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EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

gray8858 — Fri, 23 May 2014 09:45:23 GMT

The recent hacking of ebay's site - has this affected anyone's Sales already?

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clarry100 — Fri, 23 May 2014 09:45:16 GMT

Just had our biggest sales day in 5-months today. I think not.

Re: EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

amber-eyed-girl — Fri, 23 May 2014 10:31:35 GMT

It hasn't affected me as a buyer or seller (I do sell too at times).

as it has affected everyone, everyone is here to change their passwords...it might have inspired some browsing too 🙂

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Anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2014 11:39:32 GMT

Been a bit quiet for me over the last couple of days.... not sure if its a coincidence or not

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tstore — Fri, 23 May 2014 12:50:38 GMT

I am glad the hacking story broke out. EBay is in the foregroud of people's mind. Many 'dormant' eBay accounts most likely have become active and there are more buyers now than previously. This is due to the generic email eBay have sent out requesting their passwords to be reset. The emails do not include the reason for this change but rather is a generic 'password reser request' email.

Those who are scared to buy have been balanced out by those accounts that have become inactive.

I have had a very good 48 hr period in terms of sales over 3 accounts.

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porcelainforyou2 — Sat, 24 May 2014 08:40:24 GMT

It hasn't affected my sales numbers (so far).

Re the hacking...

A website post has offered "eBay user details for sale", following the revelation of a cyber attack aimed at the online marketplace.

Although a spokeswoman for eBay has told Fairfax Media that the offer to sell eBay user details was not a legitimate one, a leading Perth academic says it is – at the very least – a reminder of the need for vigilance.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/password-security-highlighted-as-ebay-user-details-up-for-sale-20140523-zrlvh.html

Re: EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

sewells_of_victoria — Sat, 24 May 2014 13:03:32 GMT

I have just had an email from eBay "Important - eBay Password Reset Required " but mine has the reason they are asking for the password reset.

"Here's why: Recently, our company discovered a cyberattack on our corporate information network. This attack compromised a database containing eBay user passwords."

"Here's what we know: This attack occurred between late February and early March and resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that includes customers' name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth."

So they are now telling everyone, probably because of the US investigation..

So now I am going to have to rename my dog (again).

Re: EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

keithscom — Mon, 26 May 2014 10:21:48 GMT

I had expected sales to fall however very strangely I did notice an increase?????

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Anonymous — Mon, 26 May 2014 10:25:01 GMT

i had 2 days of not much straight after the news but i have had a very good time of it since then... no complaints

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797_cc — Mon, 26 May 2014 12:17:59 GMT

We had it go quiet for 24 hours, but then back to normal.

Put a lock on your letter box, don't use your name in your answering machine messages (mobile or home), be careful of emails and phone calls from 'banks' etc, regularly check your CRA, regularly check our bank balances etc. Change your ebay password often and make sure you don't have a 'second' contact email address added or your own changed (including Paypal email address) added to your account.

This is going to hit sooner or later in a big way. Business accounts even have tax file numbers on the accounts - so details such as name, address, phone number, birth date and tax file number (as well as a list of companies you hold credt and bank account with) are all there laid out for anyone to use or sell.

It appears the bomb will go off ... we don't know when .... and it's too late to change anything or save ourselves.

Good luck everyone ... we are gping to need it.

Re: EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

misterforgetfulsbooks — Tue, 27 May 2014 01:09:59 GMT

bad news is good news when you're talking marketing terms.

ie: how many news media sources put ebay into their bulletins for free?

Anybody who has an account would have more than likely logged into ebay to change their password.

People who haven't been to ebay for a while may look around at what's available.

A certain % of those lookers would have seen something they liked and made a purchase.

So it should all be good.

Re: EBAY HACKED- has this affected your Sales?

phonebite — Tue, 27 May 2014 22:07:03 GMT

Since the 20th I've been getting lower sales than usual, though my competitors have acheived TRS yet I didn't get it so they had better rank position and thus their sales increased. With my improvement and being projected to be TRS on the next evaluation date (Also I am below standard in US this month but next month should be Above average again according to projected performance), hopefully my sales will pick back up again.

So if my sales are related to the hacking, I really can't tell because my competitors items are out selling me and their items are priced much higher than mine as well, so I have no clue why I am sucking while my rivals aint.

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pagosa-bill — Thu, 29 May 2014 19:19:41 GMT

Something has affected my sales. As of 3 weeks ago, absolutely nothing. What could it be ?

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rocketcds — Fri, 30 May 2014 05:15:16 GMT

ay for some reason is always our slowest month of the year so it is hard to gauge. We are moving along well in the past few days though.

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c15caterpilla — Fri, 30 May 2014 06:11:01 GMT

im glad someone mentioned slow sales as i wanted to ask someone/anyone if this was a bad month/ time of year to sell. IS IT? im just selling my own stuff, im not a store or business but as i am no longer employed (age & gender related), the $$ i make on ebay is the dif between coping and not coping. or am i simply just a lousy lister with stuff no-one but me likes LOL :):):)

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curraone — Fri, 30 May 2014 06:18:56 GMT

a lot of sellers have reported a downturn - and most attribute it to the hacking - just have to ride it out

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supagiftau — Fri, 30 May 2014 07:09:38 GMT

OMG

That must be the reason...

We haven't sold ANYTHING since Monday; literally, 0 sale.

Normally there should be at least 1-2 orders per day.

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love_my_tupperware — Fri, 30 May 2014 12:53:20 GMT

This week has been my worst ever in 5 years of selling on Ebay.

My week this week on this ID is down to about 10% of my usual sales.
What are Ebay going to do about compensating for this, raise the fees to cover their losses?

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trustykeiley23 — Fri, 30 May 2014 20:23:46 GMT

I have had no sales for 10 days or so, this has never happened before so yes I have been affected a good May until then

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trustykeiley23 — Fri, 30 May 2014 20:25:45 GMT

Same for me I can find all my listings, 100% feedback but 10 days no sales after a good 20 days