http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/google-feed.xml en-us ℗ & © 2008 Steiner Associates LLC Published by AuctionBytes.com AuctionBytes.com Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes features interviews with CEOs in the ecommerce sector, such as eBay CEO Meg Whitman. AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner has been covering online-auctions, ecommerce and online-payment services since 1999 and uses her experience to delve into issues of concern to retailers and online-auction sellers. Ina has interviewed executives from eBay, Google, Yahoo and PayPal as well as such experts as marketing guru Seth Godin. Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes features interviews with CEOs in the ecommerce sector, such as eBay CEO Meg Whitman. AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner has been covering online-auctions, ecommerce and online-payment services since 1999 and uses her experience to delve into issues of concern to retailers and online-auction sellers. Ina has interviewed executives from eBay, Google, Yahoo and PayPal as well as such experts as marketing guru Seth Godin. AuctionBytes.com ina@www.ecommercebytes.com Ina Steiner Mike Grehan is a Director at Incisive Media and producer of one of the ... Mike Grehan is a Director at Incisive Media and producer of one of the longest-running Internet conferences, formerly known as Search Engines Strategies, recently rebranded as ClickZ Live . In addition to explaining what online merchants can get out of attending the conference, Grehan talks about some of the challenges retailers face as Google evolves its marketing programs, from Product http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/clickzlive_mikegrehan_020413.mp3 Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:02:14 -0500 16:45 click, addition, another, attending, both, browser, browser, challenges, change, change, changes, chrome, clickz, column, conference, conferences, conversation, director, engines, evolves, explaining, explorer, face, fascin Ina Steiner Mike Grehan is a Director at Incisive Media and producer of one of the ... Mike Grehan is a Director at Incisive Media and producer of one of the longest-running Internet conferences, formerly known as Search Engines Strategies, recently rebranded as ClickZ Live . In addition to explaining what online merchants can get out of attending the conference, Grehan talks about some of the challenges retailers face as Google evolves its marketing programs, from Product http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/clickzlive_mikegrehan_020413.mp3 Wed, 5 Feb 2014 16:02:14 -0500 16:45 click, addition, another, attending, both, browser, browser, challenges, change, change, changes, chrome, clickz, column, conference, conferences, conversation, director, engines, evolves, explaining, explorer, face, fascin Ina Steiner Eric Nash of Stamps.com talked to EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner just ... Eric Nash of Stamps.com talked to EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner just days before the USPS rate changes took effect on Sunday, January 26, 2014. He reviewed some of the major changes that online sellers should know about and said the good news was that for Priority Mail, popular with online sellers, rates are going up a net zero percent. But pay attention: one class of mail is going up http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/stamps_eric_nash_012614.mp3 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:14:13 -0500 18:32 click, another, attention, before, best, between, both, browser, browser, cents, change, change, changes, chrome, class, column, days, ecommercebytes, editor, effect, eric, expert, explorer, firefox, formats, going, good, googl Ina Steiner Eric Nash of Stamps.com talked to EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner just ... Eric Nash of Stamps.com talked to EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner just days before the USPS rate changes took effect on Sunday, January 26, 2014. He reviewed some of the major changes that online sellers should know about and said the good news was that for Priority Mail, popular with online sellers, rates are going up a net zero percent. But pay attention: one class of mail is going up http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/stamps_eric_nash_012614.mp3 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:14:13 -0500 18:32 click, another, attention, before, best, between, both, browser, browser, cents, change, change, changes, chrome, class, column, days, ecommercebytes, editor, effect, eric, expert, explorer, firefox, formats, going, good, googl Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes editor Ina Steiner spoke to Rakutens COO and Chief Marketing ... EcommerceBytes editor Ina Steiner spoke to Rakutens COO and Chief Marketing Officer Bernard Luthi on Monday to discuss results of the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. Rakuten saw a couple of days with growth over 100%, and saw shoppers start their buying early in the week. Luthi shared information about top-selling products and categories on Rakuten and also had some tips for online http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/buy_luthi_120213.mp3 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 21:37:01 -0500 12:22 click, another, bernard, black, both, browser, browser, buying, categories, change, change, chief, chrome, column, couple, days, discuss, during, early, ecommercebytes, editor, explorer, final, firefox, formats, friday, google Ina Steiner EcommerceBytes editor Ina Steiner spoke to Rakutens COO and Chief Marketing ... EcommerceBytes editor Ina Steiner spoke to Rakutens COO and Chief Marketing Officer Bernard Luthi on Monday to discuss results of the Black Friday holiday shopping weekend. Rakuten saw a couple of days with growth over 100%, and saw shoppers start their buying early in the week. Luthi shared information about top-selling products and categories on Rakuten and also had some tips for online http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/buy_luthi_120213.mp3 Mon, 2 Dec 2013 21:37:01 -0500 12:22 click, another, bernard, black, both, browser, browser, buying, categories, change, change, chief, chrome, column, couple, days, discuss, during, early, ecommercebytes, editor, explorer, final, firefox, formats, friday, google Ina Steiner ZooZ helps online merchants create a streamlined checkout process on their ... ZooZ helps online merchants create a streamlined checkout process on their online and mobile websites. Noam Inbar, Vice President of Business Development for ZooZ joined EcommerceBytes to discuss a new service that lets mobile shoppers purchase an item by tapping on an ad. Rather than being brought to a checkout page on a different site, the consumer can purchase the product in a full native http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/zoozNoamiInbar.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:23:22 -0500 13:07 click, another, being, both, brought, browser, browser, business, card, change, change, checkout, chrome, column, company, consumer, create, credit, deliver, details, development, different, discuss, ecommercebytes, experien Ina Steiner ZooZ helps online merchants create a streamlined checkout process on their ... ZooZ helps online merchants create a streamlined checkout process on their online and mobile websites. Noam Inbar, Vice President of Business Development for ZooZ joined EcommerceBytes to discuss a new service that lets mobile shoppers purchase an item by tapping on an ad. Rather than being brought to a checkout page on a different site, the consumer can purchase the product in a full native http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/zoozNoamiInbar.mp3 Wed, 15 May 2013 11:23:22 -0500 13:07 click, another, being, both, brought, browser, browser, business, card, change, change, checkout, chrome, column, company, consumer, create, credit, deliver, details, development, different, discuss, ecommercebytes, experien Ina Steiner eBays Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined EcommerceBytes to ... eBays Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined EcommerceBytes to talk about how eBay protects sellers from bad buyers through its Seller Protection Program. What constitutes feedback extortion? Can low-volume sellers ever recover from low DSR ratings? Why not give sellers automatic 5-star DSRs if a buyer doesnt file an issue or leave feedback in a certain time frame? These were some http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebay_matsura_121112.mp3 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:14:16 -0500 31:08 star, click, addresses, another, asked, automatic, blog, browser, browser, buyer, buyers, certain, change, change, chrome, column, constitutes, director, dsrs, ebay, ebays, ecommercebytes, efforts, environment, explorer, exto Ina Steiner eBays Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined EcommerceBytes to ... eBays Director of Seller Protections Rich Matsuura joined EcommerceBytes to talk about how eBay protects sellers from bad buyers through its Seller Protection Program. What constitutes feedback extortion? Can low-volume sellers ever recover from low DSR ratings? Why not give sellers automatic 5-star DSRs if a buyer doesnt file an issue or leave feedback in a certain time frame? These were some http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebay_matsura_121112.mp3 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:14:16 -0500 31:08 star, click, addresses, another, asked, automatic, blog, browser, browser, buyer, buyers, certain, change, change, chrome, column, constitutes, director, dsrs, ebay, ebays, ecommercebytes, efforts, environment, explorer, exto Ina Steiner Buy.com opened its site to third-party sellers beginning in 2009 and now ... Buy.com opened its site to third-party sellers beginning in 2009 and now has 5,000 active sellers on the Buy.com Marketplace - which now exceeds the first-party distribution business. Buy.coms Chief Marketing amp; Operating Officer Bernard Luthi and Senior Director of Merchant Acquisition and Business Development George Chang joined EcommerceBytes to talk about the program and http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/buy_103112.mp3 Mon, 5 Nov 2012 23:47:41 -0500 20:10 click, acquisition, active, along, another, beginning, bernard, browser, browser, business, business, buy, buy, com, buy, coms, categories, chang, change, change, chief, chrome, column, delivery, development, director, distrib Ina Steiner Rafael Zimberoff is Product Manager for ShipRush and joined ... Rafael Zimberoff is Product Manager for ShipRush and joined EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about eBays new international shipping program. The eBay Global Shipping Program (GSP) is designed to facilitate cross border trade, and Zimberoff says there are some aspects of the program that eBay sellers will find quite compelling. One is the exposure U.S. GSP listings will receive in http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/shiprush_102412.mp3 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:10:27 -0500 23:36 along, another, article, aspects, august, border, broke, calculating, compelling, course, cross, customs, designed, details, duties, ebay, ebays, ecommercebytes, editor, exposure, facilitate, fill, forms, global, guru, hear, i Ina Steiner In May, Google announced the end of free listings in Product Search, and on ... In May, Google announced the end of free listings in Product Search, and on October 1, 2012, the search giant is moving to a paid model on the Google Shopping platform. Demandware Solutions Marketing Lead Gary Lombardo sat down with EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner at the recent Shop.org Summit in September to discuss how merchants are dealing with the changes. Retailers must ensure that http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/gary_lombardo_091212.mp3 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:40:22 -0500 12:45 advice, announced, blog, changes, comes, commerce, comparison, competitors, data, dealing, demandware, digital, discuss, down, ecommercebytes, editor, engines, ensure, experience, feeds, gary, giant, google, industry, innova Ina Steiner Merchants were still in disbelief that Google was moving its Shopping search ... Merchants were still in disbelief that Google was moving its Shopping search engine to a pay-to-play model at the June 2012 Internet Retailer conference in Chicago. Ecommerce Manager for Shopvisible Will Devlin sat down with EcommerceBytes during the show to discuss the changes. He revealed that some clients have 10 - 15 percent of their total web revenue coming from Google Product Search (aka http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/shopvisible_IRCE2012.mp3 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:06:53 -0500 10:07 aka, anecdotally, click, additional, amazon, another, base, becomes, believes, bing, bing, both, browser, browser, change, change, changes, chicago, chrome, clients, column, coming, concerns, conference, continue, conversions Ina Steiner Jim Davidson of Bronto shared some tips and information from the companys ... Jim Davidson of Bronto shared some tips and information from the companys quot;Top 12 Marketing