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Contacting Lawyer in eBay Class-Action Lawsuit
After I published contact information contained on documents in the auction-duration lawsuit fil ...
Wednesday July 25, 2007
Class Action Lawsuit Re eBay Auction Duration
I've again gotten several readers asking me for information about joining the latest class-action l ...
Overstock Auctions Seller Resorts to Profanity to Close Account
It took Overstock.com almost a day to react to a frustrated seller who posted profanities in his O ...
Monday July 23, 2007
eBay's PayPal Developer Challenge: Geeksploitation?
eBay's Developer Program - to use eBay phraseology - ain't no level playing field, despite the com ...
Saturday July 21, 2007
Your Experiences with Email Marketing
Do you market to your former customers through email marketing? If you do, do you drive them to your ...
Wednesday July 18, 2007
eBay Listings Down, GMV, Revenues Up in Marketplaces
This is a follow-up to my previous blog post . eBay explained the fact that listings are down yet ...
Is Average Selling Price on eBay Higher?
eBay released earnings minutes ago, one thing jumps out at me from the online sellers' point of view ...
eBay Issues: UK Checkout, eBay Groups and More
eBay UK said it is investigating a problem with discounts not always being reflected during chec ...
Friday July 6, 2007
Take the AuctionBytes Survey on eBay Policies & Features
eBay has been introducing a host of changes to its site, including new features and policies. Auctio ...
Wednesday July 4, 2007
Is eBay Broken? How about a survey...
When I wrote that something appeared to be broken on eBay, I never expected to this type of response ...
Monday July 2, 2007
eBay Users Spending Less Time on Site
A check of Nielsen/NetRatings shows that eBay users are spending less time on the site than in p ...
Supreme Court Pricing Decision - Effect on Online Sellers
The Supreme Court ruled last week that in some cases, manufacturers have the right to force retailer ...