Over the years I am sure we have all had times where we needed a little more oomph with our eBay searches? Perhaps you were searching for a new phone, but were getting bombarded with listings for phone cases or cables? Maybe you needed new floor mats for your [...]

One of the many good things about selling on eBay is the ease with which you can add items to the online marketplace. If you are just starting out, eBay's seller tools will actively help you to create the perfect listing and set you on your journey towards becoming a [...]

It's a bone of contention amongst many eBay sellers. After battling their way to the top of eBay search through the implementation of listing optimisation best practices (paid and organic), sellers still do not own their eBay listing pages. eBay product pages have to share a substantial part of their [...]

If you are a seller that wants to stand out from the crowd on eBay’s marketplace, clean design templates ensure that all of your product details, images, shipping and returns policies, branding and company information are professionally presented.  In a world where customer trust is hard-won, these elements are essential. [...]

Optimising your eBay listings for the many different seasonal opportunities should be a priority on your holiday marketing "to-do" list. But who has the time at this time of the year to update their holiday-themed templates for Halloween, Black Friday, Christmas, New Year, and the January Sales? Celebrating the festive [...]

The month of October and Halloween traditionally marks the start of the busy holiday sales season with eBay sellers gearing up for what should be the most wonderful time of the year. But 2021 is no ordinary year (as if you needed reminding). Instead, many online retailers are navigating what [...]

What is eBay SEO? We know search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of increasing the quantity and quality of traffic to your website through organic search. For websites there are well documented best practices to improve your search engine ranking, from relevant page titles, sitemaps, meta tagging, just to [...]

In 2013 Paul Jones started a business from his home, making bags. His personal mantra is "make a good start Jones" and so he named the business Goodstart Jones. And as starts go, this one certainly was good. Paul Jones made a lightweight and durable bag with a waterproofed wooden stability [...]

In business, proper planning and preparation is often the difference between success and failure. Future proofing your eBay business, avoiding penalties and getting the best ranking for your products requires you to follow eBay policies. Currently, that means having an eBay active content compliant design before June 2017. As an [...]

As the way we use the internet changes, so does the online landscape. When people started to shop online, both retail and the way we use the internet changed irreversibly. Many large retailers ignored online shopping. Many of the biggest high street retailers disappeared as a result. The future of [...]

eBay announced in the Spring 2016 Seller Release that they are stopping the use of Active Content in eBay Listings.  Active content includes JavaScript, Flash, Form Actions and plug-ins. This active content inhibits purchases on mobile devices and also poses potential security risks. From Spring 2017 eBay will limit the [...]

eBay – who’d have thought the simple idea of an online auction would have grown into such a commercial success? Figures from January 2016 show that 162 million people use the site and that there are 25 million sellers listing 800 million items. It’s easy, quick and there are some [...]