Tips for the Holidays quot; report. Davidson says online merchants should start looking now at last years promotions and look at them from a lot of different angles. For example, identify your best performing promotion, and determine the factors that made it successful. Companies send more http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/bronto_IRCE2012.mp3 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:42:09 -0500 9:38 top, able, angles, best, bronto, bumps, companies, companys, conference, contingency, customer, customers, davidson, deal, determine, different, during, engaging, every, example, factors, floor, frequency, holiday, holidays, Ina Steiner Auctionopia is a new online marketplace, and EcommerceBytes Editor caught ... Auctionopia is a new online marketplace, and EcommerceBytes Editor caught up with founder Tom Popomaronis at the June 2012 Internet Retailer Conference to learn more. Popomaronis discusses the three-pronged approach the company is taking and says its trying to attract many types of sellers of all sizes with several different auction formats. There is the traditional eBay approach; a scheduled http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/auctionopia_IRCE2012.mp3 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:22:16 -0500 9:00 instant, approach, approach, attract, auction, auction, auctionopia, caught, college, communication, company, conference, created, currently, different, discusses, ebay, ecommercebytes, editor, feature, feedback, fees, fla Ina Steiner Vivian Li is Brand Manager for Shipping Products at DYMO Endicia , which ... Vivian Li is Brand Manager for Shipping Products at DYMO Endicia , which provides customizable, easy-to-use and affordable shipping and mailing software solutions. Using online postage solutions enables merchants to get cheaper Commercial Base pricing as opposed to Retail pricing available at the counter of local postal locations. Vivian explains some of the changes that the USPS rolled out in http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/endicia_vivian_li_040212.mp3 Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:22:52 -0500 15:56 affordable, available, base, brand, challenges, changes, cheaper, class, commercial, confirmation, counter, customizable, delivery, dymo, easy, use, ebays, enables, endicia, explains, first, flats, flats, impact, january, lat Ina Steiner President of eBay Global Marketplaces Devin Wenig sat down with ... President of eBay Global Marketplaces Devin Wenig sat down with EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about what hes learned in the past 6 months since joining eBay and about the challenges eBay Marketplaces and its online sellers are facing. Devins priorities include Cross Border Trade (CBT) and opening up markets outside of the U.S. and Western markets. He discussed his goal of increasing http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebay_devin_wenig_030912.mp3 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:42:02 -0500 28:27 click, accomplished, active, another, border, both, browser, browser, challenges, change, change, chrome, column, coming, cross, customer, devin, devins, discussed, down, ebay, ecommercebytes, editor, explorer, facing, firefo Ina Steiner eBay announced the first Seller Release of 2012 on February 28, 2012, and ... eBay announced the first Seller Release of 2012 on February 28, 2012, and eBay Vice President of Merchant Development Michael (MJ) Jones and the Senior Manager of Community amp; Development for eBay Marketplaces Jim (Griff) Griffith joined EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about the changes and their impact on sellers. They discussed the benefits as well as the challenges sellers http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebaySR1_2012.mp3 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:29:55 -0500 33:24 star, addressed, algorithm, announced, automatic, benefits, best, blog, challenges, changes, changes, clarified, commentors, communication, community, contained, could, details, development, discussed, dsrs, ebay, ebays, ec Ina Steiner Skip McGrath is an author and newsletter publisher who has been selling ... Skip McGrath is an author and newsletter publisher who has been selling online since 1999, and he joined EcommerceBytes to talk about his experience using Amazons FBA fulfillment service. He explains how selling through FBA can help merchants get exposure by helping them quot;win the Buy Box quot; and discusses some of the other challenges and rewards of selling on both Amazon.com and http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Skip_McGrath_021612.mp3 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:12:06 -0500 16:54 win, amazon, com, amazons, author, available, both, box, business, challenges, discusses, ebay, ecommercebytes, every, experience, explains, exposure, fulfillment, help, helping, importance, including, information, inventor Ina Steiner Laura Brooks is Vice President of B2B Ecommerce for Staples Advantage and ... Laura Brooks is Vice President of B2B Ecommerce for Staples Advantage and joined EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about her experience building a new website for the Advantage program. Staples Advantage generates over $6 billion in sales with 90% of that business done online. Laura has been with Staples for nearly 15 years and is responsible for the development and management of http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/staples_1111.mp3 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:58:59 -0500 12:51 advantage, array, billion, brooks, building, business, challenges, customers, design, development, done, ecommerce, ecommercebytes, editor, enterprise, experience, facility, full, furniture, generates, including, interior Ina Steiner A few years ago, Cynthia Lizana had a problem many online sellers wish they ... A few years ago, Cynthia Lizana had a problem many online sellers wish they had - she was having trouble keeping up with a flood of orders that were coming in every day for products she sold through her business, TexCynGoods . Cynthia decided to use Amazons FBA fulfillment service, which helped her through the growing pains. Now, she faces a different problem thanks to the changes Amazon has http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/TexCynGoods_102611.mp3 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:39:00 -0500 18:28 accessories, ago, amazon, amazons, apparel, article, business, category, challenge, changes, coming, cynthia, decided, decisions, different, ebay, ecommercebytes, every, face, faces, flood, fulfillment, glimpse, growing, hav Ina Steiner Shipwire is an outsource fulfillment platform for online retailers, and ... Shipwire is an outsource fulfillment platform for online retailers, and Vice President of Marketing amp; Business Development for the company, Nate Gilmore, joined EcommerceBytes to talk about the shipping issues his clients are facing. The most significant aspect of news coming from the USPS is lack of a plan with approval and an implementation process, according to Gilmore, who says http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/nate_gilmore_102411.mp3 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:52:33 -0500 20:13 according, alternative, alternatives, approval, are, aside, aspect, business, capabilities, check, clients, coming, company, costs, could, delivery, development, ecommerce, ecommercebytes, elimination, even, facing, fedex, Ina Steiner Jeffrey Katz is a technology- and travel-industry veteran who served as ... Jeffrey Katz is a technology- and travel-industry veteran who served as President and CEO of LeapFrog Enterprises and as Chairman and Founding CEO of Orbitz. He joined Nextag in 2010 and is bringing a new vision to the price comparison shopping engine. He joins EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner from the floor of the Shop.org conference and talks about merchant needs, social and mobile trends, http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/nexttag_091311.mp3 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:54:21 -0500 9:27 ahead, both, bringing, chairman, company, comparison, conference, critical, ecommercebytes, editor, encroaching, engine, enterprises, exposure, floor, founding, google, hear, holiday, insight, jeff, jeffrey, joined, joins, k Ina Steiner Daniel Leffel, founder of YardSellr , joined EcommerceBytes recently to ... Daniel Leffel, founder of YardSellr , joined EcommerceBytes recently to discuss his site and talk about social commerce. YardSellr is different from traditional marketplaces because its sellers use social networking sites to engage shoppers. YardSellr has also set up feeds by category, called blocks, that shoppers can subscribe to in order to help them find items. Danny says the YardSellr http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/yardsellr_71111.mp3 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:00:59 -0500 23:18 its, actually, admiration, because, blocks, bringing, called, category, changed, collective, commerce, daniel, danny, days, different, discuss, drive, early, ebay, ebays, ecommercebytes, engage, entertainment, experience, fa Ina Steiner Alan Fulmer is cofounder and Vice President of Channel Intelligence , a ... Alan Fulmer is cofounder and Vice President of Channel Intelligence , a company that helps retailers and manufacturers make their products more visible to online shoppers. In this podcast interview with EcommerceBytes Editor Ina Steiner, Alan explains what it means to be a Google Product Search partner and discusses Googles recent changes to be more content than text driven and how that http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/channelintelligence_063011.mp3 Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:10:55 -0500 15:40 alan, care, changes, channel, cofounder, company, content, customers, differentiate, discusses, driven, ecommercebytes, editor, engage, entertaining, explains, fulmer, google, googles, helps, improves, intelligence, interv Ina Steiner Todd Lutwak, eBay Vice President of Seller Experience, and Edurne Jorda, ... Todd Lutwak, eBay Vice President of Seller Experience, and Edurne Jorda, Senior Director of Seller Marketing, talk about the Fall Seller Release and the impact on sellers. Starting the first week in September, eBay will increase the maximum number of characters from 55 to 80 - Lutwak said this will help increase sellers visibility with more relevant keywords and will also help sellers http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/todd_lutwak_071211.mp3 Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:18:52 -0500 44:14 the, addresses, affects, announcement, appear, barnes, begins, branded, changes, characters, dell, detail, differentiate, director, discussed, duplicate, ebay, ebays, edurne, executives, experience, fall, first, forthcoming Ina Steiner AuctionBytes caught up with online retailer Roy Hessel at the Internet ... AuctionBytes caught up with online retailer Roy Hessel at the Internet Retailer conference in June. Hessel is founder and CEO of EyeBuyDirect.com , an online retailer of prescription eyeglasses that sells directly to consumers. He said social was a fundamental part of the shopping experience on EyeBuyDirect. The quot; Wall of Frame quot; is a social network for vision correction http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/eye_buy_direct_062411.mp3 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:45:15 -0500 9:33 try, advantage, amazon, amazon, auctionbytes, auditing, bills, caught, comments, companies, conference, consumers, consumers, correction, decision, different, directly, encountering, experience, eyebuydirect, eyebuydirec Ina Steiner Nadim Hossain, Vice President of PowerReviews, talked to AuctionBytes Editor ... Nadim Hossain, Vice President of PowerReviews, talked to AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner during the Internet Retailer conference in June about the power of consumer product reviews and how they benefit online retailers. PowerReviews conducted a study of social shopping and found that 70% of the time after posting a review to your Facebook stream, your friends will either like it or http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/power_reviews_062411.mp3 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:39:50 -0500 16:05 after, amazon, amazon, auctionbytes, benefit, comment, conducted, conference, consumer, content, customers, defacto, depending, devoted, during, editor, either, enabling, every, explained, facebook, facebook, finally, found Ina Steiner What does the upcoming eBay acquisition of Magento mean for developers and ... What does the upcoming eBay acquisition of Magento mean for developers and online merchants? AuctionBytes sat down with Magento co-Founder and CEO Roy Rubin to find out. Rubin explains what Magento offers eBay sellers and discusses his view of the newly announced X.commerce platform that brings together the developer programs of eBay, PayPal, Magento and GSI. He says eBay is moving away http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/roy_rubin_61511.mp3 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:18:42 -0500 10:03 acquisition, across, announced, auctionbytes, away, become, being, brings, co, founder, customer, developer, developers, different, discusses, down, ebay, ebay, explains, fulfillment, gsi, looking, magento, marketing, market