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Quote:How would you like to increase the final prices of your online eBay items by as much as 16 percent with the click of one button? You can: Simply by offering PayPal as a payment option and adding international shipping to your listings, you will connect to a global marketplace of more than 150 countries. eBay's extensive international reach has provided PowerSeller Birgit Conlen with 80 percent of the sales at Afternoon Daydreams, her food, body and health products, and toys and collectibles business in Taylors, South Carolina. "eBay brings people together, enabling buyers to go on a shopping spree around the globe and allowing sellers to advertise their products to a worldwide audience," explains Conlen, 49...

full article: http://www.entrepreneur.com/ebusiness/eb...66050.html

Quote:I felt if eBay was exposing my listings worldwide, and it wasn't costing me a dime extra for the exposure, I would be a fool not to take advantage of it,"

It used to be a good idea. Now the asshats at Ebay are not showing store listings on international sites (although we get their listings). So now...who cares?

Definitely 

These people are out of their fucking minds.

HEY  head.

PayPal as a payment option and international shipping = possible loss of your product and your money.

UP TO A YEAR AFTER THE FACT.

Quote:Stupid eBay University Instructor Janelle Elms Promotes PayPal in Stupid Article

Did eBay's PR department write that article for her?  :

I can't wait to hear how she sugarcoats the news that PP is dropping /changing their various protection programs!  I'm sure it will be an amazing, wonderful, awesome event and one that will thrill sellers in the know (i.e. those that have their stores set up properly).  http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m09/i04/s01

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I can't wait to hear how she sugarcoats the news that PP is dropping /changing their various protection programs!    http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m09/i04/s01


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I think PayPal WANTS us all to use Google Checkout.

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Quote:Stupid eBay University Instructor Janelle Elms Promotes PayPal in Stupid Article

Did eBay's PR department write that article for her?  :

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Probably.