Archive for July, 2008
eBay Link Policy – Rollback of Changes Announced
Today, eBay announced that the upcoming changes to the links policy (previously announced) have been cancelled. There will be no changes to the old policy. “We are now returning to regularly scheduled programming…… Thank you for your cooperation.” TODAY’s ANNOUNCEMENT COPIED DIRECTLY FROM the eBAY NEWS PAGE: Hello everyone…Back in May, I announced a number of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )PayPal Hits Back Hard after Being Punched In the Eye By Amazon
The Big News this week, of course, is Amazon’s new Payment Processing Offerings. However, Paypal has some news of its own. For a limited time, PayPal is offering a new pricing structure (to select customers) that could save them up to 34% on PayPal fees for the next 12 months. Compare rates: Current rate New rate Receiving fees [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Where is the Incentive in eBay Powerseller Discounts?
A typical eBay seller’s invoice includes: * eBay store fee ($15.95, $49.95, or $299.95 a month) * Insertion Fees for every item listed * Optional upgrades (Featured, International Visibility, etc) * Final Value Fee (FVF) when an item sellers In an effort to “reward” Powersellers who provide outstanding customer service, eBay has three incentive levels. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Partial Refunds for eBay Transactions – Negotiation vs Extortion
eBay just announced new changes to the PayPal Dispute Resolution Process that have been a year in the making. http://www.ebaychatter.com/the_chatter/2008/07/changes-to-the.html When I first read about the upcoming changes, I admit that I was less than pleased. What struck me right away was the mention of a new process whereby [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Amazon Reduces Buyer’s Remorse
I learned something interesting today about Amazon and how their system works hard to prevent “buyer’s remorse”. When an Amazon customer places an order on the Amazon website, that order is not sent to the third-party seller (such as myself) for ninty minutes. When the buyer places the order by commiting to the purchase and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )eBay Return Policy – Sellers Should Stop Revising Now!
eBay has previously announced that every listing will be required to include information about Returns – i.e. whether returns are allowed and also who pays the return shipping if returns are allowed. There is some news, though, that has not been formally announced that I think is important. Today, I ran across this information on one [...]
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