A lot of attention is paid to sending product feeds to search engines (especially Google Product Search), but another way to get found in search engine results is to publish relevant, useful content … Read more »
eBay Updates eBay Debuts Reusable Green Shipping Boxes to Sellers eBay gives away 100,000 boxes in three sizes and giving eBay: On Location participants and eBay Green Team members a limited chance to sign up to participate in the pilot. [via eBay Ink] Top Stories MasterCard and Borderlinx Collaborate to Enhance E‐Commerce Experience Around the [...] Read more »
The appeal of eBay in its early days was that anyone from stay-at-home parents to mom-and-pop shops could get their items in front of shoppers alongside top retailers and brands. While that s still … Read more »
eBay’s Sarah Brubacher, PayPal’s Colin Rule, and Griff took the stage as The eTones to bring our kick-off to eBay: On Location – San Jose to a close last night. They performed 3 songs… I was able to capture the second two. (If anyone managed to video their first song, I would love to add [...] Read more »
All, I’m going to be publishing all the best photos from eBay: On Location – San Jose. The first wave of pics are already uploaded to the eBay Ink Flickr account. I’ll continue to update as they come in. Remember, for those of you also attending, please send your photos to home23like@photos.flickr.com and I’ll make [...] Read more »
I ve always held that to be a successful online seller, you must be equal parts web designer, photographer, packer, shipper, customer service rep, accountant, sourcer,…the list goes on and on … Read more »
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Bling My Bra folks are at it for the second year in a row. They will be auctioning off one-of-a-kind themed art bras through Giving Works auctions on eBay. Proceeds will benefit Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Look for eBay seller ID BlingMyBra or do a [...] Read more »
Every year, eBay hosts an Innovation Expo that invites eBay employees, from every department and level of the organization, to develop prototypes for new products and breakthrough innovations that benefit our buyers and sellers. This year, more than 250 employees on nearly 80 teams competed for the top prize. eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO, [...] Read more »
Four years after eBay banned sellers from offering Google Checkout, TechCrunch is unaware of the fact and incorrectly reported it as news today. A story went out over 3 hours ago, and other bloggers … Read more »
All, eBay: On Location kicks off today, in conjunction with our celebration of 15 years of eBay. I managed to get my hands on a celebratory video we’ll be showing at eBayOL – San Jose tonight and to our employees around the world. I’ve only been a part of the eBay family and community for [...] Read more »
All, We’ve seen a couple of stories recently regarding last week’s third party checkout announcement, that need clarification. Specifically, stories running this morning state that, as part of last week’s third-party checkout announcement, eBay has prohibited Google Checkout. In fact, Google Checkout is not an accepted payment method today and last week’s announcement was completely [...] Read more »
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is running for governor of California. We wondered what online sellers thought of Ms. Whitman making the leap from business to politics, especially since she has said her … Read more »
Brick-and-mortar retailers are locked in a battle with online retailers over sales tax collection, and eBay is now galvanizing its base of online merchants and shoppers to influence the outcome. The … Read more »
Amazon.com is allowing customers to connect their Facebook accounts with their Amazon accounts. I find it a bit disturbing that, even if I decide I don t want Amazon to have my Facebook … Read more »
Buyers are complaining about eBay s third-party checkout system, and complain they provide a bad buying experience. See the full story in today s AuctionBytes Newsflash. Shoppers report error … Read more »
Online sellers live and die by shipping, and the ability to print postage labels online has been a real benefit especially for small retailers and marketplace sellers. Often, however, sellers must … Read more »
PayPal’s vice president of global product strategy, Sam Shrauger, expects PayPayl to be arriving to gaming consoles in the near future. As devices that already support the web, gaming consoles will be able to easily support payments and other monetary transactions soon. Read more »
I’ve gotten some questions about whether sellers will now receive automatic, 5-star DSR’s for free shipping.
