Back in eBay town :)

[mysmallstoremn]

I'm back... I ran my eBay business for 15 years as a hobby and had fun selling, sourcing. During a nasty divorce I had 2 choices close my business or share my gross income 50/50, not net, gross lol.

I decided to come back (crazy no?) I glanced at the forums and things didn't change much. Same old, same old, bad buyers, too many high fees, eBay unfairness... we can't stop complaining lol 

In the days, I used SixBit, love it even though I had to run a server. Today with the all-cloud of things I tried several tools and pick the one that makes my life almost easy (remember, it's a hobby). 

So, hello everyone 🙂 and if there are new eBay tools that showed uo in the last 3 years, let me know 🙂

[dirk12955]

While you were gone, Donald Trump was elected President.

Maybe you hadn't heard.

[myboardid]

There are probably some I don't know about, but I also use 6-Bit, and I am very happy with it.  It works great for me and I never seem to suffer from the eBay Glitches that other sellers complain about here.  I've been using it for about 6 years. 

Something to beware of - eBay's new Payment Management system does NOT allow you to use a third party to list your items, so do NOT opt into it until they correct that issue, which seems to be something they plan on doing about a year or 18 months from now. 

[mysmallstoremn]

Ya, I heard about that one lol

[mysmallstoremn]

Thnaks for the tip, I was looking into it. Will keep the friend PP.

[iaintdoingit]

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@dirk12955 wrote:
While you were gone, Donald Trump was elected President.

Maybe you hadn't heard.

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You owe me a new keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Perfect!  To late for coffee and not to early for wine.  Go stand in the corner now until your attitude changes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OMG!  Thank-you!  Been a tough day with hubby because sales are down -- now I don't care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[softersilk]

One huge thing that changed is that today it's vital to make listings mobile-optimized.  So templates like the Italian shoes, and embedded pictures, are a really bad idea. 

 https://pages.ebay.com/sell/itemdescription/mobilefriendlyguidelines.html

[mysmallstoremn]

Thanks! I'll make the changes.

[penguins_dont_fly]

@mysmallstoremn

You also need to look at the link policies ... your international shoe size converter link is broken (probably blocked)

Here's a good tool ... run your listings through here and see what pops up

http://www.isdntek.com/ebaytools/ActiveContentScanner.htm

There's a good bunch of html/css peeps over in the Tools and Apps Board (including the author of the above tools) if you have any questions or issues with the new active content/mobile friendly requirements.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/Tools-Apps/bd-p/tools-apps-db

[penguins_dont_fly]

Oh ... and ....

Since nobody has mentioned it yet ...

Brush up on Seller Standards and Service Metrics .... it might save you some grief down the line 🙂

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/selling-policies/seller-performance-policy?id=4347

Keep an eye on your Dashboard. What you think is "not a big deal", eBay may say otherwise about.

[mysmallstoremn]

I saw that one and wondered if it should be my home page 🙂 

Thanks!

[calntom]

Latest and biggest debacle is that folks are opting in to "managed payments" and finding out that buyers can't purchase with PayPal. 

[calntom]

Another one is that the new markdown manager tool will not allow you to include an item in a sale until it has been listed and listed at the same price for 14 days without a price change. 

[mysmallstoremn]

hum... I'm setup good old PP only... who hold money until it says so lol

[mysmallstoremn]

WoW... ok, 2 weeks before markdown 🙂 No fee for markdown?