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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, [...]
Australian Auction Site Oztion Sees Registrations Surge
Since eBay Australia’s announcement that Paypal will be the only allowable payment method on the site (apart form cash on pickup, and credit card via Paypal), competitor Australian auction site Oztion has seen a large jump in daily site registrations.
According to Oztion,
… daily new member registrations has jumped by more than 250% since eBay’s recent [...]
PeSA Australia : Seller anger as eBay narrows payment options
PeSA Australia has released a press release today, in light of yesterday’s announcement from eBay Australia regarding the move to Paypal payment options on the site eBay.com.au.
Seller anger as eBay narrows payment options
Australian eBay sellers are angry at a policy change by eBay that will push transaction costs onto its sellers.
The new policy requires [...]
eBay Australia forcing sellers and buyers to use Paypal
In a big move today, eBay Australia announced that shortly only Paypal will be a viable payment option for sellers on the site, along with cash on pickup of items, and credit card payments (via Paypal).
According to the release :
These changes are part of our ongoing commitment to protect our members. We believe buyers will [...]
