I usually don’t listen to the eBay Radio show, simply because I believe it contains too many commercials and very little “meat”. However, I did listen this week as I have been out of the loop so to speak for several days, my attention having been diverted by other projects. So, as...

This weeks ebay & Beyond: Basics To Business radio program will be an Open Forum Saturday! We will discuss the news of the week in ecommerce and as always, tips and tricks, new software and tools to help the ecommerce seller. Our Open Forum Saturdays allow you, our listeners to decide what we talk...

During this difficult economic time in our worlds history, many online and traditional brick and mortar businesses face tough competition. Most of us search for strategies that will set us apart from our competitors, attracting customers and keep them coming back time and again. Previously traditional...

I checked out the new site Bonanzle last week doing preparation for my interview on ebay & Beyond: Basics to Business on Saturday with Mark Dorsey chief “Raconteur” of the site. Though I didn’t sign up as a user, I looked around the site for about an hour. The site launched in...

And The Bad News Just Keeps On Coming! Our economy is in shambles, many ecommerce sellers knew that before we saw the huge nearly trillion dollar government bailout of Wall Street. The chat boards of ecommerce sites have been flooded with threads about decreasing sales being seen internet wide. From...

After Time To Reflect on The Announcements About 6 weeks ago I posted and article entitled The Bank of eBay. Many people thought I was off my medications when I wrote this article. To me, it seemed clear that eBay was adjusting it’s business model. An old addage from investigators came to mind,...

eBay announced 10% layoffs and major acquistions at 8:00 AM ET this morning! Here are the links, more to follow Layoffs Acquistions Share this articleClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed...

 Wal-Mart To Accept PayPal For Online Purchases On the PayPal blog today Mary Anne Gillespie, Vice President of Sales for PayPal’s Merchant Services Division announced that Wal-Mart now accepts PayPal as a payment option for it’s online buyers. Several large companies such as OfficeMax, Continetal...

  September 30, 2008  PESA the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance has released a position paper on the status of ecommerce on eBay. In the paper PESA is apparently hearing and listening to it’s members who are moving to other venues in an effort to find better return on their investment for the...