View Article  Ebay Pulse Scam Exposed With Video and Transcript
WEBWIRE reports eBay user mystergiant figured out how to rig the eBay Pulse page to their favor, creating a dishonest method of driving traffic to their listings! Read all about it:   more »
View Article  eBay UK: 5pence Listing Day 1 May 08 Only!

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View Article  eBay Research Labs Offers New Tool to Optimize Your Auction Title
Make your auction title work for you!  Choosing the right keywords can make a difference in how many buyers find your listing.  That means more money for you!
 
eBay Research Labs if offering a new tool to help you optimize the 55 characters eBay allows in your title, to grab as many potential buyers as you can.  It's called Bayestimator.
 
Bayestimator helps you choose the right words for your title based on what buyers are looking for in recent searches (from the previous month).  It also suggests categories and availability of items on eBay, based on the results.   As you choose different keywords for your title, Bayestimator shows you how the changes increase or decrease the "desirability" to buyers looking for certain items.
 
Be sure to read the instructions first, which explain how to get the best result, and what the results and detailed information mean for you.   You will find the instructions here:  http://labs.ebay.com/raghavgupta/demoto/instructions.html
View Article  Free Shipping Sale Feature Added to Markdown Manager

eBay is adding a feature to Markdown Manager.  If you have an eBay Store, you will be able to create a "Free Shipping Sale" in your inventory!  Here are the details:

"Free Shipping Sale" with Markdown Manager

The ability to create a "Free Shipping" sale will be added to Markdown Manager in the next few days. Buyers love a sale, and having a limited time Free Shipping sale is a great way to create excitement and a sense of urgency. With Markdown Manager, you can add a Free Shipping sale to any of your listings individually or in bulk, making it now possible to extend a 'Sale' to auction-style listings. When an item is part of a Free Shipping sale, buyers will see a Free Shipping icon right on the item page.

If you haven't used Markdown Manager [http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/markdownmanager.html] for eBay Stores, it lets you put your items on sale. In fact, it's the most highly-adopted Stores feature! To learn more about Markdown manager, please visit http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/markdownmanager.html.

A New "Free Shipping" Icon for all Sellers

Also, to make Free Shipping even more noticeable to buyers across the site, this new "Free Shipping" icon will appear whenever any seller has selected "standard free shipping" in their listing – regardless of whether they used Markdown Manager.

Check out our FAQs for more info on how to create a Free Shipping sale today [http://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/faq.html#markdown_manager].

Sincerely,

Andy Feierfeil

eBay Stores

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View Article  eBay US and Canada: Powersellers 10cent Listing Fee 4/22 Only!

eBay is offering a special 1-day listing promotion exclusively for PowerSellers in the US and Canada.

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View Article  2008 eBay Best In Stores Contest!
Time to vote for 2008 eBay Best In Stores!
 
Here are the details:
 
We kicked off this year's ...   more »
View Article  eBay Changing Search Results Again - Best Match Default
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View Article  eBay No Longer Offering eBay Live Auctions

As of December 31, 2008, eBay has no longer offered eBay Live Auctions. eBay says they have made "significant ...   more »

View Article  Update on eBay Live! 2008 in Chicago

June will be here before you know it, so make sure to reserve your spot for this year's eBay Live! ...   more »

View Article  Sign Up for an OnRamp Consultation and Receive Limited $10 Listing Fee Credit
eBay is promoting a new service called the Seller OnRamp team.  Seller OnRamp is eBay's official phone consulting program offered at ...   more »
View Article  Using Facebook as an eBay Marketing Tool

eBay wants you to use FaceBook as a marketing tool for your eBay listings.  Here are the details:

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View Article  Get More Bids with Auction Overhaul! What To Do & What To Avoid!
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View Article  Do You Have To Pay Taxes on Your eBay Income?
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View Article  ProStores Web Store offer for eBay Stores Sellers

Hello...this is Stephanie Tilenius, Senior VP & General Manager for eBay North America Marketplaces. Many of our sellers combine the ...   more »