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Survey on Ecommerce and Social Networking
AuctionBytes.com is conducting a survey of online merchants to gather information about if and how t ...
Sellers Get Break from CPSIA Testing of Kids Products
Retailers and online sellers breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when the CPSC issued a press releas ...
Thursday January 29, 2009
Amazon 3P Sellers Approaching One-Third of Units Sold
Amazon saw a worldwide increase in active seller accounts to over 1.5 million, up 18%. Seller units ...
Amazon Announces Q4-2008 Earnings
Amazon.com posted its fourth-quarter 2008 earnings after market close today. Here's an excerpt of it ...
Do eBay Ads Cannibalize Sales?
In today's AuctionBytes Newsflash , I report on eBay's push to grow ad revenue. eBay has been get ...
Tuesday January 27, 2009
eBay Polls Sellers on Possible Fulfillment Service
eBay is reportedly conducting a survey to measure sellers' interest in a fulfillment service. Presum ...
Monday January 26, 2009
New Version of My eBay - Hit or Miss?
I received an email today from a seller who said he's experiencing extremely slow load times using ...
TIMEblaster's Steve Taylor Talks about eBay Search Technology
Search expert Steve Taylor created TIMEblaster to help him search and browse eBay more efficie ...
Sunday January 25, 2009
eBay Defines Selection, Value and Trust Metrics
During eBay's Q4-2008 presentation to analysts last week, it showed on Slide #16 of its presentation ...
Wednesday January 21, 2009
eBay Showcasing Skype to Potential Suitors?
When eBay's John Donahoe talked up Skype during a conference call with analysts, we wondered if th ...
Rumor of More Layoffs at ChannelAdvisor
Jeff Buechler, formerly an Enterprise Sales Executive at ChannelAdvisor, posted on his blog that C ...
eBay Reports Fourth Quarter 2008 Results
eBay posted its fourth-quarter 2008 earnings after market close today. Here's an excerpt of its pres ...
Tuesday January 20, 2009
PayPal Regulatory and Licensing Compliance
The issue of which regulations apply to PayPal came up in a recent AuctionBytes article . PayPal ...
Monday January 19, 2009
GoDaddy Launching Marketplace, and New PayPal Directory
Domain registrar GoDaddy is launching a new online marketplace (see AuctionBytes Newsflash articl ...
Sunday January 18, 2009
eBay Auction Seller Breaks Sales Record Off-eBay
The Wall Street Journal reported that analysts are expecting eBay's fourth-quarter earnings to be ...
Saturday January 17, 2009
eBay Payment Holds, PayPal Credit Checks and IRS Reporting
In Sunday's issue, I take another look at a new law requiring payment card processors and third-part ...
Tuesday January 13, 2009
eBay Changes Search and Templates in Stores
eBay announced the launch of a "new eBay Stores Experience" with new storefront templates and enha ...
eBay to Launch New View Item Page
In June, eBay announced it would launch a new View Item page seen here . Key new features were ...
Saturday January 10, 2009
AuctionBytes Appears on ColderICE and StartUpNation Podcasts
This week I had the opportunity to participate in two podcasts - ColderICE and StartupNation . I me ...
Friday January 9, 2009
eBay Payment Policy May Eliminate Deadbeats
eBay is making changes to its payment flow that will ultimately force buyers to enter paymen ...
Thursday January 8, 2009
eBay Invites PayMate as It Expands Allowed Payment Methods
When eBay implemented its ban on paper payments in October, it also disallowed most online payment s ...
Wednesday January 7, 2009
eBay to Enforce Paper-Payments Ban Soon
eBay set January 15, 2009, as the day it would begin enforcing its new paperless payments polic ...
Infopia Brings in New CEO at Ecommerce Service Provider
Bjorn Espenes is out as President and CEO of Infopia , Coleman Barney, former President and CEO of ...
Monday January 5, 2009
Meg Whitman Resigns from eBay Board, May Run for Governor
Meg Whitman fueled speculation that she was readying a run for office of California governor when it ...
Friday January 2, 2009
eBay Holds Listing Sale on Short-Duration Auctions
eBay is holding a 50-percent off sale on 1- and 3-day auction listings from January 3 - 31, 2009 ...
Thursday January 1, 2009
eBay Live Auctions, R.I.P.
It's official - the eBay Live Auctions live-bidding platform is dead. If you type in the URL in yo ...