Archive for the 'eBay Trends' Category

iTWire - Paymate issues open challenge to eBay over buyer and sell protection
Australian-based Internet payment services provider Paymate has issued an open challenge to eBay Australia to prove claims made to iTWire last week that eBay-owned PayPal offers better buyer and seller protection than Paymate are true. In addition, Paymate says that its payment system [...]

State Auctioning Unclaimed Items On eBay - News Story - WISC Madison
A state auction is offering the chance to purchase its unclaimed property on eBay.Thirty-seven items went on the auction block at noon on Monday. The auction lasts 10 days, WISC-TV reported.
Under Wisconsin law, after five years of inactivity, financial institutions must hand over the [...]

eBay hits back at boycotters - Retail & Leisure - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
eBay has hit back at a proposed seller boycott over changes to the site that will mean sellers won’t be able to post negative feedback.From May, eBay is banning sellers from posting negative feedback in order to avoid unjustified [...]

24/7 Wall St.: EBay (EBAY): Spinning Off PayPal
EBay (EBAY) can post pretty good results, and the market does not care. Yesterday, the online auction company put up an earnings increase of 26% on a revenue pop of 24% to almost $2.2 billion. EBay was a bit cautious about what would happen the rest of the [...]

EBay profit gains 22% on higher fees
EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates on increased selling fees and higher revenue from its PayPal payment service.Net income climbed 22 per cent to $459.7 million, or 34 cents a share, from $377.2 million, or 27 cents, a year earlier, EBay [...]

eBay Delists Compromised Vista Laptop | WebProNews
There are a few things that we all know are banned from eBay: alcohol, guns, dead bodies. And it seems we can add “hacked computers” to the list, as the auction site recently cracked down on a mildly famous example.Shane Macaulay tried to sale laptop
Shane Macaulay
Last week, Shane Macaulay [...]

wcbstv.com - N.J. Woman Raffling Home Off On eBay For $100
Does the subprime mortgage crisis have you out of the real estate market? Try this one on for size.
There’s a house you can own for less than the price of dinner for two in Manhattan.
Looking for a house in New Jersey? How about [...]

eBay Moves Digital Download Listings to Classifieds Section - AppScout
Making some cash auctioning off digital downloads on eBay? Not anymore.In an effort to squash feedback manipulation, the online auction site announced recently that it will no longer allow use of its standard auction format to sell digital downloads. As of April 1, sellers must purchase [...]

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Who Are The People In Your (eBay) Neighborhood?
Taking us back to the days when Mr. Rogers was popular, eBay introduced Neighborhoods, a community-based space organized by popular items and searches. Neighborhoods are designed for members with a very specific interest in mind, and lets shoppers join a specific neighborhood to find like-minded eBay members and [...]

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After a week of negative headlines regarding its overpayment for Skype, today eBay launched Neighborhoods, its own social network of sorts meant to get passionate collectors talking about their crap. My initial reaction was a groan—another social network? And as Kevin Kelleher pointed out on GigaOm, eBay’s certainly late to the party. Will [...]