Browsing the archives for the free shipping tag

Using eBay Giving Works to give more to Haiti earthquake victims than you can afford by yourself

By now, everyone has heard of the terrible tragedy in Haiti. Many people want to give something to the relief efforts and some already have. But you may find yourself wanting to give more and, with the economy in the state it is, you may not be able to give as much as you wish [...]

Why eBay Top-rated sellers blow the PowerSeller program out of the water

It’s hard for me to get into the gripe party about the new Top-Rated Seller program because we qualified so while I completely understand that some people are totally upset about not qualifying, let’s talk for a moment about the program in general without playing the “but I should totally have qualified because. . . [...]

eBay forces sellers to eat the cost of insurance in a move that ticks me off to no end

This is probably old news to some of you but since the first notice I saw of this was on an item I was listing last night, the wound is still fresh for me.
I heard the rumors that eBay was going to introduce their own insurance option. When I saw those insurance option is going [...]

eBay Bucks (or as I like to call them Anything Points 2.0) are back in Beta but only for some

So just about a year ago (May 2008) eBay unveiled a rewards program called eBay Bucks. It was in Beta and also by invitation only. For some reason, I was one of the people asked to join the Beta program. It was free and, since I shop on eBay anyway, it was no hardship to [...]