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eBay has a new cross border trade agreement, if you want to sell internationally or list on eBay.com if you are not from the USA you will have to agree to the Cross Border Trade Agreement. You can find it at https://scgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?CBTRecoupAgreement&guest=1 Their is very little on the site about the agreement, most people are finding out when they try to list and get the pop-up to agree to the agreement. One of the main principals of the agreement is that eBay now has the right to hold your Paypal money or come and get it in the case of a Paypal Charge back.

CROSS BORDER TRADE AGREEMENT
Cross Border Trade Agreement

You are attempting to list an item(s) on eBay’s United States site, eBay.com (the “U.S. eBay site”), the terms of which are with eBay Inc. (“eBay”). You must review and accept this Cross Border Trade Agreement (the “Agreement”) before you will be allowed to list on the U.S. eBay site.

PARTIES. If you have a PayPal account, this Agreement is between:
· You;
· eBay; and,
· PayPal ­ if you have a PayPal account registered in the European Union, PayPal (Europe) S.à.r.l. & Cie, S.C.A., and if you have a PayPal account registered outside the European Union, the PayPal entity with which you have entered into a User Agreement to receive the PayPal Services (such PayPal entity “PayPal”).

If you do not have a PayPal account, then this Agreement is between you and eBay only.

APPLICATION TO ALL CURRENT & FUTURE LISTINGS. This Agreement will apply to all of your active or “live” listings that you have posted to the U.S. eBay site, including Good ‘Til Cancelled listings, as well as any future listings that you post on the U.S. eBay site. If at any time after accepting this Agreement you no longer want these terms and conditions to apply to future listings on the U.S. eBay site, then all you have to do is not list additional items on the U.S. eBay site.

Also, if at any time after accepting this Agreement you no longer want these terms and conditions to apply to your already active or “live” listings on the U.S. eBay site, then you must end your listings in accordance with eBay.com’s policy for ending listings.

PAYMENT HOLD NOTICE: PAYPAL FUNDS FROM YOUR U.S. EBAY SITE SALES MAY
BE UNAVAILABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. If and when you are paid through PayPal for items you list and sell on the U.S. eBay site, you understand, acknowledge and agree (and accept this paragraph as PayPal’s notice) that for such transactions:

a) If PayPal believes that there is a risk associated with you, your PayPal account, or any or all of your PayPal transactions, then pursuant to the “Payment Hold” section of your PayPal User Agreement, PayPal may hold the funds you receive into your PayPal account from each of your transactions on the U.S. eBay site for up to 21 days from the date on which PayPal lets you know that it is “OK to Ship” the relevant item, or in some instances longer. You may view the text of the “Payment Hold” section that applies to PayPal accounts registered in the European Union here.

b) PayPal will consider a number of factors in evaluating if there is a risk, such as if eBay considers you to be a seller who does not meet certain seller standards, or you are a new PayPal customer and/or eBay seller or have a limited customer/seller history with PayPal and/or eBay. You may review additional information about the circumstances under which payments will not be immediately available for items you sell on the U.S. eBay site here.

c) If you use a PayPal account registered in a country outside of the European Union, you agree that the PayPal entity that operates the PayPal website where you registered your PayPal account, in its sole discretion, may place a hold on any or all of the payments you receive when it believes there may be a high level of risk associated with you, your account, or any or all of your transactions; that its determination may be based on a number of different factors and may rely on information it receives from its third party partners, such as eBay; that, if it places a hold on a payment, the payment will show as “pending” in your account; that, if it places a hold on any or all of the payments you receive, it will provide you with notice of this action; that it will release the hold on any payment after 21 days from the date the payment was received into your account, unless you receive a dispute, claim, chargeback, or reversal or it takes another action permitted under its user agreement with you; that it may, in its sole discretion, release the hold earlier under certain circumstances, for example, if you have uploaded tracking information; and that it may continue holding the payment in your account if you receive a dispute, claim, chargeback, or reversal, until the matter is resolved pursuant to its user agreement with you.

EBAY BUYER PROTECTION POLICY. You acknowledge and agree that the U.S. eBay site has an eBay Buyer Protection Policy (the “eBay Buyer Protection Policy”). Among other terms and conditions, if a dispute arises and cannot be resolved between you as a seller and your buyer on the U.S. eBay site, you agree that eBay will resolve the buyer’s complaint pursuant to the eBay Buyer Protection Policy. This includes being liable to eBay for any and all amounts refunded to your buyer under the eBay Buyer Protection Policy. The full terms of the eBay Buyer Protection Policy may differ from the eBay buyer protection policy (if any) that governs your own eBay site of registration.

LISTING FEE REFUNDS. If an eBay Buyer Protection Policy dispute is resolved in favor of your buyer and your buyer receives a payment under the eBay Buyer Protection Policy, you will not receive a refund of your listing fees from eBay.

