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eBay’s Revenue Up in First Quarter

eBay has posted a 14% increased revenue in the first quarter of 2013. The increased revenue came on the back of increased sales and a larger number of customers using eBay to do their shopping. The marketplace revenue of eBay grew by 13% to reach $2 billion.

The outperformers were the fixed-price listings, which showed a 68% jump in sales. PayPal, which is owned by eBay, also showed a double digit increase in revenue this quarter, which is all set to grow in the future.

Sellers associated with eBay can rejoice and look forward to higher sales and increased exposure to customers nationally as well as internationally in the future. If high shipping costs are eating into the profits, the Adship eBay program can help reduce them. Patrick Blanchet, the founder of Adship and the inventor of Pay-Per-Ship advertising says “We match shippers with advertisers. Shippers benefit from the revenue generated from placing non-competitive, complementary Ads in the order fulfillment process and advertisers benefit from the high conversion rate produced from these qualified buyers.”

For more on the story, click here. 

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eBay Holding a Free Promo in the UK

eBay is in the process of holding a free promo for business sellers based in the UK. The move is surprising, as eBay has never held one in the past. The promo is valid only to those sellers who have received a personal invitation from the company, however. To qualify for the invite, sellers need to meet a certain minimum standard and be registered as a seller in the UK.

Through the promotion, eBay is offering up to 50,000 free listings in the fixed-price format. There are no insertion fees involved.

eBay business sellers in the UK can take advantage of the promo to list more items and rake up a bigger profit than usual. Shipping costs can be quite high, though, and it’s difficult to make a significant profit because of them. The Adship program can be used in such cases. It allows Adship eBay sellers to cover shipping costs by paying them for ads placed in the order fulfillment process.

Read more about it here.

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eBay Sends Out Wacky Emails

eBay recently sent its sellers a personalized email. In it was a message with a dollar amount, followed by a tagline “Treat Yourself” and a link to the website. Most of the sellers thought, quite erroneously, that they had won money. But it turns out that the money was the amount the seller had made in the past month. eBay hadn’t even calculated the sales figure correctly, and most sellers had made more or less than that in the past month.

eBay is trying out a personalized email campaign, following in the footsteps of Amazon. It’s trying to increase company revenues by directing personalized advertising at its sellers.

eBay, despite what the email campaign implies, is a fantastic company to be associated with. Sellers usually make a significant profit through the retail giant. Shipping costs, which were a problem in the past, can be covered by subscribing to Adship, which allows Adship eBay sellers to make money by placing ads in the order-fulfillment process.

Read more about it here.

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eBay Outperforms Again

eBay is a special company. It has always outperformed its market expectations and, surprisingly, it has continued to outperform with consistency. For example, the acquisitions made by the company in the past haven’t always worked out. In fact, the figure for acquisitions actually being beneficial to the company is well under 50%. And so everyone was surprised when eBay acquired PayPal – and even more surprised when PayPal took off.

PayPal constitutes for 15% of all online commercial transactions (2012) and the figure will only grow. By acquiring PayPal, eBay has acquired tremendous potential for development. It will probably continue to outperform in the future.

eBay sellers will only benefit from the success of PayPal and eBay. Even those making smaller profits can hope for bigger ones in the future. It’s possible to offset shipping costs today and make a bigger profit by using Adship. Adship allows Adship eBay sellers to make money through ads placed in the order fulfillment process.

Read more about it here

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eBay CIO Talks About EBay’s Success

In a recent interview for the IDG Enterprise CIO Interview Series, eBay CIO Scott Seese talked about how IT is critical to ensuring future business success for eBay. He talks about the transition the company made from being largely an auction-based website to the mega retailer it is today.

Seese also talks about how his team and he are engaged in developing technology that makes it possible for customers to use their mobile devices to order anything in the future, from clothing to cars. He also talked about his role in making sure that new acquisitions made by eBay succeed from a technical perspective.

With the advent of new retail technology, eBay sellers will be able to supply even more goods to customers. Shipping costs aren’t as big a problem as they were before, because of programs like Adship. Adship allows Adship eBay sellers to make money for every ad placed in the order fulfillment process, which helps offset the costs of shipping.

Read more about the story here.

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EBay Introduces a Free Promo in the Fixed-Price Listing Format

eBay is running a free promotion that allows sellers to place up to 20,000 listings for free in the fixed-price format. Only those sellers invited by eBay, however, can take advantage of this promo. The promo is in addition to the normal promo that eBay offers, which allows sellers 50 free additional listings per month.

