trouble accessing eBay and Half and/or PayPal. There ...
Tuesday July 7, 2009
eBay Performance - Analyst Reports and Traffic Data
Several analyst reports came out this week that looked favorably on eBay's recent progress. eBay w ...