BILLING AGREEMENT. If you have a PayPal account and use it to list and sell on the U.S. eBay site, you agree to the following:

a) AUTHORISATION TO CHARGE YOUR PAYPAL ACCOUNTYou hereby authorise eBay, or any eBay affiliate appointed by eBay, to charge your PayPal account for the full amount of any money you owe eBay under the eBay Buyer Protection Policy (the “Authorised Amounts”) on a one-time, sporadic, or recurring basis.

b) YOUR INSTRUCTION TO PAYPAL
You authorise and instruct PayPal, or any PayPal affiliate, to debit your PayPal account for all and any Authorised Amounts and to pay eBay, or any eBay affiliate appointed by eBay, such Authorised Amounts. By providing such authorisation and instruction, you acknowledge and agree that in all circumstances you reasonably expect that payments made pursuant to this section are variable and may be made on various dates.

You further agree that PayPal is not obliged to verify or confirm the amount that eBay presents to PayPal for the purpose of processing the payment of any Authorised Amount.

c) CANCELLATION
(i) If at any time you no longer want PayPal to debit your PayPal account for future Authorised Amounts, then all you have to do is not list additional items on the U.S. eBay site and end all and any of your active or “live” listings on the U.S. eBay site in accordance with eBay.com’s policy for ending listings. Alternatively, for listings not yet active or “live” on the U.S. eBay site, you may withdraw this authorisation by emailing PayPalReimbursementOpt-Out@ebay.com, using your registered eBay email address, providing your eBay ID, and stating your intention to Opt-out of PayPal reimbursement. Your withdrawal will be effective within one business day, after which time eBay will not use your PayPal account to recover amounts that you owe due to a U.S. eBay site claim.

However, as a consequence of withdrawing this authorisation, you will no longer be allowed to list on the U.S. eBay site.

(ii) If you use a PayPal account that is registered in the European Union, this section is without prejudice to your right to cancel a recurring payment pursuant to the “Cancelling Recurring Payments” section of the PayPal User Agreement. You will remain obligated to pay eBay for all unpaid amounts, and eBay reserves the right to seek reimbursement through other means.

AUTOMATIC PAYMENT METHOD. eBay may require you to have an automatic payment method on file with your eBay site of registration. Where there are insufficient funds in your PayPal account balance and where you have designated PayPal or another payment method as your automatic payment method on your eBay site of registration, you authorise eBay, or any eBay affiliate appointed by eBay, to charge your automatic payment method (and, if PayPal is your automatic payment method, any payment methods or funding sources linked to your PayPal account) for all and any amounts eBay paid to your buyer for claims resolved against you under an eBay Buyer Protection policy, subject to the terms of the billing agreement governing the use of your automatic payment method. If eBay, or any eBay affiliate appointed by eBay, is unable to charge your automatic payment method, you agree to reimburse eBay in full and in a timely manner for all and any amounts eBay paid to your buyer for claims resolved against you under an eBay Buyer Protection policy, subject to account sanctions, up to and including account suspension and termination, for failure to reimburse eBay.

AMENDMENT. With the exception of subsections (a), (b), and (c)(ii) in the above “Billing Agreement” section, eBay and/or PayPal may amend these terms at any time by posting the amended terms in accordance with the relevant eBay and/or PayPal User Agreements. All amended terms will automatically be effective 30 days after they are initially posted. Additionally, eBay will notify you via the Messages section of My eBay.

MISCELLANEOUS. The laws applicable to this Agreement shall be the laws of the State of California. To the extent that there is any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the User Agreement for the eBay site with which you are registered, including, where applicable, the eBay Buyer Protection policy for the eBay site with which you are registered, these terms shall prevail. If you accept this Agreement, a copy of the Agreement will be sent to the email account on file with your eBay site of registration as well as the Messages section of My eBay, where you may print a copy of this Agreement for your records.

eBay is a great place to buy. Take a look at how much people buy for their pets in this infographic.

Dogs For Sale

As announced earlier in the year the updates are now taking effect at eBay.ca. The most notable update is allowing 25 more characters to your title. This will allow more keyword stuffing and more misspelled words in the title, more eBay deals for our fat finger users.

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According to Techieapps.com eBay and PayPal are strengthening their deals and the ties with Facebook.com. Social is the now 2.0 game on the web and it’s super hot right now. PayPal and eBay want to get in on the act by adding Facebook executive Katie Mitic to the eBay board.

eBay has always been a huge supporter of Google through the use of ad on the Google site. I wonder if the ads will now be appearing on Facebook too. I am sure once Google plus reaches critical mass, eBay will be working their claws in there too.

The Daily deal sites have certainly came on strong this year. Their are a lot of sites that send a daily coupon to help you save money at a local business.Most of the coupons are restaurant deals or Hairdressers, deals that hopefully will allow the business to gain a new customer. One of the largest expenses for business is attracting customers. If a business can attract a new customer by giving away a 2-1 meal or a half price deal to get you to try their product, it’s a good deal for them as well as a good deal for you.

The biggest site is Groupon.com, Groupon has been valued at as much as 25 Billion dollars. They will be looking to cash in on this when they do the IPO sometime in the future. Don’t limit yourself just to Groupon their are a number of other sites that are listed after the jump.

