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

by T. W. Seller | Oct 14, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 27 |

It’s hard for me to get into the gripe party about the new Top-Rated Seller program because...

The great colored cardstock printing conspiracy

by T. W. Seller | Oct 5, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 4 |

I have, for many years, been using Staples and FedEx Kinkos handy print online features to print up postcards. I use these postcards for package inserts, marketing handouts at events, etc. These postcards are all different but...

Paranoia Post: The eBay Insurance USPS, UPS, FedEx Conspiracy Theory

by T. W. Seller | Sep 4, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 8 |

Everyone have their foil hat firmly in place? Then let’s go. The real reason eBay is no longer allowing sellers to charge buyers for insurance has nothing to do with fees. Instead it’s a ploy to manipulate the...

Is cold & flu season or fear of germs good or bad for online sellers?

by T. W. Seller | Apr 30, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 10 |

Miss Piggy is not amused by your swine flu reference. As the world alternately freaks out or calls...

The Auctiva/eBay affiliate program conspiracy theory

by T. W. Seller | Feb 26, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 25 |

In what is definitely a first on this blog, my coverage of the Auctiva scare this week generated a anonymous tipster who told me that I forgot to mention the biggest problem with Auctiva. To be completely honest, I have never...

Shh! Don’t tell anyone, but I take money orders!

by T. W. Seller | Jan 15, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 8 |

eBay, can we talk a minute?You know how I feel about money orders and checks. I hate them. They are slow, easy to fake and a general pain in the neck. I have been eagerly waiting for you to ban them for years because as long as...

Why PayPal needs to run address verification on confirmed addresses

by T. W. Seller | Dec 13, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 6 |

I am, if nothing else, a woman of many pet peeves. One of my biggest ones is the following little scenario on PayPal. Let’s say you live in St. Louis Missouri. A reasonable, well known place, right? You plunk your address...

My least favorite Turbo Lister bug

by T. W. Seller | Oct 2, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

Turbo Lister is a free eBay listing tool and, as such, in some ways you get what you pay for. Most of the time, it is a fantastic tool for listing items and can save the busy seller a lot of time.But the rest of the time, it is...

The Free Shipping eBay conspiracy theory

by T. W. Seller | May 22, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 1 |

So when eBay first announced that they were mucking with the feedback system, there was general outrage. There was also specific outrage in the form of one hell of a conspiracy theory. At the time, I thought people were...

No eBay Live next year? What is going on over there?

by T. W. Seller | May 6, 2008 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 0 |

In a surprise move, eBay just announced that there will be no eBay Live next year. I haven’t read anyone else’s speculation on this but I have to admit is that my gut reaction is that this is a little odd. First they...