eBay Listing Types – Auction & Fixed Price

What can be sold on eBay With 15000 categories, most legal things can be sold on eBay.  https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/prohibited-restricted-items?id=4207 Sellers should avoid the following: Product requiring a licence e.g. alcohol, tobacco Recalled items Restricted Some brands (e.g. high end fashion brands) do not like products sold on eBay.  eBay has a programme called VERO that enables […]

Instructional eCommerce Videos

At VendLab we love sharing our knowledge of all thing’s eCommerce, so we have created VendLab eCommerce School – a YouTube channel dedicated to eCommerce instructional videos. Alongside our educational videos, there are recording of our eCommerce Odyssey Podcast which features interviews with interesting people in the eCommerce world Amazon Understanding Amazon FBA SettingsUnderstanding what […]

Understanding eBay Settings – Postage, Business Policies & Buyer Requirements

Account settings is where a seller customizes the setting which are required to run their account Business information This section is where your business details are specified.  These include: Username.  Your username can only be changed every 30 days. Your usernames can include letters, numbers and some symbols. Usernames must be at least six characters […]

Understanding eBay Fees, Discounts and Invoices

eBay charges several fees for listing on its marketplace: Insertion fee Final Value (FVF) fee Payment processing fee Listing upgrades Note:  Fees vary across eBay territories.  What may be free in one territory may not be free in another. Insertion fee The insertion fee is the fee to list an item on the eBay marketplace.  […]

eBay Account Types and Selling Limits

Before you can start selling on eBay, you first need to set up an account.  There are two types of account: Private and business Private seller account To sign up for an eBay account, all you need is your email address. Before the account can be used for buying and selling, this email must be […]

How to find great products to sell on eBay, Amazon and your own website.

Search Queries By looking for popular and trending keyword searches, you can establish market trends and popular products. There are some are free products that provide keyword volumes: Google trends. Show trending searches across the world. Google keyword planner provides search term volume for Google ads customers. Amazon search volume. Sonar is a free Amazon […]

Branding for your eCommerce Business

Whether you are selling your own label or branded products, you will need a business identity. While many online businesses, especially marketplace sellers, will trade under a generic name (e.g., XYZ trading), it is best to invest in developing a brand that identifies your business and helps build customer loyalty. Whilst a brand is usually […]

Why Sell on eBay

eBay is one of the biggest online marketplaces in the world, with over 300 million users. Whilst it is not the market leader it once was, it is still a major eCommerce player. In this video, we look at why your business should have a presence on eBay. Benefits of selling on eBay 187m buyers […]

eBay Listing Best Practice

We are frequently asked about best practise for eBay listings and so we thought we should collect together all the best sources for eBay optimi-sation advice. eBay Gold Standard Listings eBay have produced the following guide for creating ‘Gold Standard Listings’. All reasonably entry level stuff but relevant nevertheless. ListSmart List Smart is a recently launched tool which […]