As usual, there was no shortage of seller questions in eBay’s latest webinar, “Getting the Most out of your New Seller Dashboard.” Hosted by Mary Windishar, and featuring eBay Director of Global Trust Brian Burke and eBay Senior Manager, Standards Read more
Bonanza has launched a new version of item variations, calling it one of the most requested improvements. In the old days of marketplace selling, a seller had to list each item separately in its own product listing. If you had Read more
WASHINGTON – As it surveys its prospects for future growth, eBay is bullish on its plans to expand globally. But opening up new markets for sellers in countries like Brazil, India and China requires some help from policymakers. Brian Bieron, an old Read more
Sellers trying to communicate with their peers on the eBay and Amazon discussion boards ran into trouble in recent days. And Amazon Seller Central – where sellers manage their Amazon orders – was down on Thursday but came back online within a Read more
Walmart will launch a money-transfer service on Thursday, and while it doesn’t offer features that pose a direct threat to the online payment-processing features of PayPal and Amazon Payments, it could cause them concern about where the retail giant might Read more
eBay is now providing sellers with a preview of a new dashboard to let them see how eBay is assessing their performance under new guidelines that go into effect in August. The new standards have the potential to change sellers’ Read more
With the runaway success of social-networking website Pinterest, where people create and share visual “pinboards” containing photos of items they’ve found around the web, eBay launched its own version last October called “collections” – featuring products from eBay’s own website, Read more
eBay is running another free-listing promotion for sellers, and like so many, it’s by invitation only. Sellers who receive the invitation can list up to 25,000 auction listings and pay no insertion fees. The first thing some sellers look for Read more
PayPal is making a radical shift in its buyer protection policy in the UK by extending the time a buyer has to open a dispute from 45 days to 6 months, and it will impact eBay buyers and sellers as Read more
How can you grow a marketplace past a certain size when a big part of your business requires sellers to hand-make each item they list for sale? The answer in Etsy’s case is to relax the rules (Phase One) and Read more
