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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’s WTF Google Product Search (Base) announcement (eBay to English translation)

While those of us over here in the trenches were trying to puzzle out if the changes to Google Product Search (which eBay calls Google Base which I thought was two names ago but whatever) was good or bad news, eBay sent down an edict from their ivory tower that reads as follows:

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 [...]

How important is the discussion board community on eBay?

On Friday, I opened a unholy can of worms with this statement:
I’m having a lot of trouble getting upset about the loss of community on eBay. That was always my least favorite part about it.
Shortly after making this statement on Twitter, I was both supported and attacked from both sides.
It is really hard to have [...]