eBay for Business

Lee interviewed Griff about his 5 tips for stimulating eBay sales, originally posted in eBay for Business (http://www.ebayforbusinessblog.com). 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 seller 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.

Griff reassured listeners that Hurricane Harvey will not impact seller performance; get details on the Announcements board at http://announcements.ebay.com.

This week, eBay is matching donations up to $250,000 to 4 organizations supporting disaster relief efforts in Texas. To donate, go to https://www.paypal.com/fundraiser/107650864193216482.

Lisa, Houston TX (thegreenhouse2), called in about Harvey's impact. Griff and Lee discussed Tuesday's launch of Question & Answer (Q&A) on product pages.

Griff and Lee discussed Hurricane Harvey's impact on post offices; for information on postal service disruptions due to natural disasters such as weather events, go to USPS' Service Alerts page under the Newsroom tab at http://about.usps.com. CB, Chicago IL (c.b.), had a listing that wasn't showing up in search results. Ron, Birmingham AL (oilerman21), called to share a shipping request.

Lee shared ReplyManager's latest Advice for the Entrepreneur. Vinal, Wolcott CT (vsdsales), called about Guaranteed Delivery requirements. Griff and Lee reviewed the list of eBay Open 2017 workshop videos now available at http://www.ebayopen2017.com.

 

 

eBay's EMEA and APAC Marketplaces have new Senior VPs. eBay Inc. and Mall for Africa have expanded their strategic partnership to include selling by African eBayers (http://stores.ebay.com/mallforafrica). Ron, Birmingham AL (oilerman21), asked for a listing dish.

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 seller 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.

 

2017 eBay SHINE Awards category winner - Charitable Business! Our guest is Mariam D'Eustachio, Director of Administration, Community Forklift, known on eBay as communityforklift.

http://www.communityforklift.org

eBay Executives Unplugged! Our guest is Brian Burke, eBay's Director of Seller Evangelism.

The colorful new line of eBay-branded shipping supplies! Our guests are eBay's Kristina Victor and Josh Balaam, Marketing Managers, Shipping.

http://www.ebay.com/supplies

Open phones, Contact Us email and more: Kristina Victor and Josh Balaam from eBay's Shipping team stayed on to give away new eBay-branded shipping supplies. Mary Jo, Plymouth MN (gemsngiftsusa), won the Secret Word Contest. Forrest, Lakewood WA (hulkhauler1), asked how to revise old listings flagged by eBay. BJ, Birch Bay WA (jebsales), called in to win the last 3 rolls of new eBay-branded tape.

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 seller 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.

Griff gave an overview of today's show and introduced the eBay Radio News with Lee Mirabal. Stories include Hurricane Harvey, a Google Chrome security update and Wonder Woman comic books. Griff and Lee discussed the sitewide rollout of Seller Hub, which will be the subject of tomorrow's Weekly Chat with eBay Staff (http://community.ebay.com/t5/Weekly-Chat-with-eBay-Staff/Community-Chat-Aug-30th-1pm-PT-Seller-Hub/m-p/27400064#M13072) at 1pm PT.

They also told listeners about eBay's newly published 2017 Holiday Playbook (http://www.ebay.com/seller-center/seasonal-playbook) and reminded eBay storeowners to use their Q3 coupon for eBay-branded shipping supplies (http://www.ebay.com/supplies), while Top Rated Sellers and Anchor Store subscribers should use their Q3 Promoted Listings credit (http://www.ebay.com/promoted listings).