eBay for Business

eBay and The Art of Shopping! Our guest is Chris Dawson, founder and editor of Tamebay, known on eBay as chris.

http://www.tamebay.com

Turning pain into purpose — and profit — through eBay for Charity! Our guest is Cori O'Steen, founder and CFO of UpakNShip, known on eBay as Top Rated Seller corijennin.

http://stores.ebay.com/UPAKNSHIP

http://www.ebay.com/charity

 

Open phones, Contact Us email and more: Billy, North Platte NB (feedingzoe), won the Secret Word Contest. Sharon, Science Hill KY (waresksscrapbooks) called to congratulate the eBay Radio team on show #700. Paula, Bigfork MT (dbruno), answered Lee's trivia question to win an item of eBayana. Ron, Birmingham AL (oilerman21), called to congratulate Lee and Griff. Maria, San Jose CA (thestylelister), asked how to calculate return shipping when using the Global Shipping Program (GSP).

8 best practices for listing on eBay! Our guest is Stephanie Franz, known on eBay as Top Rated Seller everythingvintagesteph.

http://www.everythingvintagesteph.com

Griff and Lee welcomed 2 new seller meetup groups to the eBay Radio Seller Groups Directory (located under the Seller Resources tab in the eBay Radio archives): the Kansas City eBay Seller Meetup in Liberty, MO, and the Kansas City Northland eBay Seller Meetup in Overland Park, KS.

Griff explained eBay's new "Group Similar Listings" option in search results, while Lee showed Griff how to find out what's trending on eBay at http://explore.ebay.com. Griff debunked a rumor about changes to Cassini.

Join eBay in contributing to hurricane relief efforts in Florida, Texas, Louisiana and Puerto Rico through eBay for Charity. Go to http://www.ebay.com/charity and click on Charity Shop in the left-hand sidebar, then click on the blue box that says “Make a Difference in Hurricane Relief”.

Lupe, Reston VA (hapachico), had a compliment for Lee and shared her entrepreneurial story. Rich, Elk Grove IL (appealingsigns), thanked eBay for their support of eCom Chicago, coming up October 19-21 in Elk Grove, IL; register now at http://www.ecomchicago.com. Ron, Birmingham AL (oilerman2), achieved an eBay milestone.

Griff's Facebook Live interview on Tuesday, October 10, with Scott Cutler, eBay's new Senior Vice President, Americas, was replayed. Griff and Scott discussed Scott's  new role at eBay and his commitment to sellers.

Andrea,  Mooresville NC (tookieryan), is going to be away and can't meet her usual handling time; she's opted in to Guaranteed Delivery. Tim, Fort Wayne IN (globalmartplus) sent Contact Us email with some advice for her.

Griff and Lee read current events from the eBay Radio Seller Events Calendar, located under Seller Resources in the eBay Radio archives. Click on the event’s title to see all the details. To submit your sellers group meetup or other event, go to eBayRadio.com; click on “Past Episodes” in the right-hand sidebar; then click on "Submit an Event" in the upper right-hand corner of any archives page.

Lee opened the show in Griff's absence and introduced the latest entrepreneurial tip from ReplyManager (http://www.replymanager.com), then asked listeners to call in with their entrepreneurial story. eBetsy, Dallas TX, called in to share a heartwarming only-on-eBay story from eBay's corporate blog (http://www.ebayinc.com). Lee talked about the ways and reasons people become entrepreneurs.

 

 

Rich, Chicago IL (appealingsigns), called in to share his entrepreneurial history along with the details about the upcoming eCom Chicago conference (http://www.ecomchicago.com) on October 19-21, including a discount code for eBay Radio listeners. Robbin Levin, Rye Beach NH (beadsshine), called to tell her entrepreneurial backstory as well as her experience with Guaranteed Delivery (http://www.ebay.com/guaranteeddelivery).