Archive for July 25th, 2006

  • All eBay Sellers in UK & US Mad Over Fees

    AuctionBytes 
    eBay sellers in Australia and the UK were as unhappy as those in North America over eBay hikes in Store fees. And while eBay is charging sellers higher fees for Store listings, they are at the same time decreasing Store listings visibility to potential buyers by rolling back Stores in Search effective August 1. eBay [...]

  • Ebay COO Not Leaving Empty Handed

    Mercury News 
    EBay Chief Operating Officer Maynard Webb, who has pocketed more than $90 million exercising and selling eBay option shares since joining the company in 1999, will retire from the company in August. In his most recent trade on June 30, he spent $484,688 exercising his option to buy 25,000 shares for $19.39 each, and [...]

  • EBay a Tad Behind in China

     GigaOM
    EBay customers are upset over San Jose, Calif.-based auction giant’s decision to stop charging users in China transaction fees, mostly because of intensified competition from Taobao (Alibaba) and Tencent, at a time when they are being hit by price hikes as high as 400%.
    During a recent earnings conference call, eBay CEO Meg Whitman said, � [...]

  • With Zimmerman PayPal Integrates Text Messaging

     Cheap Hosting Directory
    PayPal is working with Zimmerman Advertising (formerly Zimmerman Partners), to help brand marketers integrate text message-based service, PayPal Mobile into advertising and marketing campaigns.
    PayPal Mobile is a text message-based service that allows consumers in the US and Canada to send money anytime, from anywhere, using mobile telephones. PayPal Mobile allows users to send [...]

  • Skype Creators Set Sights on TV

     Beta News
    The creators of the popular Skype and Kazaa applications have turned their sights on television, aiming to create a new way to distribute video over the Web, BusinessWeek.com reported Sunday. Dubbed the “Venice Project,” a product could debut as early as late this year, and negotiations are apparently underway with major television networks.
    The hope [...]