Lissa McGrath Lissa McGrath caught up with Chris Taylor, Marketing Director of PageMage, at Lissa McGrath caught up with Chris Taylor, Marketing Director of PageMage, at the 2011 Internet Retailer Conference and asks him about the quot;buzz quot; at the convention, including the latest in social media, mobile trends and whats going on at the breakout sessions. Run Time: 6:28 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/chris_taylor_page_mage_61511.mp3 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:02:01 -0500 6:28 asks, breakout, caught, chris, conference, convention, director, going, including, internet, latest, lissa, marketing, mcgrath, media, mobile, pagemage, retailer, sessions, social, taylor, time, trends, whats, Ina Steiner Christopher Payne, Senior Vice President of eBay Marketplaces North America, Christopher Payne, Senior Vice President of eBay Marketplaces North America, talked to AuctionBytes after delivering a keynote address at the Internet Retailer conference where he gave attendees a sneak peek at a new social shopping feature launching in the fall. In this exclusive podcast, Christopher talks about eBays effort to bring back the conversation to shopping through a new http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/chris_payne_061511.mp3 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:53:33 -0500 14:28 address, after, america, attendees, auctionbytes, brick, mortar, bring, christopher, collect, conference, conversation, delivering, doing, ebay, ebays, effort, efforts, exclusive, facebook, fall, feature, feature, gave, init Ina Steiner Mercent CEO Eric Best joined AuctionBytes on April 4, 2011, to discuss ... Mercent CEO Eric Best joined AuctionBytes on April 4, 2011, to discuss eBays pending acquisition of GSI Commerce and whether small sellers on eBay should be worried about the development. He believes eBay will eventually launch a quot;Fulfillment by eBay quot; service similar to Amazons fulfillment service, and said he does not believe Google will launch a marketplace, despite its http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/eric_best_040411.mp3 Mon, 4 Apr 2011 22:56:18 -0500 24:47 fulfillment, acquisition, amazons, april, auctionbytes, believe, believes, best, brands, commerce, despite, development, developments, discuss, ebay, ebay, ebays, eric, eventually, first, quarter, focus, fulfillment, google Ina Steiner eBay Vice President of Selling Experience Todd Lutwak joined AuctionBytes to ... eBay Vice President of Selling Experience Todd Lutwak joined AuctionBytes to discuss eBays Spring Seller Update announcement . Todd explains how the fee changes impacts sellers and clarifies some points about Final Value Fees on shipping costs. He also answers specific questions from AuctionBytes readers, including how eBay will handle shipping refunds and whether eBay anticipates Store http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/todd_lutwak_031511.mp3 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:41:24 -0500 21:27 announcement, answers, anticipates, auction, selling, auctionbytes, believes, cart, changes, clarifies, considered, costs, discuss, ebay, ebays, escrow, experience, explains, fees, final, handle, holds, impacts, including, j Ina Steiner ArtFire has increased its development team and is looking at vintage, ... ArtFire has increased its development team and is looking at vintage, international and mobile for long-term growth, according to Tony Ford, ArtFires Executive Vice President and COO. But the company is not looking to expand into commodity-good categories. Ford joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner this week to catch up on recent developments at ArtFire and how they will impact sellers. He http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/tony_ford_022111.mp3 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:11:05 -0500 16:06 according, actively, addition, allows, artfire, artfires, auctionbytes, benefits, blogs, catch, categories, checkout, commission, fee, commodity, good, company, coo, details, development, developments, editor, encourage, en Ina Steiner Mercent CEO Eric Best joined AuctionBytes to talk about recent news reports Mercent CEO Eric Best joined AuctionBytes to talk about recent news reports that several large merchants have exited the Amazon.com marketplace. Eric works with some of the largest Internet retailers and previously worked at Amazon.com, helping it to establish its first major brick-and-mortar partnership, and brings key insights about Amazon.coms relationship with merchants. This exclusive http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/eric_best_21411.mp3 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:58:46 -0500 16:50 amazon, amazon, amazon, com, amazon, coms, auctionbytes, best, brick, mortar, brings, checkout, eric, establish, exclusive, exited, first, fulfillment, helping, insights, internet, interview, joined, largest, looks, major, mar Ina Steiner Rob Caskey is Vice President of Marketing for Liquidity Services, which ... Rob Caskey is Vice President of Marketing for Liquidity Services, which operates several online marketplaces, including B2B auction site Liquidation.com and a brand B2C site called Secondipity.com . Rob discusses some of the trends in online retail from the recent holiday shopping season, including earlier discounting, lower prices, and consumer demand for free shipping and more liberal http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/rob_caskey_11311.mp3 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:06:13 -0500 14:08 among, apparel, auction, bestsellers, brand, called, caskey, categories, consumer, demand, discounting, discusses, earlier, electronics, holiday, including, jewelry, liberal, liquidation, com, liquidity, lower, marketing, m Ina Steiner Jill Chuckas runs a home based business making and selling childrens items at Jill Chuckas runs a home based business making and selling childrens items at Crafty Baby . She traveled to Washington, DC last week to testify before a Senate sub-committee on behalf of The Handmade Toy Alliance (HTA) about the CPSIA legislation. Jill joined AuctionBytes to talk about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, which was enacted in response to concerns about http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/jill_chuckas_120610.mp3 Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:52:00 -0500 15:48 alliance, auctionbytes, baby, based, before, behalf, business, businesses, childrens, chuckas, concerns, concerns, congress, consumer, cpsia, crafty, cspan, discusses, enacted, handmade, hers, home, impact, improvement, issu Ina Steiner Page Mage is an application that helps sellers design and create ... Page Mage is an application that helps sellers design and create professional-looking listings on eBay. The company recently published a free guide to help eBay sellers create listings that stand out among the millions of listings on eBay. Chris Taylor, Vice President of Marketing at Page Mage, talked to AuctionBytes about the new guide, which was developed by a group of Bay Area eBay sellers http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/page_mage_112310.mp3 Fri, 3 Dec 2010 22:14:43 -0500 24:25 touch, among, application, area, around, auctionbytes, buyer, buyers, chances, chris, close, company, continue, create, design, developed, ebay, ebay, front, getting, group, guide, guide, help, helps, idea, improve, listing, lis Ina Steiner Former eBay executive Daniel Leffel founded Yardsellr in October 2009. This Former eBay executive Daniel Leffel founded Yardsellr in October 2009. This week, he announced the company had raised $5 million. Danny joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about Yardsellrs model, which uses Facebooks platform to bring together people with shared interests and allows them to find unique items for sale. Danny talks about the funding and his relationship with another http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/YardSellRNOV23_2010.mp3 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:30:19 -0500 14:49 allows, announced, another, auctionbytes, bring, capital, capital, company, company, daniel, danny, dearing, ebay, editor, executive, executive, facebooks, firm, former, founded, fund, funding, harrison, helping, interests, i Ina Steiner Laura Trueman of Truetiques has been selling on eBay for 10 years and has Laura Trueman of Truetiques has been selling on eBay for 10 years and has an average of 4500 items for sale on the site at one time. eBay recently barred her from selling on the site due to unsatisfactory customer feedback ratings. eBay has made many changes to the feedback system over the past two years, and we spoke to Laura to get her perspective on the changes. What would Laura tell http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/laura_trueman_110410.mp3 Thu, 4 Nov 2010 15:36:04 -0500 15:40 another, auctionbytes, average, barred, blog, changes, changes, comment, customer, decide, doing, ebay, ebays, feedback, good, items, laura, listen, made, marketplace, past, performing, perspective, point, poorly, ratings, rec Ina Steiner AuctionBytes recently caught up with Brian Lawe, founder of OnPagePromotions AuctionBytes recently caught up with Brian Lawe, founder of OnPagePromotions (formerly MyStoreCredits). Brian explained how his companys tools help eBay sellers drive more sales through online promotions, including MyStoreRewards, MyStoreMaps, and a new tool, CashBack Maps. He then discussed the challenges of being an eBay developer, including the brutal economics eBay seller face and the http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/brian_lawe_110210.mp3 Wed, 3 Nov 2010 10:23:24 -0500 8:33 formerly, apple, auctionbytes, being, benefit, brian, brutal, cashback, caught, challenge, challenges, companys, could, developer, developers, developers, discussed, drive, drives, ebay, economics, explained, face, founder, Ina Steiner AuctionBytes caught up with Scott Smigler at a recent SEMPO meeting at ... AuctionBytes caught up with Scott Smigler at a recent SEMPO meeting at Googles Boston office. Scott is founder and President of Exclusive Concepts , an Internet marketing company for online retailers. Scott spoke about recent changes Google made to its user experience and how those changes could impact merchants. Scott is also co-chair of SEMPO Boston Working Group , the search engine http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/scott_smigler_102110.mp3 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:44:22 -0500 7:06 area, auctionbytes, boston, businesses, caught, changes, co, chair, community, company, concepts, could, education, engine, exclusive, experience, founder, google, googles, group, helps, impact, industrys, internet, keep, mad Ina Steiner Shipwire , which offers fulfillment services to online retailers and ... Shipwire , which offers fulfillment services to online retailers and marketplace sellers, recently announced it was making its software available for free, regardless of whether sellers are Shipwire customers. AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner talked to Nate Gilmore about his companys new Shipwire Anywhere service that bridges do-it-yourself fulfillment and outsourced fulfillment, and about http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/nate_gilmore_101310.mp3 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:08:49 -0500 19:20 ahead, amazon, com, announced, anywhere, auctionbytes, available, bridges, check, companys, current, customers, dedicated, do, yourself, ebay, ecommerce, editor, free, fulfillment, fulfillment, game, gilmore, good, indicatio Ina Steiner Lynda Talgo is Senior Director of eBay Buyer Protection. In todays Ecommerce ... Lynda Talgo is Senior Director of eBay Buyer Protection. In todays Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes, Lynda discusses eBays new fall marketing campaign launched on October 4th. The campaign promotes eBay as a safe place to shop by highlighting the companys Buyer Protection program. Lynda said eBay will send one million postcards and 27 million emails to buyers, and talked about the companys use http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/lynda_talgo_100410.mp3 Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:10:20 -0500 6:35 th, asked, behind, buyer, buyers, campaign, campaign, companys, director, discusses, donahoe, ebay, ebay, com, ebays, ecommerce, emails, fall, highlighting, home, industry, informing, john, keystone, launched, letter, lynda, ma Ina Steiner Ecommerce consultant Stephanie Inge joined AuctionBytes to discuss the recent Ecommerce consultant Stephanie Inge joined AuctionBytes to discuss the recent conference of Amazon sellers known as SCOE (Seller Conference for Online Entrepreneurs). Stephanie gives an inside look at the agenda and who attended, and she also discusses her own experience using Amazons FBA fulfillment service. Stephanie Inge has been selling online since 1999 and runs a training and consulting http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/stephanie_inge_072110.mp3 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:02:36 -0500 11:09 