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Creepy or Cool: Offers Based on Your Personal Data?
It's been all over the news in the last few days that Mac owners are sometimes charged more than PC ...
Thursday June 28, 2012
Does Amazon Compete with Your Products on Amazon.com?
In an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday, while sellers report an average ...
Wednesday June 27, 2012
Would You Use PayPal's Store Checkout?
A Wall Street analyst's recent "field trip" to Home Depot to check out the new PayPal Store Che ...
Monday June 25, 2012
What Do You Think of eBay Syncing Email with Messages?
EBay announced on Friday, June 22nd, that it was automatically syncing your email address associated ...
Thursday June 21, 2012
What Do You Think of the New PayPal Design?
PayPal.com is rolling out a new design of the site that is more focused on the customer. I first ...
Wednesday June 20, 2012
Denver EOL Touts 'PayPal Here' Mobile Card Reader
The videos from Denver eBay on Location are out, and one of the sessions, "Innovations in Payment ...
Tuesday June 19, 2012
Using Your eBay About Me Page for Promotion
In the "good olden" days of eBay, you could link to an outside sales web site from your "About Me" p ...
Monday June 18, 2012
What's Fair and What's Evil in Antique Picking?
Sunday's EcommerceBytes Update article by longtime antique dealer Wayne Tuiskula, "Fair or Fou ...
Saturday June 16, 2012
What Do You Think of Amazon Repricing Tools?
Do you use a repricing tool for your inventory on Amazon, and/or other marketplaces? As I was writ ...
eBay Responds to Leaked News about Selling Tools
Three days ago, I quoted eBay education specialist Sally Milo , who had written in her email newsle ...
Wednesday June 13, 2012
eBay's New Selling Tools: What Would You Like to See?
[Update 6/16/12: Please see eBay's reaction to this post here :.] News leaked out of e ...
Tuesday June 12, 2012
Would You Use eBay's New Wholesale Deals Site?
eBay is testing a new wholesale marketplace for Top-Rated Sellers, "eBay Wholesale Deals: An Exclu ...
Monday June 11, 2012
Google's Schemer: A Pinterest for Bucket Lists
Social media sites seem to be constantly coming and going, and the field's getting cluttered, but a ...
Friday June 8, 2012
What Item Did You Pass Up That You Most Regret?
We all have that *ONE* thing that we passed up at a yard sale, estate sale, auction or flea market t ...
Wednesday June 6, 2012
Where Do You Draw the Line with Customer Returns?
While there is much ongoing ado and debate about free shipping in the online selling community, a ne ...
Monday June 4, 2012
Would You Accept eBay Germany's New Payment Collection Model?
On June 12, eBay in Germany ( ebay.de ) will switch to a new payment processing model in which it co ...