Archive for 2006

The PayPal division of eBay, which operates the Web’s most respected online payment voucher system, is beginning beta trials of a next-generation online payment system, in cooperation with MasterCard. Using what’s described as a virtual debit card, a customer will be able to make a PayPal-authorized purchase using a one-time number good only for that […]

Rarely would I allow for my first shot in a duel to come from user-managed Web reference Wikipeda, which has come under fire for poor sourcing. But I just can’t resist. Quoting from its entry on Minnesota’s legendary Mall of America:
“Mall of America is … the most visited shopping mall in the world, with more […]

Press Release:
Skype launched skySpace, the only media-centric social networking software. skySpace will multiply the volume and quality of information shared among Skype’s 136 million users, creating a new market category.
skySpace empowers Skype users to tell stories by sharing their photos, video, audio, and documents via their skySpace homepage—either privately or to the community at […]

Mpire.com:
The smart online shopping companion has arrived and is ready to work for you!
Download the Mpire plugin and look for the M icon on your favorite sites such as Amazon, eBay, Craigslist, Newegg, […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]