May 6eBay to Change How Promoted Listings Standard Fees Are CalculatedeBay has contacted its sellers to advise them that the online marketplace is changing how it calculates its Promoted Listings Standard fees. Promoted Listings Standard fees are currently based on the final selling price of an item. However, from June 1, 2022, these fees will be based on the total…E Bay2 min read
Dec 21, 2021Have your eBay sales fallen off a cliff?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…E Bay4 min read
Dec 21, 2021Why every online retailer should be blogging + 5 tools to get you startedAs a content marketer employed by an eCommerce store developer, one of the first places I look when checking out a new retail site is the company blog. Almost every eCommerce site has a blog, but very few are ever properly utilised. This is a real shame because a company…Content Marketing4 min read
Oct 20, 2021Are eBay Promoted Listings a Trick or Treat this Halloween?eBay Promoted Listings is a promotional strategy that some sellers might be running scared of this Halloween. …E Bay4 min read
Oct 19, 2021Has Christmas Come Early for eBay Sellers?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…E Bay4 min read
Sep 9, 2021Wearing My Heart on My Sleeve and Learning to Accept FailureIf you spend any time on social media where entrepreneurs hang out, you’ll be more than familiar with the cult of failure. In a move to destigmatize failure, we’re told to actually embrace failure and even learn how to fail fast. There is, of course, a sound business case for…Failure2 min read
May 3, 2021The One Client Creatives Should Never NeglectI gave up working the nine-to-five many years ago. When you work for an international client base, you give up losing sleep over losing sleep pretty quickly. Midnight Zoom meetings with clients on the west coast of the United States are no big deal for this UK-based content marketer. I’ll go above and beyond the call of duty for all of my clients just to keep them happy. …Writing4 min read
Jan 26, 2021How the Covid-19 pandemic made me fall in love with cycling local roads againSometimes you don’t appreciate what’s on your own doorstep until you are forced to take a closer look. In many ways, the Covid-19 pandemic has made me realize how lucky I am to have so many great bike routes so close to home. …Cycling6 min read
Jan 25, 2021Cycling through a PandemicThe Portugal Pie Eaters had a lot of big plans for 2020. You won’t be surprised to hear when I say — all of them were all cancelled. Looking to the future, well, for the time being, at least, it’s hard to be optimistic about 2021. But make no mistake…Cycling9 min read
Jan 14, 2021Could a Free Design App Disrupt the Graphic Design Industry?A picture is worth a thousand words — or so they say. As someone who earns a living from writing, my problem with that statement is that I’m a terrible graphic designer. I’m not alone in this problem. Whenever I speak with fellow writers, they always tell me that they…Blogging3 min read