Supergroup hires eBay trader in £500,000 deal

June 24, 2010 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

Supergroup has handed the leading trader of its products on eBay a £500,000 windfall to head the development of the fashion retailer’s online business.

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eBay Launches One Stop Shop For All Things Fashion

April 8, 2010 · Filed Under Internet Marketing, Online Shopping, Other auctions news · Comment 

eBay recently launched FashionVault, a site that sells designer clothes and includes Gilt Groupe-like flash sales on designer items. Now, the company is launched eBay Fashion , a “new enhanced shopping destination for clothing, shoes and accessories on the world’s largest online marketplace.”

PayPal’s iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads In Under 3 Weeks

April 8, 2010 · Filed Under Internet Marketing, Online Shopping · Comment 

Ecommerce giant eBay has been reaching big milestones with its mobile apps, and apparently PayPal, its electronic payments subsidiary, is striking a chord with mobile users around the globe as well.

Source: TechCrunch 8 April 2010

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eBay launches new sellers apps for iPhone

March 31, 2010 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

eBay yesterday launched two iPhone selling apps, one for the eBay.com global marketplace and one for eBay’s new classifieds site, eBayClassifieds.com.

Both free apps are immediately available for downloads in Apple iTune App Store.

It was also announced that on April 3, eBay will take mobile commerce a step further, with a new version of the eBay app for iPad.

Other eBay apps, eBay Mobile and eBay Deals are also available. Click on the images below to get details.

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EBay tops new high as marketplace changes loom

March 28, 2010 · Filed Under Online Shopping, Other auctions news · Comment 

EBay Inc. has long been trying to sell investors on the company’s efforts to revitalize its once powerful online marketplace business, but investors seem to just now be paying attention.

EBay has suffered market-share loss to rivals such as Amazon.com /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn (AMZN 135.06, +0.33, +0.24%) , in part because of the latter’s use of fixed pricing that was more appealing to some buyers.

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PayPal stops payments to and from India

February 7, 2010 · Filed Under Affiliate Marketing, eBay News, Internet Marketing, Online Shopping · Comment 

Online shop eBay’s popular electronic payment system PayPal seems to have been blocking all personal transactions to and from India. Strangely, it has offered no justification for this decision.

In a perplexing move, popular electronic payment gateway PayPal Inc has suddenly started blocking personal transactions to and from India. PayPal was allowing business transactions till a few days ago, but now has also stopped it along with personal and gift payments.

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Amazon, Ebay Satisfy Online in the Holidays even as eBay Goes Mobile

January 6, 2010 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

Retailers that have been expanding electronic commerce may have done themselves a big favor this holiday season, improving customer service at a time when high-tech shopping became more attractive to consumers.

And it wasn’t just “traditional” e-commerce that made gains.

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Online auctioneer set for Xmas rush

November 30, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News, Internet Marketing, Online Shopping · Comment 

[picappgallerysingle id="3257266"]On-line auction house Ebay was expecting early bird shoppers to steal a march on the Christmas shopping rush by flocking to the website on Sunday.

Many internet retailers are expecting their busiest day of trading on Monday but Ebay was bracing itself for a surge of 5 million visitors on Sunday.

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eBay Black Friday’s Sales Map

November 30, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

eBay has created a transaction map of the United States that spans the duration of Black Friday’s shopping activity on the site. The map is a visualization of U.S.-based buyer and seller transactions over that 24-hour period.

eBay and PayPal Now Offer Bill Me Later

October 21, 2009 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

If you’re shopping on eBay, Bill Me Later will be available as a payment option for both Buy It Now and approved auction purchases. This is according to the PayPal Blog.

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