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This is just a quick post to let you know that eBay will be holding a Workshop tomorrow about the new Digital Downloads Policy from 2:00 to 3:00 PM on April 11th.

Hopefully, this will shed some light on any confusion about the new policy.

Description: The recent change in the Digital Download policy has many sellers of items delivered by download confused and concerned about the viability of their businesses on eBay. Have no fear! Sellers of “delivery by download” merchandise now have an excellent opportunity to adjust their selling and marketing to increase their visibility and their potential sales. Brian Burke and Jim Griffith with be available during this workshop to provide tips and advice to all sellers of downloadable media on a range of related topics including:

• Exploring and highlighting the policy details
• Taking full advantage of the Classified Ad format
• Utilizing effective marketing and promotion of your content items
• Offering content on physical media to boost sales
• How to make sure your all you digital content listings are in full compliance with eBay policy

Brian and Griff will also answer any question or concern you might have about the recent policy change.

Cheers,

Deirdre
eBay Community Development

Access the Discussion Board here.

Best Regards,

Keith

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock lately, you know that as of
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I have just learned that as of March 31, 2008, selling Digital Items that are digitally delivered will be banned from eBay and will be in violation of their policies.

Here is a link to the announcement:

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200803241300132.html 

There is also a lot of talk about it on eBay’s Discussion Board.

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=1000671814&start=80

Now, as I understand it,  this does not only affect eBook sellers. This affects anyone selling items delivered digitally.

This can include:

• eBooks
• Audio/mp3
• Digital Videos
• Websites
• Domain Names
• Graphic Design Services
• Photo Services
• And any other service delivered electronically.

Looks like to continue selling Digital Downloads, you would have to burn the item onto a CD which would make it a physical product. The only bad thing about this is that it takes away the complete automation of your business, as you would need to develop a system to burn the product onto a CD, pack it, label it, then mail it.

But, this also opens up more options for listing the items on eBay. You would no longer be restricted to listing only as a “Buy It Now”, it could now be listed in the traditional Auction Format since it is now a physical product.

You could also ship any additional purchases for free since all of them can be burned onto the same CD, which would create a huge opportunity for upsells.

This is a huge change for those of us that sell Digital Items on eBay, but with a little positive attitude and creativity, we can make it work.

Stay tuned, as I will post updates as they are available.

Please feel free to share your comments, suggestions, and ideas.

Best Regards,

Keith

I just found this posted on one of eBay’s discussion boards:

As part of the changes Bill Cobb announced on Tuesday, effective February 20, 2008, Store Inventory and Fixed Price listings must have a starting price of at least $1.00. The Buy It Now feature, which can be added to Auction-style listings, must also have a minimum Buy It Now price of at least $1.00.

Sellers will have 60 days (from February 20, 2008) to edit their Store Inventory Good ‘Til Cancelled listings that currently have a Buy It Now price of less than $1.00. Additionally, when revising items below $1.00, sellers will be prompted raise the price to meet the new minimum amount.

After the February 20, 2008 grace period, the remaining Store Inventory Good ‘Til Cancelled inventory under $1.00 will remain active and will continue to automatically relist, however, these items will not surface to buyers in search results. These items will be suspended from appearing in search until they have been revised to meet the new minimum price. Selling tools will also be updated in support of these changes. Markdown Manager will not permit items to be marked down below $1.00, while Best Offers will be restricted to a minimum of $1.00.

To update your live Store Inventory listings that currently have a start price below $1.00, follow the below steps:

My eBay, Selling Manager, and Selling Manager Pro
1. Within Items I’m Selling in My eBay, or the Active listings view in Selling Manager and Selling Manager Pro, click the check box next to the listings you want to edit. Then, click on the Edit button at the top or bottom of the section.
2. You’ll be taken to a screen where you can choose which fields you want to edit and whether you want to edit in mass (edit many individual listings separately on the same page) or in bulk (apply the exact same change to many listings at the same time).

