Browsing the blog archives for August, 2008

What’s in a name? Choosing a User Id for Buying on eBay

When you first sign up for an account on eBay, one of the first decisions you are asked to make is to select a user ID. While this can seem like a simple, throw-away step, there are a few things to consider before you select one. Even if you already created a user name, I [...]

Editorial: The Sellers Leaving eBay are the Dead Weight (if they are really leaving at all)

A Wall Street Journal article claims that sellers are leaving eBay.
What I think: If some sellers are leaving eBay, they sure haven’t been missed. Having done a lot of shopping on the site in the last few weeks, the deals are just as good as ever, as long as you can sift through [...]

eBay News Round-up

It has been a busy few weeks in the world of eBay with a lot to digest. Here is what you might have missed:

EBay changes default search to Best Match. In other words, auctions are no longer listed by ending first meaning that auction-heavy sellers have much more work cut out for them. What I [...]

Best Match is just an excuse to force sellers to jump through eBay’s hoops and is just plain bad for buyers.

So, a few minutes ago, I posted the sentence above on my Twitter feed and got a lot of questions, support and other reactions. I wanted to take a quick second to clarify (in more than the 160 characters that Twitter allows) why I think this.
Yes, I am an eBay seller. But I am [...]