Posted in eBay, eBay pulse, tagged eBay, eBay pulse, reborn on October 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The Today Show profiled the reborn baby phenomenon. Reborns have become one of the most watched niches on eBay.
Reborns make up 5% of the 100 most watched items on eBay.com. There are 8 reborn babies in the top 100 most watched listing one eBay.co.uk.
Most people seem to love them or hate them. [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay, ebay fixed price on September 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Fixed price listing insertion fees on eBay were reduced to just $.35 on Sept 16. Also, longer durations were introduced: 30 days and Good Til Canceled.
Take a look at how sellers responded in the charts below. An extra 5 Million listings were added to eBay which is a 33% increase.
This reminds me of [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay, eBay Partner Network on September 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Somebody didn’t get the memo.
The eBay Partner Network issued this statement last week.
Any transaction resulting from traffic that has been redirected off of an Advertiser site (e.g. eBay.com) will be disqualified, and you will not receive commissions
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay on September 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Interesting article on Auction Software Review:
Shooting Star Becomes Black Hole As Developer Disappears
Users of desktop auction management tool Shooting Star have been left in the lurch following the disappearance of developer Kevin Olayan.
The formerly well-regarded tool for eBay sellers has not been updated since August 2007 and the ordering page on the Shooting [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay on September 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Scot Wingo comments on the possible eBay layoffs on his blog. The layoff is speculation by investment research firm, Wedge Partners.
But Scot reveals some info details on where the 16,000 eBay employees work in his post. I recall in 2005 at eBay Live! they said there were 10,000 employees. So they grew [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay pulse on September 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay on September 3, 2008 | No Comments »
They sell great shoes and the best Anne Klein boots I’ve ever owned! And they have a new blog from a seller’s perspective.
Seller Profile banner by WatchedItem.com.
Posted in Cool Ecomm sites, eBay, tagged most watched on August 28, 2008 | No Comments »
WatchedItem.com
Posted in Quality of Life, eBay, tagged eBay on August 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Tell us what you really think. :o)
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=exdwh
David, if you happen to read this, I like your watcher counter!
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay Partner Network on August 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Steve, from the eBay Partner Network, put the August 20th terminations in perspective by posting that only 300 of 90,000 were released last week.
Now ePN’s actions don’t seem so unpredictable. It’s clear that certain affiliates were targeted for release. Those who were wrongly terminated and worked with ePN in a constructive [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay Partner Network on August 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I took a look at my eBay Partner Network transactions today. The percentage of purchase reversals was 13% in August. There were 0 reversals in May through July.
Could it be a simple reporting change or are more eBay buyers backing out of their purchases? Did this possible trend force ePN to look [...]
Posted in eBay, tagged eBay Partner Network, ePN on August 23, 2008 | No Comments »
ePN terminated some very vocal affiliates on Aug. 20 for sending poor quality traffic to eBay. eBay has not stated the metrics they used to classify “poor quality” traffic.
Going forward, ePN needs to set better guidelines for affiliates - IMMEDIATELY. It’s good business practice to set goals and criteria for affiliates then [...]
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