I got a bit frustrated when looking around for other places to sell my jewelry and mystical items. Most places were fairly international, but even though Google is in Israel, Google Checkout doesn’t have Israel yet, so I was shut out. So I built my own auction site: Money’s Mama Auctions. I don’t expect to [...]
Entries from March 2011
Money’s Mama Auctions
March 24, 2011
Creating a Google Base Data Feed For Your Store Easily
March 22, 2011
If you’re going to roll your own online store, and want to be able to compete with the larger sites, you MUST create a Google Merchant Center (formerly Google Base) data feed. If you’ve read the instructions and found them confusing, it’s only because they are trying to give you as much information as they can, so [...]
eBay’s New Fees Are Legal, Albeit Shady
March 19, 2011
I got an answer from the USPS, and they say it’s an eBay matter: I understand you are frustrated with the fees you are going to be charged when using eBay’s services. I apologize for the inconvenience, however, we do not have anything to do with, nor have any control over what eBay chooses to [...]
The USPS Has Apparently Been Lied To By eBay
March 18, 2011
The United States Postal Service is apparently unclear about what it is that eBay is planning to do. They think that eBay is charging a fee on the shipping through their discounted sponsor shipping services. They don’t understand that eBay is charging a fee based on the total amount of sales, not a fee for [...]
Requested Legal Clarification for eBay’s New Shipping Surcharge
March 16, 2011
I’ve written to the U.S. postal service about eBay charging fees for shipping, but doing nothing to earn them. The case number is HQ104683613. I encourage others to write them too, and if there are any lawyers or postal workers who could clear things up, please comment.
Oh and one more thing: eBay Product Search is Rigged
March 16, 2011
Since eBay is probably going to die, I might as well let the cat out of the bag. eBay’s product search is rigged. So that you can replicate my results and see it for yourself, I’ll tell you how I figured it out. If you’ve been wondering why on such a big site with so [...]
eBay Plans to Charge Final Value Fees for Shipping Costs
March 16, 2011
In an announcement about changes to their fee structure coming in April, eBay has posted that they’re going to now count shipping costs towards the final value fee. This means that if you win something for $0.99 that costs $2.00 to ship, instead of taking a fee off the 99 cents, they’re going to take [...]
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