Archive for May 11th, 2006

Seller Battles eBay to Recover Store Name:

Long time eBay seller Bobby Beeman uncovered a flaw in an eBay Stores naming policy that allowed another user open a Store under the same name as Beeman’s User ID. But had to battle eBay before he could reopen his Store under his own name.
Beeman registered the eBay User [...]

eBay Sellers Can Offer Rewards Program to Spur Repeat Sales:

eBay sellers can now offer reward programs for their customers. Merchants who accept PayPal payments can operate a turn-key reward program for customers through the new MyStoreRewards customer loyalty service, offered by MyStoreCredit Inc.”MyStoreRewards is a simple, low-cost reward program for online merchants, and we’re pleased [...]

eBay to use Skype for pay-per-lead ads:

eBay intends to integrate Skype into its auction service to further facilitate communication between buyers and sellers on the site, CEO Meg Whitman said at its Analyst Day late last week. The company also plans to use Skype to launch a pay-per-lead ad system to increase revenue on the [...]

The Korea Times : eBay’s Korean Unit Apologizes:

The South Korean unit of U.S. auction giant eBay Inc. apologized Wednesday for using online ads featuring inappropriate film clips.“We deeply apologize to our customers for causing concerns by posting some inappropriate video clips,� Internet Auction Co., controlled by the San Jose, Californiabased eBay, said in a pop-up [...]

auctionbytes: 
PayPal will launch a Dispute Resolution process similar to the one on its parent site eBay. All “Item Not Received” disputes involving eBay items paid with PayPal will be directed to the new PayPal Dispute Resolution process, instead of being directed to the claim process as they are currently.
 

 
When a buyer opens a dispute in [...]