Amazon’s Kindle and Kindle DX are portable readers, which use wireless technology to download books, magazines, newspapers, blogs, and personal documents to a crisp, high-resolution electronic ink display with the look of real paper.
As a channel to replace eBay’s closing of the digital downloads category, the Kindle bookstore has until now only been available to [...]

Amazon’s Conference call for their Q4-2009 results will be held on 28th January, and webcast live, with archives of the broadcast held for public viewing for three months.
Amazon has announced today that it will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter 2009 financial results on 28th January 2010, at 2:00 p.m. PT / [...]

Amazon have released their first quarter financial results, and set an extremely hard act for eBay to follow, particularly after the auction site’s dismal performance in the last quarter of 2008.
A quick skim of the press release for details that jump out reveals -
Net sales increased 18% to $4.89 billion in the first quarter, compared [...]

Amazon have announced its latest mobile offering for customers- “Amazon App for BlackBerry,” which is now available as a free download directly from Amazon.com at www.amazon.com/blackberry_app.
Designed specifically for the BlackBerry, the app offers customers who use a BlackBerry device with a track ball a quick and simple way to find, discover, and buy products from [...]

Amazon has announced two welcome enhancements to the Amazon FBA service yet only one of them appears to have received much press amongst bloggers.
Sellers have often complained about receiving negative feedback from buyers concerning shipment of orders fulfilled by Amazon.  Given all the bruhaha surrounding feedback on eBay in 2008, bloggers have picked up on [...]

eBay.co.uk will be making changes to the Postage and Packaging (P&P) Policy go into effect next Tuesday (27th January).
Originally announced last year, the revised policy summarises as follows -

All sellers listing on eBay.co.uk have to specify at least one domestic postage service and P&P cost from 27 January (some categories are excluded).
eBay UK will set [...]

All the good little sellers who can’t share their toys between mid-November and mid-January each year are allowed back in the playpen again, now that Santa has gone back into hibernation.
Right on cue, Amazon has announced that the toy category has been re-opened to it’s third-party sellers.
The venue only permits qualified toy retailers to sell [...]

It doesn’t really matter whether or not you got what you wanted for Christmas, it’s the thought that counts – right?
“Mmm, not really”, I hear you saying.
OK, no problem.  Amazon have launched a new service that sells MP3 music for instant download so you can now gain instant satisfaction via your earplugs and drown out [...]

“What’s this?” I hear you say.  “Amazon increasing the adverts for taking buyers off site?  Are they doing an eBay?”
You might well ask such questions, however pause and think about it for a moment.  Amazon are offering two methods for third-party sellers to advertise on Amazon and drive sales direct to their websites.  One method [...]

Amazon Associates news have sent out an email newsletter indicating the hottest products for the holiday season. The short list below reflects what they state are the top selling items during Advent …

The two largest online book-selling channels combined this week as the Amazon acquisition of AbeBooks, originally pre-announced in August, was completed.
For AbeBooks sellers and buyers, nothing will change.  The Amazon press release about the finalisation states, “AbeBooks will continue to function as a stand-alone operation based in Victoria, British Columbia. AbeBooks will maintain all its [...]

Philipp Justus, PayPal’s senior vice president of global markets, has followed up Eddie Davis’s post on Monday regarding selling globally, with announcements of wide ranging expansions to the number of localised PayPal sites.

The latest post in the PayPal official blog states that PayPal have opened new sites in another 18 countries, and improved locally relevant information globally for another 173 countries. That’s a massive content edit and creation task and the team are to be applauded for doing it, though one does wonder if it was the root cause of so many glitches in the system this last month? Most notably the global echeques problems late last month and early this month, as well as the currently emerging one of sellers paying eBay fees that are then marked unclaimed.

Looking beyond the obvious of major PayPal site upgrades leading to temporary glitches, this week’s announcements may be indicative of some of where eBay sellers’ woes have been coming from this year.

Amazon are certainly on the ball this season.  Hot from my mailbox is news that they’re pushing their large affiliate marketing base on the benefits of selling Amazon Gift Certificates in the run up to Christmas.
Their email advises -
Gift Certificates from Amazon.co.uk are the perfect present for every occasion. Whether it’s for a birthday, wedding, [...]

The Amazon Marketplace Returns Policy has been revised to provide a new time-line for buyers to contact sellers in cases where they have received an item that is damaged, defective, or materially different than depicted in the website listing.
The revisions bring the Amazon policy, for buyers to notify sellers, broadly in line with the policy [...]

Amazon has been emailing sellers whose product photos don’t match the quality requirements the site now demands – “Shape up or you’re out” is the message being delivered.
Max at the Amazon Strategies blog posted the full details on Friday (Oct 24th) and if you’re currently selling on any Amazon site, it’s highly recommended that you [...]