PayPal broadens the availability of reduced fees for small online purchases
Online payment service PayPal has made available to merchants a pricing structure that reduces fees on all purchases below $12. The micropayment pricing had previously been available on certain transactions since 2005, PayPal says.
PayPal Unwraps 2008 Holiday Promotions
PayPal today announced great deals and special offers for cash-strapped online shoppers this holiday season. Customers can receive up to 20 percent cash back on purchases from major retailers, such as American Eagle Outfitters, eToys and Blockbuster, as well as free shipping from select PayPal merchants and great eBay deals for anyone paying with PayPal.
New eBay Survey Reveals This Holiday Season’s Most Wanted and Least Wanted Gifts
According to a survey conducted by Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of eBay Inc. neckties are the gift people most dread this holiday season, with 24 percent of respondents ranking them as their least wanted holiday gift.
PayPal accounts compromised over 16 months; No response from eBay
Online payment service PayPal has had an exploit on its hands for at least 16 months and counting, and seems to have no resolution for it. A tipster forwarded us screenshots of the fraud, which involves a dummy subscription service to PayPal’s sister company Skype, all part of the eBay corporate family. Using the fake Skype subscription, several small charges are made against a PayPal account, all in the same dollar amount.
Improved Buyer and Seller Protection Now Available on eBay
Paypal announced new protection for buyers and sellers on eBay
PayPal Buyer Protection now covers the full purchase price and original shipping costs of your eBay.com purchases with no coverage limit.
PayPal Seller Protection protects all U.S. sellers (not just PowerSellers as was previously announced as Expanded Seller Protection earlier in the year). Seller Protection covers eligible transactions from buyers in any of the 190 markets where PayPal is accepted—also with no annual coverage limit and for no additional cost.
List of 5,534 Hacked eBay Accounts Discovered
Christopher Boyd, Director of FaceTime Security Labs, a malware research firm, has found a list of hacked eBay logins. The list includes 121 pages and carries 5,534 eBay accounts, including usernames, passwords and mail address, as reported by ecommerceguide on October 15, 2008.
BidCal Will Help You Better Track eBay Deals in the Tough Economy
BidCal is an interesting new tool that has just been released by Calgoo Software, the company behind Calgoo, a very nice web calendaring solution that synchronizes all your calendars on all your devices, desktop and online and allows you to share calendars with your friends or family if they use a different calendaring solution.
EBay Competitor Launches Storefronts, Affiliate Plans
Wigix, an eBay alternative that provides a unique stock-market style method for buying and selling goods, today announced a new service for sellers. Called Storefronts, the service lets sellers build and brand their own customized online shops through the Wigix Web site.
Scoop up dollar deals from eBay and Amazon
Stand back! My cheapskate senses are tingling! A new site called Daily Dollar Deals catalogs soon-to-end eBay auctions that have prices below $1. Just pick a category–anything from Antiques to Video Games–
Welsh Staff ‘Crucial’ In Amazon Christmas Sales Drive
AMAZON workers in Wales are spearheading the company’s battle for the lucrative Christmas market.
The online retailer has announced that it is offering up to 90% of deliveries free of charge and its vast warehouse at Jersey Marine in Neath Port Talbot will soon have more than 1,000 full and part-time staff working flat out on Christmas orders.
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