Archive for October, 2007
Do buyers care about Platinum Powersellers?
I was told the other day that another one of my eBay accounts has reached Platinum Powerseller status. Cool. Well, at least I think that’s cool, but is it?
I feel like I have been griping a little too much about poor eBay recently, but I can’t help it, plenty of things bug me!
What does being [...]
eBay’s Flawed Detailed Seller Ratings
There has been some discussion recently in forums around the place (eBay Powerseller, PeSA etc) about eBay’s Detailed Seller Ratings statistics recently released.
Personally, I think the system is flawed.
Many of our buyers are not experienced on eBay, and as eBay continues to state, Trust and Safety for buyers is a big issue and we [...]
Musings on ChannelAdvisor and eBay
I read an interesting post yesterday from Randy Smythe entitled ‘10 Reasons Why eBay Will Eventually Acquire ChannelAdvisor‘.
I am always interested in acquisitions and business strategies, and I think this one makes sense. eBay will want to control buyers as well as sellers.
Their current tools (Turbolister is a good example) are geared for small time [...]
How do I stop all these customer emails!?
How to reduce customer service emails for eBay and eCommerce business, and how to improve email customer service.
Do you provide a customer service phone number for your customers?
I see a lot of sellers online these days with no phone number for customers to contact them. Is that a good move?
2007 Bathurst 1000 results were great.
The 3 teams who won Bathurst this year are all genuinely nice people, and deserved winners.
And what a great finish. safety car, rain, and some great driving over the last 10 laps. Awesome!
Please read before you bid!
I spent the last few days working on my ‘priorities’ in a new template design.
My priorities, of the information that I will display first for this new product range is safety, ease of use and quality.
But after receiving 3 negs on my account today I am starting to think I should make the first [...]
Someone let me download quality eBay templates!
Im busy working a eBay listing template for a new product line that we will start selling very shortly.
Starting a new product line is good fun. It is exciting for me, as I love the different aspects that goes with it, like
Brand name and model names
Logo design
Trademarking
Brand strategy
Sourcing
and the list goes one
But one of the [...]
Bill Gates is giving away his fortune!
In the last week I have received emails from friend’s about Bill Gates giving away his fortune (no really, its TRUE! Someone got a cheque, and they were an attorney!) , and another one about scray rapists who jump in the back of your car while you are filling up with petrol.
Both of course can [...]
