AuctionBytes Blog
News and insight focusing on ecommerce and the online auction industry
by Ina Steiner, Editor of AuctionBytes.com
Thursday February 28, 2008 eBay Tests Split-Screen Search Results
eBay has been showing investors a prototype of a split-screen search results page that shows auctio ...
Wednesday February 27, 2008 PayPal and eBay Pay Shoppers to Shop
eBay is running a marketing campaign to encourage buyers to shop on its site by offering them c ...
Tuesday February 26, 2008 Bargainland Survives Post-eBay Troubles
Many AuctionBytes readers know of former eBay PowerSeller Bargainland (Paul St. James) and were ...
Sunday February 24, 2008 Tools for Researching eBay Buyer Feedback
AuctionBytes is publishing an article in the February 25th issue of AuctionBytes Newsflash about ...
ChannelAdvisor Pro Alternatives
ChannelAdvisor is discontinuing its Pro product, which we wrote about here on Friday. I've ...
Saturday February 23, 2008 eBay Glitch Leads to 3-Star DSR Maximum
Users are reporting they can only leave a maximum of 3 stars for Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) ...
Wednesday February 20, 2008 eBay Settings Going Haywire?
Two trusted readers told me they began receiving email notices from eBay when their listings end ...
Tuesday February 19, 2008 Amazon.com Category Restrictions
The AuctionBytes interview with Amazon.com's Matt Williams generated quite a bit of emai ...
Monday February 18, 2008 eBay Testing View Item Page?
It appears eBay is testing the View Item page based on a link of a completed item page a user ...
Online Sellers and Shipping Woes
Last fall I received an email from a reader who was upset that Amazon was no longer accepting US ...
Saturday February 16, 2008 Is eBay Boycott for Real?
Sellers are planning to boycott eBay beginning February 18, 2008, in protest of changes eBay an ...
Wednesday February 13, 2008 Desperate Seller Describes PayPal Nightmare
A seller outlined a nightmare situation with eBay's online payment service. Gabriele P. said she ...
Thursday February 7, 2008 eBay Glitch Incorrectly Displays Free S&H
eBay search and browse results are displaying the word "Free" in the shipping column for some i ...
Wednesday February 6, 2008 eBay and Its Ecommerce Rivals
There is no ecommerce site quite like eBay in terms of style, size and scope, but there are a num ...
Tuesday February 5, 2008 Effect of Feedback Changes on eBay Buyers
eBay is changing its feedback system so that sellers may no longer leave buyers negative or neutr ...
Friday February 1, 2008 Microsoft Bids $44.6 Billion for Yahoo
Contrary to some pundits' predictions, it appears Yahoo will not acquire eBay. This just in: Micr ...