Well, it’s that time of year once more, the time that we look back at the highs and lows of the year past and make our plans for the year yet to come.
Over the past few days I have received numerous newsletters and read many blog posts that focus on the importance of setting goals [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Other News category.
Is New Year goal setting over-rated?
New Year, New Lower Price at Worldwide Brands!
In a bid to help eBayers and other sellers beat the recession in 2009, the good people over at Worldwide Brands have just lowered the price!
The Product Sourcing Tool on its own is no longer available but you can now get lifetime access to the ENTIRE Product Sourcing Package for a once only payment of [...]
Are you ready for the Christmas rush?
The holiday season shopping frenzy is now slipping into top gear and tomorrow (Monday 8th December) is predicted to be the busiest online shopping day of the year here in the UK with an expected £320m being spent. And today, eBay uk expect to sell 27 items per minute with 4.5m shoppers logging onto the [...]
The mystery of the barren blog
You may well have been wondering where I’ve disappeared to and I must apologise for the lack of posts on the blog over the summer months.
Due to a sudden family illness and an impending house move, I’ve hardly been able to find the time to switch on the computer, let alone keep abreast of what’s [...]
Is eBay starting to listen to its customers?
For the past several months it has seemed like hardly a day has gone by without eBay announcing more policy changes, many of which have proved unpopular with sellers. Until recently, any protests against the changes seem to have been falling on deaf ears.
However, there are now signs that eBay may have actually started to [...]
eBay Australia to reduce buyers’ payment options
On 24th March eBay announced that from late April 2008 all sellers on eBay UK will be required to offer Paypal as a payment option. I doubt many sellers will have a problem with this since Paypal is currently offered as a payment option on around 95% of listings, and it is to the seller’s [...]
Free Gallery Picture on eBay this summer
eBay have announced that from May 19th until September 30th the gallery picture listing upgrade will be free on eBay UK and eBay ie. This is the small image which appears next to your listing in the search results and normally costs £0.15/€0.20.
eBay introduce new International Site Visibility upgrade
eBay recently announced that, from May, a new International Site Visibility listing upgrade will be available which will give eBay UK and eBay Ireland sellers’ listings full visibility to buyers on the USA and Canadian eBay sites and vice versa.
Happy Anniversary to My Silent Team
One year ago this month I received an email from eBay expert Jim Cockrum announcing the launch of his new membership site, My Silent Team.
At the time, I resisted the temptation to join as I was busy with my day job, selling on eBay and working on other projects, and I didn’t think I would [...]
