Archive for January, 2007
eBay introduces “Markdown” tool for stores
eBay introduced a tool called Markdown Manager today. It looks like a great little tool for all stores owners. It gives you the ability to hold a sale on your store. Instead of changing the price of the item, you can put it on sale and show the original price and the new markdown price. [...]
eBay cancels virtual item auctions
Citing “legal complexities”, eBay has announced that it will begin cracking down on and canceling auctions for virtual items. The market for virtual items has grown since the first sword was sold for Diablo 2 and has blossomed with the release of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. Speaking to Slashdot, eBay spokesperson Hani Durzy told the [...]
eBay to begin stock buyback
Following a rather stellar fourth quarter, eBay announced plans to begin a stock buyback. The San Jose-based e-commerce powerhouse announced Wednesday it would repurchase up to $2 billion of common stock within the next two years. Stock buybacks are considered a quick way to pump up a flagging stock price – if companies have plenty [...]
Why PayPal Coupon codes are so hard to find
When you shop at nearly any online retail outlet, it is beneficial to do a quick search for any coupons before you finish paying for your items. I’ve used it multiple times to save a quick 10% or take a quick $5 of my $25 purchase. It’s downright easy to find coupon codes for most [...]
eBay bans auction extension
A practice that has been widely debated and both praised and scorned, auction extension is officially not allowed on eBay. Many sellers would use the practice to extend a 7 day auction to 10 days if it didn’t have any bids with little time left. Use of auction extensions allowed for the circumvention of eBay [...]
Gallery Plus 50% off today and tomorrow
If you haven’t tried the new Gallery Plus option on your listings, today and tomorrow are the days to do so. January 24th and 25th only, the Gallery Plus listing enhancement is 50% off! One thing to remember when adding these specials is that if you need to relist the item, the feature will remain [...]
Free eBay Store SEO report for Auction Rebel Readers
Pssst. Psst. If you go over to the Auction Rebel, Gary has been kind enough to post a link to a report called eBay Store SEO. It’s got all kinds of fun information on how to optimize your eBay store for search engines. Now, the download is supposed to be for Auction Rebel readers only, [...]
Auctiva purchases Sellathon
Auctiva, one of the most popular eBay auction solution companies, bought Sellathon. Sellathon, if you’re not familiar, is a company that provides enhanced stats and tracking for eBay sellers that go well above and beyond the stats that are given by eBay. Terms of the purchase were undisclosed, but it could have a positive result [...]
Bill Cobb’s State of eBay: Feedback 2.0, improved CORE
Bill Cobb gave his state of eBay speech at the 2007 eBay commerce convention held in California last week. In it he talked about several of the changes that are in the works for 2007. We have the opportunity in 2007 to make significant improvements to the buyer experience on eBay. We’ll do it by [...]
Marketworks and Google offering custom designed storefronts
In another effort to help Google Checkout gain some traction against PayPal, Google has teamed up with MarketWorks to offer custom designed ecommerce storefronts to Google Checkout merchants. Marketworks customers can select from 12 new professionally-designed storefront templates to instantly transform the look of their Google Checkout-enabled storefronts. Previously, customers only had two choices for [...]
