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eBay Holiday Campaign to Include TV Commercials
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that eBay is kicking off a marketing campaign on Monday featu ...
Wednesday October 28, 2009
Is eBay Seller Data Considered Insider Information?
A case of illegal insider-trading made headlines in October, with Galleon Group LLC's co-founder Raj ...
Tuesday October 27, 2009
eBay Testing Quick-Look Feature in Search Results?
A reader spotted something on eBay search results pages called Quick Look that appears to be a new ...
Monday October 26, 2009
Griff Says Changes Coming to eBay Radio
Jim "Uncle Griff" Griffith announced today on his Facebook that changes were coming to eBay Radio ...
Friday October 23, 2009
Survey a Harbinger of eBay Fee Changes to Come?
eBay sent a survey this week to find out how sellers felt about fees. The survey asked respondents a ...
Thursday October 22, 2009
Amazon.com Press Release on Third Quarter Earnings (Sales up 28%)
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended Septem ...
eBay Town Hall Meeting: Who Moved My Cheese?
Listeners to eBay's Town Hall meeting on Wednesday learned that the company experienced a delay in g ...
Wednesday October 21, 2009
eBay Press Release on Third Quarter 2009 Results
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today reported financial results for the ...
Tuesday October 20, 2009
Survey Says eBay TRS Program Not Rewarding Great Sellers
We asked AuctionBytes readers what they thought of eBay's recent changes to search and the new T ...
On Tap Wednesday: eBay Town Hall, Q3 Results and Analyst Call
It's a big day for eBay tomorrow, with the release of third-quarter earnings, a conference cal ...
Sunday October 18, 2009
Amazon.com Traffic Exceeds eBay in September
In the past 12 months, Amazon.com has managed to give eBay a run for the money when it comes to ...
Friday October 16, 2009
eBay PayPal Glitch Report: Packing Slips and Shrinking Pics
Sellers have been complaining about PayPal's new packing slips this week. A PayPal spokesperson ac ...
Thursday October 15, 2009
eBay Tests Store Listings in Core Search Results
Some sellers reported seeing Store listings brought back in search results ( link ), and 24 hours la ...
Clarification on Stamps.com Program for eBay Sellers
I wrote about Stamps.com new program for eBay sellers in Wednesday's AuctionBytes Newsflash newslett ...
Wednesday October 14, 2009
eBay Sellers Have Questions about Top Rated Seller Program
I've been receiving some emails from eBay sellers who are confused about the Top Rated Seller progra ...
Tuesday October 13, 2009
Amazon.com Sellers Upset over Yellow-Triangle Price Warnings
Amazon.com sellers are concerned that the marketplace is scaring off buyers of vintage, rare and ...
Sunday October 11, 2009
eBay Help Wanted: Director of Seller Engagement, Marketplaces
While it seems eBay has been doing a lot of laying off these days, including its head of global pr ...
eBay Towers over the New England Patriots
This will teach us to try and get away from the office for an afternoon... A visit to Gillette Sta ...
Thursday October 8, 2009
Survey Measures Impact of eBay's Recent Changes
eBay's Fall Release, also known as Seller Release 2 (SR2), rolled out to the site last week. Auction ...
eBay CEO John Donahoe Confirms New Feedback Testing
eBay CEO John Donahoe appeared in several segments on eBay Radio on October 6th. You can listen to a ...
eBay UK to Take Unusual Step of Suspending Shipping DSRs
eBay issued an announcement to say it was preparing for the possibility of a national postal strik ...
Wednesday October 7, 2009
Online Sellers Receive Spam Advertising Xcoin Payments
Online sellers reported receiving Spam emails this week that advertised an online payment se ...
Mobile Commerce and Customer Engagement
Mobile commerce is far more than simple transactions - it's about customer engagement as well. And ...
Tuesday October 6, 2009
Citigroup Research Reveals eShopping Cart Analysis
Mark Mahaney, Director of Internet Research at Citigroup Investment Research , issued a comprehen ...
Monday October 5, 2009
Pain from Bain? eBay Introduces Net Promoter Score
eBay revealed in May that it was testing a new feedback system based on Bain & Company's Net P ...
Friday October 2, 2009
Is eBay's New Search Visibility Tool Helping Sellers?
Sellers are now coping with eBay's Fall Release (SR2), including the Top Rated Seller program, which ...