eBay will announce today new lower insertion fees and higher commission fees on auction, fixed-price and Store listings that go into effect on February 20, 2008. In addition, eBay will begin giving US and Canadian sellers up to a 15 percent discount on Final Value Fees based on Detailed Seller Ratings (DSRs) beginning in April 2008.
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Auctionbytes eBay Launches 'Virtual' Customer SupportAuctionbytes –1 hour agoBy Ina Steiner eBay Australia is conducting a pilot test of a virtual customer-support agent system, which it calls "Emma." About 30 percent of eBay.com.au … More: continued here
AkamaiT fell $.17 or .7 percent, to $23.33. eBay rose $.47 or 1.9 percent, to $25.05. More: continued here
Teen jailed for elaborate eBay rip-off that he ran while at a private Brisbane school. More: continued here
INTERNET (Indiana’s NewsCenter) – Signed copies of Sarah Palin’s new book “Going Rogue” have already started to appear on the popular auction website “eBay.” More: continued here
All Things Digital eBay's John Donahoe on Executive's Departure to Yahoo (Internal Memo)All Things DigitalThompson, who is currently in charge of one of eBay's fastest-growing divisions, PayPal, will start at Yahoo next week. This morning, we got our hands on the internal memo that eBay's CEO John Donahoe sent out to the troops. …Yahoo Taps…
AuctionBytes Blog (blog) eBay Sellers Confused over New Global DSR StandardsAuctionBytes Blog (blog)eBay sellers are seeing new messaging about their performance standards and minimum DSR ratings, and some are unaware that this was part of the announcements eBay made last week that affect only international sales. One seller asked me, … More: continued here