eBay Added Words to a Listing Then Suspended Me for Them
That’s the least of my problems.
Editor’s note – have you ever gone shopping, have someone place an item from a store into your backpack than call security to accuse you of shoplifting?
Of course not but that’s what eBay did to me.
The 72-hour suspension began Nov 23, 2021 – today is Dec 5, and my listings still have not been reinstated.
Is it any wonder why eBay seller and buyer counts are down?
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The Curious Migration of WindyCityParrot.com to Woocommerce Ep1
Update 6/1/2021 ~ When I asked developers quoting me $2500 and 2 weeks, how they would be doing this procedurally, they always deferred.
In that (9) migrations never took more than 6 hours 2, weeks was a red flag. Two competent developers I use, would’t touch it.
This non~coder is going it alone.
Anyone can migrate a WordPress site, including me – this ain’t your mother’s migration.
We think telling stories is more fun than asking for “migration quotes” while building our content creation library.
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THE HARD TRUTHS OF E-COMMERCE
The Best List of SEO Articles Ever!
115 Questions to Ask About Your eCommerce Site
Regarding buyer personas “Will there be enough traffic in these groups that will sustain a business and what products will be needed for each group?”
That is unpredictable and has to be tested on a group by group basis.
Unfortunately, there is no way to know where a visitor comes from on Facebook other than “Facebook”.
Having sold pet supplies on the web for 18 years, I can unequivocally say “building an eCommerce website is not a solution to your financial goals.
It’s the single biggest problem you’ll need to unravel for success”.
Oh yeah, when you get admin access, for the first time click on EVERY link up and down the dash.
Learn what each link does, what it tells you, or if activation is required for functionality.
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My Personal Tech Savvy Reads This Week
John Travolta’s Secret to Success Video
How I Bulletproofed WordPress Video Hosting with SmugMug
File under “don’t build your house on rented land”.
First, it was YouTube.
12 years of videos gone in less than 60 seconds.
We are still replacing “dead” YouTube videos on our Zencart e-commerce site as we trip over them and as we migrate to a new site but
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Why Trying to Please Everyone is a Bad Strategy
Back in the time that fish and chicken were still used as barter, an old man and a young boy were leading a donkey into a village for supplies.
They needed to cross a bridge over a river to gain entry.
As they were walking they heard people mumble.
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