Auctionbytes Blog http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl Covering ecommerce, auctions, collectibles and marketplace selling by Julia Wilkinson, Editor of AuctionBytes Blog en-us Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:59:29 -500 Main Page Blogware Julia Wilkinson New eBay 14-Day Minimum Return Policy Unfair to Sellers? http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328806769.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328806769.html Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:59:29 -500 In eBay s last year s SR2 ( Seller Release 2 ), they announced that early this year (2012), sellers would no longer be able to specify 3- and 7-day return policies; the minimum return period would ... Main Page Julia Wilkinson Why Aren't More People Using Facebook Marketplace? http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328714381.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328714381.html Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:19:41 -500 With the hype over the Facebook IPO, we ve heard a lot of stats. One of them is if Facebook were a country, it would be the world s third largest, at almost 850 million users. With those ... Main Page Julia Wilkinson Ease and Speed of Listing Help Vault Amazon to Top http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328563474.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328563474.html Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:24:34 -500 With one-line descriptions, no need for uploading photos, lots of customers and a simple transaction system, Amazon jumped from 6th place and a rating of 6.1 last year to number one and an overall ... Main Page Julia Wilkinson Amazon Takes a Swing at Sports Collectibles Space http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328205098.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328205098.html Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:51:38 -500 Amazon made another move towards eBay s collectibles space with the announcement today that it was launching a new Sports Collectibles Store . Offering more than two million unique collectibles ... Main Page Julia Wilkinson Chinese Seller's Item Location Stirs up Confusion http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328111325.html http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2012/2/1328111325.html Wed, 1 Feb 2012 10:48:45 -500 There was an interesting discussion on one of the eBay boards recently about whether the Item Location on a listing was misleading, because it showed as US, but the item, a cell phone case ... Main Page