Archive for April 16th, 2007

We trust them with our search queries, e-mails, calendar information and, more recently, documents and spreadsheets. Now Google is preparing to keep watch over the holy grail of data protection – bank and credit card information.
From today, UK customers will be able to use Google’s online payment mechanism, called Checkout, to make purchases through participating [...]

When Paul Fischer and Gregory Skibbee started eBay jewelry seller Windsor Auctions (eBay User ID: windsorauctions-usa) in 2005, they weren’t sure whether they should try selling internationally. But when Fischer, a 39-year-old Lutz, Florida, entrepreneur, and his 48-year-old co-founder looked more closely at what they would gain by going global, the choice was easy. “The [...]

A 1999 metallic gray Volkswagen Golf believed to once belong to the pope went up for sale on eBay, but the auction ended Saturday without a winner.
For the second time in two years, eBay hosted an auction for a car said to be Pope Benedict XVI’s old hatchback. Though bids surpassed $204,000, a reserve price [...]

In years past, alternatives to eBay had a low chance of success, particularly if they were free sites. However, in the market targeted by eBay Express (fixed-price items), it appears this is changing. There are a number of ecommerce sites that have become quite popular. We’re going to look at a couple of them that [...]

Seventy-seven percent of eBay and online sellers are concerned about higher shipping costs when new USPS rates go into effect in May, and 26 percent are concerned that postal tools they use may not be ready when the changes go into effect, according to a recent AuctionBytes survey.

Postal rates are going up in the United [...]