I’m pleased to tell you the answer is yes! And, this isn’t a test – effective Aug. 24, we began defaulting the shipping cost DSR to 5 stars when eBay can verify your buyer did not pay for shipping. Sellers have been asking for this, and we are excited to bring it to them before the holiday season. Free shipping attracts buyers, and this important new protection for sellers will ensure that DSR scores for shipping cost will not receive a score of less than 5 if buyers choose free shipping. Read more »
Alibaba will acquire eBay solutions provider Auctiva , the company just announced. Alibaba had acquired Auctiva rival Vendio in June. Terms were not disclosed, but Alibaba said in June it had a … Read more »
An eBay buyer said they came across a new feature when attempting to leave feedback for Top Rated Sellers on eBay. They said they were unable to leave sellers shipping DSRs if they offered free … Read more »
eBay will begin prominently displaying four new shipping terms on all listings on eBay.com. Beginning in September, eBay will display shipping services along with estimated delivery times … Read more »
eBay will begin prominently displaying four new shipping terms on all listings on eBay.com. Beginning in September, eBay will display shipping services along with estimated delivery times … Read more »
eBay UK announced this morning it was banning third-party checkout, but the announcement itself has done a bit of a disappearing act. I first noticed its appearance on the RSS feed for eBay UK … Read more »
As we reported back in June, PayPal announced new fees for refunds and chargebacks that have now gone into effect this month - according to the June announcement: Refund Prices : Starting August … Read more »
A recent story in the Boston Globe resonated with me - maybe because I ve lived in New England much of my life, maybe it s because I ve run my own business for over 20 years, or maybe because I … Read more »
A new group of e-commerce companies such as Groupon, Etsy and FreshDirect are proving that e-commerce is still going strong. With avid consumers, they are a strong bet for investors in the IPO market Read more »
An interesting post over on Hitwise Intelligence by Heather Dougherty earlier this month profiles how this Summer’s heat wave in the US has driven online sales of air conditioners. What I found most interesting was the eBay-focused data… eBay experienced increases in the Air Conditioner category during the same week ending July 10, 2010 with [...] Read more »
The eBay Classifieds Summer Twitter Chats continue tonight at 8:30pm ET with “Money Mama” Lori Mackey (@LoriMackey), founder of Prosperity4Kids, discussing teaching children the value of money. Lori will provide tips on how families can make or save money on sites like eBay Classifieds. As usual, there will be prizes given away during the chat. [...] Read more »
Grow or Die is a commonly heard mantra in business. While some people believe that constant growth is the name of the game in business, is bigger is always better? Growth can mean taking on more … Read more »
I worked at eBay for 6 1/2 years. I came to work there knowing next to nothing about eBay, but after just 4 weeks of training, I was thrown into Live Chat almost immediately, and out of necessity, I … Read more »
Taking a cue from fashion membership sites like Gilt.com and RueLaLa, eBay has launched a membership club for fashion shoppers interested in purchasing from the Fashion Vault flash-sale portal. Any … Read more »
eBay CEO John Donahoe said recently the company was planning to roll out a vertical shopping experience in the Auto Parts categories. We sat down with the Director of Parts and Accessories for eBay … Read more »
After hearing that eBay surveyed sellers about their interest in using a fulfillment service, I reached out to eFulfillment Service , which was reportedly linked to by the eBay survey (we re … Read more »
eBay launched a new free Half.com iPhone app and Buying Wizard to help students quickly find great deals on textbooks (and more fun stuff of course) heading into the school year. It’s the first eBay app to integrate barcode scanning technology and allows users to scan the barcodes on items to find the best deals [...] Read more »
eBay is surveying sellers on whether they would be interested in using a fulfillment service called eFulfillment Service . Sellers would send their inventory to eFulfillment Service, which would … Read more »
New eBay Bucks Reward Program The eBay Bucks shopping reward program gives users a 2 percent reward on certain items they buy through eBay.com and pay for through PayPal. Participants of the program can earn as much as $200 eBay Bucks for each item purchased or $500 per quarter. [via Associated Press] E-Commerce Spending Up [...] Read more »
eBay Germany will begin displaying one of three shipping services to give buyers an indication of how long it would take their items would be delivered. eBay will factor in the processing time as … Read more »
eBay filed a lawsuit against three affiliates in 2008, and in June, federal prosecutors charged two of them with wire fraud in connection with cookie-stuffing. One of the affiliates shot back … Read more »
The following interview with Steve Yankovich, eBay VP of Mobile Solutions, ran on Fox Business News earlier this morning. In it, Steve discusses the ease of use of mobile applications and the influence they’re ultimately having on ecommerce and online retail. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Read more »
It has been a week since the launch of ProStores 10 and I sat down with Lin Shearer, Sr. Manager and head of marketing for ProStores, earlier today to discuss the newest release. Highlights of ProStores 10: ** Easily integrate with your eBay inventory. Import your eBay product listings. Remove all inbound listings or convert [...] Read more »
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