Covering auctions, collectibles and marketplace selling.
The AuctionBytes Blog has been giving a voice to online merchants since its launch in 2005. Named one of the world's top 30 blogs in 2008 by "Blogging Heroes." Weigh in with your thoughts on the joys and pitfalls of selling online.
Prosper and the Defaulter
Prosper is a peer-to-peer lending site where you can post a listing for someone to loan you money ...
Sunday October 28, 2007
AuctionBytes Featured in Blogging Heroes
The new Wiley book "Blogging Heroes" features interviews with 30 bloggers, and the AuctionByte ...
Friday October 26, 2007
eBay Head of Trust & Safety Steps Down
There's been speculation for months that Senior Vice President of Trust & Safety Rob Chesnut ...
eBay Opens Door to Seller Volume Discounts
In answering a question about eBay's long-held "level playing field" philosophy, Bill Cobb open ...
Collectibles, Lies and Videotape
When companies first approached us describing their services for putting video into eBay listings ...
Tuesday October 23, 2007
eBay Bans Term 'Like New'?
I heard two separate reports from sellers that eBay is cracking down on the term "like new" in lis ...
Friday October 19, 2007
FedEx and DHL Disadvantaged on Some eBay Searches
eBay has replaced the feature that allows shoppers to sort by price with one that sorts by "pr ...
Wednesday October 17, 2007
PayPal Rolls out Payment Review
I spoke to Jeff Clementz of PayPal on Monday to dig into the new Payment Review feature a little m ...
Tuesday October 16, 2007
eBay Announces Q3-2007 Earnings on Wednesday
eBay releases third-quarter 2007 earnings on October 17, 2007, and will host an earnings call wi ...
Sunday October 14, 2007
Is eBay Express Giving Correct Checkout Totals?
In an article in Monday's newsletter , I relate my experience trying to check out on eBay Express. ...
Thursday October 11, 2007
Final Nail in Coffin of eBay's 'Level Playing Field'
eBay has put the final nail in the coffin of its supposed operating philosophy of a "level playing ...
Saturday October 6, 2007
Hacker Vladuz Accesses eBay Servers, Suspends Accounts
eBay confirmed that a known fraudster had limited access to a very small number of eBay accounts on ...
Wednesday October 3, 2007
eBay Changes Equals Glitches Department
From a Computerworld article about eBay Desktop: Alan Lewis, eBay Desktop program manager ...
Tuesday October 2, 2007
Last Chance to Complete the AuctionBytes Survey
We asked AuctionBytes readers to take a survey that examines where online sellers are currently list ...
eBay Shipping Calculator Glitch Hurting Sales?
A seller wrote to tell me of an apparent glitch with eBay's shipping calculator that removes the P ...
Monday October 1, 2007
Skype Tops eBay's History of Bad Acquisitions
Add Skype to a list of bad acquisitions by eBay. Monday's announcement made it official. Arguabl ...