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eCommerce Merchants and BoldChat Partnership Provides Real-Time Valu - eCommerce Merchants, 5/13/2008
Exclusive eCommerce Merchants and BoldChat Partnership Provides Real-Time Value - Literally

First customer sees immediate ROI and signs up after the weekend.

Wichita, Kansas (PRWEB) May 13, 2008 -- The eCommerce Merchants Trade Association (www.ecommercemerchants.org) recently endorsed ...READ MORE

Spring 2008 eCommerce Summit Attracts Record Attendance and Rebuilds - eCommerce Merchants, 4/29/2008
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Spring 2008 eCommerce Summit Attracts Record Attendance and Rebuilds Homes in New Orleans

April 28, 2008 New York, NY – Over 500 Internet professionals traveled to New Orleans for the 9th eCommerce Summit (http://www.ecommerce-summit.com) which concluded on Apri...READ MORE

eCommerce Summit 2008 Guest Blogger John Lawson 3rdPowerOutlet.Com - Trading Assistant Journal, 4/28/2008
John Lawson is the President and driving force behind 3rd Power Outlet www.3rdPO.com

If you are already a member of PeSA ECMTA you may already know of John. I mean, he is hard to miss! I don’t say this just because he knows how to attract attention with his branded 3rdPowerOutlet clothing… READ MORE

EBay Chief Says Change Isn’t Over - New York Times, 4/17/2008
More changes are coming to eBay, and John Donahoe, the new boss, is girding for the repercussions.

“One of eBay’s mantras for the last 10 years was that they provide a level playing field for everyone,” says Jonathan Garriss, executive director of the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, a grou...READ MORE

PRWeb Proud Sponsor of the PESA/ECMTA 2008 Spring Summit - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/15/2008
PRWeb Proud Sponsor of the PESA/ECMTA 2008 Spring Summit

Drive sales. Boost website traffic. Increase your online influence.

Grow your small business.

PRWeb, a recognized leader in online news distribution, is a proud sponsor of the PESA/ECMTA 2008 PESA/ECMTA Spring e-Commerce S...READ MORE

PESA / ECMTA Best Practice Conference Call / List Building 4/15/08 - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/12/2008
PESA / ECMTA Best Practice Round Table Conference Call / List Building

What is the single most valuable asset for an eCommerce Merchant? Your customer database.

Are you giving your customer database the attention it deserves? If not, you should drop whatever you are doing and join us ...READ MORE

eBay Ink and inside look at the wide world of eBay, Inc - eBay Ink Blog, 4/11/2008
The topic of discussion was “Improving Your eBay DSR” and the call was hosted by Brandon Dupsky, managing director of eCommerce Markets for the E-Commerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA).

The call was interesting in that it didn’t focus on the perceived benefits or drawbacks to the Detaile...READ MORE

E-Commerce Merchants & PepperJam Launch Affiliate Network - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/10/2008
E-Commerce Merchants and PepperJam to Launch Revolutionary Managed Affiliate Network for Online Merchants

April 9, 2008 New York, NY – The E-Commerce Merchants (www.ecommercemerchants.org), a leading trade association for e-commerce education, and Pepperjam (www.pepperjam.com), an award-wi...READ MORE

PESA ECMTA Benefit Partner Feature Call w/ Deal4It 4/16/08 5:00 EST - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/9/2008
Are you looking for a new way to instantly engage the visitors to your eBay listings and get them to stop, stay on your listing and make that purchase? Well ECMTA's newest Benefit Partner Deal4It has just the tool you are looking for.

With Deal4It's RIV (Rich Interactive Video) widget buyers ...READ MORE

PESA / ECMTA Conference Call – Improving your eBay DSR’s - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/5/2008
PESA / ECMTA Best Practice Round Table Conference Call – Improving your eBay DSR’s

With the recent changes and the new importance of maintaining your eBay DSR (Detailed Seller Rating) scores to receive a higher placement in search as well as the PowerSeller discounts, I am pleased to announce ...READ MORE

eCommerce Summit update: Sponsor and Speaker List - PeSA Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, 4/4/2008
Got e-commerce? We hope so, and if you're joining us in New Orleans you'll have a lot MORE e-commerce after the event!

In fact, there are so many reasons to join us in New Orleans that we're sending out several updates over the next 3 weeks leading up to the event.

This update is basica...READ MORE

Best Practice Round Table Conference call – eBay Affiliate Marketing - E-Commerce Merchants, 4/1/2008
PESA / ECMTA Best Practice Round Table Conference call – eBay Affiliate Marketing

With a reward plan of up to a 75% rebate on your final value fees, the eBay Partner Network can generate some serious cash for eBay sellers and after a little bit of setup have it completely automated!

eBay...READ MORE

April eCommerce Summit sponsorship is Sold-Out - E-Commerce Merchants, 3/21/2008
I am pleased to announce that sponsorship for the New Orleans eCommerce Summit, hosted by PeSA, E-Commerce Merchants and Infopia, is SOLD-OUT.

