Archive for April 24th, 2007

PayPal Inc. saw its transaction volume swell 19% in the first quarter, to 177 million payments, while its non-auction business expanded to 39% of all transactions in a performance widely credited with boosting parent eBay Inc.’s financial results for the period. News of the e-commerce transaction processor’s performance comes just as it has wrapped up [...]

In its television ads, eBay describes itself as the place to get “it,” whatever it may be. The company deliberately leaves “it” undefined to emphasize the immense variety of goods available for auction on its site. “It” is anything a consumer can imagine. But as eBay expands into myriad new businesses—from telecommunications to social networking—some [...]

In the wake of the horrific Virginia Tech shooting, blame is being placed on everything from violent movies, to the lack of gun law reform, and even the auction website eBay. Many news outlets have reported that the shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, purchased his ammunition on eBay. Now eBay has come forward to set the record [...]

World’s largest eBay seller’s group, Dallas eBaybes & eMales, will host a meeting with USPS officials to discuss looming rate increases. The meeting will be held at 6:00PM on Monday, April 23rd in Plano, Texas. The success of an eBay seller is directly affected by shipping costs and many eBay sellers are extremely upset about [...]

There’s no point in leaving something up to chance. eBay’s (Nasdaq: EBAY) PayPal has survived the initial threat from Google’s (Nasdaq: GOOG) nascent electronic-payment platform, but it wants to make sure that things stay that way. The world’s leading online marketplace announced last week that it will team up with Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) in a [...]