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Does New Etsy Animal Products Prohibition Go Too Far?
Fur, feathers, and even certain types of fibers were flying on the Etsy discussion board abo ...
Monday July 29, 2013
Do You Use USPS Priority Boxes? New Stamps.com Guide
Boxes. Maybe they seem too picayune a topic for a blog, but the eBay and other online sellers I ...
Sunday July 28, 2013
Would You Sell Luxury Goods on Sears?
Do you have upscale offerings on eBay or other sites, like Chanel, Celine, or Rolex? Would you co ...
Thursday July 25, 2013
Christie's Summer Jewels Auction: An Online-Only First
Christie's is holding its first online-only Summer Jewels Auction from July 17 to July 26t ...
Tuesday July 23, 2013
How Long Is too Long to Leave Feedback?
This topic came to me serendipitously today when I noticed someone had left me a negative fee ...
Monday July 22, 2013
On eBay, Who Owns the Photos?
By now everyone is aware of eBay's new photo requirements . There is one part of the photo policy t ...
Sunday July 21, 2013
Will More Images Increase Your Time on LinkedIn?
I got an email from LinkedIn the other day that said people can now add images to their profile; ...
Wednesday July 17, 2013
How Do You Manage 100 Storefronts? Salerno Spills Secrets
When I blogged about the results of the Multi-Channel Poll results , I was intrigued by one seller, ...
Monday July 15, 2013
eBay's New Boards: Pros and Cons
It's about a week into the new eBay Discussion Boards being back up online, and I trolled around t ...
Sunday July 14, 2013
eBay Fool Proofs Shipping with Assisted Shipping System
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published eBay patent application 201301447 ...
Thursday July 11, 2013
What Would Entice You to Sell on a New Site?
Since blogging about the results of the Multi-Channel Selling Poll , I've learned about sever ...
Tuesday July 9, 2013
How Do You Manage Inventory on Multiple Sites?
We posted the results of our Multi-Channel Selling Poll yesterday ( Who Sells Where ), ...
Monday July 8, 2013
Who Sells Where? Multi-Channel Poll Results
The results of our "On What Channels Do You Sell" ? Poll are in, and we have some results that are ...
Sunday July 7, 2013
Design Challenge: What You Can Learn from Designer Approaches
EcommerceByes revealed the three long-awaited designs and analyses in our ECB Web Design Challenge ...
Thursday July 4, 2013
eBay's New Best Offer: Better for Buyers or Sellers?
eBay has launched a new eBay Best Offer Beta , testing out a new way for buyers to make offers to ...
Tuesday July 2, 2013
Is Christmas in July an Effective Summer Selling Promotion?
We're already in July and with it comes that quirky selling season known as "Christmas in July ...
Monday July 1, 2013
Could Google Mine Be the New Big Thing in Selling?
Google is working on a new product called "Google Mine," which will apparently be a way to catalog ...