seller, agenda, amazon, amazons, attended, auctionbytes, business, conference, consultant, consulting, discuss, discusses, ecommerce, entrepreneurs, experience, fulfillment, inge, inside, joined, known, look, online, recen Ina Steiner Michael Jansma, CEO of jewelry retailer GEMAffair.com , spoke to ... Michael Jansma, CEO of jewelry retailer GEMAffair.com , spoke to AuctionBytes at the recent Internet Retailer conference. Michael started selling jewelry online in 1996 and now generates $20 million in revenue. In the interview, Michael talks about the evolution of his business away from eBay toward his own website and discusses social networking sites and how the emotional aspect of buying http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/gemaffair_IRCE10.mp3 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:38:59 -0500 6:27 aspect, auctionbytes, away, business, buying, company, conference, discusses, ebay, emotional, evolution, gemaffair, com, generates, helped, internet, interview, jansma, jewelry, like, michael, million, networking, online, r Ina Steiner Joel Lederhause is President and CEO of DiscountRamps.com , quot;your ... Joel Lederhause is President and CEO of DiscountRamps.com , quot;your loading hauling and transport superstore, quot; based in West Bend, Wisconsin. He talks to AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner about what he hopes to gain from attending the Internet Retailer conference. DiscountRamps is a growing business looking to outsource more of its customer service and email marketing http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/discountramps_IRCE10.mp3 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:35:34 -0500 4:54 your, attending, auctionbytes, based, bend, business, conference, customer, discountramps, discountramps, com, editor, exhibit, floor, functions, gain, gained, growing, hall, hauling, hopes, internet, joel, lederhause, loadi Ina Steiner AuctionBytes is reporting from the floor of the Internet Retailer conference ... AuctionBytes is reporting from the floor of the Internet Retailer conference in Chicago. In this interview, Meg Robinson, Chief Operating Officer of Shotfarm , explains how retailers can use Shotfarm as a central spot to get product photos and descriptions provided by manufacturers. The service is limited to retailers selling new products only, and Meg reveals a new fee-based service the http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/meg_robinson_shotfarm.mp3 Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:35:39 -0500 2:32 auctionbytes, central, chicago, chief, company, conference, descriptions, explains, fee, based, floor, internet, interview, launching, limited, manufacturers, officer, only, operating, photos, product, products, provided, r Ina Steiner eBays storefront service ProStores recently released its an upgrade 9.3.2, ... eBays storefront service ProStores recently released its an upgrade 9.3.2, which features a Web Analytics tool. Lin Shearer, Head of Marketing and Revenue at ProStores, joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about the service and some of the new features, including an improved Checkout experience for customers and a new Category Promotions feature. ProStores is designed to help http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/prostores_050710.mp3 Sun, 9 May 2010 22:03:09 -0500 14:40 analytics, auctionbytes, category, checkout, customers, designed, ebay, ebays, editor, experience, feature, features, features, head, help, improved, including, integrates, joined, marketing, marketplace, promotions, prost Ina Steiner The Bonanzle marketplace has grown to 3 million listings since it launched ... The Bonanzle marketplace has grown to 3 million listings since it launched in 2008 and it recently raised $1 million in funding. Founder Bill Harding shares his story and talks about what makes Bonanzle different from sites like eBay and Craigslist. AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner asks Bill two questions heard most frequently from observers: will Bonanzle introduce an auction format, and what http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/billharding_050610.mp3 Thu, 6 May 2010 23:35:06 -0500 32:17 ahead, answers, asks, auction, auctionbytes, bill, bonanzle, bonanzle, craigslist, different, drive, ebay, editor, format, founder, frequently, funding, grown, harding, heard, including, introduce, launched, lies, like, liste Ina Steiner Steve Weber is an online bookseller, blogger, and author of the Home Based Steve Weber is an online bookseller, blogger, and author of the Home Based Bookstore . He joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner recently to talk about Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), a service from Amazon.com that takes care of warehousing, packing and shipping inventory for third-party online sellers. Steve delves into pricing issues, explains what types of items work well - and not so http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/weber_050410.mp3 Wed, 5 May 2010 21:44:10 -0500 27:23 always, amazon, amazon, com, amazons, auctionbytes, author, based, blogger, bookseller, bookseller, bookstore, care, customer, delves, editor, expect, experienced, expert, explains, fba, firsthand, fulfillment, handles, home David Steiner We know its the weekend, but education doesnt take a break or a holiday. ... We know its the weekend, but education doesnt take a break or a holiday. Below you will find a podcast that includes the more cogent points eBay CEO John Donahoe made about the marketplace during Thursdays annual shareholder meeting . It wasnt easy to condense all of the important aspects of the nearly hour-long meeting into 3:51, but we think youll find it informative - and possibly a bit http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebayishothothot.mp3 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:20:12 -0500 14:44 annual, aspects, auctionbytes, below, blog, break, cogent, comment, condense, crank, donahoe, during, easy, ebay, education, entertaining, holiday, hour, long, important, includes, informative, john, know, made, marketplace, m Ina Steiner Todd Lutwak, Vice President of Seller Experience at eBay, joined AuctionBytes Todd Lutwak, Vice President of Seller Experience at eBay, joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about the changes impacting sellers that were announced on April 27, 2010. The Summer Seller Updates include changes to the way eBay measures seller performance; the use of anonymous email addresses for buyer-seller communication; automatic feedback reminders sent by eBay; and new values http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/todd_lutwak_0142810.mp3 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:18:20 -0500 31:12 buyer, addresses, announced, announcement, anonymous, april, auctionbytes, automatic, available, blog, bulk, buyer, seller, cases, changes, changes, communication, condition, discussed, discussing, ebay, ebay, editing, edit Ina Steiner A certain segment of online sellers look to the liquidation space to source ... A certain segment of online sellers look to the liquidation space to source inventory. Does it make sense for small sellers to look to liquidation marketplaces for inventory they can resell, and what should they know before hitting the buy-now button on overstock lots? B-Stock Solutions founder Howard Rosenberg joins AuctionBytes with answers to these questions. Howard founded B-Stock http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/bstock.mp3 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:56:30 -0500 19:51 after, answers, auctionbytes, b, stock, before, billion, built, button, buy, now, certain, clients, company, companys, discusses, ebay, end, life, enterprise, excess, founded, founder, helped, hitting, hosted, howard, inventory Ina Steiner Steve Lindhorst has been teaching people how to sell online since 2002 and ... Steve Lindhorst has been teaching people how to sell online since 2002 and has taught at eBay Live conferences, trade shows, and eBay University seminars around the United States. He is author of quot;Selling on the River: the eBay Sellers Guide to Amazon.com, quot; and quot;The Niche Book - How to Pick a Niche for Profit, quot; which are described on his website, http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/steve_lindhorst_030510.mp3 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:09:51 -0500 25:00 selling, the, amazon, around, auctionbytes, author, book, conferences, considering, described, differences, discuss, ebay, editor, explains, guide, joins, keep, lindhorst, live, mind, multichannelsurfer, niche, online, peopl Ina Steiner Marty Weintraub, President and founder of aimClear , spoke to AuctionBytes ... Marty Weintraub, President and founder of aimClear , spoke to AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner about his upcoming presentation at the New York Search Engines Strategies conference. aimClear is an Internet-focused Ad Agency based in Minnesota, and Martys specialties include Pay Per Click, Social Media Marketing and SEO. In addition to speaking at industry conferences, Marty has written for http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/marty_weintraub_030510.mp3 Sat, 6 Mar 2010 16:33:09 -0500 31:28 adage, addition, advice, agency, aimclear, aimclearblog, com, auctionbytes, based, blog, blogs, click, conference, conferences, covers, ebay, editor, engine, engines, fast, paced, founder, ground, include, industry, internet, Ina Steiner Kevin Kinell is Vice President of Auctiva and is in charge of running the Kevin Kinell is Vice President of Auctiva and is in charge of running the day-to-day operations and development of Auctiva products, including its tools for eBay sellers and its off-eBay offering, Auctiva Commerce. A member of the senior management team, Kevin is privy to and has influence in the strategic direction of the company. He joined AuctionBytes Ina Steiner share his perspective on http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/auctiva_022710.mp3 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:41:21 -0500 15:55 auctionbytes, auctiva, bound, changes, charge, coming, commerce, company, day, day, development, direction, ebay, features, googles, hints, including, influence, interested, joined, kevin, kinell, looking, management, member Ina Steiner The parent company of online marketplace Alibris is acquiring Monsoon , a ... The parent company of online marketplace Alibris is acquiring Monsoon , a selling solutions company. Kanth Gopalpur, CEO of Monsoon, joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about what the merger means for online sellers. In 1994, Kanth founded and led the online operations of Powells.com and was the first marketplace seller on Amazon.com. In addition to discussing the merger and general http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/monsoon_022610.mp3 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:13:05 -0500 20:32 acquiring, addition, alibris, amazon, amazon, com, auctionbytes, available, award, capability, company, company, describes, discussing, dynamic, ebays, ecommerce, editor, first, founded, general, gopalpur, innovator, joined Ina Steiner Todd Lutwak, Senior Director of Selling Experience, joined AuctionBytes ... Todd Lutwak, Senior Director of Selling Experience, joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to discuss the changes eBay announced last week that are set to take effect on March 30th. He answered questions about the exposure listings will get when eBay eliminates the Store Inventory Format; the requirements for maintaining an eBay store in terms of seller performance; and some of the things http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/todd_lutwak_012910.mp3 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:24:50 -0500 22:39 th, announced, answered, auctionbytes, aware, blog, change, changes, coming, comment, core, covers, director, discuss, ebay, ebay, ebays, editor, effect, eliminates, experience, exposure, fees, format, ground, interesting, int Ina Steiner Palmer Pekarek is Director of Communications and New Business Development for Palmer Pekarek is Director of Communications and New Business Development for Ruby Lane , an ecommerce platform for buyers and sellers of antiques, art, vintage collectibles and jewelry. Palmer explains some of the techniques antiques and collectibles dealers can employ to improve their online presence to help boost sales. The interview ranges from the basics, such as having good product http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/palmer_pekarek_2.mp3 Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:31:31 -0500 22:35 antiques, antiques, art, basics, boost, business, buyers, collectibles, collectibles, communications, dealers, development, director, ecommerce, employ, explains, good, having, help, improve, informative, interview, interv Ina Steiner eDeals.com is an online coupon and deal site for consumers who are ... eDeals.com is an online coupon and deal site for consumers who are searching for low prices whether shopping online or going to a local store. eDeals.com Chief Operations Officer Michael Palso joined AuctionBytes editor Ina Steiner to talk about holiday trends and whats new with eDeals, including its relationship with PriceGrabber and eBay integration. Run time: 12:09 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/edeals111909.mp3 