We are delighted that so many prominent companies recognize the extraordinary value that eCommerce Summits represent and excited that attendees in New ...READ MORE

Best Practice Round Table Conference call– eBay Best Match - E-Commerce Merchants, 3/21/2008
PESA/ECMTA UPDATE: Best Practice Round Table Conference call– eBay Best Match

Do you know where you stand with eBay Best Match? Join us as we discuss the specific factors that will impact your success and the best practice strategies you should be using to get your listings to the top of the...READ MORE

Brandon Dupsky Joins E-Commerce Merchants as Managing Director - E-Commerce Merchants, 3/20/2008
March 17, 2008 New York, NY – The E-Commerce Merchants (www.ecommercemerchants.org) announced that Brandon Dupsky has joined the company as a Managing Director.

“We are creating a management team of industry veterans and needed someone who understands how small business owners think,” comment...READ MORE

Cresta Pillsbury joins E-Commerce Merchants - ecommwire, 3/13/2008
March 12, 2008 New York, NY – The E-Commerce Merchants (www.ecommercemerchants.org) announced that Cresta Pillsbury has joined the company as the Vice President of Business Development.

'We are delighted to welcome such a dynamic professional to our team,' said David Topkins, Managing Director...READ MORE

Ted Murphy to Keynote 2008 eCommerce Summit - E-Commerce Merchants, 3/13/2008
The E-Commerce Merchants, a leading trade association of small and medium sized e-commerce businesses, announced today that Ted Murphy, world-renowned leader in interactive marketing and founder of IZEA will be a keynote speaker at the eCommerce Summit in New Orleans on April 24th.

Mr. Murphy...READ MORE

eBay keynote and membership expansion PeSA press release - Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA), 3/10/2008
March 7, 2008 New York, NY – The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA), the world's largest trade association for eBay sellers, announced today that eBay's newly appointed President of eBay Global Marketplace Operations, Lorrie Norrington, will be the keynote speaker at 2008 New Orleans eCommerc...READ MORE
SEO Link Building for E-Commerce Sites - Search Engine Watch, 3/7/2008
Content Fallacies in SEO Link Building
Let's start by correcting a common misunderstanding about content. Just because your SEO (define) company is adding 20 pages of generic content to your site each month doesn't mean it's the type of content that will entice people to link to your site. ...READ MORE
eBay Strike Flames Out! - American Chronicle, 2/22/2008
It looks like it didn´t happen folks. Not in the numbers many anticipated, anyway. My own survey of top sellers, including members of the all-powerful Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, found that very few PowerSellers, at least, are participating in the strike....READ MORE
Bear Stearns / PeSA eBay’s Fee Changes: Sellers’ Reaction & Outlook - Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, 1/30/2008
Hosted by Robert Peck, Internet analyst

Featuring Jonathan Garriss, PESA Executive Director

PESA (Professional eBay Sellers Alliance) is a not-for-profit trade association comprised of large and highly-regarded merchants, across all categories on eBay. PESA >400 members currently gener...READ MORE

2008 - The Year of the 3P Seller! - My Blog Utopia!, 1/24/2008
Sellers, on the eBay platform, whether they realize it or not, are getting back some of the power they gave up over the years. Organizations like PeSA and ECMTA should grow their membership in 2008 as sellers/merchants try to unite behind a common goal; selling their product....READ MORE
eBay Best Match Test in 5 Categories - PeSA / ECMTA discussion board, 1/18/2008
Time to go see where you land on your keywords. Probably not a bad idea to do this every week for a while as I bet the "Best Match" formula evolves.

Tests that I have done on my keywords suggest that ending time still carries a ton of weight for now on the results. PS status may bump you up ...READ MORE

Amazon Beat eBay in Holiday Traffic - New York Times, 1/15/2008
For the month of December, for the first time, more Americans clicked over to Amazon.com (59,624,000) than eBay (59,374,000).

