eBay Australia In Lose/Lose Situation

Time to change all your listings back to include all payment options?
Today eBay announced it would postpone its (now) 15th July deadline for changes of listing payment options to PayPal only, citing its requirements to wait until the review process of the ACCC regarding its recent draft notice is complete.
It seems fairly inevitable to me [...]


eBay Australia Offering Some Sellers Cash to Help Change Listings

Seems that eBay Australia is offering some ‘eligible’ sellers some funding to assist in the modification of their listings prior to June 17th to remove any payment methods that will be disallowed after this date.
I asked my TSAM (Top Seller Account Manager ) about it, but they did not know who was made eligible or [...]


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, [...]


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 [...]