05-16-2017 05:15 PM
Hi Community,
This week we would like to use the Community chat to talk about and answer any questions you may have about eBay Open and also use this as a reminder that the deadline for submissions for our SHINE awards is fast approaching. If you have questions about buying & selling that's fine too, please share.
eBay Open - for those that didn't attend last year, during the last week in July, over 1,000 sellers and eBay staff will take over the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. We'll bring you three action-packed days of learning, networking, fun and celebrations! Tickets for the event are going fast, if you're interested, be sure to sign up before they sell out! Full info via this link.
The SHINE Awards - recognize inspirational small business sellers. Share your story for a chance to win fantastic prizes designed to grow your business. The closing date for entries is May 19. Full info via this link.
Lastly, we want to hear your feedback about our Weekly Community Chat. We want to make sure that the chat evolves to meet your needs, so please take this short survey to let us know what we could do to improve.
Thanks & speak with you at 1 pm on Wednesday.
Alan - eBay Community Manager
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05-17-2017 12:34 PM - edited 05-17-2017 12:35 PM
We'll open up the thread for replies at the top of the hour. Joining us today is our new teammate tyler@ebay. You can learn more about Tyler here.
Thanks!
Alan - eBay Community Manager
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05-17-2017 01:00 PM
The thread is now open!
Alan - eBay Community Manager
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05-17-2017 01:02 PM
Big welcome to Tyler!!!! 🙂
05-17-2017 01:04 PM
05-17-2017 01:05 PM
Why thank you! I'm excited to be here and help out. 🙂
05-17-2017 01:05 PM
alan@ebay wrote:We'll open up the thread for replies at the top of the hour. Joining us today is our new teammate tyler@ebay. You can learn more about Tyler here.
Thanks!
Welcome, tyler@ebay.
05-17-2017 01:07 PM
@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
ebay has free shipping set up so that I can offer free domestic shipping on an item, while still charging for international shipping. Now that ebay is giving us an incentive to offer free return shipping, are there any plans to do something similar? I already offer free return shipping on most items, but I sometimes restrict listings to domestic sales for just that reason: It's one thing to pay return shipping on a domestic item, but it can be a much bigger expense to do it for an international sale.How about giving us a way to ship domestically and internationally, with the option of restricting free return shipping to domestic sales only?
Great suggestion! I will pass this along for consideration, no problem!
05-17-2017 01:07 PM
tyler@ebay wrote:Why thank you! I'm excited to be here and help out. 🙂
Don't worry, Tyler, that excitement won't last long. Ask the others. This can be a tough crowd (with good reason, of course). Make sure you have your thick skin on at all times. 😉
Welcome board!
05-17-2017 01:08 PM
Will you be opening up promoted listings for single items any time soon?
05-17-2017 01:09 PM
If submitting an application for the Shine Awards, and a seller qualifies for more than one category, can separate essays be sent for each category, or is the same single essay applied across all categories?
05-17-2017 01:11 PM
@relaxintowealth wrote:
Will you be opening up promoted listings for single items any time soon?
Hi, @relaxintowealth - this has been in beta testing for a while, and we'll have more info on this soon - keep an eye out. Also, we're going to have a Community chat on the topic of Promoted Listings mid-June with the manager of that feature.
Thanks!
Alan - eBay Community Manager
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05-17-2017 01:12 PM - edited 05-17-2017 01:12 PM
tyler@ebay wrote:Why thank you! I'm excited to be here and help out. 🙂
That sentiment might only last a few weeks. People here are very critical, but you can hardly blame them considering a lot of them have their entire livelihood invested into this website, so any issue and frustrations get taken out on the closest ones they can find; You guys.
But I'm sure it's not all THAT bad.
05-17-2017 01:13 PM
alan@ebay wrote:
@relaxintowealth wrote:Will you be opening up promoted listings for single items any time soon?
Hi, @relaxintowealth - this has been in beta testing for a while, and we'll have more info on this soon - keep an eye out. Also, we're going to have a Community chat on the topic of Promoted Listings mid-June with the manager of that feature.
Thanks!
Alan, will that be before or after promoted listings for single items is rolled out?
05-17-2017 01:14 PM
Thank you!