Archive for May, 2008
Xoobie.com.au - Another Australian Auction Site
Looking for aAnother Australian auction site to check out, xoobie.com.au.
So, what is it like?
First impression is : What the heck does that name mean?! Xoobie is a wierd one. BUt these days, names for products are either going to be descriptive, or bizarre and hopefully catchy and memorable. What is Xoobie? Its bizarre alright, but [...]
Trading Post Auctions - Initial Feedback
Trading Post launched their auctions 2 days ago now. Since then I have spoken to lots of sellers, from small to very large. What do they think fo Tradingpost Auctions so far? Will they list?
There are a number of Powersellers already listing hundreds of products. I haven’t heard of many sales yet, but there is [...]
Sensis’ Tradingpost Launches Auction Site To Compete With eBay!
This morning tradingpost.com.au has become the newest Australian auction site, to compete head on with eBay Australia.
Tradingpost.com.au (owned by Sensis) is a strong brand name with Australians and been around for many years as a classifieds print publication, and for some time now a website too.
I have never much liked the tradingpost.com.au search and display [...]
2008 - Year of the Australian Online Retail Summit?
Summits coming up that you might be interested in attending:
“The eBay Seller Summit, by eBay sellers for eBay sellers”, June 12th
I think that one could be related to eBay? The ESS08 summit is being held in Sydney on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at the Bankstown Sports Club in Bankstown, Sydney.
This event will give an opportunity [...]
bang4bucks.com.au - A New Australian Auctions Option
A little while ago I received an email from the owners of bang4bucks.com.au. It is a new auction site with a view to growing quickly thanks to the ongoing frustrations sellers seem to be having with ebay.com.au.
It is still a small site, but with over 360 sellers registered the listings are building, and from what [...]
Yes Please PayPal. Pay Me Later!
Paypal has released a new product in the US, called Pay Me Later.
According to the press release on May 15 2008,
Starting today, eBay buyers in the United States can take advantage of Pay Later’s financing offer of no payments for 90 days for qualifying purchases between $50 and $199.
With Pay Later, buyers now have more [...]
My Personal Experience with the eBay.com.au Feedback Changes
OK, so the feedback system on eBay.com.au has now rolled out.
The world is taking notice too, with some heated discussion on Ina’s blog AuctionBytes, and I am sure elsewhere too.
Let me start by saying it’s never going to be a perfect system. Of course there was always going to be opportunity to abuse the system, [...]
Has Your Feedback Score Worsened Recently?
If your eBay seller feedback score has dropped, don’t be too alarmed as many other sellers will notice the same thing in Australia.
eBay has just rolled out their feedback changes, now counting neutrals ‘as negatives’ when calculating your feedback, and ignoring feedback older than 12 months.
See the full list of changes here.
Most of our account [...]
Release : ChannelAdvisor Catalyst Conference Coming Soon!
I got sent this press release information from ChannelAdvisor today regarding their upcoming conference at the Sunshine Coast in July. The early bird discount rate is nearly over, so if you are considering attending to learn more about online business, how to grow and improve it then you might like to consider attending.
Yours truly will [...]
eBay faces the angry mob in Melbourne last night
I have been catching up on the news this morning about eBay’s public meeting in Melbourne regarding the Paypal only changes coming in June.
I wasn’t surprised to hear that there was quite an angry mob asking questions of Simon Smith, Andrew Pipolo and Alistair MacGibbon.
I got invited to have an informal Q&A sessions with Andrew, [...]
