eBay for Business

The latest online social marketing trends! Our guest is internet marketing futurist Marsha Collier, bestselling author of the eBay and social media For Dummies series, known on eBay as Top Rated Seller marsha_c.

http://www.coolebaytools.com

Griff gave an overview of today's show and introduced the eBay Radio News with Lee Mirabal. Stories include active content removal, a shipping label fix and 5 million feedbacks. Griff and Lee discussed the upcoming deadline for removing active content, which will be disabled across all devices on June 26.

Open phones, Contact Us email and more: David, Boca Raton FL (djmovers99), asked about a new item specific, "Bundle Listings". Cody likes selling on eBay "because it's easy and fun." A Contact Us email asked if it's OK to use the word "vintage" in a store name.

Griff and Lee read current events from the eBay Radio Seller Events Calendar, located under Seller Resources in the eBay Radio archives. 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.

Open phones, Contact Us email, and more: Griff answered a question from David, Boca Raton FL (djmovers99), earlier in the show. eBetsy called in with her latest Brief. Lee reminded everyone to register ASAP for eBay OPEN 2017, July 25-28 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, because it's selling out fast (http://www.ebayopen2017.com).

Bev, Chicago IL (samican2), called with an update about Jabber the eBay Parrot and a question about under-performing listings as shown in Seller Hub. Gina, Des Moines NM (classysoles), had an answer for Bev's question plus a question about Seller Hub statistics.

Social networking at eBay Open 2017! Our guest is Vicki Conley, known on eBay as Top Rated Seller pictureithere.

http://www.pictureithere.info

Open phones, Contact Us email and more: An Independence Day Retail Moment was brought to you by BULQ (http://www.bulq.com). Lee reminded us that the judges are evaluating this year's SHINE Awards submissions; community voting will begin at the end of this month for the winners of eBay's second annual Small Business of the Year Contest (http://www.ebay.com/shineawards).

David, Boca Raton FL (djmovers99) asked about free returns getting a boost in search. Bruce, Roscoe IL (pacificbearing), asked how to sign up for eBay OPEN workshops (http://www.ebayopen2017.com/workshops) when already registered for the event.

 

Top 5 mistakes made by new eBay sellers! Our guest is Glen Zubia, Jr., known on eBay as Top Rated Seller gcustoms41.

http://www.hustlerhacks.com

Lee talked about yesterday's tragic Washington, DC, baseball practice and San Francisco UPS shootings; our hearts go out to those impacted. eBay is requesting sellers' help in opposing  internet sales tax legislation in Washington state. David, Delray Beach FL (tenorsax47), had a suggestion about Promotions Manager.

Jessie Babiarz, Senior Manager, eBay Seller Engagement, popped in along with Dean Moussalli, eBay Seller Marketing, to give us an update on eBay OPEN 2017.  (http://www.ebayopen2017.com).

Chris, Grand Junction CO (seriousfun4u), called to follow up on a question from Ron (oilerman21) on Tuesday's show. He also discussed movie trivia with Griff and Lee.

 

Chris, Grand Junction CO (seriousfun4u), stayed on with his comments for Ron (oilerman21). Entrepreneurial tip #2 was sponsored by ReplyManager (http://www.replymanager.com). Ron, Birmingham AL (0ilerman21), called in to thank Chris for his comments. First-time caller Cody, Plover WI (cool20cody), called in to say how much he enjoys selling and enjoys the show.