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Essential Ecommerce Shopping Stats for Your Business in 2019

by Guest Whiner | Apr 5, 2019 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Customer Service & Bettering your Business, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

The following is a guest post from Zach Painter from siegemedia. -T. W. Seller If you own and...

eBay bans 3rd Party Checkout and I’m all like, Thank God!!!

by T. W. Seller | Sep 8, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

First, the factual news portion of this post. Here is the official eBay announcement: eBay Checkout Update for 2011To give eBay buyers a consistent, speedy checkout experience and to ensure support for fast-growing sales via...

Auctiva Insurance for eBay sales: Is the discount worth the fuss of filing a claim?

by T. W. Seller | Apr 19, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews | 12 |

Regular readers know that eBay 3rd Party Provider Auctiva and I have a somewhat sordid history. I...

From eBay frustrations to eCrater success: a marketplace review from a seller on both platforms

by T. W. Seller | Feb 17, 2010 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 18 |

Of all the new platforms and marketplaces out there, the one that caught my fancy the most recently was eCrater. The biggest selling point is that they are 100% free with no fees. Think of them as a craigslist style posting...

Sellers: How do you deal with overpayments?

by T. W. Seller | May 26, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 6 |

One of the things I have always found to be a bit of a sticky subject is overpayments. A buyer buys several items from me and the shipping calculator gives them a combined shipping quote that is far more than actual shipping...

What’s annoying me now: Combined eBay checkout

by T. W. Seller | Mar 23, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

I have been doing a little shopping on eBay lately to take advantage of these decreased prices everyone is on about which I am discovering, much to my disappointment, are largely a myth in the categories I shop. Even so, I have...

More on the Vendio Store Cross Channel Platform

by T. W. Seller | Mar 5, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 15 |

Firstly, let me give a huge thanks to Helen and Michael from Vendio who took a good long time to show me the service today and answer my questions. As regular readers know, I am a real pain in the butt so I am very appreciative...

The official word on the Auctiva virus scare

by T. W. Seller | Feb 24, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 3 |

Auctiva sent this email out on the evening of Monday, February 23rd:SUBJECT: Information regarding Auctiva’s Site WarningFebruary 23, 20097:30 PM PST On Thursday, February 19 we discovered the presence of malware on the Auctiva...

Are you closing your Auctiva account over the maleware issue?

by T. W. Seller | Feb 23, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 30 |

Auctiva, one strike, you’re out? As fallout continues from the Auctiva crisis, many sellers...

How to pay for eBay items affected by the Auctiva crisis

by T. W. Seller | Feb 22, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

With many sellers affected by this Auctiva crisis, eBay items where the sellers are using Auctiva checkout are, in many cases, not only spitting back errors but also preventing buyers from completing checkout.If you are a buyer...

Automatically insure every eBay package you send out (domestic and international) for a discount with Auctiva Insurance

by T. W. Seller | Jan 26, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 0 |

Here is a neat little trick that has been around for a while but most people I’ve talked to have never heard of it so I figured I would offer a quick How-To. Auctiva is an an eBay third party service that is entirely free....