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April 17, 2009
eBay.co.uk Sellers: Spring 2009 Update
Hi Everyone
eBay.co.uk have just announced a series of changes that I feel needed to be brought to your attention, please read on and if further information is required just go the the relevant section when next logging in to your eBay account.
Best Regards
Steve H
We wanted to let you know about some changes that will happen in the week commencing 15th June 2009.
From now on, we're going to try to give you as much advance notice as possible of changes to eBay that affect your business. We are also going to group those changes into two major releases for 2009.
Here's an overview of the first release for 2009. You will be able to find out more details about each change by clicking the relevant links.
Better listings to drive more sales
* New item page rolling out to all of eBay. Get your listings ready now.
* New eBay product pages shown to more buyers. List using product details from a catalogue.
* New way to list in Buy It Now allows you to offer all variations of one product - e.g. colour and size - in a single low-cost listing.
* Introducing free pictures in the Clothes, Shoes & Accessories categories, and a new webfile upload option.
Making selling on eBay more efficient
* New Smart FAQ to answer buyers top 20 questions before they contact you.
* Easy Returns, a new way for you to manage returns in the Resolution Centre and automatically get your Full Value Fee (FVF) credit.
* Customise item specifics when the available choices don't apply to your item.
Policy & other changes to selling on eBay
* Introducing free P&P in selected Clothes Shoes & Accessories and Tech categories (accessories only), plus Final Value Fee promotion for Shop owners.
* New, more efficient process for handling disputes.
* Extended deadlines for mandatory specification of dispatch time
* Category changes - find out if your listings are affected.
* Policies relating to multiple-item listings changing.
Regards,
The eBay Team
Posted by Steve Haddock at April 17, 2009 09:35 AM