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:05:48 -0500 12:09 auctionbytes, chief, consumers, coupon, deal, ebay, edeals, edeals, com, editor, going, holiday, including, integration, joined, local, michael, officer, online, operations, palso, pricegrabber, prices, relationship, searchi Ina Steiner Haralee Weintraub created a line of clothing that helps women get a good ... Haralee Weintraub created a line of clothing that helps women get a good nights sleep. Her company, Haralee.com , designs, manufactures, and markets moisture-wicking sleepwear for women experiencing night sweats due to menopause, breast cancer, or medications, and recently won StartUp Nations quot;Boomers Back in Business quot; award. Haralee joins AuctionBytes editor Ina Steiner to http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/weintraub111609.mp3 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:22:10 -0500 22:05 boomers, auctionbytes, award, breast, business, business, cancer, challenges, clothing, company, created, creating, designs, ecommerce, editor, experiencing, facebook, good, haralee, haralee, com, hear, helps, home, joins, ma Ina Steiner eBay Vice President of of North America Marketing Greg Fant joined ... eBay Vice President of of North America Marketing Greg Fant joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to discuss this years holiday marketing campaign featuring the tagline, quot;Come to think of it, eBay. quot; This is the most integrated of eBays efforts to date ranging from rich-media digital ads, to television and print ads to quot;mobile boutiques quot; and an online http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/greg_fant111009.mp3 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:53:53 -0500 21:13 come, mobile, wish, ads, america, answers, antiques, auctionbytes, banner, boutiques, bucks, campaign, categories, category, collectibles, consumers, date, digital, discuss, drive, ebay, ebay, ebays, editor, efforts, facilita Ina Steiner AuctionBytes editor Ina Steiner sat down with Ztail co-founder and CEO ... AuctionBytes editor Ina Steiner sat down with Ztail co-founder and CEO Bill Hudak during the recent Shop.org Summit in Las Vegas to talk about trends in the secondary market. The topic was top-of-mind at the conference this year, with a keynote from eBay CEO John Donahoe and a panel session with executives from Woot.com and the Gilt Groupe (Gilt.com). Consumers know they can get value out http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ztail_hudakOCT_2009.mp3 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:40:32 -0500 11:14 afraid, auctionbytes, awareness, bill, both, brand, brands, build, co, founder, conference, consumers, discount, donahoe, down, during, ebay, editor, executives, full, gilt, groupe, guaranteeing, hudak, interview, john, keynot Ina Steiner Craig Gillan is Director of Ecommerce at Charlotte Russe , an apparel, ... Craig Gillan is Director of Ecommerce at Charlotte Russe , an apparel, footwear and accessory retailer for young women with 500 stores in malls, nationwide. AuctionBytes spoke with Craig at the 2009 Shop.org summit to discuss mobile shopping and the upcoming holiday shopping season. While he thinks mobile is the future, hes not seeing a lot of customer acceptance, but Charlotte Russe is ready http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/craig_gillan.mp3 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:44:56 -0500 4:41 acceptance, accessory, app, apparel, auctionbytes, back, school, charlotte, craig, customer, director, discuss, ecommerce, explains, footwear, future, gillan, holiday, initiatives, iphone, malls, mcommerce, mobile, nationwi Ina Steiner Jochen Krisch, a consultant based in Munich Germany, is one of the leading ... Jochen Krisch, a consultant based in Munich Germany, is one of the leading experts on new shopping models and publishes the ExcitingEcommerce.com blog . AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner caught up with Jochen at the 2009 Shop.org annual summit. In this podcast, he discusses the Shop.org session, quot;Reinventing Online Retail: Radical Business Models That Are Paying Off Today quot; http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/jochen_krisch.mp3 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:28:03 -0500 4:55 reinventing, advantage, annual, auctionbytes, based, blog, business, called, caught, consultant, crowd, sourcing, daily, deal, discusses, ebay, editor, excitingecommerce, com, experts, feature, featuring, general, germany, g Ina Steiner Palmer Pekarek is Director of Communications and Product Development for ... Palmer Pekarek is Director of Communications and Product Development for Ruby Lane , an ecommerce platform for antiques, art, vintage collectibles and jewelry. Tom Johnson founded the site in 1998, and it now features over 360,000 collectible items from more than 2,000 unique shops. Palmer joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner in todays podcast to talk about what makes Ruby Lane different, http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/palmer_pekarek.mp3 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:15:30 -0500 18:10 actually, advertising, antiques, art, auctionbytes, audience, collectible, collectibles, combination, communications, despite, development, different, director, discusses, ecommerce, economy, editor, explains, features, Ina Steiner With todays launch of eBay SM Apps, we wanted to hear directly from a third-pa With todays launch of eBay SM Apps, we wanted to hear directly from a third-party developer to get their thoughts on what it was like to develop on the eBay platform. Vzaar is a service for eBay and online sellers who wish to add a video component to their product listings, and the company is one of the first third-party vendors to work with SM Apps. Jamie Parkins joined AuctionBytes http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/vzaar_081709.mp3 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:42:49 -0500 7:01 apps, auctionbytes, company, component, develop, developer, developers, directly, discuss, ebay, editor, first, formerly, head, hear, jamie, joined, launch, like, listings, means, online, parkins, platform, platform, powersel Ina Steiner Alibaba.com launched a new training program for online retailers and ... Alibaba.com launched a new training program for online retailers and suppliers who are interested in learning about product sourcing using the Alibaba.com website. Karen Siegel Fitting, Training Manager for Alibaba.com, discusses the new program and what it offers entrepreneurs. She answers questions about domestic and international product-sourcing and also talks about the common http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/alibaba609.mp3 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:23:14 -0500 9:50 alibaba, alibaba, com, answers, common, discusses, domestic, ecommerce, entrepreneurs, finding, fitting, interested, international, interview, karen, largest, launched, learning, listen, manager, misconceptions, offers, on Ina Steiner TurnTo CEO and founder George Eberstadt sat down with AuctionBytes Editor Ina TurnTo CEO and founder George Eberstadt sat down with AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner at the recent Internet Retailer conference to explain how his service helps shoppers learn more about products by connecting with their friends who have made similar purchases. By leveraging the Facebook platform and other social networking sites such as Twitter and LinkedIn, TurnTos widget can help retailers http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/TurnTo.mp3 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:37:09 -0500 8:21 they, trusted, auctionbytes, beacon, conference, connecting, down, eberstadt, editor, experience, experience, explain, explains, facebook, facebooks, founder, friends, george, help, helps, internet, know, learn, learned, lev Ina Steiner Rob Ulveling of TheFind.com spent time with AuctionBytes.com Editor Ina ... Rob Ulveling of TheFind.com spent time with AuctionBytes.com Editor Ina Steiner on the floor of the Internet Retailer conference to answer questions about the shopping search engine. The company scours the web looking for product listings to display in search results, and also offers a new paid service for merchants to quot;claim quot; their feeds for better visibility on TheFind.c http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/thefind_061509.mp3 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:24:06 -0500 2:42 answer, auctionbytes, com, better, company, conference, display, editor, engine, feeds, floor, internet, listings, looking, merchants, offers, paid, product, questions, results, retailer, scours, search, service, shopping, sp Ina Steiner With the economy in the dumps, theres a lot of attention being paid to ... With the economy in the dumps, theres a lot of attention being paid to overstock inventory and returns. In March, eBay said it intended to become the leader in secondary marketplace (see quot; eBay Strategy Revealed quot;). We spoke to the CEO of Enable Holdings , which runs the uBid.com auction site, the RedTag fixed-price site and offline service, and the B2B Dibu Trading http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Jeff_Hoffman_052109.mp3 Wed, 27 May 2009 08:49:57 -0500 20:09 see, asked, attention, auction, become, being, company, corporation, dibu, different, dumps, ebay, economy, enable, fixed, price, format, fuss, hoffman, holdings, intended, inventory, jeffrey, leader, like, march, marketplace, Ina Steiner Michael Miller is a best-selling author and has written a number of books ... Michael Miller is a best-selling author and has written a number of books about selling on eBay. His latest book is called, quot;Selling Online 2.0: Migrating from eBay to Amazon, craigslist, and Your Own E-Commerce Website. quot; Michael joins AuctionBytes.com Editor Ina Steiner to explain why many established sellers are looking for an alternative to selling on eBay and why he http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Michael_Miller_050509.mp3 Sun, 10 May 2009 23:15:13 -0500 20:46 selling, alternative, amazon, antiques, auctionbytes, com, auctions, author, believes, best, best, selling, book, books, business, called, categories, changing, clothing, collectibles, commitment, craigslist, craigslist, cr Ina Steiner AuctionBytes sat down to talk with Randy Smythe about ecommerce, online ... AuctionBytes sat down to talk with Randy Smythe about ecommerce, online merchants, and his new gig at Buy.com. Randy was a top eBay PowerSeller, Amazon.com seller, blogger and consultant before joining Buy.com as its quot;Merchant Evangelist quot; for its third-party merchant program. Learn what he has to say about the challenges of selling on eBay, why Bonanzle is making headway among http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Randy_Smythe_043009.mp3 Mon, 4 May 2009 10:00:01 -0500 21:18 merchant, amazon, com, among, auctionbytes, before, blogger, bonanzle, buy, buy, com, challenges, competing, consultant, down, ebay, ebay, ecommerce, evangelist, headway, interview, issue, joining, learn, making, marketplace, Ina Steiner Etsy.com is the marketplace of handmade and vintage goods. But what is it ... Etsy.com is the marketplace of handmade and vintage goods. But what is it like to manage a community of crafters, buyers and sellers? With $31.6 million in funding, 200,000 sellers and over 2.1 million registered users, theres a hunger for more information about the company. AuctionBytes sat down with Etsys Adam Brown, who shares some thoughts on Etsys philosophy regarding sellers, the http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Adam_Brown_Etsy.mp3 Sat, 4 Apr 2009 15:51:40 -0500 7:34 and, adam, auctionbytes, behind, brown, buyers, community, community, company, crafters, down, etsy, etsy, com, etsys, funding, gets, goods, great, growth, handling, handmade, hunger, information, inside, like, manage, marketpl Ina Steiner Google Analytics will tell you three things, according to Ophir Prusak: whos Google Analytics will tell you three things, according to Ophir Prusak: whos coming to your site, how they got there, and what they did on your site. Ophir is Search amp; Analytics Strategist for Pop , a full-service interactive agency that builds websites and manages digital marketing for clients such as Amazon.com and Target. The company is also a Google Analytics Authorized http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Ophir_Prusak.