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Hi gang,
I am an Iphone freak - had it since it came out and you will have to pry it from my cold, dead hands.   It sleeps gently next to me and my wife on an 800 thread count satin pillow at night (kidding! … ? ).
So I did the happy dance when Steve Jobs announced [...]

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 [...]

Hi gang,
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 [...]