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eBay is rolling back a recently released initiative that displayed eBay Store items at the end of eBay.com main search results.

eBay said the initiative had unintended consequences.

Tuesday's announcement indicated that over the next couple of weeks, eBay would make search the way it had been, with up to 30 Store inventory listings appearing only when there are 30 or fewer Auction-Style or Fixed Price listings in a buyer's search results.

eBay said buyers had found searches were producing too many results and results overall were sometimes less relevant than they used to be. eBay also said Auction-Style and Fixed Price listings were harder to find for buyers, "so sellers of these items have unintentionally been put at a disadvantage."

eBay said it would discontinue the feature while it further tests and refines it.

Read full details at:Store Search Results.

eBay will make a few enhancements to its Reviews & Guides feature to make them more visible to buyers looking for particular items.

Item listed with Pre-Filled Item Information will include two new pieces of information: an "Average Rating" bar showing how other members rated that product, plus a "See Reviews" link that lets the buyer easily read what other members thought of it.

Please read full details at: Reviews & Guides feature.

eBay will make it possible for sellers to revise or resend invoices after buyers have completed checkout and have selected a payment method other than PayPal, which previously there were unable to do.

eBay said it would be helpful in situations where buyers completes checkout for one item, then decide they want to make more purchases. After a seller revises the original invoice to include the new purchases, the buyer will then be able to go through Checkout again to pay for everything at once

Read full details at:- New Revised Combined Invoice.

As an eBay user, you're ultimately responsible for making sure that buying or selling your item(s) is legal in the eyes of the law.

Check what are those link allowed by eBay: Link Policy

Please take note that eBay no longer offers store listings for 60, 90 or 120 days.

From now on you can choose 30 days or "Good til cancelled".

Occasionally you may have problem with an unpaid transaction from buyer.

If you do have, you can use eBay’s Dispute Console in My eBay to help track, manage, and resolve your dispute as quickly as possible.

Please click at: Dispute Console for full details.

Using Search Commands

You can use search commands to help narrow your search and get more precise search results.

Please click at : Serch Commands for more details

Welcome to Kijiji

Kijiji means "village" in Swahili. Kijiji helps you connect with your community. It's free and easy to use.

You can find everything you need from housing to furniture, from jobs to new friends and more. Please select your country/region at : Kijiji.

PayPal has confirmed it is testing a service whereby users can send payments via their mobile devices, including cell phones and Blackberries.

MobileCrunch broke the news Wednesday on its blog. Please read full detail at their page:mobile service.

eBay rolled out its category expansion project and Custom Listing Frame feature in eBay Stores last week.

The new features are designed to make it easier for shoppers to peruse an eBay Storeowner's listings. Sellers can now create up to 300 Store categories in their eBay Store, which is an optional subscription-based service for sellers.

Please read New Feature here.

eBay auction-management service InkFrog has acquired competitor SpareDollar.

InkFrog's co-founder Greg Sisung announced the news on Monday on the SpareDollar forums to communicate with users before issuing a press release.

The new 300 Category/Subcategory feature went live Thursday night, March 16, 2006.

The ability to create more categories and subcategories will make it easier for shoppers to find what they need in your Store, particularly if you have a diverse inventory.

Read full details of New Feature Of Store categories.

The eBay fee listing schedule is broken up into small little fees that don't look like much by themselves but added all together it totals a ton of your cash.You spend 50¢ here & another 25¢ here before you know it your widget ad is now costing you $6.50 to advertise on eBay. You have a No Reserve on this item and it sold for $4.25. You just LOST $2.25!!

For starters let's look at ways to cut the cost of basic auction listing fees that are charged on all auctions at eBay.

Insertion Fees - Insertion fees are non-refundable this fee cannot be avoided, but you can keep the insertion fee cost to a minimum. ( except if re-listed items sell the second time around )

If you start your auction at $10.00. The insertion fee for a $9.99 starting bid is 35¢ and the insertion fee for a $10.00 starting bid is 60¢. By starting your auction item at $10.00, you lose 25¢. If you have 20 auctions at a starting bid of $10.00, you will lose $20.00 right off the bat. So List your item at $9.99 instead of $10.00

Did you hear about the latest enhancements to eBay Stores ?

Check it out !