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:40:39 -0500 7:05 according, actionable, activities, agency, amazon, com, analytics, authorized, builds, clients, coming, company, consultant, digital, full, service, google, information, interactive, manages, marketing, measure, media, ophi Ina Steiner Does buying traffic from eBay to go to eBay make good use of your ... Does buying traffic from eBay to go to eBay make good use of your marketing budget? Adam Epstein is qualified to talk about paid search on eBay and outside of eBay: he runs AdMarketplace , which started out years ago as eBays exclusive paid search provider, eBayKeywords.com. After eBay dropped its paid-search program, Adam, along with CEO Jamie Hill, transformed eBayKeywords.com into http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Admarketplace_032509.mp3 Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:15:02 -0500 9:41 adam, adam, admarketplace, admarketplace, after, along, budget, buying, company, conference, discuss, dropped, ebay, ebay, ebaykeywords, ebaykeywords, com, ebays, engines, epstein, exclusive, exhibiting, good, hill, jamie, la Ina Steiner David Gettinger, Director of Sales for SLI Systems , sat down with ... David Gettinger, Director of Sales for SLI Systems , sat down with AuctionBytes during the Search Engine Strategies Conference in New York to talk about his companys search service for etailers. David said the starting point for a retailer of any size in terms of optimizing their search capability is structuring the data - making sure it has all the product attributes a customer is http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/david_gettinger_SLI_032509.mp3 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:55:20 -0500 6:37 ability, adding, affecting, attributes, auctionbytes, brand, capability, color, companys, conference, consider, customer, customers, data, david, director, discussed, down, during, economy, engine, etailers, example, facets Ina Steiner Ilana Rabinowitz is Vice President of Marketing at Lion Brand Yarn Company ... Ilana Rabinowitz is Vice President of Marketing at Lion Brand Yarn Company whose products can be found on the shelves of Wal-Mart, Michaels and craft stores. She faces the challenge of providing an ecommerce platform where consumers can purchase yarn on the LionBrand.com website, and also providing compelling content in order to drive foot traffic to retail sites that carry the brand. http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Ilana_Rabinowitz_32409.mp3 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:27:02 -0500 06:02 address, blogs, brand, brand, carry, challenge, company, compelling, conference, consumers, content, craft, customers, drive, ecommerce, engage, engine, facebook, faces, flickr, foot, found, ilana, impressions, kawasakis, key Ina Steiner John Slocum has been working with online sellers since 1997 when he ... John Slocum has been working with online sellers since 1997 when he created the Blackthorne listing tool, which eBay acquired in 1999. Since his departure from eBay at the end of January, John has been busy working on a new project. This week he launched SixBitSoftware.com , which will help small- and medium-sized online sellers list items on eBay, Amazon.com and other online http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/John_Slocum_021209.mp3 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:15:41 -0500 20:15 acquired, acquisition, acquisition, amazon, com, blackthorne, blackthorne, busy, changed, company, created, departure, developed, developer, ebay, ebay, ecommerce, executive, first, handled, help, industry, items, january, j Ina Steiner Harry Rinker is a well known expert in the antiques and collectibles field, ... Harry Rinker is a well known expert in the antiques and collectibles field, and has appeared on Oprah, Martha Stewart Living, Good Morning America, as well as hosting his own program on HGTV, quot;Collector Inspector. quot; In his recent syndicated column quot;Rinker on Collectibles, quot; he wrote that as a buyer on eBay with close to 1300 feedback, he was finished with eBay! http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Harry_Rinker_092308.mp3 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:28:39 -0500 25:47 collector, house, rinker, airs, america, antiques, appeared, appraise, auctionbytes, book, both, business, buyer, call, in, caused, close, collectibles, collectibles, column, current, days, dealers, dealing, depth, down, downs Ina Steiner Skip McGrath runs SkipMcGrath.com , a publishing company focused on teaching Skip McGrath runs SkipMcGrath.com , a publishing company focused on teaching people how to sell on eBay. Skip was one of the reporters and bloggers invited to eBay headquarters in San Jose for a briefing on the major August 2008 announcement. Skip joins AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about the major fee and policy changes, how sellers can cope, and his views on the Future of eBay. Run http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Skip_McGrath_090208.mp3 Sun, 7 Sep 2008 15:50:23 -0500 15:31 announcement, auctionbytes, august, bloggers, briefing, changes, company, cope, ebay, ebay, editor, focused, future, headquarters, invited, joins, jose, major, mcgrath, people, policy, publishing, reporters, runs, sell, selle Ina Steiner Lisa Suttora is founder of WhatDoISell.com , an online retail-education ... Lisa Suttora is founder of WhatDoISell.com , an online retail-education website providing entrepreneurial support and networking. WhatDoISell.com is one of 30 eBay Certified Providers, who were briefed by the company on last weeks major announcement regarding fee and policy changes. She joins AuctionBytes.com Editor Ina Steiner to talk about the impact on sellers and how they can adjust their http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Lisa+Suttora_082608.mp3 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:22:07 -0500 12:12 adjust, announcement, auctionbytes, com, briefed, certified, changes, company, cope, ebay, editor, entrepreneurial, founder, impact, joins, last, lisa, major, networking, online, policy, providers, providing, regarding, reta Ina Steiner eBay briefed reporters and bloggers about its major August 19, 2008 ... eBay briefed reporters and bloggers about its major August 19, 2008 announcement. Randy Smythe was one of those invited to eBay headquarters in San Jose to hear the news directly from eBay executives. Randy had been one of eBays top PowerSellers (GlacierBayDVD) until his business failed, and he is now a consultant and blogger who also sells on Amazon.com. He joins AuctionBytes Editor Ina http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Randy_Smythe_082108.mp3 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:51:24 -0500 18:37 amazon, announcement, auctionbytes, august, blogger, bloggers, briefed, business, changes, consultant, directly, discuss, ebay, ebays, editor, executives, failed, headquarters, hear, invited, joins, jose, major, mean, news, p Ina Steiner Alibaba.coms Arthur Chang, Vice President of Global Sales, explains how ... Alibaba.coms Arthur Chang, Vice President of Global Sales, explains how entrepreneurial sellers are using the B2B global marketplace to grow their businesses. Product sourcing is one major way sellers are using the site, but Chang talks about Alibaba.coms expanding services such as the Export-to-China program. Run time: 7:53 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/EL2008_alibaba.mp3 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:03:35 -0500 7:53 alibaba, coms, arthur, businesses, chang, chang, entrepreneurial, expanding, explains, export, china, global, grow, major, marketplace, president, product, program, sales, sellers, services, site, sourcing, talks, time, vice, Ina Steiner Terapeak is one of the first developers to create an application for the new Terapeak is one of the first developers to create an application for the new eBay Echo Project that lets third-party developers create apps directly on the eBay platform. Andrew Sukow, CTO of Terapeak and Fred Speckeen, President and CEO of AERS, talk to AuctionBytes about the new opportunities for eBay developers as a result of the new Echo initiative. Run Time: 7:06 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/EL2008_terapeak.mp3 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:10:59 -0500 7:06 aers, andrew, application, apps, auctionbytes, create, developers, directly, ebay, echo, first, fred, initiative, lets, opportunities, platform, president, project, result, speckeen, sukow, talk, terapeak, third, party, time, Ina Steiner AuctionBytes talks to Ron Stewart, President, from developer GetItNext.com ... AuctionBytes talks to Ron Stewart, President, from developer GetItNext.com to get his take on eBays Developer conference. GetItNext provides a search engine for eBay listings that makes it easier for buyers to find items. This is Rons third time to eBay DevCon, and he talks about a new focus he sees coming from eBay Developers Program. We also ask him about what news might be coming on http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/EL2008_getitnext.mp3 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:56:36 -0500 4:34 auctionbytes, buyers, coming, conference, devcon, developer, developers, easier, ebay, ebays, engine, focus, getitnext, getitnext, com, items, kicks, listings, live, might, news, off, president, program, provides, rons, search Ina Steiner Max Mancini, Senior Director of Platform amp; Disruptive Innovation and ... Max Mancini, Senior Director of Platform amp; Disruptive Innovation and Adam Trachtenberg, Director of Product Management for Platform amp; Services talk with Ina Steiner about Project Echo, eBays new Open Platform for Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro. Run Time: 9:36 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/EL2008_max_adam.mp3 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:22:37 -0500 9:36 adam, director, disruptive, ebays, echo, innovation, management, manager, mancini, open, platform, pro, product, project, selling, senior, services, steiner, talk, time, trachtenberg, Ina Steiner Infopia CEO Bjorn Espenes talks about the differences between sellers ... Infopia CEO Bjorn Espenes talks about the differences between sellers attending the Internet Retailer conference and the eBay Live conference and the conversion in markets. He also fills us in on the companys new Transact open platform announced at the show that includes analytics functionality, as well as Infopia s recent round of funding that raised $12 million. Run time: 4:50 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/infopia_espenes_061008.mp3 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:39:52 -0500 4:50 analytics, announced, attending, between, bjorn, companys, conference, conversion, differences, ebay, espenes, fills, functionality, funding, includes, infopia, internet, live, markets, million, open, platform, raised, rece Ina Steiner RatePoint President and CEO Neal Creighton joins AuctionBytes from the floor ... RatePoint President and CEO Neal Creighton joins AuctionBytes from the floor of the Internet Retailer show to talk about how merchants can establish credibility using the RatePoint service. He also reveals that Ratepoint can help merchants resolve disputes with customers. The customer review space is hot, Neal says! Run time: 2:40 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ratepoint_creighton_061008.mp3 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:21:06 -0500 2:40 auctionbytes, credibility, creighton, customer, customers, disputes, establish, floor, help, hot, internet, joins, merchants, neal, president, ratepoint, resolve, retailer, reveals, review, says, service, show, space, talk, t Ina Steiner A group of computer scientists, game theorists, and attorneys introduced a ... A group of computer scientists, game theorists, and attorneys introduced a new system to help buyers and sellers deal with eBays controversial changes to its feedback policies. James Ring is CEO of Fair Outcomes Inc., and joined AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to explain how the Fair Reputations system works using an example of a typical ecommerce-related dispute. Fair Reputations is an http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/James_Ring_052908.mp3 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:39:27 -0500 22:52 acted, attorneys, auctionbytes, buyers, changes, computer, constructive, controversial, deal, demonstrate, dispute, disputes, disputes, ebays, ecommerce, ecommerce, related, editor, example, explain, fair, feedback, game, g Ina Steiner Google Associate Product Manager Prem Ramaswami provides an update on Googles Google Associate Product Manager Prem Ramaswami provides an update on Googles online payment service. Ramaswami says Google Checkouts mission is to create the fastest, safest and most convenient shopping method for buyers, while enabling merchants to set up ecommerce sites with simple point-and-click functionality. Prem also discusses Google Checkouts new Shopping Cart feature. Run time: 6:41 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/GoogleCheckout_050908.