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Wednesday October 30, 2013
Cassini Penalizes eBay Listings with HTML
Dear Ina, While eBay refuses to release exact details around Cassini search, there are a few things ...

Monday October 28, 2013
eBay Restricts Seller over Duplicate Listing Policy
Dear Ina, Apparently eBay has changed it's duplicate listing policy. Up until now they would remove ...

Sunday October 27, 2013
eBay Slow to Refund Seller for Its Mistake on Shipping Charges
Dear Ina, Another frustrating morning on the phone to eBay! In the last week I have had four Inte ...

Thursday October 24, 2013
eBay Has Given Bidders Complete Anonymity to Detriment of All
Dear Ina, I read your article about the feedback changes eBay has made. By the time you read this, y ...

Wednesday October 23, 2013
What Are the Next Seller Features and Tools eBay Will Remove?
Dear Ina, I was thinking about this latest take-back by eBay, now no longer allowing Advanced Searc ...

Tuesday October 22, 2013
eBay Should Follow Amazon When It Comes to Free Shipping
Dear Ina, I have sold on eBay for over 10 years, have over 11,000 feedback (99.9%) and am a Top Rat ...

Monday October 21, 2013
eBay's Inflexibility Causes Buyer-Seller Tension
Dear Ina, I had an extremely slow couple of weeks during the sequester when I sold off some older ...

Friday October 18, 2013
How eBay and Amazon Stack Up: A Seller's Comparison
Dear Ina, With all of the new rules eBay is now forcing upon sellers such as forced managed returns ...

Wednesday October 16, 2013
Random Shipping Terms Pop up in eBay Seller's Listings
Dear Ina, What a week. Since discovering HERE that shop items that have had “no sales in 16 months ...

Tuesday October 15, 2013
New eBay Policy Skims Millions of Dollars in Fees
Hi Ina, I discovered a major problem the other day with an eBay format that most people are not awa ...

Monday October 14, 2013
Why Do Merchants Sell to Buyers in Countries with High Returns?
Dear Ina, I was reading the article " Shoppers Want More Control over Delivery and Returns " and saw ...

Saturday October 12, 2013
Seller Asks How to Close eBay Shop in Midst of Purges
Dear Ina, With all the talk (and proof) of Purge 1, the recent Purge 2 , and the probable Purge 3 4 ...

Thursday October 10, 2013
eBay Bans Seller from Using Insurance after Filing a Claim
Dear Ina, Sold a nice Swarovski crystal figurine recently on eBay. We used eBay's ShipCover to insur ...

Wednesday October 9, 2013
eBay Tutorials Are Important though Written in Lawyer-Speak
Dear Ina, I love the work you all are doing on EcommerceBytes and reading users who also leave very ...

Tuesday October 8, 2013
eBay Removes Seller's Listing Because of Bad Buyer
Dear Ina, Now this is a new one for me! eBay has removed a fixed price multi-variable auto-renewal l ...

Monday October 7, 2013
Why I'm Staying with Etsy
Dear Ina, I've been following with interest the events unfolding on Etsy and I say, here and now, th ...

Sunday October 6, 2013
eBay Gives Mixed Messages About Selling Limits
Dear Ina, You might want to do a follow-up on the eBay seller limits from the blog you did last year ...

Thursday October 3, 2013
Low-Feedback Merchants Are Winning the Amazon Buy Box
Dear Ina, We don't understand this: ( Link to Amazon merchant's feedback redacted ) How can a sell ...

Wednesday October 2, 2013
eBay Insertion Fees Catch Belgian Sellers by Surprise
Dear Ina, Although I'm a user of just a tiny Ebay site (Ebay Belgium) I've been following your blog ...

Tuesday October 1, 2013
PayPal Keeps 30 Cents of Seller Fees on Product Returns
Dear Ina, Today I had to issue a refund to an eBay buyer who returned an item. I noticed that after ...