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eBay’s UK’s general manager, Murray Lambell, will be the first to admit that eBay hasn’t always got everything right during its 22 years in business. However, Lambell insists that the online marketplace listens to its community of sellers and constantly makes improvements. In a recent post to eBay SellerCentre, Lambell [...]

As eBay design and optimisation experts, it is our job to gauge the temperature of the online marketplace and recommend solutions to help our sellers sell more. With 29 million customers using eBay’s UK platform every month, an increase of 5 million on pre-pandemic levels, eBay is “red hot” at [...]

Starting a business on eBay or Amazon can be a straightforward process. You have stock, you list it, you sell it, and then it’s just a question of rinse and repeat. However, growing your business on eBay or Amazon is a much more complicated affair. As your business grows, you [...]

Optimising your eBay listings for the many different seasonal opportunities should be a priority on your holiday marketing "to-do" list. But who has the time at this time of the year to update their holiday-themed templates for Halloween, Black Friday, Christmas, New Year, and the January Sales? Celebrating the festive [...]

eBay Promoted Listings is a promotional strategy that some sellers might be running scared of this Halloween. Many online retailers are asking the eBay optimisation team at Frooition, are Promoted Listings just a trick to increase eBay seller fees or are they a treat that will help them improve their [...]

The month of October and Halloween traditionally marks the start of the busy holiday sales season with eBay sellers gearing up for what should be the most wonderful time of the year. But 2021 is no ordinary year (as if you needed reminding). Instead, many online retailers are navigating what [...]

Are you cross selling on eBay to boost sales? As we mentioned in our 10 eBay essentials, cross promotion is a huge part of optimising listings. One of Frooition's most powerful features is the dynamic cross promotion sections within every eBay product listing template. Dynamic Cross selling on eBay offers alternative products [...]

Direct Plants are a celebrated, eBay award winning, seller. They have built a hugely successful eBay business over the last 15 years. They reached the pinnacle of what is possible on eBay, the team turned their focus to e-commerce... Their legacy website, running on an old self-hosted platform did not perform [...]

In recent years the personalised product and gift market has flourished, online sellers are embracing the buyer demand to add personalised offering to their ranges. Selling personalised and customised products online on eBay has always been a great option and now it has become easier than ever. There really is [...]

Custom eBay brand design sets you apart from competitors and keeps customers in your eBay listings for longer. Not just exciting visuals, custom eBay listing design can include extra sales features like video in listings, dynamic cross-promotion and software for motors and motor parts sellers. It’s important that your customers know [...]

Once considered an auction house for bedroom sellers, eBay is now a reliable multi-channel marketplace that allows blue-chip sellers to offer their branded products to a huge audience. Adding to Amazon’s marketplace lets you increase the level of exposure your products get and reach a much bigger audience. There are [...]

Did you know that nearly 2/3rds of 7-figure ecommerce businesses saw their revenue either increase or stay the same since the global pandemic hit earlier this year?  Customers shifted their consumption almost entirely online when stay at home orders were put in place this spring, which led to an explosion [...]

eBay has today announced the September / Fall 2019 seller release update. Rob Hattrell, VP of eBay.co.uk, outlines the updates here: The full list of changes are here:  Changes to Promote your listings Updates to Seller Hub Offer for new Seller Hub Promotions Enhanced seller protection Simplifying eBay Policies Updates [...]

  You can sell all types of vehicles including cars, trucks and motorcycles, as well as their parts and accessories in the motors category on eBay UK motors. Vehicles, parts and accessories can be listed in the same formats as most other product categories. You can choose to list as [...]

Traffic is guaranteed on eBay. But converting viewers into customers and increasing order value will always be a challenge. For your business to grow, you should be cross selling on eBay. When done right, cross selling can help customers, shorten the purchase journey, and increase revenue.   What is cross [...]

Platform loyalty allows you to simplify your inventory and distribution process. But it also puts your business at risk. When all your sales on one platform, suspensions or account issues are costly. For example, if you only sell on Amazon, an account suspension could end your business. Also, no matter how [...]

In 2013 Paul Jones started a business from his home, making bags. His personal mantra is "make a good start Jones" and so he named the business Goodstart Jones. And as starts go, this one certainly was good. Paul Jones made a lightweight and durable bag with a waterproofed wooden stability [...]

Bernard Savage make bespoke kitchens and furniture. They manufacture and sell from their showroom in Wolverhampton, where customers can see and touch the solid wood pieces. Buying from Bernard Savage is a unique luxury experience. Customers can even select raw tree trunks to have furniture carved from. However, they had [...]

eBay has over 168 million active buyers and it's growing daily. So how do you make your listings stand out from the crowd and convert to sales? Let's run through the six key features every eBay listing needs to entice customers and convince them to buy.   1. Quality Images [...]

Frooition have created a whole host of eBay certified listing tools and software. But our most popular is eBay Bulk Revision. Doing just as its name suggests, Bulk Revision allows sellers to revise and edit listings in bulk lots. Using bulk edit, you can edit a thousand listings in the same time [...]