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2008 21:37:34 -0500 6:41 associate, buyers, cart, checkouts, convenient, create, discusses, ecommerce, enabling, fastest, feature, functionality, google, googles, manager, merchants, method, mission, online, payment, point, click, prem, product, pro Ina Steiner Scott Thompson was named President of PayPal earlier this year, and joins ... Scott Thompson was named President of PayPal earlier this year, and joins AuctionBytes to talk about the big-picture view of eBays online payment service. In this Ecommerce Industry Soundbytes podcast, Thompson talks about the competitive landscape in online payments and PayPals focus in the next 12 - 24 months. He also shares his thoughts on eBays Safe Payments policy, including touching upon http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Scott_Thompson_050608.mp3 Wed, 7 May 2008 22:32:57 -0500 8:10 auctionbytes, australia, big, picture, competitive, earlier, ebay, ebays, ecommerce, focus, including, industry, joins, landscape, means, months, named, next, online, payment, payments, paypal, paypal, only, paypals, podcast, Ina Steiner Barry Fallon was forced to sell his iSold It drop-off store last year due to ... Barry Fallon was forced to sell his iSold It drop-off store last year due to regulators in Pennsylvania. The agency responsible for issuing licenses to auctioneers is holding a hearing on May 12, 2008, to decide his fate. If he loses his case, it will have repercussions for all eBay sellers in the state. Learn more about whats at stake in this groundbreaking case. Run time: 11:18 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Barry_Fallon_043008.mp3 Sat, 3 May 2008 14:38:47 -0500 11:18 agency, auctioneers, barry, case, decide, drop, off, ebay, fallon, fate, forced, groundbreaking, hearing, holding, isold, issuing, last, learn, licenses, loses, pennsylvania, regulators, repercussions, responsible, sell, sell Ina Steiner Jeffrey Hoffman became CEO of online-auction business uBid.com Holdings late ... Jeffrey Hoffman became CEO of online-auction business uBid.com Holdings late last year, and last week, he outlined a new corporate strategy that includes a fixed-price marketplace. Conspicuously absent from last weeks press release was any mention of uBids C2C marketplace, Bidville , which has been operating since 1999 and was acquired by uBid in 2006. In an interview with uBids Hoffman, http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/uBid_Hoffman_042808.mp3 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:25:06 -0500 13:18 the, able, absent, acquired, auctionbytes, became, better, bidville, bidville, business, buyers, chance, community, companys, considering, conspicuously, continue, corporate, disruption, everybody, fixed, price, hoffman, ho Ina Steiner Larry Phillips has been selling on eBay since 1999. He owns Long Beach ... Larry Phillips has been selling on eBay since 1999. He owns Long Beach Philatelics and is a Platinum PowerSeller on eBay and a Board member of the Internet Merchants Association. Phillips has spent a lot of time in the past few weeks studying eBays new quot;Best Match, quot; a search algorithm that is part of eBays efforts to put more relevant listings in front of shoppers. Larry http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Larry_Phillips_040808.mp3 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:26:44 -0500 27:44 best, advantage, algorithm, association, auctionbytes, beach, best, board, discussing, ebay, ebays, editor, efforts, employing, front, internet, larry, listings, long, match, match, member, merchants, owns, past, philatelics, Ina Steiner AuctionBytes interviewed eBay Product Manager Alan Lewis about eBay Desktop, ... AuctionBytes interviewed eBay Product Manager Alan Lewis about eBay Desktop, a buyer application that users can download to experience eBay in a unique way. Alan talks about the features unique to Desktop, such as feeds and alerts, and the benefits to users. Run time: 14:33 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/alan_lewis_022808.mp3 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:19:53 -0500 14:33 alan, alerts, application, auctionbytes, benefits, buyer, desktop, download, ebay, experience, features, feeds, interviewed, lewis, manager, product, talks, time, unique, users, users, way, Ina Steiner Steve Grossberg is an eBay PowerSeller and the head of the Internet ... Steve Grossberg is an eBay PowerSeller and the head of the Internet Merchants Association (IMA). Steve was at the recent Ecommerce Forum where eBay announced enormous changes it would be making to the site. Steve joins AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner to talk about changes to eBay fees and feedback policies, what they mean for eBay sellers, and the challenges ahead. Run time: 11:47 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/steve_grossberg_20108.mp3 Sat, 2 Feb 2008 21:49:32 -0500 11:47 ahead, announced, association, auctionbytes, challenges, changes, ebay, ecommerce, editor, enormous, feedback, fees, forum, grossberg, head, internet, joins, making, mean, merchants, policies, powerseller, recent, sellers, s Ina Steiner Our Hotline rang off the hook for 3 straight days. Here is the third ... Our Hotline rang off the hook for 3 straight days. Here is the third podcast with your opinions about the upcoming changes to eBay fees and feedback. Thanks for your input! Run Time: 14:59 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/hotline_fees3.mp3 Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:33:06 -0500 14:59 changes, days, ebay, feedback, fees, hook, hotline, input, opinions, podcast, rang, straight, thanks, third, time, upcoming, Ina Steiner Heres Part 2 of the AuctionBytes Hotline, and its just as interesting - if ... Heres Part 2 of the AuctionBytes Hotline, and its just as interesting - if not more so - than Part 1! The AuctionBytes Blog asked readers how they felt about eBays new fee and feedback changes announced on Tuesday (January 29, 2008). Were continuing to get calls from sellers who want their voices heard, so we will publish a third Hotline podcast soon. Run Time: 8:19 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/hotline_fees2.mp3 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:30:21 -0500 8:19 january, announced, asked, auctionbytes, blog, calls, changes, continuing, ebays, feedback, felt, heard, heres, hotline, hotline, interesting, podcast, publish, readers, sellers, soon, than, they, third, time, tuesday, voices, Ina Steiner The AuctionBytes Blog asked readers how they felt about eBays new fee and ... The AuctionBytes Blog asked readers how they felt about eBays new fee and feedback changes announced on Tuesday (January 29, 2008). As eBays incoming CEO John Donahoe said, eBay is throwing out the playbook and making radical changes to how the site works in an effort to improve the buyer experience. The request for your response to these changes came fast and furiously, and calls are still http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/hotline_fees1.mp3 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:34:04 -0500 9:44 second, january, announced, asked, auctionbytes, blog, business, buyer, call, calls, came, changes, coming, donahoe, ebay, ebays, effort, experience, fast, feedback, felt, furiously, hotline, hotline, impact, improve, incoming Ina Steiner AuctionBytes interviewed top eBay executives by phone on Tuesday after the ... AuctionBytes interviewed top eBay executives by phone on Tuesday after the company announced new fees and radical changes to feedback. John Donahoe is eBays new President and CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Meg Whitman. Lorrie Norrington is President of eBay Marketplaces Operations taking over from Bill Cobb, who is retiring at the end of the year. John and Lorrie were attending the companys http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/Donohoe_0128081.mp3 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:53:29 -0500 13:43 after, american, announced, asked, attending, auctionbytes, bill, ceo, changes, cobb, company, companys, concerns, donahoe, ebay, ebays, ecommerce, executives, feedback, fees, forum, hearing, interviewed, introduced, john, lo Ina Steiner Debbie Levitt talks about the upcoming As Was conference for eBay sellers. ... Debbie Levitt talks about the upcoming As Was conference for eBay sellers. The conference will provide techniques and strategies designed to help intermediate and advanced eBay sellers become more profitable. The conference takes place on February 28 - March 1, 2008, at the Disneys Yacht Club Resort at Walt Disney World in Florida, and Debbie fills us in on what to expect throughout the 3 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/levitt_101608.mp3 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:48:45 -0500 12:57 advanced, become, club, conference, days, debbie, designed, disney, disneys, ebay, expect, february, fills, florida, help, intermediate, levitt, march, place, profitable, provide, resort, sellers, sellers, strategies, takes, t Ina Steiner DoggyPads.com has been in business for two-and-a-half years and sells ... DoggyPads.com has been in business for two-and-a-half years and sells housebreaking products to consumers and retailers. Doggypads is based in Los Angeles, CA and imports its products in large quantities from China. AuctionBytes chats with founder Mark Stern about how he handled the growing pains of the business by outsourcing fulfillment to a company called Shipwire and was able to eliminate http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/doggypads_112707.mp3 Sun, 2 Dec 2007 22:48:12 -0500 8:38 able, angeles, auctionbytes, based, business, called, chats, china, company, consumers, doggypads, doggypads, com, eliminate, founder, fulfillment, growing, handled, housebreaking, imports, mark, outsourcing, pains, product Ina Steiner Tracy Dixon founded GiveAGiftBasket.com ten years ago after the birth of ... Tracy Dixon founded GiveAGiftBasket.com ten years ago after the birth of her first child and continues to run the business out of her home. Tracy uses a variety of online and offline marketing techniques to drive traffic to her website, such as direct mail, radio ads, print ads and online and pay-per-click advertising. Tracy talks with AuctionBytes about the importance of creating a http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/rincentral_111507.mp3 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 19:44:48 -0500 11:43 ads, advertising, after, auctionbytes, birth, business, child, clients, continues, corporate, creating, direct, dixon, drive, first, founded, giveagiftbasket, com, home, importance, mail, marketing, offline, online, pay, clic Ina Steiner Pat Kelly is cofounder and CEO of OnState , a provider of new generation ... Pat Kelly is cofounder and CEO of OnState , a provider of new generation call center solutions. OnState was created to give small, medium and large businesses a simple, low-cost, and scalable call center and customer contact-management solution. Pat explains OnState ACD for Skype, the companys flagship product, and gives examples of customers who are using the service to take their businesses http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/onstate_101907.mp3 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:02:10 -0500 19:59 businesses, call, center, cofounder, companys, contact, management, created, customer, customers, examples, explains, flagship, generation, levels, low, medium, onstate, product, provider, scalable, service, simple, skype, s Ina Steiner AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner chats with online bookseller Steve Weber on AuctionBytes Editor Ina Steiner chats with online bookseller Steve Weber on the topic of feedback rating systems. Steve Weber is author of quot;The Home Based Bookstore quot; and the quot;Selling Books quot; blog and sells on eBay, Amazon and Half.com. Steiner and Weber chat about the differences between feedback on Amazon and eBay, buyer expectations, and portable feedback http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/weber_091907.mp3 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:34:01 -0500 13:19 selling, the, amazon, auctionbytes, author, based, between, blog, books, bookseller, bookstore, buyer, chat, chats, differences, ebay, editor, expectations, feedback, half, home, online, portable, rating, sells, steiner, steve Ina Steiner This year, eBay began enforcing its Seller Non-Performance policy in stricter This year, eBay began enforcing its Seller Non-Performance policy in stricter ways, considering a sellers buyer dissatisfaction rate. We asked AuctionBytes readers, quot;What do you think of eBays Seller Non-performance Policy? quot; Sellers called in on the AuctionBytes Hotline to let us know what they think. You too can make your voice heard - dial toll-free 1-877-222-0856, or 508-720 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/NSP.mp3 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:05:02 -0500 6:33 what, asked, associates, auctionbytes, began, buyer, called, callers, colleagues, considering, dial, dissatisfaction, ebay, ebays, enforcing, expressed, heard, hotline, international, know, listen, llc, mind, necessarily, no Ina Steiner Eric Gazin is the President and Founder of Auction Cause and Gazin Auctions, ... Eric Gazin is the President and Founder of Auction Cause and Gazin Auctions, companies that produce high-profile eBay auctions. An Auction Cause campaign for Kevin Bacon and Six Degrees won a viral marketing award from Marketing Sherpa in 2007. Having worked on eBay projects with such notables as Matthew McConaughey, Gene Simmons, Garry Kasparov, Uri Geller, and companies such as BMW, Diet http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/gazin_081007.mp3 Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:28:05 -0500 21:59 auction, auctions, auctions, award, bacon, bmw, campaign, cause, charity, companies, dairy, degrees, diet, discusses, ebay, eric, ford, founder, garry, gazin, geller, gene, having, high, profile, kasparov, kevin, lite, loreal, ma Ina Steiner eBay Vice-President of Trust and Safety Matt Halprin joins AuctionBytes to ... eBay Vice-President of Trust and Safety Matt Halprin joins AuctionBytes to talk about the