A lady in Los Angeles is selling her late husband’s burial crypt that is located right above Marilyn Monroe
A Los Angeles widow, Mrs. Richard Poncher, is auctioning her husband’s famous grave site so she can afford the mortgage payments on her $1.6 million house. The deceased, Mr. Poncher, is buried in a crypt right above [...]

I have just released my 28 page free eBook, The Future of eBay 2009, The Update To The Complete eBay Marketing SystemI first wrote the Future of eBay last year when eBay announced major changes to the platform.  Last week, eBay announced more changes that will take effect in October 2009 and April 2010.
The [...]

Most of the changes will not take place until September 22 with others coming in October
Last year eBay announced that they would give sellers more time to adjust their business to changes on the platform. This is the second planned announcment of 2009.  Normally I list the new changes with my comments, but this one [...]

But, be even more careful buying them.
Last week California essentially went bankrupt.  No –its is not a formal or complete bankruptcy, but when you can’t pay your bills and you are $25 billion underwater I would call that bankrupt in my book. When California couldn’t meet its obligations, it began issuing IOUs instead of payments [...]

eBay listings rise from 27.8 million in January to 31.5 million through May 15th 2009.
Here is a look at the auction count chart from Medved –a service that tracks eBay listings.  As you can see the number of listings has been climbing steadily since the beginning of the year although the rate of growth slowed [...]

Yesterday, I INCORRECTLY reported on a story that eBay Insiders were dumping stock and CEO, John Donahoe was under Investigation by the FTC.
This story came from an apparent internet spoof and is completely untrue! I have spoken with eBay and been assured there is no basis for this story whatsoever. The FTC has not informed [...]

Net income fell from $460 million to $357 million or $0.28 a share missing analyst’s forecasts
The earning consensus on Wall Street was for eBay to be down 20% and earnings to come in at $0.33 share. eBay CEO, John Donahoe blamed the stronger dollar and the challenging economy.  PayPal and Skype did well.
Here is what [...]

We continue looking at the big changes eBay announced last week and their impact on eBay sellers
This is part two of the post I started yesterday about the changes to the eBay platform and the new policies announced by eBay that will take effect in June. You can scroll down to see part one. As [...]

The latest breaking news is that eBay will spin Skype off into its own company that will go public in 2010
That is interesting and answers a big question – What wound eBay do with Skype since it never really fit into eBay’s overall strategy. I think this is a great solution. I have been criticizing [...]

Changes to take place in June will include new item pages, new mandatory return policy enforcement and new dispute system
The announcement from Stephanie Tilenius, Senior VP & GM for eBay North America had been rumored for a while. As part of the announcement eBay stated a new policy that from here on they will give [...]

If “Brand Homicide” were a felony, eBay’s management would be indicted and convicted on several counts.
eBay continues to struggle with who they are. Is eBay a quirky & fun auction site or an online warehouse for surplus and overstock merchandise? During the past year it looked like eBay was trying to become Amazon. Now it [...]

With the introduction of the new eBay Fixed Price Listing fee and GTC format, eBay Store sales have plunged
Here’s a snippet from an email I received today from a long time reader and eBay PowerSeller:
“….my ebay store for the first time since starting in 2005 may end the month without ONE sale.  I have over [...]

There has been a lot of confusion for sellers of toys and children’s clothing. eBay’s Uncle Griff posted a blog on eBay with some answers
Basically a lot of fear by sellers is overblown –but there are some new requirements to meet if you sell children’s clothing or toys on eBay.  Here is the link to [...]

People may have wanted change when they voted for President, but when it comes to eBay most of us resist it
Earlier this week eBay followed through on their threats to launch the new My eBay Page.  For me this comes under the headings of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” and “I think there [...]

The government announced rules and clarification today regarding the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) that exempts eBay sellers and other resellers from the regulations.
My inbox has been filled the past few weeks from eBay sellers of baby toys and clothing and homecrafters with questions and angry letters that the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) was [...]