Browsing the archives for the eBay Shop tag

Sellers: Here’s a tip, lose the chip! (on your shoulder)

As anyone who reads this blog regularly, like the President of Hair Club for Men, I’m not just an eBay seller, I’m also a buyer. I have been on both sides of the fence and, if you aren’t a buyer on the same marketplace you sell on, you are making a big mistake.
Take a moment [...]

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 [...]

Can we ding the eBay Shop’s star rating for not offering free shipping?

eBay Shop is back in business. You should buy me a present. I am kidding. But there is some really nice stuff in there! The eBay Store was sort of pathetic for a while there but it looks like they did a really good job of sprucing it up.
Anyone else think it a little ironic [...]

I’m a tester for the eBay Bucks Reward Program

I got an email a few days ago from eBay asking me to opt into beta testing for their new rewards program, eBay Bucks. I said yes because I honestly didn’t see any downside. I shop on eBay all the time anyway for packing materials and items to resell, why not earn some points on [...]