Kidson Talks | The E-commerce Chemist

Well, after straying away from eBay as my main business as using it a to basically pimp a brand and e-commerce site, I have come full circle to building up an eBay presence again. It might be to do with the fees for core listings. They are lower, and you loose less to eBay:

Price From
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OK, I did promise ebay javascript, but I wanted to do a little more on eBay Shop CSS.
So I want to give my store categories a pink background:
table#StoreCategories {
background-color:#FFCCFF;
}
and say then, I want to have the links in a different pink:
table#StoreCategories a {
color:#FF00FF;
text-decoration:none;
}
then I want to space out the categories and give them a pink [...]

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or even neutral for that matter. I know this is old news and I have held back comments, but it seems that sellers are suffering cheeky buyers, who can get them kicked off eBay with two sales, even if they leave a neutral. Strike that, there is no neutral, it is the same a negative.
I [...]

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Lesson 5: Using a custom shop header.
You need to make sure you on on the ‘custom header only’ theme within eBay.
Go Back to wear you entered your style sheet information and place:

<img src=”http://www.mysite.com/header.jpg” alt=”eBay Header” />
You can put any kind of HTML in here to expand the header

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Use of CSS to control your eBay shop might convene this policy, so always use with care. 
Interference or attempted interference with eBay’s web site and/or operations using any software programme, routine or activity is a serious offence and is not permitted.
Members using the eBay web site may only modify or add content in those areas [...]

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Lesson Four: Controlling page width
Slip into your CSS file this code:
.pagecontainer
{
width:900px;
margin:10px auto 10px auto;
}
The margin section makes sure the shop is centred.
So, bet you are wondering what the css file looks like now? I didn’t want a coloured background to my store so this is what I have so far:
/* How to style your eBay [...]

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Lesson Three: Changing the backgrounds for the nested tables 
Right now, let experiment to how many times we need to mention table, to get a coloured background in different sections! Try adding these snippets of code to your css file.

table
{
background:#C0C0C0;
}
Using table once just colours the entire background within your eBay shop, including outside your shop front. [...]

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Lesson Two: Changing the background colour of your gallery view.
eBay is designed using a series of nested tables, so in order to colour various bits of the design you need to make sure you have to mention the table or td definition the correct number of times to get the desired result. This is the [...]

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I am a beginner too, with basic CSS and HTML knowledge sorted I am going to provide you with eBay CSS manipulation nuggets to build up a more custom eBay shop.
Lesson one - Creating a border around your gallery display in your eBay shop.
Taking a look at how the ebay shop gallery display is controlled [...]

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At channeladvisor catalyst we spoke to many great sponsors with a unique business offering. Now that the Euro is closing in on the Pound, selling to Europe will become a more attractive prospect for eBay sellers. Once you have sorted a deal with your shipipng provider, how do you effectivly communicate with ebayers that don’t [...]

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