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eBay’s 10 cent fixed price listing sale rewards my store owner impatience for the new fees

by T. W. Seller | Feb 2, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

I spelled impatience right on the first try, people. There socks must be lucky!You know what else...

eBay’s 5¢ Insertion Fee for Media Listings ends after next holiday season (December 31, 2010)

by T. W. Seller | Jan 26, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling | 2 |

eBay announced a lot of big changes today and I covered most of them here. But they snuck in something else that was easy to miss as it was buried in the FAQ on another page. I wanted to call your attention to this little...

Whine along: My disorganized thoughts on the new eBay fees structure

by T. W. Seller | Jan 26, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 3 |

Normally I would take my time and write out a considered post on all these fee changes but instead, here are just some random thoughts as they come to me while I read this announcementThey are combining Fixed Price and Store...

Blog Tour Week Two: Paperbackswap, TameBay, Collector’s Quest, Things Your Grandmother Knew etc

by T. W. Seller | Sep 16, 2009 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Sell Their Stuff: eBay Trading Assistants and Selling Assistance | 4 |

I forgot to post the schedule this week stupidly so my apologies. Let’s catch up, shall...

Is it cheaper to list your Media items on Half.com or eBay Fixed Price?

by T. W. Seller | Mar 12, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Testing, Try-outs and Reviews, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 12 |

With eBay’s recent announcement that Half.com listings will some in eBay search results, Media sellers have a choice. They can list items either on eBay or Half.com and they will show in the same place. But which place is...

Publishing on Amazon’s Kindle: Author Gregory Bernard Banks shares his insights & experience

by Guest Whiner | Mar 10, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Misc, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD, Tips, Tricks and Insider Advantages | 1 |

As regular readers of The Whine Seller know, I like to write from personal experience. So, with...

Trade your unwanted media for books, DVDs and CDs with Paperbackswap

by T. W. Seller | Feb 18, 2009 | Misc | 2 |

I promised all sorts of heavy Deep Thought blog posts to assorted people this week but, darn it, I...

eBay, don’t tell me what to charge for shipping!

by T. W. Seller | Dec 10, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

I’ve been suspiciously and uncharacteristically quite about all the eBay Free Shipping business. To recap, eBay is slowly offering discounts, promotions and other advantages for sellers that offer free shipping. With the...

Common Sense Conclusions about what will sell this holiday season

by T. W. Seller | Dec 8, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 4 |

Everyone is tightening their belts this holiday season but that doesn’t mean that people aren’t spending money. It just means that they are being more picky about what they spend their money on. For retailers, this means that...

The Newest Self-Published Print-on-Demand Creator is . . . Nickelodeon?

by T. W. Seller | Oct 21, 2008 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, Publishing: Independent, Small Press, Self, POD | 0 |

Self-published creators and print-on-demand content (POD) are all over the web right now with...

Bob Young takes Lulu back to basics

by T. W. Seller | Oct 21, 2008 | 8 |

In the wake of all the lay-offs, Lulu founder Bob Young did a big interview with TechJournal South. “The reality is,” [Bob Young] says, “Lulu has proven its economic model.” In troubled economic times, however, he says, “It’s...

Best Match is just an excuse to force sellers to jump through eBay’s hoops and is just plain bad for buyers.

by T. W. Seller | Aug 18, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 0 |

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...