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	<title>IMA Voices &#187; Amazon</title>
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		<title>Feedback &#8211; Is it even necessary anymore?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feedback is an issue that causes much angst to sellers both on eBay and Amazon.  Many times the negative feedback left is irrelevant to the transaction especially when the buyer has not even contacted the seller.  So I ask you – Is feedback even necessary in 2009?  How many buyers even review a seller’s feedback?  On Amazon the seller’s feedback is pretty much hidden, especially if the seller has the coveted “buy-box”.  It is also extremely lopsided since so few buyers actually leave feedback on Amazon.  On eBay many buyers do not understand the feedback percentages and don’t take the time to review the comments.  This is obvious when you see a seller with 89% feedback, yet all their 99 cent junk auctions have bids.

So what other mechanisms could replace feedback and help reduce scam sellers?  Both eBay and Amazon already have the mechanisms in place, they just don’t publish the information derived from these mechanisms to the buying community.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 3 of the IMA Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning again from Vegas. Day 3 of the conference was a whirlwind of new information and new people. Some of the presentations were very detailed, while others were more basic. I was happy to find out we had registered several new members of IMA as a result of our free seminars for ASD/AMD members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations To IMA Amazon Sellers!  You Helped Make Amazon #1 For December &#8216;07&#8242;!</title>
		<link>http://imamerchants.org/blog/congrats-amazon-sellers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all the members of IMA who sell on Amazon.  According to the Nielson ratings, Amazon had more unique visitors than Ebay for the month of December. According to an article by &#8220;The New York Times&#8221; dated January 14th, 2008: &#8220;Amazon has opened its site to independent sellers, while eBay’s auction model is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Ebay Sellers Should Check Out Amazon&#8217;s Marketplace</title>
		<link>http://imamerchants.org/blog/why-ebay-sellers-should-check-out-amazons-marketplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was not one of the top 200 Ebay sellers invited to the Ebay Ecommerce Summit last week where Ebay announced the changes to Fees, Search, and Feedback.  I was one of the lower volume Ebay sellers on the sidelines at home waiting to hear the long awaited announcements about fee reductions.  As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The eBay Flip Flop</title>
		<link>http://imamerchants.org/blog/the-ebay-flip-flop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wasn&#8217;t it just 2 years ago that eBay wanted to bring back the &#8220;vibrancy&#8221; to core by encouraging 99 cent starting bids?  In 2006 they decreased the listing fee for the 99 cent starting bid while increasing the costs for eBay store listings.  eBay felt the need to go back to their roots [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Amazon Return Policy-Raising ??? Buyer Expectations Internet Wide</title>
		<link>http://imamerchants.org/blog/amazon-return-policy-raising/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 06:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amazon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An odd thing happened this holiday season on Ebay.  I had an buyer that decided the Amazon return policy was much better than my return policy.  I have to admit that having 30 days (Amazon&#8217;s policy) to return an item is much better than 7 days (my policy), and I did refund my [...]]]></description>
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