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Google Up the Checkout Ante

Google Up the Checkout Ante

I noticed that Google are promoting Checkout in their Adsense content and it's in Search Results too. See the images below. This is taken from my whimsical blog WhoTube. I'm a Google Checkout sceptic but it's difficult not to accept that it's going to have a major disruptive effect on ... Read more »
A Request for Help

A Request for Help

I'm currently working on a few projects and I'm grateful for any help you might be able to provide. Perhaps you can be of assistance? 1) I'm very interested in speaking to people who bought and sold on eBay between 1995 and 2001. It doesn't matter if you are still using eBay or not but I'd like ... Read more »
The Independent's eBay Supplement

The Independent’s eBay Supplement

It's worth checking out the eBay supplement in the Independent from a few week's ago. Naturally I made a contribution. ;o) The Independent eBay supplement lives ... Read more »
Those Telegraph eBay Articles in Full...

Those Telegraph eBay Articles in Full…

It's been a busy week and I didn't manage to provide all the links to the 4 articles that I wrote and were published in the Daily Telegraph. Not to worry, they've helpfully combined them all together in one lovely PDF file for you to download and read and print at your leisure. In an extra boon, ... Read more »
Keep an eye out for the Telegraph

Keep an eye out for the Telegraph

One of the things I've been working on recently has been a selection of articles for the Daily Telegraph as part of a general series the newspaper's running on eBay. The first article was published on Saturday and introduces readers to eBay. Monday's article will look at buying on eBay, Tuesday ... Read more »
eBay University 2007: New Style, Old Friends.

eBay University 2007: New Style, Old Friends.

I spent a very enjoyable day in Coventry (hard to believe no?) at the first of four eBay University events in 2007. eBay University is eBay's official education programme where eBay staff, Powersellers and people like me spend a day with hundreds of eBayers talking and learning about eBay. It was ... Read more »
Do Something Different For Mother's Day: 18th March 2007

Do Something Different For Mother’s Day: 18th March 2007

Blah, blah, blah. Mother's Day is just a commercialised marketing frenzy. Jabber, jabber. Chocolates and flowers. Load of nonsense. Invented by Clinton's Cards etc etc. Well, it doesn't have to be. Do a bit of good on behalf of your mum and sponsor a safe birth in Ethiopia this year. We're ... Read more »
eBay Staff Blog Wiki

eBay Staff Blog Wiki

Shri Mahesh has cleverly put together a wiki for blogging eBayers. It's for staff past and present and a good idea, and hopefully a good way of keeping eBay staff in touch. There's certainly a lot of interesting stuff being said and done... and the wiki has only just begun. In particular, I ... Read more »
How big is eBay?

How big is eBay?

The papers never get it right. The eBay numbers that is. So it's worth revisiting them every now and again, especially since eBay reported Q406 and full 2006 numbers last week. It is dazzling how big eBay is. I've pulled this info from the earnings call, a transcript of which lives here. To ... Read more »
Scoop! eBay University Dates 2007

Scoop! eBay University Dates 2007

Hot of the Press, I've just received the 2007 eBay University dates. I'm personally planning to attend them all: hopefully see you there. Only 4 this year which I'm sure indicates that they will be bigger, with a different format and more exhibitors, networking opportunites and sessions. Keep ... Read more »
The Sunday Times on eBay Shill Bidding

The Sunday Times on eBay Shill Bidding

eBay fraud is big news. It does happen, of course it does, but it's nowhere close to the sensational levels that warrant a front page expose in the Sunday Times. You can read the article here. I certainly don't think shill bidding is 'widespread'. In fact, in my experience with eBay, shill ... Read more »
Don't Forget that Perfect Gift!

Don’t Forget that Perfect Gift!

House full of clutter? Budding entrepreneur? Fear not, help is at hand. With Dan Wilson's stress free, jargon-busting easy to use MAKE MONEY ON EBAY UK you'll soon be buying and selling like a professional. (Plug ends) Anyway, last chance to grab it before Christmas because today is ... Read more »
Spotted in Battersea

Spotted in Battersea

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We are the Mumtrepreneurs

We are the Mumtrepreneurs

There was a great piece in the Sun featuring my friend and eBay postal supplies selling success Kirsten Dudley. You can view the PostalSupplies shop on eBay here. Astonishingly, the Dudleys have sold 4 million jiffy bags. I've bought a few myself. It is amazing that she only manages the business ... Read more »