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Whine along: My disorganized thoughts on the new eBay fees structure

Normally I would take my time and write out a considered post on all these fee changes but instead, here are just some random thoughts as they come to me while I read this announcement

They are combining Fixed Price and Store Inventory into one format? Thank God, that never made sense. 
“OUR LOWEST INSERTION FEES EVER [...]

How can Auctiva win back your trust? (Please share your thoughts.)

So I got a note from Stephanie from Auctiva last week and it went to my spam bin which is why I only noticed it today (sorry about that!).
In light of my post about Auctiva’s sudden fee increases, I had written this post and Stephanie wrote to ask the following:
Hi Hillary:
So, we realize [...]

The fine line between being thrifty and being stupid

The discussion of whether to pay for a listing service or not that was started here and here brought up an interesting question: is a paid service always the “better” or more professional choice?
I have been running a successful eBay business for many years. Other than two brief months of eBay’s Selling Manager Pro (spread [...]

So Auctiva isn’t free anymore. Eh, it was good while it lasted.

So I was out of town and sick with some overlap between the two so I was woefully behind the curve on this Auctiva news. After many years of free services, Auctiva is starting to charge for their services. Sellers are up in arms, competitors are liking their lips and Auctiva is just licking their [...]