Gumtree sign up to Get Safe Online
Gumtree have joined forces with a host of high profile companies including the government, SOCA, and PayPal as a sponsor of Get Safe Online. Gumtree Head of Trust and Safety, Katie Kitiri said they are “committed to collaborating across the industry to help raise awareness of safety issues involved while dealing with strangers you meet online” Get Safe Online aims to do just that. If you already trade on Gumtree you’re probably aware that transactions are generally carried out in person, rather than distance selling on marketplaces such as eBay. Gumtree alread

ebay Australia: Free listings and new buyer emails
Good news if you’re Australian, you’ve got two days (26th – 27th November) to list as many auctions and fixed price listings on eBay as you can for free. There are the normal restrictions with a few categories like motors not qualifying and of course the duplicate listing policy remains in force. The promotion is only available to users based in

Search Outage Credits appearing on eBay invoices
It has to be said eBay have moved pretty fast to recompense sellers for the search outage of last weekend. Fee credits for affected listings are already starting to appear in sellers accounts. Whilst the search outage was a best a pain and at worst may have put some buyers off revisiting eBay entirely it’s good to see eBay stumping up and doing their utmost to put things right.

eBay add tracking feature for selected carriers
eBay have enabled tracking numbers in Selling Manager Pro (SMP)which is great news for both buyers and sellers. Hopefully it’ll cut down on the “where’s my item” questions as buyers are able to track the item themselves. Click to embiggenThere’s a new button in SMP which when clicked allows you to enter tracking numbers in bulk. Default carriers are Royal Mail,

50% off eBay.com auction insertion fees today
eBay.com and eBay Canada are offering 50% off insertion fees for auctions starting today, 25th November, a saving of between 5c and $2 per listing depending on start price. A few categories – mainly the usual suspects: vehicles, some business and industrial listings – are excluded, so do read the small print before you list. Sellers will need to have 12 month DSRs averaging 4.5 or higher across all four criteria to be eligible, or be so new that they don’t yet have DSRs.