Attention eBay Users: Online Sellers Facing New IRS Rules

August 5, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

Countless Americans selling as individual entrepreneurs on sites like eBay must now be aware that the Internal Revenue Service has modified their rules to make sure taxes are reported on private Internet transactions. As part of the housing rescue package just signed by President George W. Bush, the Internet transaction interface PayPal and other online payment processors will be mandated to report annual gross receipts to the IRS for almost all Internet sellers.

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E-shopping on surge; eBay India selling one product a min

August 3, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping, Other auctions news · Comment 

Internet shopping seems to be catching up fast in the country with every minute one product being sold on the Indian website of the world’s largest online marketplace eBay.

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Users Protest eBay Ban on Identical Items

August 3, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

eBay users are protesting the company’s new policy that prevents a seller’s identical items from showing up on search results pages. The policy was announced in May, and eBay announced yesterday the policy would take affect this week.

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New Pricing for eBay Affiliate Program

August 3, 2008 · Filed Under Affiliate Marketing, eBay News · Comment 

The eBay affiliate program is in the process of implementing a new pricing structure for Active Confirmed Registered User (ACRU) compensation.

The new pricing scheme will reward affiliates for the amount of quality traffic they drive to eBay advertiser sites.

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Why PayPal Should Be Worried By Amazon’s New Checkout Service

August 2, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping · Comment 

eBay’s PayPal payment service, which has been one of the bright spots for the online marketplace site, is about to get a wallop courtesy of E-tail giant Amazon.

Amazon has just launched two new payment services that strike at the heart of the PayPal business: Checkout and Simple Pay.

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eBay drops ‘blonde bombshell’ holiday listing

August 2, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

A listing for a four-week holiday with a Queensland woman looking for “the best time of my life” has been removed by online auction site eBay, which said the item was “not right’ for the site.

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Amazon takes on eBay with PayPal rival

July 31, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News, Online Shopping, Other auctions news · Comment 

A new online service will allow retailers to offer customers one-click payment by selling via Amazon’s website.

Amazon has set out to take on eBay by unveiling an online payment service which will compete directly with PayPal.

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Mystery over Ebay collapse

July 30, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

It could be months before police can unravel the spectacular collapse of one of the biggest Australian sellers on eBay, which left hundreds of users out of pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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eBay Desktop 1 million downloads

July 24, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

eBay DesktopeBay Desktop surpassed a significant milestone earlier last week with the 1,000,000th download since the launch in late February.

This was reported by the eBay Desktop Blog on July 16th.

Tough Times for eBay Entrepreneurs

July 24, 2008 · Filed Under eBay News · Comment 

A bad economy and competition from big e-tailers are challenging those who make a living via online marketplaces such as eBay, Craigslist, and Etsy

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