eBay News: Norway Killer Suspect Breivik Sourced Arms on eBay
Sunday July 31, 2011
eBay offers shoppers a marketplace in which they can buy just about anything they can imagine, so long as it is legal, and in which they can source it from ... Read More
eBay News: Social Networking Policy Revised
Saturday July 30, 2011
EcommerceBytes has posted a follow up to their earlier discussion of eBay's social networking policy, pointing out that eBay has now amended to policy to make it at least a ... Read More
eBay News: UK Free Listing Weekend, UK Ads Expanded
Friday July 29, 2011
eBay UK is running a free listing promotion this weekend, July 30th and 31st. Private sellers using eBay's primary listing tools won't pay insertion fees for auctions listed at any ... Read More
eBay Auctions: "Tot Mom" Masks and Spy Planes
Thursday July 28, 2011
Two recent auctions illustrate the outer limits of eBay auctions, both extreme in their own way, neither particularly attractive to most.
The first is an artist-made latex mask of now infamous ... Read More
eBay News: Australian Fees Increase, American Apparel Partnership
Wednesday July 27, 2011
eBay Australia has announced a series of changes in fees designed to encourage sellers to increase their use of fixed-price format listings. Eligible (non-professional) sellers will now be able to ... Read More
eBay News: $0.01 Insertion Fees for Auction Listings
Tuesday July 26, 2011
Today only, eBay is running a $0.01 (one cent) auction listing promotion. List auction-format on eBay.com, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories, or eBay Canada before the end of today and ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Getting its Sheen Back
Monday July 25, 2011
In the wake of its most recent quarterly report and months of increased strategic activity, eBay is getting something of its sheen back with analysts, who have spent the last ... Read More
eBay News: More Back-to-School eBay
Sunday July 24, 2011
Back-to-School action continues to ramp up on eBay, with last week's designer promotion now being joined by a back-to-school shopping hub featuring books and media, technology, fashion, and a link ... Read More
eBay News: eBay's Social Media Policy Troubled?
Saturday July 23, 2011
AuctionBytes points to an ongoing discussion about the fact that eBay is encouraging sellers to share their auctions virally with seller tools for social media, yet they have also posted ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Stories Blog, Trading Assistant Scam
Friday July 22, 2011
eBay have launched yet another blog, this one called the eBay Stories Blog. All indications are that this blog figures to be something more akin to light reading than eBay's ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Revenue Exceeds, Income Falls Short of Expectations
Thursday July 21, 2011
Today eBay reported 25 percent revenue growth for the second quarter, beating analysts expectations, while at the same time year-over-year income fell 31 percent, a drop widely attributed to the ... Read More
eBay News: Back to School Promotion
Wednesday July 20, 2011
eBay has teamed with designer and entertainer Kelly Edwards in a back-to-school promotion targeting college-bound kids in need of dorm room and school furniture, equipment, and supplies. The promotion's portal ... Read More
eBay News: $0.25 Insertion Fees for Auction Listings
Tuesday July 19, 2011
eBay is running a three-day promotion for auction format listings. List on eBay.com, eBay Motors Parts & Accessories, or eBay Canada for $0.25 on Tuesday, July 19th, Wednesday, July 20th, ... Read More
eBay Auctions: Motors Auctions in the Spotlight
Monday July 18, 2011
Two current eBay Motors listings demonstrate that eBay is one of the most interesting marketplaces for vehicles, hosting listings that range from the tiny and royal to the outsized and ... Read More
eBay News: iPad Now a Selling Tool, UK Fee Changes Affect Sellers
Sunday July 17, 2011
Earlier this week, the eBay Ink blog announced that eBay's mobile app for iPad now includes selling functionality, a complement to the selling functionality that has been available for iPhone ... Read More
eBay News: UK No Fee Promotion, Romanian Scam Arrests
Saturday July 16, 2011
There's still time to take advantage of a two-day eBay UK promotion running the 16th and 17th of July under which private sellers can list items at any starting price ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Opens "Bullion Center" for Silver, Gold Investors
Friday July 15, 2011
This week eBay introduced its new "Bullion Center" for the buying and selling of investment-grade gold and silver bullion and coins. Along with the launch, the eBay Ink blog posted ... Read More
eBay News: On Location Discount, 20 Million iPhone App Downloads
Thursday July 14, 2011
eBay On Location in Orlando opened recently for "early bird" registration. Sellers interested in maximizing their eBay performance by consulting and learning with other dedicated eBay sellers can save 40 ... Read More
UK Seller Update, Shipwire Investment for Fulfillments
Wednesday July 13, 2011
eBay's UK seller update is out for the summer, including longer titles, new categories and motors listing changes, and most notably, a grace period for Top Rated Sellers that experience ... Read More
eBay News: Summer Seller Update, Counterfeit Liability Worries
Tuesday July 12, 2011
eBay's fall seller update is out, and as always brings new changes of which sellers should be aware. This time, the highlights include longer listing titles, a general rule against ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Collaboration with CFDA Sells Out
Monday July 11, 2011
Up for sale on eBay yesterday was a series of handbags intended to raise awareness about and combat counterfeit fashion items. Each bag was marked by the phrase "You can't ... Read More
eBay News: eBay Has Spent $3B in Seven Months
Sunday July 10, 2011
The recent string of acquisitions by eBay (see, for example, here and here) have been such a continuous story that it's easy to lose sight of the big picture.
John Agnello, ... Read More
eBay Auction: Get a Life in Ohio on eBay
Saturday July 9, 2011
Bidding ends tomorrow on an auction that's a symbol of the moment that we're living in and of eBay's place in that moment. The Diaz family of Canton, Ohio is ... Read More
eBay News: New Fees Take Effect
Friday July 8, 2011
The fee changes eBay announced for sellers in March took effect this week. Sellers may recall that the most notable change was the amendment of final value fees to apply ... Read More
eBay News: eBay to Acquire Zong for $240M
Thursday July 7, 2011
eBay has announced an agreement to acquire payments company Zong for approximately $240 million in cash. The acquisition, which will eventually be rolled into PayPal, is meant to leverage Zong's ... Read More
PayPal News: PayPal UK Twitter Account Hacked
Wednesday July 6, 2011
Something certainly seemed wrong on Tuesday when the Twitter feed for PayPal UK began to make negative commentary about PayPal and to link to anti-PayPal sites like PayPalSucks.org. Today PayPal ... Read More
eBay News: Romanian Scammer Highlights Wire Transfer Risk
Tuesday July 5, 2011
About eBay regularly receives questions from readers about wire transfers either already sent to eBay "sellers" (without having received goods in return) or that they're being asked to send in ... Read More
eBay News: Two Lumps for eBay, PayPal
Monday July 4, 2011
It's no secret that a growing community of former and current eBay users have been frustrated in recent years with eBay's (some say misguided) attempt to position itself as an ... Read More
eBay Auctions: Magnetic Levitation Trains £100 on eBay
Sunday July 3, 2011
Ever thought it might be cool to own your own magnetic levitation train car? If you have, you'd be right in thinking that eBay is (of course) the place to ... Read More
eBay News: Certified Providers Program Relaunched
Saturday July 2, 2011
This week eBay relaunched its Certified Providers program, reducing the number of program members to 15 overall. eBay says that that they'd like membership in the program to be the ... Read More
eBay Auctions: Looking for a Google+ Invite?
Friday July 1, 2011
Invitations for Google+, the new Facebook-like social networking platform currently under testing by Google, are one of the hottest properties online right now. If you weren't important or popular enough ... Read More