companys recent actions taken to enforce its Seller Non-Performance policy. Matt discusses the role of Neutral feedback ratings and talks about eBays delay in communicating with users about the seller crackdown. Matt also reveals that eBays new Detailed Seller Ratings will be used in future enforcement http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ebay_TS_081706.mp3 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:00:56 -0500 31:05 actions, auctionbytes, better, communicating, companys, crackdown, decisions, delay, detailed, discusses, ebay, ebays, enforce, enforcement, enforcement, feedback, future, gain, halprin, joins, listen, matt, neutral, non, pe Ina Steiner Online seller Zu Ahmed got her start on eBay and has grown her once part-time Online seller Zu Ahmed got her start on eBay and has grown her once part-time business into a multi-product, multi-channel etailing business. The founder of BlingAddict.com continues to sell on eBay and also sells on her own site and on Amazon.com through the Merchant@Amazon program. AuctionBytes interviews Zu about product sourcing, marketing and the challenges of selling online in the current http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/zu_081007.mp3 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:13:05 -0500 17:06 ahmed, amazon, com, auctionbytes, blingaddict, com, business, business, challenges, continues, current, ebay, environment, etailing, face, founder, grown, hear, interviews, marketing, multi, multi, channel, once, online, part Steiner Associates LLC UPDATED: 7/22/07 with more calls! We asked AuctionBytes readers, quot;W UPDATED: 7/22/07 with more calls! We asked AuctionBytes readers, quot;What is the single biggest challenge that you face as an online seller? quot; and, quot;What are the best and worst policies or features eBay has implemented over the past 2 years? quot; Sellers called in on the AuctionBytes Hotline to let us know what they think of these issues. You too can make your http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/hotline_071907.mp3 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 11:30:40 -0500 6:55 what, and, asked, associates, auctionbytes, best, biggest, called, callers, calls, challenge, challenges, colleagues, dial, ebay, expressed, face, face, features, heard, hotline, implemented, international, issues, know, list Ina Steiner AuctionBytes readers have let us know whats on their minds when it comes to ... AuctionBytes readers have let us know whats on their minds when it comes to the Google - eBay quot;situation quot; that developed in mid-June 2007. They picked up the phone and left a message on the AuctionBytes Hotline voicing their strong opinions about these corporate giants. You too can make your voice heard - dial toll-free 1-877-222-0856 , or 508-720-9279 for international http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/hotline_0619071.mp3 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:40:35 -0500 7:20 affecting, associates, auctionbytes, callers, colleagues, comes, corporate, current, developed, dial, ebay, expressed, giants, google, google, heard, hotline, international, know, left, listen, llc, message, mid, june, mind, m Ina Steiner eBay PowerSeller Jim of JimWarden talks about an issue sellers are ... eBay PowerSeller Jim of JimWarden talks about an issue sellers are increasingly facing - manufacturers are limiting distributors from selling on the eBay channel. The issue came up during eBays Town Hall meeting at the eBay Live conference in Boston, and many in the audience reported having experienced the problem. Jim talks about his own experience as an eBay merchant. Run time: 4:36 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/jimwarden.mp3 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:09:29 -0500 4:36 audience, boston, came, channel, conference, distributors, during, ebay, ebays, experience, experienced, facing, hall, having, increasingly, issue, jimwarden, limiting, live, manufacturers, meeting, merchant, powerseller, p Ina Steiner Brit bloggers Sue Bailey and Chris Dawson talk about how they got started ... Brit bloggers Sue Bailey and Chris Dawson talk about how they got started blogging on Tamebay.com and Tamebay.co.uk. They discuss issues affecting eBay UK sellers, including the current turmoil over visibility and cross-border trading limits. Sue and Chris also discuss the positive impact of attending eBay Live and how they believe eBay should hold such conferences in the UK. Run Time: 10: http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/tamebay.mp3 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:52:05 -0500 10:08 affecting, attending, bailey, believe, bloggers, blogging, brit, chris, conferences, cross, border, current, dawson, discuss, ebay, hold, impact, including, issues, limits, live, positive, sellers, should, started, talk, tameb Ina Steiner eBay Live attendees gathered at Ned Devines bar in Quincy Market in Boston on eBay Live attendees gathered at Ned Devines bar in Quincy Market in Boston on Wednesday night for the annual seller-organized Meet and Greet. The gathering was a pre-conference party to break the ice for first-time attendees and - for some - to reconnect with old friends. Mike Enos of AuctionTNT, Dawn Sheppard (stores.ebay.com/Puakob-Bay-Antiques), and Jim and Bev Miller (greatresults) http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/meet_greet.mp3 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:43:41 -0500 06:50 annual, attendees, auctionbytes, auctiontnt, boston, break, challenges, changing, comments, dawn, days, demand, side, devines, ebay, enos, feedback, first, time, friends, gathered, gathering, greet, including, live, market, me Ina Steiner eBay is promoting the concept of quot;eBay Anywhere quot; at the 2007 eBay is promoting the concept of quot;eBay Anywhere quot; at the 2007 Developers Conference. John Donahoe, President of the eBay Marketplaces, and Max Mancini, Senior Director of Platform and Innovation, talk about how eBay wants to make it easier for developers to create applications and distribute eBay across the Internet . The interview touches on the eBay Affiliates program, http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/donahoe_mancini.mp3 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:47:07 -0500 04:32 ebay, across, affiliates, anywhere, applications, challenge, concept, conference, create, developers, developers, director, distribute, donahoe, easier, ebay, innovation, innovation, internet, interview, john, mancini, mar Ina Steiner Jason Reckers is CEO of PixelMill, a website development company providing ... Jason Reckers is CEO of PixelMill, a website development company providing graphic design layout for building websites. Jason came to the eBay DevCon because he works with sellers using eBays ProStores offering. Jason shares some thoughts on what merchants are doing to optimize their sites and improve search engine optimization. Run time: 05:24 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/jason_reckers.mp3 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:31:55 -0500 05:24 because, building, came, company, design, devcon, development, doing, ebay, ebays, engine, graphic, improve, jason, layout, merchants, offering, optimization, optimize, pixelmill, prostores, providing, reckers, search, selle Ina Steiner Larry Velman, Director of Customer Relations for Kyozou, joins AuctionBytes ... Larry Velman, Director of Customer Relations for Kyozou, joins AuctionBytes at the eBay Developers Conference. Larry explains Kyozous offering for sellers and talks about the widget that Kyozou is readying to help sellers drive traffic to their eBay listings. Run time: 02:52 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/larry_velman.mp3 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:13:42 -0500 02:52 auctionbytes, conference, customer, developers, director, drive, ebay, explains, help, joins, kyozou, kyozou, kyozous, larry, listings, offering, readying, relations, sellers, talks, time, traffic, velman, widget, Ina Steiner eBays Alan Lewis and Adam Trachtenberg talk about news coming out of this ... eBays Alan Lewis and Adam Trachtenberg talk about news coming out of this weeks Developers conference in Boston. What is Project San Dimas? Whats up with eBay Web Services? Alan and Adam put the technical news in perspective for developers, buyers and sellers alike. Run time: 09:04 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/lewis_trachtenberg.mp3 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:42:25 -0500 09:04 adam, alan, alike, boston, buyers, coming, conference, developers, developers, dimas, ebay, ebays, lewis, news, perspective, project, sellers, services, talk, technical, time, trachtenberg, weeks, what, whats, Ina Steiner eBay PowerSeller Danell Love (eBay ID: 3sisteract) speaks with Ina ... eBay PowerSeller Danell Love (eBay ID: 3sisteract) speaks with Ina Steiner shortly after the keynote speech at the eBay Developers Conference in Boston. Run time: 02:31 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/danelle_love.mp3 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:40:09 -0500 02:31 ebay, sisteract, after, boston, conference, danell, developers, ebay, keynote, love, powerseller, shortly, speaks, speech, steiner, time, Ina Steiner eBay sellers are exploring ways they can use social networking to market ... eBay sellers are exploring ways they can use social networking to market their listings and enhance their reputation. Bill Hudak joins Ina Steiner of AuctionBytes.com to discuss social media like blogs, MySpace and Facebook. Bill talks about how people are creating online personae, building networks of friends and people with similar interests, and how eBay sellers can use these affinity groups http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/ztail_060707.mp3 Thu, 7 Jun 2007 07:55:28 -0500 14:44 affinity, auctionbytes, com, bill, blogs, building, classified, create, created, creating, discuss, ebay, ebay, enhance, exploring, exposure, facebook, favorite, friends, groups, help, hudak, increase, interests, joins, like, Ina Steiner Seth Godin is founder of Squidoo.com and author of many best-selling books. ... Seth Godin is founder of Squidoo.com and author of many best-selling books. Seth joins AuctionBytes to talk about his latest book, quot;The Dip: A little book that teaches you when to quit (and when to stick). quot; Seth gives some examples of eBay sellers who go beyond selling commodity products at commodity prices and get through the dip to become quot;exceptional. quot; He http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/godin_052907.mp3 Tue, 29 May 2007 22:07:27 -0500 11:20 and, the, annual, auctionbytes, author, become, best, selling, beyond, book, book, books, commodity, company, conference, dip, ebay, examples, founder, godin, joins, june, latest, little, live, plans, prices, products, quit, runt Ina Steiner PayPals Director of Corporate Communications Amanda Pires explains what a new ... PayPals Director of Corporate Communications Amanda Pires explains what a new banking license in the European Union means for the company and for its customers. PayPal announced it received the bank charter by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg, effective July 2, 2007, and said it would move its European headquarters to Luxembourg, the location of eBays EU http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/amanda_pires_051507.mp3 Tue, 15 May 2007 15:16:56 -0500 03:35 amanda, announced, bank, banking, charter, commission, communications, company, corporate, customers, director, ebays, effective, european, explains, financier, headquarters, headquarters, july, license, location, luxembo AuctionBytes Jimmy Duvall, Yahoos Director of E-Commerce Products, talks about Yahoo ... Jimmy Duvall, Yahoos Director of E-Commerce Products, talks about Yahoo Merchant Solutions as the company wraps up its quot;Open for Business quot; initiative designed for small businesses. Yahoo has streamlined the process of launching a professional-looking and successful online store, and Duvall talks about the role of design in setting up an online store; marketing issues; and http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/jim_duvall_051407.mp3 Mon, 14 May 2007 20:32:26 -0500 13:59 open, business, businesses, company, design, designed, director, duvall, duvall, e, commerce, initiative, integration, issues, jimmy, launching, marketing, merchant, online, paypal, process, products, professional, looking, Ina Steiner AuctionBytes new podcast series, Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes, kicks off ... AuctionBytes new podcast series, Ecommerce Industry SoundBytes, kicks off with an interview with AdMarketplace President and COO Adam Epstein. Many eBay sellers and small online merchants quickly get frustrated with paid search programs, finding it difficult to compete with the expertise and resources of large advertisers like eBay and national retailers. Epstein discusses challenges and http://www.ecommercebytes.com/podcasts/mp3files/adam_epstein_050707.mp3 Thu, 10 May 2007 13:54:46 -0500 13:53 adam, admarketplace, advertisers, advertising, auctionbytes, benefits, challenges, companys, compete, difficult, discusses, ebay, ecommerce, epstein, epstein, expertise, finding, frustrated, industry, interview, keywords