There is a cool tool right on your My eBay page that can help you make more money on eBay.  It is called the Search Visibility Tool. To find it go you your My eBay Page and hover your cursor over the My Account Tab.  The fifth or sixth item down says Search Visibility Analysis. [...]

2010 eBay Fall Seller Update eBay announced major changes to the platform and new selling policies changes  today that will roll out in September. Most of the changes will launch between September 7 and September 13.  eBay is calling the changes Seller Release 3. As usual eBay is putting a positive spin on the announcement.  [...]

Starting on Saturday, September 26, 2009, sellers who list Auction-style item(s), and have a 12 month Detailed Seller Rating of 4.5 or higher on all criteria, will receive 33% off the standard Insertion Fee per item listed. New sellers who don’t yet have DSR ratings are also eligible. DSR rating criteria for this promotion will [...]

A look at the new eBay policy announcement and the likely effect on eBay sellers The last few parts of the announcements include a new dispute resolution process, free access to eBay Selling Manager, moving the shipping process from PayPal to eBay and tools to bulk edit your listings. The new Dispute Resolution Process will [...]

I asked this question of several sellers and got different answers, but in general the news is not good. I would love to know what eBay’s stats show, but I suspect that cross border sales between the US and Europe and Japan are down. Why? Because I got a call from eBay last week wanting [...]

Yesterday was the last day to accept checks and money orders on eBay. eBay starts cancelling reported auctions today. About three days ago I received a phone call from eBay Seller Support reminding me that yesterday was the last day for eBay listings to appear with a statement that sellers will accept personal checks or [...]

In case you missed it, last week eBay announced extended holiday fee discounts through March 31, 2009 I mentioned this in passing in my last post, but though some of you would like the details and links to the actual fee promotions. Here is a quick summary of the promotion: If you list with Free [...]

Know your fees before you sell Here is a great little free tool for eBay sellers. It is an online calculator that calculates eBay and PayPal fees to help you decide the best price and format to list an item on eBay.  If you are running an eBay business this is a great little tool [...]

Let’s face it. We all wish that Elvis, the Beatles and Frank Sinatra were still with us –but they’re not. And neither is the old eBay we knew and loved. Everything changes and eBay is no different. Before I get started let me clear something up.  A lot of people have complained that I don’t [...]

eBay drops listing fees by 50% in the Books, Music, Movies and Video Game software categories. The new fees will take affect on February 20th.  I spoke to a few media sellers over the past two weeks and all of them were disappointed that the eBay listing fee cuts were not enough for their listing. [...]

Here is a chance to here how professional eBay sellers are coping with the new changes to the eBay Platform. If you run an eBay business, be sure and put this in your calendar for next Tuesday at Noon Pacific – 3PM Eastern Time. PESA (Professional eBay Sellers Alliance) and ECMTA (eCommerce Merchants Trade Association) [...]

Information Week reported today that Meg Whitman could be stepping down as soon as tomorrow when eBay releases financial results. eBay is scheduled to release financial results tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22nd. Wall street is buzzing that Meg Whitman will announce her retirement at the same time.  The Wall Street Journal reported that her successor will [...]

There has been no shortage of speculation and rumors that eBay will lower fees this January. I think there is now some concrete basis to the speculation.  In today’s AuctionBytes Newsletter, Ina Steiner reported on a conversation with eBay spokesman, Hani Durzy, that “we are always looking at ways to adjust the marketplace to make sellers [...]

A falling STR is a recipe for losing money on eBay! Recent eBay fee increases have not been that high, but sell-through-rates (STR) are dropping all across eBay which effectively increases your listing fees as a percentage of total sales. Your STR on eBay is nothing more than the percentage of auctions launched that resulted [...]

eBay Fee increases, killing ebay keywords, ad deals with Google and Yahoo –what’s Next? If you have ever been to eBay Live and attended the last night’s gala, eBay has a wonderful tradition of welcoming you.  As you line up to enter the hall where the gala is held, several hundred eBay execs and employees [...]