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Hi gang,
Large eBay sellers are spending a lot of time these days developing other sales channels, and I am certainly no exception. Multichannel commerce is the way to go for an online seller.
Our latest effort, http://inflatablemadnessdvd.com has been very rewarding to create, and now the challenge is to get some bidness out of [...]

Hi gang,
Yeah,  eBay has been a tough marriage the last few years for us. Â
First they jack up my Store insertion fees 150%, then they institute undocumented policies concerning the feedback system and we almost get kicked off the site (neutrals are now negatives!),  then they announce fee structure changes that actually RAISE our fees,  then [...]

Hi gang,
How do these phrases hit you?
“The best laid plans…”
“The road to hell is….”
“With great power comes…”
So,  over the weekend,  eBay’s German site announced that they will be dictating the maximum amount that a seller can charge for shipping in several categories.   For those of you familiar with how eBay operates,  they don’t roll changes [...]

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Late last week,  eBay rolled a new site promotion.   Here it is, taken from the Community Announcements board at eBay.com:

***Offer Free Shipping and Get 15% off your Final Value Fees from May 23-June 1***

Hi everyone. Offering free shipping is a great way to make your items stand out from your competition. Buyers love it, and it [...]

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There’s a reason I own a company that sells movies -  I am a movie freak.   Just love ‘em.  If I weren’t already married, I would marry movies - I would have movies baby.  You get my point.
I’ve recently discovered a really cool new wrinkle to being a Dad - my kids like movies too!  [...]

Hi gang,
It’s being widely reported this weekend that eBay has entered into a partnership with Buy.com to allow Buy.com to sell lots and lots of product on eBay.com.   As of this moment,  Buy.com has over 140,000 3-day listings active on the site.  In April Buy.com did roughly $700,000 in sales on eBay.
None of that matters to [...]

Hi gang,
On March 3rd,  eBay rolled out their spanking new search algorithm, called Best Match.  eBay wants everybody to use Best Match, so eBay made BM the default search tool.  BM is intended to help buyers to better find what they are looking for. BM tries to make search results more relevant to what a [...]

Hi gang,
eBay announced this week that their new Best Match search functionality will become the default search method starting ….. right now!
Here is their announcement that they posted on their public information board:
“Hello everyone…This is Jamie Iannone, VP of Buyer Experience on eBay. As most buyers and sellers know, eBay’s Best Match sort option is [...]

Hi gang,
So, this is life here at SUN.   First,  I write a blog about eBay vs. Amazon.  Next, Rich calls and we do a podcast about it.  Then yesterday, I get a call from Fox News and they say “How fast can you get down to the studio? We want you on national TV tonight [...]

Hi gang,
Well, this is a day for the record books!  Today, eBay launched all of it’s fee structure changes.Â
Gallery is now Free!
My fees went down!  No wait, they went up! No wait, they…er, what kind of seller am I?  Carry the one…times 12%…did they go up or down?!  Ummmm…
Media sellers get their own very special [...]