Archive for December 28th, 2006

  • Sellers Upset with Overstock Auction Changes

    AuctionBytes:
    The new head of Overstock.com Auctions is going “back to basics,” causing third-party sellers consternation at some of the changes going on at the auction marketplace. Despite apparent fears on the part of sellers that Overstock may be “deemphasizing” or phasing out auctions, Stormy Simon said her job is to create a healthy auction business […]

  • Google Checkout Sales Up 1200%

    eBay Strategies:Bob Peck at Bear Stearns hosted a call with Gian Fulgoni, Chairman of Comscore. There was lots of great macro ecommerce info, but I thought what would be interesting to eBay Strategies readers is some of the content around Google Checkout. The take-aways for me were:

    Google Checkout is driving the AOV thanks […]

  • eBay Takes New Approach in China

    eBay Strategies:
    As predicted in early November here at eBay Strategies, eBay has retreated to some degree in China according to reports from Fortune, WSJ and others. The plan is for eBay to partner with Tom Online to launch an entirely new auction site. eBay would own 49% of the JV and TOMO the […]

  • Former eBay COO to Lead Valley Startup - LiveOps

    America’s Network:
    A former executive at online auctioneer eBay has come out of a short-lived retirement to take a job leading Silicon Valley startup LiveOps, which contracts with companies to handle customer service and sales calls, an Associated Press report said.
    The Associated Press report said Maynard Webb, 51, left his position as eBay’s COO in August […]

  • Longtime Sellers Having Trouble with New eBay Rules

    AuctionBytes:
    Sellers are struggling to understand and comply with a new initiative from eBay that is preventing some from listing items during the critical month of December. eBay launched an anti-counterfeiting initiative during the last week in November. While eBay staff made phone calls to some of its sellers inform them of the changes, it’s clear […]

  • Brokeback Cowboy Hat Sells for $10K on eBay

    The cowboy hat worn by Jake Gyllenhall playing the role of Jack Twist in the popular movie “Brokeback Mountain” was recently auctioned on eBay, bringing in $10,100 with more than 40 bids. The auction was sponsored by Variety - The Children’s Charity’s Mission, so all proceeds from the auction do go to a good cause.
    eBay […]

  • Google Base Store Connector

    ecommerce guide:
    The Google Base Store Connector, a service that enables eBay, Yahoo! and Amazon Web store owners to have their store indexed in Google, just got an update. Engineering Manager Patrick Williams says that newly added features include more support for eBay customized stores, single connection support for merchants who have multiple Yahoo! stores, the […]