The “Best Match” sort continues to evolve with eBay’s SR2 announced changes. In this interview segment, Jim “Griff” Griffith explains how “Impressions” and “Performance” scores are used, what Top-Rated Seller adds, and how item relevance and shipping affect this little-understood search mechanism. (Run length: 05:37) This is the fifth part of an ongoing series.
The marketplaces giant eBay announced a “33% Off” listing fee special today. Sellers with 4.5 or better Detailed Seller Ratings in all categories are eligible for the special pricing. The promotion is scheduled to run from September 26 through October 11. The full announcement can be seen here.
The big brown shipping company released its holiday “Peak Season” operations schedule today. If you want to know how and when your shipmemts with UPS will be moving, this is a great resource to have on hand. Here’s a link to the PDF document.
eBay’s Jim “Griff” Griffith explains the cancellation of the Insurance option for listings, why eBay acted to remove the option, and how Sellers and Buyers should see the change. Are Buyers or Sellers responsible for insuring the parcel delivery? Griffith talks eBay and Insurance in this segment. (Run length: 05:42) This is the fourth part [...]
The marketplace giant eBay continues to step away from its forays into Social Networking, now indicating it will shutter its “eBay Blogs” section on October 31, 2009. The arrival of widely-available, free blog platforms and other social networks like Twitter and Facebook made the cost-cutting decision for eBay a simple one: Let’s save the money – they [...]
In this portion of my conversation with eBay’s Jim “Griff” Griffith, he provides more detail and insight into the qualifications needed for the new Top-Rated Seller program. He also responds to allegations that eBay no longer wants small sellers or is intentionally driving them away from the marketplace. (Run length: 05:06) This is the third [...]
The OKC eSellers group meets this Thursday night 7:00PM – 9:00PM to share experiences and learn more about eCommerce. The meeting will be held at Asbury UMC in south OKC (see below). This month we finally get to look at breaking the summer doldrums and forward to the approaching holiday season. Now is a great [...]
From The Procrastination Station comes this reminder – if you’ve got to go, go out to the bank or USPS tomorrow or you’ll have to wait until Tuesday! Where did Summer go?
It is true that international sales do suffer more from lower DSRs. In the new program that’s coming up, called “Top-Rated Seller,” we’re just not going to count International DSRs for shipping. [Sellers] no longer have to fear receiving lower DSRS from their International sales…
