Archive for 2007

Look out Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, here comes Corey Kossack!
Okay, so the 23-year-old Tempe entrepreneur may have a long way to go before he catches up and passes the two investors who are among world’s wealthiest, but he’s off to a good start, most people agree.
Kossack, a recent Arizona State University graduate, formed a [...]

eBay is tweaking the way it displays search results in what is likely part of a test to help it improve the buying experience on its US marketplace. Wall Street analyst Bob Peck of Bear Stearns described the new interface in a research report published Monday. He noted that a search for “kingdom hearts ps2″ [...]

Consumers under 35 years of age are evolving very different online payment and content consumption habits from adults over 35. In a new report titled, “Payment Preferences Online: Managing the Generation Gap Between Mature and Young Adults,” JupiterResearch found that younger adults are driving much of the usage of PayPal and debit cards for online [...]

I thought this is as better time than any to start blogging about South Jersey…and why not start with my South Jersey town.This week was a banner week for the South Jersey town that I live in called Lumberton, NJ.

Ebay determined that Lumberton, New Jersey has more buying and selling activity on a per-capita basisthan [...]

Online auction giant eBay is allowing consumers to bid for elephant ivory products that can’t be imported legally into the United States, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
It is against the law to bring ivory items into this country unless the product is certified as produced before 1947 and accompanied by a proof [...]

Even if your cell plan allows free domestic roaming, you’re probably paying through the nose when you’re phoning home from foreign destinations. And let’s face it: E-mail isn’t quite the same — especially if you’re keeping pace with a student spending a semester abroad.
A free alternative: install Skype on your portable computer.
Here’s what you need [...]

EBay Inc., the world’s largest online auctioneer, added Spanish, French and Chinese websites for its PayPal payment services unit to help boost its overseas sales and extend its lead over Google Inc.’s rival Checkout service.
PayPal added service to 87 countries, including Cambodia, Greenland and Kazakhstan, San Jose-based EBay said in a statement. PayPal now serves [...]

PayPal is introducing a new partner program that gives incentives to ecommerce and financial service providers for integrating and offering PayPal’s Express Checkout to their merchant customers. Under the new program, partners will receive integration technical support, integration best practice information and access to co-branded marketing materials. In addition, partners that integrate Express Checkout will [...]

As PayPal today lays out its growth plans in the online retail space, it is also announcing its new European headquarters in Luxembourg after having applied for, and been granted, a banking licence by the CSSF in Luxembourg effective 2 July 2007.
This move will allow the business to better meet the needs of its 35 [...]

eBay has announced two changes that will affect the eBay US affiliate program beginning June 1, 2007. There will be an increase in commission rates and changes to the terms regarding paid search.According to the message sent to ebay affiliates…
The main objectives of the price change are to:
     * Encourage partners [...]