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400,000 Businesses Choose eBay UK to Setup Shop
I’ve been working on a collection of articles for the new project around eBay shops, one curious question while I was half way through was “how many eBay shops actually exist?“, I didn’t know, so I counted them. But I didn’t stop there, I put the numbers against them as well, which made for some very interesting reading and I’m sharing my findings in the table you’ll find below. Running … [Full Article >> ]
The Latest eBay Outlets Being Launched (Inc JohnLewis, Sony & ASDA)
The following list includes accounts that even I didn’t know were being planned, some are almost ready to launch on eBay and some have gone live. Brace yourselves, there are some massive names included in this list. The eBay Outlet Program eBay have been on a huge push for well over a year now to bring high street names to the marketplace and the list that follows shortly clearly shows that … [Full Article >> ]
The eBay US Fashion Outlet Run Down – What Can You Do?
So the USA finally got the eBay Fashion outlet yesterday then. There are 12 retailers in total in the launch and an astonishing number of them are using Fooition shop designs & templates. Where this article is going to be different, instead of focusing on why it exists (which in my mind an exceptionally positive event) and who is included, I’m going to break each of the stores down and explain where … [Full Article >> ]
Why do eBay Sales Stay Consistent?
For new or smaller businesses, this entire article is going to fly straight over your head, however for larger businesses and for me personally, its a question that has been bothering me for quite some time now. Months apparently. That question is: Why do sales through a specific sales channel, tend to stay consistent? In this article I address this question and it wasn’t until I asked for help, that … [Full Article >> ]
The (Online Marketing) Nightmare Before Christmas
The following is a guest article from a colleague & friend John Hayes from who is the EMEA Business Development Executive for iContact. You may have seen us talking at the eSellerPro conference last week, soon you’ll hear us talking as we’ve got some topical debates planned. More on that later, for now, email marketing is one of the most measurable & powerful forms of marketing there is. Look out for the Return on Investment stats … [Full Article >> ]
7 Leathal eBay Listing Mistakes (Including Borat)
I’ve put together some of the most lethal eBay listing mistakes, I’m sure you’ll not use any of these, just in-case, here are some of the things to avoid! No gallery picture Have you seen how many items are in the clothes, shoes & accessories category lately? On checking there is approximately 13 million listings. Fashion items are the most visual items of them all and not including a gallery … [Full Article >> ]
Mobile Shopping to Deliver £4.5bn by 2016 to Britain’s Economy Says eBay
I’ve just received this, I’ll pass comments in an later article. However the numbers are literally “epic” and I’m looking forward to delving into this into greater detail. ACT NOW ON M-COMMERCE TO UNLOCK £1.3BN BOOST TO ECONOMY – EBAY m-commerce to be worth £19bn by 2021, research reveals eBay calls on Ofcom to address consumer frustrations 16% of UK is an “m-commerce not-spot” Mobile shopping could deliver a £4.5bn boost to … [Full Article >> ]
9 days to Go ChannelAdvisor Checkout Closing
Just in case you’ve not had an update, the 3rd party checkout system that was employed at Channel Advisor is being removed on the 18th May. You can see the full update and requirements here. This is a forced change by eBay to move all buyers through a standardised checkout flow. Although, as far as I’m aware they have yet to provide an alternative that can deal with the complex shipping and … [Full Article >> ]
eBay Customer Service Vicious Circle – Seller V’s Buyer
This article stems from a conversation I had with an eBay buyer I had on Saturday and after the call, it struck me… “Could the amount of eBay buyer contact actually be provoked by the sellers need to feel that they are giving ‘zealous’ customer service?” In next few sections, I cover this realisation and perhaps have unearthed a new DSR that we could see in the forth coming months? … [Full Article >> ]
How To: Using eBay Shop Keywords to Leverage the Extra eBay Shop Pages
In reviewing several eBay accounts for a client, I noticed that they were not using any of the eBay shop pages to promote niches of their products. Taking note that they were are paying for the anchor stores as well, that comes in at a cool £350 per month, none of the 15 customer pages are currently being used. What’s an eBay Shop? Covering off the ground work first before we progress, … [Full Article >> ]
The Top 5 Must-Haves for the Killer eBay Listing
In the next few minutes, we’ll be looking at what I currently class as the top 5 must haves for any serious eBay seller to be including in their eBay listings. Some of these you might feel as being obvious, like titles, but dig deeper and there is a fresh look on them. #1 A Fantastic Title I’m going to use a quote from a previous article about the SuperDryStore eBay Outlet … [Full Article >> ]
Amazon: Navigate the Cloud at AWS Summit 2011
The UK Summit is in London on the 14th June 2011 and Navigate the Cloud at AWS Summit 2011 registration is currently open and there are also events in New York on the 10th June and 21st June in San Francisco. The full details are below. Navigate the Cloud at AWS Summit 2011 Whether you are new to the Cloud or looking for more knowledge to take you to the next … [Full Article >> ]
eBay Duplicate Listing Tool
If you’ve been shelled up for the past few weeks, you’ll not have noticed that eBay are taking action on duplicate listings and from mid May in the eBay May 2011 update amongst many other changes. eBay have released a tool so that you can check your listings in advance for duplicates and take action on them now before they end them automatically in mid may. You can find eBay duplicate listing … [Full Article >> ]
