http://www.vendio.com/vendable Driving currency from change - News and comment from the world of online multi-channel selling Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:30:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are a few items to note with the new 50% Off Auction-Style Listing Fee Promotion. First, I know I'm not the only one that feels a bit let down that there was not a free listing day announced. I've talked to quite a few sellers who were pretty disappointed that ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2009/01/05/is-ebays-latest-sale-a-let-down/ In an article about listing volume, auctionbytes reported the change in listings by category from January to December of 2008. The largest growth category was books, which grew 486.33% - which is a huge increase in the number of listings. So I was a bit curious as to the conversion rate ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/31/saturation-in-the-ebay-book-category/ The eBay and Amazon.com fight continues.... As most now know, eBay/PayPal acquired BillMeLater earlier this year to augment their growing payments business (and likely to head off a potential competitor before it got too large). At the time of the acquisition, BillMeLater was an integrated payment method at Amazon.com.  Amazon.com announced today ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/30/amazoncom-no-longer-accepting-billmelater-in-2009/ This year we saw the introduction of the diamond level sellers, which are very high volume sellers that eBay has set out to attract. This may be a very very good thing for the small to medium size sellers and have some unintended consequences that eBay will probably have to ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/22/the-ebay-balance-of-power/ The announcements board is devoid of changes, and I know that this is the holiday change hiatus. I don't know about anyone else, but this quiet from eBay is a bit disconcerting. I can't help but feel its the calm before the storm. Despite the quiet there were some very interesting ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/15/ebay-monday-morning-recap-too-quiet/ Just wanted to share a few holiday selling tips for the remainder of the season. 1. Consider the last date you can ship and think about offering expedited shipping to extend your holiday selling season and to assist your customers. 2. Offer free shipping. It gets you more exposure in eBay ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/11/holiday-selling-tips-you-can-use-now/ It has been very quiet in the eBay universe. The announcement board remains relatively quiet and restful. I've found some interesting tidbits that I did not know before, so am sharing. 1. A neutral is still counted as a negative in Seller Performance (it’s just not counted in the dashboard view). I did ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/08/small-items-of-interest-from-the-ebay-world/ Wanted to let you know about an eBay system announcement that's been posted as many folks don't remember to check the systems announcement board as there is typically very little there. The eBay system will be undergoing general maintenance from approximately 23:00 PT (11pm) on Thursday, December 4th to 01:00 PT ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/03/ebay-maintenance-on-thursday-friday/ Just a note, you’ll want to check out Dealio’s Cyber Monday Deals – and if you are stuck on what to get for all those special people in your life – the holiday gift guide is just the ticket for creative and unique shopping ideas. Happy Shopping!! http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/01/cyber-monday-deals/ In perusing the eBay discussion boards of late, it seems that more and more sellers are running into brand restrictions. Brand restrictions occur when eBay sets a limit on how many of the same brand you can list. I spent quite a bit of time today on eBay looking for ... http://www.vendio.com/vendable/2008/12/01/179/