According to the Nielsen data, the number of visitors to eBay.com dropped 10 percent from December 2006 to December 2007....READ MORE

EBay chief bids to regain momentum - Times Online, 1/2/2008
Ms Whitman dismisses concerns that a 5 per cent decline in item listings means that activity is slowing, suggesting that the figures are a result of a number of changes to the site “still making their way through the system”....READ MORE
Infopia, PeSA, and ECMTA Jointly Host the eCommerce Summit - Earthtimes.org, 12/22/2007
Infopia, the leader in online, multi-channel selling technology, announced today that it has teamed up with the Professional eBay Sellers Alliance (PeSA) and the eCommerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA) to jointly host The eCommerce Summit taking place April 22 - 24, 2008 at the New Orleans Con...READ MORE
Infopia to Host the eCommerce Summit with PeSA and ECMTA - TMC Net, 12/21/2007
Infopia, a provider of online, multi-channel selling technology, has joined forces with the Professional eBay (News - Alert) Sellers Alliance (PeSA) and the eCommerce Merchants Trade Association (ECMTA) to host The eCommerce Summit. ...READ MORE
Blog Marketing Takes Commitment - Search Engine Watch, 12/16/2007
Some marketers think "social media marketing" or "social media optimization" means "social media manipulation." There is a steady stream of how-to articles describing how to game the system of sites like Digg, or to develop linkbait to drive untargeted traffic to your site....READ MORE
Evolution of holiday shopping is hard to predict - Sun Sentinel, 12/16/2007
Fewer promotions on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Thinner crowds at the malls the week before Christmas. Holiday shopping by cell phone or BlackBerry.

The future could bring these and other changes to the gift-giving season. And like the Scrooge tale, experts say the forecast of holidays yet-...READ MORE

DSR is BROKEN...what do we do now? - Member Discussion Forum, 12/9/2007
It's like a bad dream...

Our DSR ratings are absolutely static, impenetrable, impervious to influence. We are shipping faster, cheaper and communicating more at greater volume and yet we are unable to cause any change whatsoever to our DSR ratings. Except for the otherwise expected and/or spor...READ MORE

PESA/eBay Finding 2.0 Conference Call - Tues 12/11 - Member Discussion Forum, 12/9/2007
You've heard about the major changes that are coming now and in the near future. What to expect? How to prepare? What does it all mean? Finding 2.0!

Hear it directly from the people who are responsible within eBay! Have your questions and concerns be addressed! This teleconference is op...READ MORE

Are Auctions Killing eBay? - Member Discussion Forum, 12/9/2007
Ok, I’m sure this could turn into a very controversial thread but I bet we could have an interesting discussion/debate about it. I have mixed feelings and could probably debate both sides but I am choosing to debate the YES side here:

Yes, auctions are killing eBay. I have seen this time and...READ MORE

AuctionHelper Granted Patent on eBay Cross-Selling Methodology - AuctionBytes.com , 12/9/2007
AuctionHelper, a provider of eBay and online-auction management tools since 1997, announced it has been issued a new patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to the press release, the patent, No. 7,296,033, covers the basic technology behind the AuctionLynxx tool of...READ MORE
I wish...If you could change 1 thing on eBay, but only 1 - Member Discussion Forum, 12/9/2007
Just was thinking. Today I got another eBay Satisfaction Survey and my mind started thinking. What would I change if I could ask one thing and eBay would do it.

What if you could change 1 thing about eBay. Just one, very specific, defined thing about eBay to make the experience better for busi...READ MORE

Blodgett calls for Meg to leave eBay - Alleyinsider.com, 12/9/2007
We realize this may sound like heresy, but we think it's time for eBay shareholders to consider nudging CEO Meg Whitman out the door.

Meg is one of the Valley's most celebrated and admired executives, and eBay did have an amazing run for a while. But we will not be the first to suggest that Me...READ MORE

eBay Watch Downgrade From Deutsche Bank - BigBlog, 12/7/2007
Deutsche Bank downgraded eBay (EBAY) to sell and a $33 price target following Q3 results about one month ago. Yesterday, Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel has reiterated his Sell rating and lowered his price target from $33 to $30. Patel says, "In our opinion, challenging buyer demand [as a result ...READ MORE
eBay Works to Regain Seller Confidence - evanp.on.ebay Blog, 12/7/2007
Time was, small-business owner Evan Prytherch considered eBay (EBAY) capable of performing e-commerce magic. Prytherch would list his entire music-accessory inventory on the auction Web site and within days it all seemed to disappear. Sold. But in recent years, much of that magic is gone, Pryther...READ MORE
Free FedEx bill auditing - Member Discussion Forum, 12/7/2007
An ECMTA Pilot Partner, Refund Technology (http://www.refundtechnology1.com/) is offering their FedEx auditing service free until the end of the year.

It's a very easy process to get started and only takes a few minutes to set up your FedEx account for their professional scrutiny. After ...READ MORE

Green Commerce Is Good Commerce - Practical eCommerce, 12/5/2007
Help the environment and reduce expenses, too by Lisa Morgan

There are a lot of reasons why online retailers should start seeing green in a whole new way: Conserving energy and supplying environmentally sound products and services is good for the environment and the bottom line.

Large r...READ MORE


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