March 2008 - Posts

• eBay Motors Vehicle Purchase Protection Increased to $50,000

  Posted Mar 31 2008, 08:12 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• A Message from Stephanie Tilenius -- The International Site Visibility listing upgrade for US, Canada, UK and Ireland sites

  Posted Mar 31 2008, 10:49 AM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• Upcoming Workshops: ProStores 9.0, Improved Seller Protection for PowerSellers, and Reducing Chargebacks

  We would like to invite you to attend the following workshops next week: ProStores 9.0: New R... Posted Mar 28 2008, 03:12 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• Tim ‘the Toolman’ Taylor is NOT a good eCommerce person.

  The purpose of this weeks blog was going to be around the concept of the first time visitor segment and how it can be appropriately marketed to on a given web property.  Once I hit the 2000 word mark, I decided to keep going and make it a whitepaper.  More will follow on that in [...] Posted Mar 28 2008, 10:00 AM by Persuasive e-Marketing » Jim Cain Filed under: ecommerce, Marketing, search, Customer Experience, Web Analytics, optimization, analytics, avinash kaushik, search marketing, Conversion, Personalization, Sitebrand, brand, Jim Cain, first time visitor

• Consumer Product Safety Commission - Children's Items Recalled the Week of March 24th

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently issued a recall for the following items: Rock 'N Ride plush rocker toys due to a fall hazard. Backyard and Beyond metal... Posted Mar 27 2008, 05:37 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• Talking $17.5mm with Become.com's Jon Glick

  Become.com just announced that it raised $17.5mm in a Series C round from Texas Pacific Group Growth (TPG), a large private equity / VC firm that's previously done deals with Petco and Travelocity. The last time I wrote about Become... Posted Mar 27 2008, 12:57 PM by Comparison Shopping Engine Strategies Filed under: CSE News, TPG

• Managing the long tail

  My team and I deal with inventory sets in the hundreds of thousands. Such large product catalogs cause logistical pains, but in many cases, the larger issue is getting to profitability when the aggregate cost of that "long tail" of... Posted Mar 25 2008, 11:26 PM by Comparison Shopping Engine Strategies

• Making It Easier to Recover Listings

  Posted Mar 25 2008, 07:36 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• eBay Radio: Call In Tuesday, March 25th at 11:00 AM Pacific Time

  Posted Mar 25 2008, 12:09 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• Have Good DSRs, Specified Shipping, and a Low Starting Price? Pay 1¢ in Insertion Fees for Auction-Style Listings Through March 31

  Posted Mar 24 2008, 07:41 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• New Policy - Digital Downloadable Goods in Classified Ads Format Only

  For more information on this policy change, please see the interview with Brian Burke on The Chatter Posted Mar 24 2008, 03:54 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• A Message from Kristina Klausen - Shipping Update

  Posted Mar 24 2008, 11:52 AM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• Consumer Product Safety Commission - Children's Items Recalled the Week of March 17th

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently issued a recall for the following items: Magtastik and Magnetix Jr. pre-school magnetic toys and toy figures due to aspiration ... Posted Mar 20 2008, 07:56 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• A Message From Lorrie Norrington – Updates for Sellers

  Posted Mar 20 2008, 12:56 PM by eBay General Announcements Filed under: News

• 2008 vSpring v|100

  I wanted to post the list and congratulate everyone named to the 2008 vSpring v|100. Because this is a peer-nominated and peer-selected process, it’s cool to be included with so many great entrepreneurs that are really at the heart of driving the Utah economy and growth story–at least that or it means that I am good [...] Posted Mar 20 2008, 11:09 AM by Adventures in Entrepreneurship with Jeremy Hanks Filed under: Utah