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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
typical fleecebay, doing everything on the cheap or free.
another brainstorm thats not going to be any good.
Wow. I guess they are doubling down on wanting to be Amazon. Started the catalog. Cant get it anywhere near where they wanted it to be. Now, Now? they are asking students to fix it?
Why dont you just let them into the ebay system unhindered. Maybe they can help ebay in their quest to break things in their.
There is No college student that can build an accurate product code description in the fields of cameras. They just havent enough experiences.
So, are these students being paid? If so, what’s wrong with your existing staff of inexperienced college students? If not, I guess they just found a way to get around paying inexperienced college students for doing lackluster work.
No offense to college students, of course, but you can’t buy experience.
How about paying them a competitive wage then offering them actual jobs after graduation? Lose the corporate jet to help pay for this while you’re at it.
Sounds like a nice gesture tht is mostly a cheap out, to me.