UK eBay Variation style listing (VSL) Webinar - June 25th

Speaking of Variations, our UK team is hosting a great (free!) webinar with eBay to help answer seller questions about Variation Style Listings.

You can sign up here

Share/Save/Bookmark

Amazon news item - Amazon’s under the radar private label.

Over on Amazon strategies we have news of Amazon's private label - Pinzon.

Seeking Alpha Disclosure - I am long Amazon, Google and eBay is an investor in ChannelAdvisor.

Amazon news item - Amazon’s under the radar private label.

Share/Save/Bookmark

Why isn’t PayPal more successful?

Fred Wilson is a venture capitalst who I've never had the pleasure of working with, but I read his blog regularly and he posited an interesting question today about why PayPal isn't actually more wide-spread than it is.

As is frequently the case with Fred's posts, the real value-add is in the comments.

Give the post+comments a read as I think eBay Strategies readers will find it of interest as well.

Do you think PayPal has a big brand/customer service problem out there?

Share/Save/Bookmark

Is eBay’s ‘real’ threat Amazon or classifieds (or both?)

I did this interview with Business Week about classifieds today and it got me thinking….

On this blog I've spent a good bit of time comparing eBay vs. Amazon's seller business.

Share/Save/Bookmark

Lots of changes in the Comparison Shopping Engine World…

There's more changing in the world of Comparison Shopping Engines (CSEs for short) this year than I can remember since back to the 99/00 timeframe.

The short-list:
  • Amazon Product Ads are doing really well and have come out of nowhere to be a top CSE for many of our retailers.

    Share/Save/Bookmark