The trial of allowing sellers on eBay to list any item without an insertion fee has apparently gone so well that the policy has gone into permanent effect. But as well as ultimately meaning you’ll pay more money, items listed with the ‘no insertion fee’ policy may also now feature advertisements. More »
Back in May, eBay began listing results from its UK and US sites in amongst local products on its Australian site. Now local sellers are getting a partial payback: since October 19, some Australian listings are appearing on eBay.co.uk. More »
From October 10, eBay is going to start showing groups of results when searching for particular kinds of gadgets, rather than a vertical listing as it does in other categories. The change will affect items listed in the mobile phone, digital camera and Apple laptops categories. More »
The changes to eBay’s fee structure which we first reported on back in July takes place today. As of now, the same final value fees apply whether you’re selling an item via auction or at a fixed price. More »
As part of a general update to its messaging system for buyers and sellers, from today eBay will begin deleting any messages older than six months in user ‘My Messages’ inboxes. If you have messages stored on eBay itself that you want to keep, forward them to your personal email account now or it’s likely they’ll be gone within a few days.[eBay]
eBay Australia has been promising and then delaying plans to make all sellers include a returns policy and detailed shipping information when they list items for much of this year, but it’s now definitely happening. From September 15, all listings will need to specify a returns policy, how the goods will be delivered and how much handling time will be expected. More »
Latest odd change from the world of eBay: from August 22, it will be cutting back on its categories to “make it easier for international buyers to find items”. The three big areas where this might potentially impact Lifehacker readers are in mobile phones, modems and games. However, while the changes appear to offer less choices, there’s not really any need to panic. More »
eBay Australia has made no secret of its desire to encourage new goods over second-hand ones, but this is the strongest evidence yet: from September 22, fees for auctions will be raised to match those charged for Buy It Now options. In other words: eBay doesn’t really want to run your stinking auctions no more. More »
eBay has been promising cheaper postage options for heavy users as part of its partnership with Australia Post for quite a while now, and it has finally delivered with three flat-rate postage boxes which can be used to send items weighing up to 15kg. More »
eBay is keen for you to buy goods, but rather less keen for you to get in touch when things go wrong. However, a recent revamp to its customer service portal does make it a little easier to go through that process. More »