To have qualified for the promo, eBay sellers must meet the company’s minimum performance levels. Invited sellers will receive the free listings automatically the next time they enter an item with a fixed price.

The new promotion is a great way for eBay sellers to make additional profit and sell more items than before. If shipping costs are hindering large profits, sellers can take advantage of the Adship program. The Adship program allows Adship eBay sellers to make money enough to cover shipping through ads placed in the order fulfillment process.

Read more about the story here.

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eBay CIO Says eBay Innovates to Succeed

eBay CIO Scott Seese was interviewed recently as part of the IDG Enterprise CIO Interview Series. Seese explained how eBay has successfully transitioned from being a comparatively low tech company - when it started running auctions in the 90s- to the high-tech company it is today. eBay, he said, is currently concentrating on developing technology for mobile devices, and improving offline and online commerce, which is the need of the times.

Seese also talked about the rapidly changing tech landscape and his role in guiding the transformation for the company. He also explained the process for making new acquisitions successful from a tech viewpoint.

eBay sellers have other programs they can add to their eBay business that are innovative such as Adship, which allows eBay sellers to make money by ads placed in their order fulfillment process. The revenue generated from these AdShip ads can off-set shipping costs and more.

Read the full interview here.

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Social Media is very Important for E-Retailers

Top online retailers, like 1-800-Flowers and eBay, now have a solid presence on all the top social networking sites. Whenever a user surfs a social networking site, for example Facebook, he or she is shown a list of products that they have “liked” in the past, or their friends have liked. They are also attempting to integrate user information, like important upcoming days and birthdays, into their online websites to provide a “social” experience.

Most of the Top 500 retailers have pages on Twitter and Facebook. They also have a sizeable number of followers, numbering in the tens of millions, which showcases even more the importance of social marketing.

eBay, like its competitors, is also attempting to increase revenues and retain relevancy through social media, and also through other means. Sellers can also help themselves through the Adshipadvertisement program, which allows Adship eBaysellers to make money for every ad placed in the order-fulfillment process.

Read more about the story here.

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eBay to More Effectively Monitor Bad Buyers

eBay will now more effectively monitor problem buyers by enhancing its seller reporting hub. It will place more links to the seller reporting hub on its website, which will allow sellers to more effectively report buyers who are rude, who use offensive language, who leave inappropriate feedback, who refuse to pay for items bought, who make unreasonable demands and cause other problems.

eBay sellers will find new links on the My eBay page, on the feedback page, on the Selling Manager page, on the Returns page and on other such convenient pages.

eBay sellers know that bad buyers, coupled with high overheads, can sound the death knell for their business, so this is a welcome move by eBay. eBay sellers can also participate in the Adship program to off-set losses by bad buyers. The Adship advertisement revenue generation program allows Adship eBay sellers to earn money through ads place in every stage of the order fulfillment process. Read more about it here.

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An IRCE Speaker Presentation to Help Small Retailers Grow

The CEO and the founder of Trinity Insight, Craig Smith, will give an e-commerce presentation on June 5 in Chicago, at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2013. Smith believes that small retailers can be proactive and prevent larger retailers from making all the money if they leverage the right kind of e-commerce technology.

Smith will talk about the current e-commerce technology that small retailers use to drive up sales and he will share his knowledge about future technologies that will improve current internet optimization methodologies to drive more traffic to the retailers’ websites.

eBay sellers, if they attend, will benefit significantly from attending the conference. They have a chance to learn about new technologies and interact with fellow sellers. They will obtain and receive some pleasant exposure to eBay revenue generation programs, like the Adship advertisement program that allows Adship eBay sellers to make money through ads placed in the order-fulfillment process. Read more about the story here.

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An e-commerce Success Story

Jini Patel was diagnosed with a disease called Crohn’s Disease when she was 17. Doctors told her she wouldn’t ever have children or a job. She, however, refused to accept their diagnosis. She spent the next several years researching natural remedies for stomach digestion.

Today, she is a proud mother of three children, whom she had with her husband, Ian Thompson. Along the way, the couple scripted their own inspiring ecommerce success story, by setting up their own website called listentoyourgut.com. They now earn a very health amount of money every year and sell a huge catalog of products, after starting out with virtually no products at all.

eBay sellers looking to script their own success story can take inspiration from the couple. It is much easier now to make a profit on eBay and expand the business with the help of programs like the Adship revenue generation program. The Adship program allows Adship eBay sellers to make money by placing ads in the order fulfillment process.

