Articles Index

Fulfillment (Partner)

New sellers on eBay are often befuddled by the continuous talk of "fulfillments" and "fulfillment partners." What are these terms all about, and why are they important for you?

Sell-Through Percentage

Sell-through percentage is one of the most important metrics that sellers use to monitor performance and enhance their decision-making and marketing ability on eBay.

Item Listing

All of the eBay information out there continually mentions these things called "item listings." But what are they? What, exactly, is an item listing?

Top-rated Seller

The Top-rated Seller icon appears on many desirable eBay item listings. What does it mean when a seller is a "Top-Rated Seller" on eBay?

Retaliatory Feedback

Retaliatory feedback is one of the most contentious and controversial feedback issues on eBay.

Feedback Percentage

Feedback percentage is a simple and easily referenced component of the eBay feedback system.

Completed Listings

Completed listings are items that are no longer available for sale but continue to appear in eBay's search database. They can be accessed and searched by following a few simple steps.

Feedback

The word "feedback" is central to just about any discussion about eBay, whether one is buying or selling. Feedback actually refers to several things.

Feedback Score

Feedback Scores are a simple and easily referenced component of the eBay feedback system.

Positive Feedback

Positive feedback consists of complimentary reports left by eBay members about their trading partners.

Negative Feedback

Negative feedback is complaining feedback left by a transacting partner.

Second Chance Offer

A second chance offer can give bidders and sellers alike a second chance to complete a transaction without needing to pay extra fees or place extra bids.

Bid Retraction

Bid retractions can be made by prospective buyers only under very specific circumstances.

Proxy Bidding

Proxy Bidding: the system eBay uses to allow bidders to compete for an item without having to watch it continuously.

Unwelcome Bidding

Unwelcome Bidding: What it means on eBay

Detailed Seller Ratings (DSR)

Detailed Seller Ratings have created consternation amongst eBay sellers and happiness amongst many longtime buyers.

Shill Bidding

Shill Bidding: What it means on eBay

Brick-and-mortar

Brick-and-mortar refers precisely to the kind of business that eBay is not: a business based on a retail storefront or physical location.

Buyer's Remorse

Buyer's remorse occurs when a winning bidder decides only too late that he or she does not actually want to buy an item after all.

Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV)

Gross Merchandise Volume is one of the most important numbers in the eBay trading world.

Getting Sniped

Getting sniped is one of an eBay shopper's least favorite things to do.

Mail Forwarding System

The eBay Mail Forwarding System: what it is, why it's used, and links to more information.

Power Seller

Power Seller: What it means on eBay

Best Match

If you're an eBay seller, you need to know what "best match" is. Not only can it determine how buyers see you, it can determine whether you make many sales or few, whether you thrive on eBay or fail.

Reserve Price

Reserve Price: The price below which a seller will not be required to sell.