Archive for November 10th, 2006

  • eBay Holiday Sales Helped by International Shoppers

    The 2006 holiday shopping season is officially underway, and that makes ComScore Networks recent press release even more interesting. Using their World Matrix online traffic tracking and analysis, they determined that certain top web sites are receiving a higher percentage of international visitors than U.S. visitors. This affects major sites including eBay, Amazon, Google, Yahoo […]

  • Terapeak Releases New Redesigned Packages for eBay

    eBay-certified research provider Terapeak announced the launch of two new redesigned research packages. The Research Advantage and Research Insight include more powerful eBay seller research, the release of Terapeak’s new “one-click research,” two years of category sales data, and a customizable layout based on three years of user feedback.

    Terapeak has also added the ability to […]

  • ebay Delay’s Email Upgrade

    eBay announced it had run into unexpected product-related issues while testing the Anonymous Email Forwarding feature. The feature, announced in October, allows sellers to respond to emails sent through eBay’s systems (such as Ask Seller A Question) from their own email client, while still protecting the privacy of email addresses. The new feature is important […]

  • More Crack Downs on Bad eBay Sellers

    Police have charged two women with stealing more than $40,000 worth of merchandise from local stores and selling it on eBay, the online auction site.
    Crystal Mackin, 23, of Griswold, and Pamela J. Murphy, 40, of Lisbon, were each charged Thursday with first-degree larceny and first-degree conspiracy to commit larceny.
    Police said the stolen merchandise ranged from […]

  • New Skype Expansion Opens Doors for Newspapers

    Skype, the online communication company is expanding their capabilities beyond simple internet telephony. Tuesday, Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström announced that the company plans to create areas where users, specifically bloggers, can hold live audio chats. This feature not only appeals to the general public but newspapers as well who already hold online text chats.
    Using […]

  • Analyst’s Predict eBay to be Top Videogame Retailer

    One analyst has indicated that eBay could be the top new videogame console retailer for the holidays, thanks to tight demand of the PlayStation 3 and Wii.
    In a note to investors, Lazard Capital Markets analyst Colin Sebastian said that limited supplies of the Wii and PS3 will drive gamers to eBay and other online marketplaces […]