This is part II of a III part 'eBay Strategies' series detailing and
reacting to eBay's second round of 2009 changes announced today (aka
the Summer release or what they call SR2 internally@eBay).
- Part I
This is part I of a III part 'eBay Strategies' series detailing and reacting to eBay's second round of 2009 changes announced today (aka the Summer release or what they call SR2 internally@eBay).
- Part I (you are here) covers the search and seller efficiency changes.
- Part II covers the eTRS - which is here.
- Part III looks at the Summer changes package and offers some thoughts/analysis and lives here.
ChannelAdvisor is also hosting a webinar on August 4th (next
Tuesday) at 2pm ET where we will detail the changes and go through some
tips on how to start preparing for the changes now.
Later today (Wed July 22), eBay reports Q2 results.
In mid-June, Google made some changes that have caused traffic from GPS to plummet 60%+ for merchants in the UK and around 30-40% for those in the USA.
Outgoing Sheriff - Jamie Ionnone
New Sheriff - Hugh Williams
I've been pretty vocal that while the recent eBay changes are in the right direction, I don't think they nailing the top 20 priorities.