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Their are a number of updates coming to eBay this fall to make seller more successful and make eBay a more competitive place to buy and sell.

Fall Seller Update delivers more buyers and new seller protection–with little need for change on your part

Dear valuepricedsoftware:

As we head into the holiday season, eBay is making unprecedented investments to bring you more buyers and ensure their expectations are met head-on. The second and final Seller update for 2011 provides new ways for you to maximize your sales and profitability–without the need for significant changes to your listings or business practices.

25 EXTRA characters in your title to draw more buyers to your listings!
In early September you’ll have nearly 50% more space in your listing titles–25 additional characters–to include more keywords and descriptors to get your listings in front of more interested buyers.

New protection for your US performance rating on eBay.com
We know you want to do the right thing for your customers and eBay always encourages buyers to contact the seller before filing a Buyer Protection case. Starting in August, any cases filed for purchases made on eBay.com where the buyer did not attempt to contact you first will be excluded from the count of opened cases used for evaluating seller performance on eBay.com.

Keeping buyers on eBay
Buyers should be able to find everything they need to complete a purchase right in the listing–and if necessary, contact the seller right from eBay. Starting October 1, sellers will not be able to submit a new listing or re-listing if the description includes an email address or link that doesn’t help buyers transact safely and efficiently on eBay. If some of your listings have email addresses or non-compliant links, be sure to start updating these listings and listing templates now.

Meaningful return policy
Today’s online buyers expect to have a reasonable timeframe for returns, and the option of getting money back. Starting in August you can specify “Money back or exchange” as a refund option. Early next year the 3- and 7-day return options will no longer be available and a cash refund option will be required for all returns. As always, sellers may specify an “all sales final” policy. Give yourself a competitive edge for the holidays–start offering longer timeframes and cash-back options now.

More buyers for your GPS devices
Last year, a new way for buyers to find the popular products they’re looking for powered by the eBay catalogue was introduced in the GPS devices category. Since then, listing with the catalogue has been required in this category whenever there’s a product match. Starting September 15, to make the shopping experience even more rewarding, to complete a listing or relisting for a GPS device that doesn’t have a match in the eBay catalogue, sellers will be required to add the product to the catalogue. Later this month a new tool for adding products in this category makes it fast and easy.

More buyers for your tickets
A new, more robust catalogue is coming to eBay Tickets in August to make it a top destination for ticket buyers and build exposure for your listings. The new tickets catalogue will help you specify more key details about your tickets and the event and make listing faster and easier. There will be category and item specifics updates in Tickets, too. Starting in September, buyers will see all tickets for an event on a single page with handy access to a venue seat map.

Category and Item Specific updates
As always, changes to categories and item specifics are included with the rest of the seller updates. Look for updates in Tickets, Electronics, Coins, Computers & Electronics, and Collectibles in August. Find out if your listings are affected.

Learn more
Get details on the 2011 Fall Seller Update. For more insight, I invite you to do the following:

Talk with members of my staff during the next two days on a special discussion board we’ve set up for this purpose on eBay.com.
Join me and other leaders from eBay in a Town Hall meeting tomorrow, July 13.

As always, thank you for selling on eBay and best wishes for a successful holiday season!

Sincerely,

Dinesh Lathi
Vice President

Lifehacker has a great article on how to save money with your smartphone. Their are a number of apps that are out that help you save money with your Android or iPhone smart phone. Take a loos at the Lifehacker list below and check out the article if they interest you.

10. Find Fee-Free ATMs
9. Always Have Your Coupons
8. Use an App to Compare Prices When Shopping
7. Keep Digital Copies of Discount Cards
6. Actually Use Your Phone to Save Money
5. Save Money on Groceries
4. Get Cheap Gas
3. Make Calls Using VOIP
2. Don’t Pay for Text Messages
1. Tether at Little to No Cost

Top 10 Ways to Save Money with Your Smartphone

Did you ever notice that their is a Digital Music Center on eBay? You can buy mp3 on eBay.ca get rid of iTunes and buy your music on eBay. The best part of buying the mp3′s on eBay is that you can pay for them with PayPal.

I purchased a tune by Dire Straits (My favorite Band) just to try it, the download is powered by MediaNet and it’s 100% compatible with iTunes, iPods, the iPhone and Android Phones.

The process was simple and easy with a pop up providing me with the download link and an email shortly after that included a download link if anything went wrong. The prices were comparable to iTunes at 99 cents a song.

Try the Digital Music Center on eBay.ca

eBay Bucks

Their is a new program at eBay.ca called eBay Bucks. It’s a buyers program that allows you to collect 2% of your purchase back as a rebate so you can spend it on eBay later. The way the program works is you buy something on eBay and they save up your 2% of your purchase price and pay it out quarterly as a coupon for a future purchase.

Reward programs are big now and it’s about time eBay did something to encourage repeat purchases. You can enroll in the program by clicking the eBay Bucks link.

eBay Bucks FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)

Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin is a great player for the Penguins but he has a better name, most Canadians and Americans can’s spell his name. Get some great bargains on eBay because of the spelling errors.