Powersellers Blog

Source: Sun Developer Network
“The eBay Developers Program started in 2000, mostly by accident,” said Greg Isaacs, developer of the eBay Developers Program. “We found out that there were commerce sites out there using our infrastructure — basically screen-scraping HTML to use the eBay resources. So we started supporting development on the Java platform and other [...]

Source: eBay
Category structures will be updated in mid-November based on feedback received from the eBay Community and from experts in the affected fields. You may provide category structure feedback at any time by clicking here.
Upcoming category updates:
BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL
Look for changes under Agriculture & Forestry, Healthcare, Lab & Life Science, Industrial Supply, MRO, and Office, [...]

Source: eBay
As many of you may know, a new storm - Hurricane Wilma - has struck the state of Florida. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted. Communication, shipping, and other buying and selling activities may be temporarily interrupted by the storm, so, we ask that you use patience if you have any [...]

Source: eBay
Formerly known as Seller’s Assistant, Blackthorne is eBay’s all-in-one desktop software that has been redesigned and improved to give Sellers more power, more customization and greater flexibility in managing their growing business.
Blackthorne is available in two versions: Blackthorne Basic and Blackthorne Pro. Click here to go to the eBay Blackthorne home page.
Blackthorne Basic
Ideal [...]

Source: USNews
Meg Whitman leads by not leading, bosses by not bossing, and manages by not managing. And yet the 49-year-old CEO of eBay presides over a company that has been described as growing faster in its first decade than any other enterprise in the history of capitalism.
Since Whitman joined eBay in early 1998, its [...]

Source: eBay
eBay University is coming to Philadelphia, PA and Cleveland, OH on Saturday, October 29th. Don’t miss your opportunity to learn all about selling on eBay from the experts - right in your hometown. Choose from one of the 2 courses below at either location to get started selling or increase your sales.
Attend the Selling [...]

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What is it?
“it”, the new eBay brand campaign launched on October 20, 2005. “The campaign is designed to attract buyers by celebrating the extremely wide range of great things you can buy on eBay, just in time for the holiday shopping season,” writes Kevin McSpadden, eBay Brand Marketing Director.
We’re looking to make a big [...]

Source: BusinessWeek Online
If eBay is any indication, this holiday season could be more of a nail-biter for e-commerce companies than most folks had expected. On the surface, you wouldn’t think so: The online marketplace reported results on Oct. 19 that met analysts’ third-quarter profit and sales expectations, hiking profits 40%, to $255 million, or 18 [...]

Source: BetaNews
eBay CEO Meg Whitman went toe-to-toe with a financial analyst during the company’s quarterly earnings conference call over the purchase of VoIP provider Skype. Analysts have criticized the buy, saying eBay overpaid for a technology that, at least at first look, will not advance its core business.
However, Whitman disagreed with that assessment. “By combining [...]

Just when you thought it was safe to read the PowerSellers Blog again its…

Where I find some freaky auctions on eBay and share them with y’all.
No theme this week, just a bunch of random goofiness again!
Ghost-Faced Pickle Chips
The Seller writes this story: “I had gone grocery shopping just the other day and had to get [...]