A Little Rant About eBay’s Detailed Seller Ratings

Last week we wrote about ChannelAdvisor’s new tool that allows you to easily and quickly see what your, and your competitor’s, eBay Detailed Seller Ratings stats are. This got us thinking a bit about the (fairly) newly introduced eBay Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs), so we thought we would give you our take on them.
eBay has [...]

What eBay Does to Protect the Intellectual Property Rights of Third Parties

Whether you sell new or used items on eBay, you have to make sure that you have the legal right to do so and that you are not infringing on the property rights of the company whose product you are selling.
Fortunately, if you do the prerequisite research, you will find that it is fairly easy [...]

Special Pricing EXTENDED on the Ultimate Product Sourcing Reference

IMPORTANT: WorldWide Brands has extended the special pricing offer on their One Source product sourcing reference. You must hurry if you want to take advantage of this offer, as it is only good through the end of this month.
This is THE definitive resource for genuine, legitimate wholesale sources and wholesale dropship companies for your online [...]

20 Cent Fixed Price Listing Special, TODAY ONLY, on eBay.com

In case you haven’t heard yet, eBay is running a special TODAY ONLY on fixed price listing fees.
For just 20 cents, you can list any fixed price item on eBay.com. This can save you a bundle on listing fees if you tend to sell higher priced items.
Again, this is for eBay.com only and applies to [...]

New eBay Detailed Seller Rating Comparison Tool

In early 2007, eBay introduced Feedback 2.0 which allows buyers to rate sellers on four categories (Detailed Seller Ratings) when they are leaving feedback. These categories are as follows:

Item as described
Communication
Shipping time
Shipping and handling charges

Buyers are able to rank sellers, with whom they have completed a transaction, in the four categories mentioned above, on a [...]

eBay Fee Change on the Horizon?

eBay is a publicly traded company. What this means is that eBay really only answers to one master – the stockholder. And what do stockholders want? A good return on their investment, as they want to make money!
Because of this master that eBay must answer to, they are constantly trying to figure out ways to [...]

Other Blogs About eBay that Might Be of Interest

There is a lot of information about eBay on the Internet. The hard part is trying to figure out what is good information and what is bad. As the saying goes, you have to learn how to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Of course, we feel Lizard Wisdom is one of the finest eBay blogs [...]

David vs. Goliath: Can the Little Guy Win the Online Retail War?

The retail landscape is one of the hardest places to do business in, especially if you are a little guy. In the world of bricks and mortar retail, the mom and pop corner store has to do battle with the Wal-Marts of the world. This can get ugly really fast if you don’t take advantage [...]

Real Life Example of How NOT to Handle Customer Email Inquiries

We weren’t big eBayers before we started selling on eBay. Now that we are active eBay sellers, we often first look there for items we are interested in buying. We are occasional eBay buyers, making purchases on eBay when we find what we are looking for at a price we like.
As eBay PowerSellers, we do [...]

Six FREE Magazines to Help You Build Your Business

Not only are there a large number of emails/newsletters that you can subscribe to in order to gain knowledge to help you in your business, but there are also a number of magazines that you should subscribe to.
Below, you will find a list of magazines that are FREE (US companies only) and chock-full of useful [...]