Has eBay hit its twilight?
Ever since eBay announced significant fee and feedback changes earlier this year, angry sellers have complained that eBay’s new policies would destroy the businesses of some of its longtime merchants. This week, eBay CEO John J. Donahoe confirmed that those charges are true.
eBay Backlash: 5 Sellers Who Ditched It
EBay’s planned fee and feedback changes have sellers threatening an exodus. Here are five sellers who already left before the current fracas, and how they’ve rebuilt their businesses elsewhere.
WorldPay Merchants To Offer PayPal and RevolutionCard
WorldPay, a leading UK Payment Service Provider, and PayPal, one of the world’s leading online payment systems, today announced a partnership which allows WorldPay clients to offer PayPal as an additional payment method.
PayPal Brings Website Payments Pro Options To Canada
PayPal has launched the Website Payments Pro range of products in Canada. The initiative allows e-commerce merchants to offer shoppers the possibility of paying via their PayPal accounts, their credit cards, by phone, fax or mail.
PayPal Glitch Freezes Sellers’ Cash For Weeks
A problem with some PayPal payments being held by the company was just a glitch, not a cunning plan to claw more money out of buyers.
Earlier this year PayPal introduced a scheme to flag certain transactions it regarded as suspicious. Payment for items where eBay determined the buyer might be dissatisfied would be held for 21 days, or until the seller received positive feedback from the buyer. Then the funds would be transferred.
Payment Volume From PayPal’s Merchant Services Tops Volume Received From eBay Auctions In Q3 2008
In Q3 2008, the merchant-services part of PayPal’s transaction volume has exceeded the volume generated by eBay auctions for the first time.
Why eBay Won’t Win Its War Against Amazon
What happens when an online auction site tries to get all store-like, and a non-bricks-and-mortar buying destination starts buying into bidding? Apparently, you get Amazon pumped up into a one-stop shop for everything you need, while eBay ends up tilting toward irrelevance. Let me explain.
PayPal to refund shoppers defrauded on eBay
PayPal, the payment service used by 20 million online shoppers in Britain, has given in to consumer demands to offer full refunds to buyers defrauded on eBay.
Is the Bank Fallout Hurting EBay and PayPal Funds?
Let me preface this rant by asking – Have any of you have noticed changes to your Pay Pal account this week? I reached the point where I no longer have much interest in my DVD collection, and the dwindling economy was enough motivation for me to auction a few box sets on eBay,just for some extra cash.
Market bidding isn’t going Ebay’s way
Recessions are supposed to be boom times for yard sales and flea markets, so what’s eating eBay (EBAY), the world’s largest bargain bazaar?
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