eBay Spring 2012 Seller Update

Each season we try to highlight the Seller Release updates that occur by bringing Jim “Griff” Griffiths onto ePN TV to explain what the changes mean to you. Well, this time eBay Ink Blogger, Richard Brewer-Hay, beat us to it and got Griff on camera before we could (you can imagine the contractual disputes and subsequent bidding war that ensued). … Read more…

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ePN TV: Julia and Adam Answer Publisher Questions

On any given week we get a bunch of questions from our Partners about a variety of topics. Sometimes those questions are posted in the forums or on the blog, other times they are sent via email. We thought it would make sense to gather them up and answer some of them on ePN TV.

On this week’s episode Julia … Read more…

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Blog Changes and Enhancements

Over the last few weeks we’ve been busy making improvements to the ePN blog that we hope will improve the overall user experience. First, we migrated our five global blog properties in-house from servers they had resided on in Europe. There were a few hiccups around comments and such, but those issues have been resolved.

This past week we made … Read more…

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eBay CEO, John Donahoe, to Keynote at Mobile World Congress

Next week eBay CEO, John Donahoe, will be speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in a keynote panel session called “The Connected Consumer.” John joins the CEOs of Best Buy and IPG to talk about how brands can best reach the increasing connected consumer on electronic devices:

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How to Unlock the eBay ‘Product Based Experience’ with the API

Traditionally, when searching on eBay, shoppers look to find items listed in the marketplace that are organised nicely into categories on the eBay site. A few tweaks of the item filters later and the shopper has narrowed their search sufficiently in order to peruse a range of highly relevant choices.

Now this is great when shopping for more generic/commodity items … Read more…

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ePN TV: Introducing Saquib Pasha, Marketplace Liaison

It’s an exciting time to be a part of eBay Partner Network. It’s a new year filled with promise and enthusiasm AND we’re excited to have several new faces joining our team. This week we’d like to introduce you to Saquib Pasha our Marketplace Liaison.

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INFOGRAPHIC: The Driving Force Behind Mobile Commerce

Gartner estimates that mobile transactions could hit $31 billion in the next four years. That’s really not hard to fathom considering eBay did $5 billion in mobile commerce in 2011 alone. But, while we know that mobile shopping is here to stay, what are some of the factors that drive its growth? Hybris has released some notable trends that are … Read more…

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eBay Exclusive on the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet!

We’re excited to announce an amazing eBay exclusive on the NOOK Tablet by Barnes & Noble, but you need to act fast as this deal ends at 11:59 PM PT on Friday February 17th.

Here are the relevant details:

  • Dates:  12:01am PT on Thursday Feb 16 – 11:59pm PT on Fri Feb 17
  • Item:  NOOK Tablet
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EARN 30% MORE IN FRANCE AND ITALY THIS SPRING

eBay Partner Network is very pleased to offer all publishers promoting the French and Italian programmes an opportunity to enjoy higher commission rates between the 1st of March and 31st of May 2012. Although there is no conditional traffic volume increase, we hope that you will take advantage of the promotion and explore new innovative ways of promoting … Read more…

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ePN TV: Introducing Adam Anderson as Global Initiatives Manager

This week Julia Barrett, ePN’s Head of North America introduces us to ePN’s newest team member, Adam Anderson. Adam comes to us from the legal world and has been brought in to head our Global Initiatives Program.

“eBay’s a great company. It’s actually on the forefront of a real revolution in commerce – not just online commerce, but commerce in Read more…

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