Store Categories Expand to 300 Categories---The Stores categories have expanded to 300 custom categories with up to three levels of categories and sub-categories. As an eBay Store owner, you get to decide how to set up your categories.

Access this feature in Manage My Store or read the FAQ for more details.

Introducing the Custom Listing Frame----Build your brand and drive traffic to your Store by including your Store listing header with links to your eBay Store and a left-navigation bar with links to your Store categories.

Access this feature in Manage My Store or read the FAQ for more details.

Many eBay sellers sell through multiple channels, including their own Web sites.

ProStores, an eBay company, offers a complete e-commerce solution, giving sellers everything they need to creat their own Web site at their own Web address.

One of the best I've seen is eBay's ProStores easy to use, point and click solution with pricing starting at just $6.95 a month.

ProStores will let you try out their system free for 30 days and eBay Stores sellers receive 30% discount off the ProStores monthly subscription price following the free trial.

It's the perfect solution if you're looking to build your own ecommerce website.

For full information , please go to their website at :ProStores.

Below is the excerpt of an email I received from Anita Van Wyk :

"Getting your hands on liquidated stock for mere pennies on the dollar is every ebayers dream, isn't it?

Well perhaps. You see, even thought the stock is dirt cheap, it usually comes in bulk and with some degree of risk.

Most liquidation and surplus companies have a minimum order which could sometimes run into the thousands.

If you ever consider buying a bulk lot, make sure you know the quality of the stock before you agree to buy it. One way of doing this is to go to their warehouse and inspect the stock, but we all know this is not always possible.

What you can do though is to buy a sample. Not all companies will be obliging, but you should at least try. If they won't allow you to buy a sample move on to the next company until you find someone who will. Once you've gained more experience and built up relationships with these companies you might feel more comfortable to buy your stock without a sample order though."

eBay is holding a 10-cent fixed-price listing day on eBay.com, eBay.ca and BayMotors.com (for non-vehicle listings).

Insertion fees for fixed-price listings posted on March 15 will be 10 cents. All other fees apply, see website for details and restrictions At:- 10-cent listing.

eBay announced it will hold a workshop on Friday to further explain its eBay Express site that is set to launch in April.

According to the company, eBay Express, "offers primarily new items that are available for purchase right away," though it will allow used and collectible items.

eBay Express will contain Store and fixed-price listings from U.S.-based sellers on eBay.com that can be purchased right away.

eBay Express will contain a shopping cart, and buyers will be required to use PayPal or a credit card to make a purchase. Only sellers with a 98 percent positive feedback score of at least 100 will be eligible to sell on eBay Express.

Learn more details of : eBay Express

You can invoice buyer for combine items on your listing as long as winning bidder has not gone through any check out system. Also, you can issue any shipping discounts on the invoice prior to sending it to him.

The option to send an invoice will be listed next the the item in your sold section of your My eBay page.

Once you send him the invoice it will have your information on the invoice for him to pay you via Pay Pal.

If you need to contact your buyer you can contact them via email through the contact Member link, or you can have their phone number emailed to you by going to Advanced Search, then click on Find Contact information. You will need their User Id, and the item number(s) associated with the transaction.

Some sellers offer shipping discounts to buyers who purchase multiple items at once and pay for them together. You can save money on shipping by buying multiple items from these sellers.

Note:Shipping discounts are offered directly from the seller, are not an explicit part of the item contract, and are subject to change at any time. Shipping discounts only apply to domestic shipments.

Please take note that ending a Good 'Til Cancelled listing will remove it from your Store, and it will be noted as "Ended" in the Selling section of your My eBay page.

eBay will not issue a partial Insertion Fee credit for time remaining in the item's 30-day listing cycle. However, you will not be charged for another 30-day listing cycle.

eBay is becoming a more competitive environment to make money these days. As such, there are certain things that you can do as an eBay seller to separate yourself and distance yourself from your competition.

As you set up your eBay selling systems, make the commitment to accept all methods of payment. If not, you’ll lose out on potential customers.

