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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...

Where do you get your shipping labels? (Panicking and really need some help here!)

by T. W. Seller | Jan 27, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 8 |

Readers, I could really use your help right now. Kinda really freaking out right now. Many years ago, when my business was new, I ordered shipping labels. I ordered WAY too many of them. As such, I have been working off that...

You have to post something on your blog every day!!! Or…what exactly?

by T. W. Seller | Jan 20, 2010 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 1 |

I have been doing some thinking about blogging lately. I enjoy it, obviously, or I wouldn’t do it. But how important is it that I post something on here every single day?Now, of course, this is one of 5 blogs I manage but...

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

by T. W. Seller | Aug 26, 2009 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 5 |

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...

How can Auctiva win back your trust? (Please share your thoughts.)

by T. W. Seller | Jun 15, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 28 |

So I got a note from Stephanie from Auctiva last week and it went to my spam bin which is why I only noticed it today (sorry about that!). In light of my post about Auctiva’s sudden fee increases, I had written this post...

So Auctiva isn’t free anymore. Eh, it was good while it lasted.

by T. W. Seller | Jun 2, 2009 | Beyond Amazon eBay and Etsy: Alternative Marketplaces and Ecommerce options, eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 6 |

So I was out of town and sick with some overlap between the two so I was woefully behind the curve on this Auctiva news. After many years of free services, Auctiva is starting to charge for their services. Sellers are up in...

Overzealous Twitter follow limits force you to only follow users that follow you back

by T. W. Seller | May 15, 2009 | Social Networking and Blogging | 16 |

Twitter recently changed one element of their service. In their words:We’ve also placed limits on the number of people you can follow. The number is different for everyone, and is based on a ratio that changes as the...

Ben’s hair to finally be clean again!

by T. W. Seller | Mar 17, 2009 | Misc | 0 |

Just a quick addendum to this post. A few hours after I posted it, The Vitamin Shoppe finally contacted Ben and offered to send him 6 free bottles of the long lost shampoo.But before Ben rejoices too much, as one of his fellow...

Mainstream media just doesn’t get Twitter (or are they threatened by it)

by T. W. Seller | Mar 3, 2009 | Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky, Social Networking and Blogging | 8 |

Mainstream media is fascinated by Twitter. Or rather, they are fascinated by their mistaken idea of what Twitter is. The media cannot understand why a site where people talk about what they had for lunch 5 minutes ago is big...

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...

I hate to admit it, but I think eBay’s Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR) might be a good thing

by T. W. Seller | Dec 17, 2008 | eBay, Etsy and other Marketplace Selling, Ranting, Whining and Yelling at the Sky | 14 |

I was chatting with an old friend of mine a few days and she was telling me all about how she just bought her very first item on eBay and how she loves the site now. She was basically trying to sell me on the idea of eBay and...