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Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only

Steve — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:30:48 +0000

A few days ago, eBay.com announced that Digital Delivery products such as ebooks, web templates, and information products, will only be permitted to be listed in a Classified Ads format, meaning that transactions take place outside of eBay, and are not eligible for feedback. Hello…This is Brian Burke, Director Global Feedback Policy. Digital goods are often [...]

Rewards for leaving low DSR’s for a seller!

Steve — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:55:55 +0000

As if DSR scoring is not flawed enough already, ebay.com are now offering coupons to US buyers who leave low DSR ratings for their purchases. http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2008/3/1206374629.html At first rumours were that it was scaremongering or an April fool of some sorts, but AuctionBytes has more integrity than that, but after the story exploded on the eBay boards [...]

Extended Paypal Protection for PowerSellers available now

Steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:20:53 +0000

Introducing an exclusive offer for eBay PowerSellers – free expanded seller protection for items sold on eBay. You’ll have the same coverage as with the Seller Protection Policy, and more. What’s improved? No more confirmed addresses. Your customers can choose any shipping address, which makes checkout easier. No more coverage limit. The coverage limit under the Seller Protection [...]

Bonus FVF Discounts for Business Sellers in March

Steve — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:05:21 +0000

We recently announced substantial changes to the eBay marketplace for 2008. These changes are designed to provide clear incentives and rewards for sellers to continue offering good service, and give buyers even greater confidence to come back more.Since we announced our Final Value Fee (FVF) discount scheme for high volume sellers who offer great customer [...]

Reflectoporn - Inadvertantly appearing in your own eBay pictures.

Steve — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:05:12 +0000

Reflectoporn is when a reflection of a naked photographer is visible on the item being shot. It is debateable as to how many of these are deliberate, and how many are genuine oversights in composition. One of the earliest documented occurances of this phenomena was the now infamous “Kettle” picture, that appeared on eBay in 2001. Since [...]

David Coulthards Red Bull F1 car on eBay!

Steve — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:29:28 +0000

A piece of racing history created for the activity of “Faces for Charity”: A replica of David Coulthard’s Formula 1 race car from Silverstone (GP Britain 2007). Both Red Bull Racing cars (Mark Webber and David Coulthard) were involved in this initiative. The design of one car features about 21.000 small pictures that people were [...]

Testing the new ebay Search Results page.

Steve — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:45:10 +0000

Recently ebay have been making more and more default searches as “Best Match” rather than ending soonest, or lowest price first. This means that ebay will decide in which order to display listings to the user, and takes into account low seller ratings and miscategorised items. This has not posed too many problems in itself, [...]

Vzaar Launches Free Video Service in U.S

Steve — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:32:21 +0000

vzaar today announced the launch of its free video service for eBay listings in the United States. Using vzaar, eBay sellers can quickly and easily add video to their eBay listings to showcase their products and gain a competitive edge. The core service is available to all users for no charge. Special features tailored to [...]

eBay Launches “Desktop” browsing application

Steve — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:23:49 +0000

http://desktop.ebay.com eBay Desktop lets you take care of most of your normal eBay activity without having to use your web browser. With eBay Desktop you can search and browse, watch, and bid on items, and use new features like feeds and popup alerts. The eBay Desktop interface is slick and easy to use, and we’ve even added [...]

Revised Feedback Page Layout on eBay

Steve — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:32:08 +0000

eBay have now launched the revised feedback display page across the whole UK site, and it has had a bit of a mixed reception. Although eBay is now crediting members with repeat feedback for transactions more than a week apart, the overall feedback number has been been reduced in size and page placement. For anyone who’s [...]