September 30, 2011
"Better buyer experience!"—it's a favorite expression in eBay's offices these days. Providing good buyer experiences makes good business sense if you think about it. If buyers have a better experience, they'll likely buy more ...
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July 13, 2011
Now that eBay's fall Seller Update has been announced, I've been monitoring various seller boards to see what other merchants are saying about these latest changes. Since I'm lucky enough to work for one of eBay's Certified Providers, I was privy to these changes ahead of the general public, and had time to digest ...
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March 28, 2011
Being the good seller that you are, I'm sure you dealt with your duplicate fixed-price listings back in the fall when eBay began enforcing the Duplicate Listing Policy, am I right?
You might have changed a few of those fixed-priced listings to the auction format with a Buy It Now option to ensure your items got the maximum visibility, while also complying with eBay policy ...
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March 21, 2011
Now that a few days have passed since eBay announced its first round of policy changes for sellers for 2011, I've had some time to digest the information. And, frankly, I'm tired. I've been going through all of my listings, revising them with each new change, calculating the new insertion fees, the new final value fees, considering current market prices, ...
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December 23, 2010
Have you de-duped? eBay's Duplicate Listings Policy has been in effect for two months, but unfortunately there are still quite a few eBayers who still have duplicate listings. Just to clarify, the policy is for fixed-price items, so if you have duplicate listings in the auction format ...
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October 28, 2010
Have you ever reported another seller's eBay listing because of a policy violation? I have to admit I have, but both instances were the result of someone blatantly stealing my images or "creating" a description that was mine, word for word ...
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August 11, 2010
Detailed Seller Ratings, or DSRs as many of us refer to them, provide a "more complete picture of the member's performance as a seller," according to eBay. But I'm not sure how true this is. Recently, someone left me ones in each of the four DSR categories, but still left me positive feedback. How does that work?
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SLOPCHEST1: That post on the helping newbies succeed was me when I sold my first sale! That was 7 months ago. It has...
Sharon: Miriam, I’ve been selling some of our things as we downsize. In an effort to attract buyers I’ve...
Steve: A heart attack? Really?? You spent $50 on an entire storage where you found tons of sellable stuff. These...
Mark: Hi Miriam, Nice article, but only geared at North-American sellers. For your information…there are also...
edna: why would you want to limit yourself?
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