File Exchange
1. Using the File Exchange Center, upload a file with the action equal to Revise for each listing you want to edit.
2. Include the Item ID of the listings If you wish to edit your items, include the column headers and relevant information you wish to edit. You will need to ensure the file you submit complies with the edit or end rules
3. Visit the File Exchange Center for more information on how to use File Exchange to list items.

Blackthorne Basic and Pro
1. On Monitor Listings, select the running Store Inventory listings. Go to Listing Actions -> Bulk Change Fields. Select the fields to be changed and click on Assign.

We hope this clarifies the changes.

Thank you,
The Stores Team

Just thought you might like to know about this in case you haven’t heard it yet!

Best Regards,

Keith

Typically when eBay makes changes to its fee structure, there’s a hue and cry from sellers. But on January 29, 2008, eBay not only changed its fee structure, it made major changes to feedback and to the way it serves up search results. This article summarizes the changes and includes links to resources on eBay and AuctionBytes.com to learn more.There was some confusion over the pricing changes as sellers tried to determine how lower insertion fees and higher Final Value fees would affect their bottom line. But much of the seller reaction from AuctionBytes readers revolved around changes to feedback.

One change that isn’t getting much attention but may have far-reaching effects once it is rolled out is eBay’s change to the default sort-order of search results. eBay is making Best Match the default sort order using an algorithm based on a number of factors. This may make it difficult for sellers to find their items in search results, and AuctionBytes is expecting some reaction from sellers – and buyers – once Best Match rolls out and its effects can be seen.

Fee Changes
The fee changes affect sellers differently depending on their listing style (whether they use the 35-cent Gallery photo feature, which eBay is making free) and sell-through rates. Because eBay lowered listing fees and raised commission fees (FVFs), it would appear that the better your sell-through rate, the more likely this will feel like a fee increase. Conversely, the lower your sell-through rate, the more likely it will feel like a fee decrease. To help sellers estimate how their businesses may be affected, AuctionBytes published an eBay Fee Calculator provided by a reader named Andrew (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/pages/feecalc).

In addition, PowerSellers who achieve high DSR scores will receive a discount, as follows:

• If you are a PowerSeller and all four of your detailed seller ratings (DSRs) for the past 30 day period are 4.6 or higher, you qualify for a 5% discount on Final Value Fees.
• If you are a PowerSeller and all four of your detailed seller ratings (DSRs) for the past 30 day period are 4.8 or higher, you qualify for a 15% discount on Final Value Fees.

Link to eBay Fee changes:
http://pages.ebay.com/sell/update08/basic/index.html

Link to AuctionBytes Blog, where there are over 100 comments:
http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2008/1/1201610871.html

Feedback Changes
eBay is taking away sellers’ ability to leave negative feedback for buyers, and among our readers, it appears this is a hot-button issue. However, eBay has addressed some of the concerns sellers have around the Feedback system. Here is a summary of the changes:

• Sellers will no longer be able to leave negative or neutral Feedback for buyers (beginning in May 2008).
• Buyers and sellers will be able to earn up to one Feedback per week from the same trading partner (beginning in February 2008).
• Feedback more than 12-months old won’t count towards a user’s Feedback percentage.
• When a buyer doesn’t respond to the Unpaid Item (UPI) process, the negative or neutral Feedback they have left for that transaction will be removed.
• When a member is suspended, all their negative and neutral Feedback will be removed. (Negative or neutral Feedback left by currently suspended members will be removed in late May or June 2008.)
• Buyers must wait 3 days before leaving negative or neutral Feedback for sellers with an established track record – “to encourage communication.”
• All Feedback must be left within 60 days (compared to 90 days today) of listing end – “to encourage timely Feedback and discourage abuse.”
• Feedback percentage will be based on the last 12 months, although the total count remains lifetime. This means that any negative or neutral feedback left more than 12 months ago will no longer affect a user’s percent positive score.
• Buyers will be held more accountable when sellers report an unpaid item or commit other policy violations.