Read more about the true story here

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EBay Ups Ante on Ad Exchange, Direct Threat to Amazon

eBay is all set to introduce enhanced ad exchange on its website to target certain shopper segments in the U.S. eBay is competing with the likes of Amazon, Google, and Facebook with the move, according to experts.

Target ad exchange will allow the company to generate massive revenues by using an existing customer’s shopping history to place relevant ads when the customer next visits the website.

With rising business costs and a sluggish economy, it is a necessary move on the company’s part. Merchants can also help their own revenue through the Adship advertisement program. Adship eBay sellers can generate revenue and cover their shipping costs by allowing ads to be placed in the regular order-fulfillment process. Read more about the story here.

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Online Shopping at EBay Set to Become Far Simpler

PayPal has teamed up with eBay to streamline the typical online shopping experience to make it easier and more efficient. PayPal has introduced a new system called “Log in with PayPal” that eliminates the need to enter information like names and addresses. All customers need to do is sign up for a Log in with PayPal id. Then, whenever they want to make a purchase on eBay, they can just log in with their PayPal id and password and buy the item directly – PayPal supplies all required information to eBay automatically.

This new way of shopping not only saves time and energy, but it is also much more secure than before. AdShip, tracking portal can also make shopping online more efficient. Through the program, Adship eBay sellers can cover shipping costs by approving ads to be placed in the regular order-fulfillment process. Read more about the story here.

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Digital Marketing Made Easy by eBay Marketing Director

Todd Kurie, the digital marketing expert wants eBay merchants to maximize their sales by adopting new age digital marketing strategies. Kurie recommends that the first step is to observe the customers, what their usernames are and use tools like Google Analytics to achieve this. Second step is to listen to woes of customers and work on them, many eBay merchants have been top rated simply because they listen to their customers.

Marketing efforts according to Kurie should be lighter on pocket and heavier on results. Thus the difference is marketing channels you can adopt against that those you should adopt. Customer retention is another big thing. Kurie tells that it is easier to sell to the same customer than to acquire a new one.

If you are multi-product eBay merchant, then AdShip might help you in enhancing your sales. During the order fulfillment process, AdShip will place targeted ads which will help you and others like you to cross sell. You get paid for allowing AdShip to place ads on every package shipped. For more information on Kurie's innovative digital marketing strategies, click here

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No More Saved Sellers List on eBay

eBay users who shop online frequently find that saving the details of their favorite eBay merchant saves them time. In addition, it is helpful in price comparison and checking other product and service details against other merchants. However, eBay seems to have done away with this feature, reasons unknown. Critics say that eBay wants to hide its long list of inactive merchants. There has been no official statement from eBay on this.

Well, if you are one of the active sellers and want to amplify your revenues, think of AdShip. The company offers an advertising program to eBay merchants wherein AdShip places targeted ads on order confirmation emails, and other touchpoints.  AdShip also offers a shipment tracking utility which merchants can utilize for tracking their shipments. For more information on the changing face of eBay, click here.

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Innovative eBay Seller Protection Hub

eBay has been known to provide outstanding protection to buyers. Now, it is looking to do the same for sellers. Recently, the website has rolled out several changes that revamp and update its seller protection policy, which is sterling news for eBay sellers. Anyone can be a seller on this magnificent website and huge company. You can pretty much sell whatever you want on this company’s website.

eBay sellers can now focus on earning more revenue and worrying less about unruly buyer behavior. The company takes cares of its sellers, provides regular tips in how to improve revenue, and allows innovative revenue generation pursuits, like Adship advertising, which allows eBay sellers to place complementary ads on their shipment and on their digital order fulfillment pages for a significant amount of money. You can read more about the story here.

This additional money made can be a difference maker.

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eBay Empowers its Merchants with Buyer Reporting Platform

It’s time for payback. Many eBay buyers make unreasonable demands on merchants, refuse to pay for items purchased, leave negative feedback and use offensive language. eBay merchants now can such abusive buyers to eBay and stop their antics. Top selling merchants on eBay will also get to display a Top-Rate Seller emblem along with their name helping genuine buyers to immediately identify genuine and top rates eBay merchants.

As far as top rated emblem is concerned, it will be offered only to those eBay merchants who have a one day dispatch policy and 14 days or longer return policy. The emblem from eBay denotes that the item will be shipped the same day and is from a trusted seller.

Top rated sellers have another option to enhance their revenues, with AdShip advertising program. AdShip places targeted ads on the order fulfillment touch points to help other merchants to cross sell. AdShip enables this all. To know more about eBay and its user policies, click here.