eBay gets to decide who can be a PowerSeller and who can’t, and they have strict requirements. To get in at the minimum PowerSeller level, you must have a feedback rating of at least 100 (minimum 98% positive) and sell at least $1,000 worth of items every month for three months in a row. There [...]
For you, the buyer, eBay is free. Sellers, though, pay all sorts of fees: a listing fee for each item they list, a final value fee (a percentage of what the item sold for). They can they pay optional fees for extra services, including Buy it Now, extra pictures, reserve prices, highlighting the auction, putting [...]
Are you an eBay seller? Tell us what you think of the upcoming changes.
First, eBay is saying they will reward sellers for delivering great buyer experiences. The company says that sellers who deliver the highest level of customer service (as rated by buyers) will be promoted with a special “Top-Rated” seller badge, as well as [...]
The worst part about all of this is that most buyers dont care and dont even know the issues sellers have to deal with.
I have had buyers who did not even know that the feedback system had been changed and they could not get negatives anymore.
I have had buyers buy a dvd and complain it [...]
The stock is off nearly 70% since 2004.
However, investors got some good news July 22 when eBay’s earnings and revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations.
Analysts said the surprise results were the result of changes eBay (EBAY, Fortune 500) made in 2008 when it altered its listing fees to encourage fixed-price sales, revamped its ratings system to [...]
Trying to squeeze a high street store into a website effectively is rarely successful, and even some of the bigger high street names have got it wrong initially. The problem is that your high street store has been marketed to appeal to the local people who happen to pass by the shop window. Websites don’t [...]
Use your creative side to come up with a new product that is in line with what you are already selling. You do not want to introduce something old or outdated but you never know when you might hit upon an excellent idea.
Extending the product line you already have is a good idea but introduce [...]
SEO：Search engine optimization can be a good opportunity for almost anyone to earn great income from the internet. There is work involved and you will most likely need to spend some money on domain registration and hosting fees in order to get started and depending on whether or not you are creating the content yourself [...]
If you have little or no knowledge of the internet or even if you do, you are still going to need assistance in the form of an all encompassing program that takes care of the technical side of things. You must conserve all of your energy and place it into building your future business not [...]
A business plan is a formal statement of a set of business goals. It contains the reasons why the goals are believed to be attainable, as well as the intended plan for reaching those goals. It may also contain background information about the organization or the team attempting to reach those goals.
In preparing a business [...]