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eBay Checkout, Merchant Accounts and PCI Compliance
Last Monday, I wrote about an issue affecting sellers with merchant credit card accounts, and in p ...
Friday May 29, 2009
Auctiva CEO: eBay Changes Triggered Move to Pay Model
In a webinar with several industry bloggers, Auctiva CEO Jeff Schlicht said changes to the eBay Part ...
Thursday May 28, 2009
Auctiva to Start Charging Fees for eBay Seller Tools
Auctiva , an eBay Certified Solutions Provider that provides popular listing tools to eBay sellers ...
Wednesday May 27, 2009
Etsy Experiences Technical Difficulties
Etsy experienced "general site issues" according to a posting made at 5:00 pm on its fix.etsy.com ...
Monday May 25, 2009
Note to eBay Sellers with Credit Card Merchant Accounts
eBay requires sellers who have credit card merchant accounts to use its Payflow Gateway Servic ...
Friday May 22, 2009
eBay Stores Glitch
eBay posted an announcement on its Systems Announcement board that there was an issue affect ...
Wednesday May 20, 2009
eBay Tinkering with Feedback System
For those who worried eBay might slow the pace of change, never fear. eBay is running tests on it ...
Key Takeaways on eBay's Dispute Resolution Process
After talking to eBay about its new dispute resolution process and about its stand on counterf ...
Manufacturers Using eBay's VeRO to Target Discounters?
An interesting issue came to light when eBay testified before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday to ur ...
Monday May 18, 2009
eBay Survey Queries Sellers
As reported in Tuesday's AuctionBytes Newsflash , eBay recently conducted a survey asking sellers ...
Saturday May 16, 2009
Small Online Sellers Build Big Social Networks
We recently announced that we were looking for your stories on how you use social marketing sites li ...
Thursday May 14, 2009
eBay Revises Fakes Policy: Return, not Destroy
eBay has revised a controversial new policy that required buyers to destroy items they believed were ...
Wednesday May 13, 2009
Questions over eBay's New Fakes Policy
eBay is requiring that buyers destroy items they believe are non-authentic according to the new eBay ...
Tuesday May 12, 2009
eBay to Give Sellers 5 Free Auction Listings per Month
eBay is giving sellers the opportunity to list five auction-style listings per month with zero listi ...
Monday May 11, 2009
Are eBay Sellers Welcome on Craigslist?
I recently interviewed author Michael Miller about his new book, Selling Online 2.0, in which he a ...
Thursday May 7, 2009
Meg Whitman to Draw Intense Media Scrutiny to eBay
How do outsiders view Meg Whitman's performance at eBay? And how important is it to her campaign as ...
Wednesday May 6, 2009
eBay Answers Questions on Store Emails and PayPal Travel
A reader alerted me to the fact that eBay now includes sellers' addresses on mailings sent out on th ...
Tuesday May 5, 2009
eBay's Main Street Program Fights Sales-Tax Law
New legislation is being drafted that would require all sellers (except small businesses that qual ...
Friday May 1, 2009
Google, Yahoo, AOL Dragged into eBay Antitrust Lawsuit
Plaintiffs in the eBay antitrust lawsuit have filed a Motion to Compel ( PDF file ) to get eBay to ...