Archive for October, 2006

Digonex Technologies Inc. announced a new dynamic-pricing service for eBay Stores. PriceCoaster is an eBay-certified application that allows eBay Store sellers to change prices of listings automatically based on demand for those products.

PriceCoaster uses Digonex’s recently patented dynamic pricing system and integrates with eBay Store Inventory Format items. Prices can be continuously adjusted to the [...]

As soon as Pete Stollwerck of Mukilteo glimpsed the plush red T.M.X. Elmo doing his tickle-induced belly-laugh on ABC’s “Good Morning America” show, he knew he should buy a few.
He ended up buying 104 on the Internet auction site eBay, not for his grandkids, but as an investment in furry, red bellies.
Mattel Inc. unveiled T.M.X. [...]

Remember when eBay was shutting down PlayStation 3 auctions, even going so far as to temporarily ban user accounts for listing pre-sale items? Well, that bleak period of time for eBay scalpers has passed. Now, the gouging can continue, nearly unfettered by the overlords at eBay.
So what do you have to do to sell YOUR [...]

Zippi intends to utilize its “1-877-GO ZIPPI� MOBILE franchise opportunity and its successful team of Internet veterans to position itself to become a synergistic component of eBay’s (NASDAQ: eBay) future business as an integrated service provider.
eBay (NASDAQ: eBay) leads the way as the number one auction community, with over 720,000 people making full- and part-time [...]

Meg Whitman, eBay Inc.CEO, has this way of describing the company she heads straight out of the fantastic realm. If it is the magic of eBay, The Power of Three, or IT. Regardless, eBay reported Q3 earnings yesterday and the market is now in-love. eBay shares were up around 7% most of the day surpassing [...]

The shutdown produced an uproar among foreign residents, who form about 80 percent of the population of the Emirates, a wealthy country with some of the world’s highest levels of Internet penetration.
As the ban was phased in, Internet voice connections that cost about 2 cents a minute went dead. The remaining option was a bitter [...]

The Internet auction site, eBay, has reported that it now counts 210 million registered users worldwide, trading items worth a total of $12.6 billion.
The 26% increase in annual registered users boosted the firm’s quarterly profits by a record 10% to $281 million.
The firm has bullish expectations for its main trading business, Paypal online payment operation [...]

Online auction site eBay.ie has announced the appointment of John McElligott as the new managing director.
eBay.ie, the dedicated Irish site launched in June 2005, together with PayPal, eBay’s online payment system, employ 1,200 staff in Ireland.
“eBay.ie is wholly committed to providing its Irish customers with the best service which is tailored to local customer and [...]

EBay, the world’s largest online auctioneer, on Wednesday reported a better-than-expected profit for the third quarter after online payment services spurred revenue growth.
Profit rose 10 percent from a year earlier to $280.9 million. Analysts, on average, expected eBay to report a profit of $238.2 million.
The PayPal payment services unit of eBay grew faster [...]

Online marketplace eBay Inc. on Wednesday posted a better-than-expected 10 percent rise in quarterly profit, aided by a modest pick-up in its core auctions business.
But analysts said it is too early to say whether steps the company is taking to reaccelerate growth in its core business are working and the company forecast 2007 revenue sharply [...]