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eBay and PayPal Safety Resources

eBay and PayPal Safety Resources

eBay and PayPal have published some new resources to reinforce their safety initiatives. Check out PayPal's rather good phishing quiz here. You can see and hear from eBay UK's Head of Trust and Safety in a video in the Safety Centre. The only way you can minimise the risks of trading ... Read more »
Identifying Fake Razor Blades on eBay

Identifying Fake Razor Blades on eBay

One of the few times I have ever had a problem as a buyer on eBay occured recently when I bought some razor blades. Razor blades are expensive in the shops and by buying in bulk on eBay you can make some real savings. I've been successfully saving for years. However, I recently bought some fakes, ... Read more »
eBay Feedback 2.0: Some Thoughts

eBay Feedback 2.0: Some Thoughts

Once again, eBay University (9th June in London) proved to be an engaging and enjoyable day out. I led four sessions, sold a stack of books and learnt a lot. A day with eBay sellers is never wasted and I started early last Saturday: an eager eBayer spotted my eBay Uni shirt and started chatting to ... Read more »
Some wilsondan.co.uk links:

Some wilsondan.co.uk links:

I was interviewed by Tamebay about my new book. My new book is available from Amazon here. My Tamebay interview was picked up by The Seller Evangelist. All is not ticketyboo with Google Checkout, according to The ... Read more »
eBay University's in London on Saturday

eBay University’s in London on Saturday

eBay University's in London on Saturday. I'll be there and it would be lovely to see you too. :O) If you want to learn about using eBay as a new seller or if you're already selling and want to ramp up your sales, it'll be useful. Find the full programme here and book a place ... Read more »
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 »