The following short list should be considered your preferred method of accepting payment on eBay:

PayPal Direct Credit Cards (for those sellers with a merchant account)
Bank Wire Transfers
Personal Checks, Money Orders, Cashier’s Checks and Certified Checks

Not permitted on eBay.com: Sellers may not solicit buyers to mail cash. Sellers may not ask buyers to send cash through instant cash transfer services (non-bank, point-to-point cash transfers) such as Western Union or Moneygram. Sellers may not ask buyers to pay with Stormpay, Greenzap.com or e-gold payments. Finally, sellers may not request payment through online payment methods not specifically permitted in is eBay policy.

You can set-up matching categories to reflect type of products you are listing for sales by following these steps:-

1. Click the "My eBay" link located at the top of any eBay page. You may be asked to sign in.

2. Next, click on the "Manage My Store" link located on the left-hand side of the page under the "My Subscriptions" heading.

3. Then, click on the "Display Settings" link located under the "Store Design" eading

4)Scroll down to the heading "Theme & Display" , click on "Change" link located under the "Left Navigation Bar Setting"

5)System will bring you to the: "Change Left Navigation Bar" page., scroll down and ticks on "Categories" and also tick on "eBay Categories" under the "Show The Following Components" heading

6)Click on the "Save Settings" button to save the changes.

How and where to change my promotion box from eBay website ?


You can change your promotion box from the "Promotion Boxes" link on the "Manage my Store" page.

Next to your promotion box on the right there is a column that says "action" and you can choose edit.

On the next page you'll see the "location" and you can change it to "category page top left" or many other places.

eBay announced Monday it is discontinuing the eBay Anything Points program
on the Canadian eBay site (www.ebay.ca). The program was discontinued in the
U.S. last July

eBay lately announced it has made several changes to its Revise process so that sellers can update listings in bulk. Sellers can now revise multiple listings at the same time within My eBay using a feature called Mass Editor. They can change start prices, BIN prices, Reserves, payment methods, and can also add listing upgrades such as Bold, as well as changing Item Condition, to multiple listings at the same time. However, sellers may not change certain details for listings that have bids, purchases, or for which there are fewer than 12 hours left.

Revisions can be made on up to 10 listings of any format at once, or up to 200 listings using eBay tools Selling Manager or Selling Manager Pro.

eBay did not include duration as an attribute that sellers could change using the Mass Editor revision tool, though it does allow third-party services to offer that capability.

Full details at: Item Revise Process.

eBay are not allowed your linking to:-

1. You cannot have any links that link to other websites that offers to sell, trade, or purchase merchandise outside of eBay. This should be obvious but many new sellers to eBay auctions break this rule.

2. Links to any other websites that encourages eBay bidders to place their bids outside of eBay are not authorized in your eBay auctions.

3. Your eBay auction cannot have links that link to outside websites that offers to sell merchandise that is considered illegal at eBay. 4. Links that connect to websites that solicit eBay user Ids and passwords is also unauthorized to have within your eBay auction.

eBay are allowed your linking to:-

1. On your eBay auction, you may have one link to an additional web page for information. This web page is to be used exclusively for further information about whatever eBay item that you are selling from you eBay auction.

2. Your eBay auction may have links to more photo images of the merchandise that you are selling on eBay.

3. If you want your customer to click on a link from your eBay auction that opens up to separate window to send you an email, then that is ok. In fact this little eBay auction email window may increase inquiries of your eBay selling item.

4. eBay auction links that connects to your other eBay auctions or any of your other eBay auctions stores is also permissible.

5. You may have one link that links to your eBay About Me page. This is in addition to the link next to your user ID that eBay provides for your eBay auction.

Sometime eBay may indicate you that buyer is not a registered user ? What is un- registered user ?

According to eBay definition is:-

"Not a registered user" can refer to members who have cancelled their membership, or whose membership has been suspended by eBay. For example, a member whose correct contact information is no longer on file with us may have their registration suspended until the new contact information is entered. In either case, the member appears as "not a registered user" and is not allowed to buy or sell on eBay.

A Republican senator running for Attorney General in
Florida has cited a recent eBay fraud case as an example
of the Internet crime problem that the state must address.

An Uzbekistan couple who were living in Florida and
trading under the eBay User ID Alisher71 were accused
of defrauding buyers on eBay late last year.

Read entire article here:Fraud Case.

On February 22, eBay Storeowners began reporting problems
with features that were causing visitors to be unable to
navigate their Stores, and in some cases, be unable to visit
their Stores at all.

Read entire article here:eBay Store Bugs.