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Friday May 31, 2019
eBay Pushes Item Descriptions Down to Make Room for Ads
Dear Ina, As of this morning, I notice that Promoted items are now appearing BEFORE item descripti ...

Tuesday May 28, 2019
Does eBay Give a Boost to Sellers Who Also Buy?
Dear Ina,  In last 3 months, I have been buying 2-3 times the number of items on eBay than pr ...

Sunday May 26, 2019
Are Marketplaces Equipped to Deal with Sales Tax Laws?
Dear Ina, You might want to see if this is becoming an issue on eBay. A friend recently purcha ...

Saturday May 25, 2019
eBay Shipping Label Glitch Leads to Fake Data
Dear Ina, I've always had 100% on-time tracking uploaded and scanned on eBay for at least the la ...

Thursday May 23, 2019
Vet Vows to Fight Outrageous Attacks on Sellers Like Him
Dear Ina, Many of us that sell on eBay or other online platforms also have brick and mortar store, ...

Wednesday May 22, 2019
Feedback Sought on eBay Seller Pays for Returns Policy
Dear Ina, We are feeling pressure building to pay for return shipping on buyers purchases. Thus fa ...

Monday May 20, 2019
Any Advice for Seller Battling eBay Fee Error?
Dear Ina, Late last year I had two of my eBay listings charged a bold listing fee for $4 each, whi ...

Thursday May 16, 2019
Seller Explains His Love-Hate Relationship with eBay
Dear Ina, As a 21-year full-time eBay seller, I've developed a love/hate relationship with eBay. ...

Tuesday May 14, 2019
Annoying eBay Shipping Habits
Dear Ina, Here is a new one regarding eBay's postage label page. I sold a dress. I had postage set ...

Monday May 13, 2019
Seller Pleasantly Surprised to Win an eBay INR Claim
Dear Ina, A buyer stated item was not received although delivery confirmation was verified for her ...

Friday May 10, 2019
Pressure on Amazon Textbook Sellers Continues
Dear Ina, About 6 months ago I started getting emails from Amazon asking for a copy of my driver's ...

Thursday May 9, 2019
Seller: Amazon Left FBA Sellers in the Dark on Sales Tax
Dear Ina, You seem to have your finger on the pulse about the back taxes being demanded from Calif ...

Tuesday May 7, 2019
Listing Flagged as Illegal by Algorithm
Dear Ina, I have a listing for a book that spans a period of time 954-1024 which was flagged as a ...

Zombie Seller Takes over eBay Account
Dear Ina, I thought this might be right up your alley. Today I heard a funny sound from my phone a ...

Saturday May 4, 2019
eBay's New Poshmark-like Offers Feature Gives Seller Hope
Dear Ina, Thank you for this site, my go-to blog for keeping up with marketplace hoopla. I have so ...

Friday May 3, 2019
eBay Blocks Some Categories from International Visibility?
Dear Ina, I have done some detective work regarding the missing listings and made quite a discover ...

Wednesday May 1, 2019
Are Fraudulent Returns Really a Major Problem for Sellers?
Stories are legendary of rocks-in-a-box returns, but are incidents of buyers returning junk instea ...