Many sellers have expressed concern that bad buyers may extort them with the threat of negative feedback, and taking away the ability to leave a buyer negative feedback takes away sellers’ leverage. eBay states, “We’ll increase our monitoring, and take action based on seller reports of buyers behaving very badly.” eBay also said it would increase the “block bidder list” capacity from 1,000 to 5,000 user IDs. Some sellers have said the feature will no longer be useful, however: since buyers won’t have any negatives, sellers won’t know whom to block.

Link to eBay Feedback changes:
http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/new.html

Link to the AuctionBytes Blog, where there are over 800 comments:
http://blog.auctionbytes.com/cgi-bin/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2008/1/1201611437.html

New Seller Standards
eBay said it would discourage bad seller behavior through decreased listings exposure in search and through safe payment requirements. Starting in February, eBay will decrease listings exposure in search for the “relatively small” number of sellers who have a high buyer dissatisfaction rate and low DSRs over the last 30 days, especially for charging excessive shipping and handling.

Secondly, eBay will begin requiring sellers with high buyer dissatisfaction rates to offer a safe payment option. Last year, eBay began requiring all new sellers to offer PayPal or a major credit card as a safe payment option. This year, eBay is expanding that requirement to include “a small number of sellers who have the worst rates of buyer dissatisfaction or who have less than 100 total feedback.”

Also, beginning in July 2008, sellers will need to have a minimum 4.5 score in all four DSR criteria over a 12-month period to be designated a PowerSeller.

eBay will introduce a dashboard where sellers will be able to view the following account information: PowerSeller status; Account billing status; Final value fee discount qualification; Policy violations and risk of restriction; Buyer satisfaction (based on feedback, DSRs and complaints). eBay stated, ” You’ll basically have the same view as customer support, so there should be no more complaints about not knowing where you stand at eBay.”

Best Match Search Visibility
Beginning in March, eBay will make Best Match the default sort method site-wide. In addition, eBay will begin using the most recent 30 days of Detailed Seller Ratings in the Best Match algorithm to “differentiate between sellers who provide a positive buying experience and the small percentage that don’t.” The algorithm for Best Match will continue to include factors such as Time Ending Soonest. eBay said Best Match will become the default sort in search to give more buyers the results they want and Best Match will:

• Increase exposure for sellers with DSRs 4.6 and above and at least 95% customer satisfaction in the last 30 days.
• Decrease exposure for sellers with low customer satisfaction or Shipping & Handling DSRs.

PayPal Protection for eBay PowerSellers
eBay announced that, starting in February, PayPal will offer eBay PowerSellers extended protection under the existing Seller Protection Policy:

• PayPal will no longer require that PowerSellers ship to confirmed addresses for items sold on eBay. Every address in the PayPal system will be considered a confirmed address for PowerSellers.
• For PowerSellers there will no longer be an annual $5,000 limit on seller protection.
• Seller protection will be extended to cover transactions with buyers in additional international markets. (Sellers should make sure they understand the shipping requirements for international transactions.)
• The Unpaid Item Protection Program that refunds feature fees to PowerSellers in the event of an unpaid item will become a permanent benefit of the PowerSeller program.

eBay has raised the requirements of its PowerSeller program. Also, note that sellers should read and understand the limitations of PayPal’s Seller Protection Policy in detail (https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/ua/policy_spp-outside).

PayPal Blog:
http://www.thepaypalblog.com/weblog/2008/01/coming-soon-exp.html

Additional Links:

eBay’s announcement of changes, January 29, 2008:
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/core/200801290559182.html

Video of eBay executives introducing changes to PowerSellers at the Ecommerce Forum, January 29, 2008:
http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/pmtv001/25201

Video of eBay executives answering questions about the changes (Ecommerce Forum, January 29, 2008):
http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/pmtv001/25431

AuctionBytes Podcast Interviews
http://podcast.auctionbytes.com

AuctionBytes Blog
http://blog.auctionbytes.com

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