Check out this quick, concise and informative video demo from @ebay_andy showing, in less than 4 minutes, how to edit eBay condition ID using File Exchange.
A huge thank to Andy for submitting to eBay Ink. Cheers!
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Check out this quick, concise and informative video demo from @ebay_andy showing, in less than 4 minutes, how to edit eBay condition ID using File Exchange.
A huge thank to Andy for submitting to eBay Ink. Cheers!
STATUS UPDATERichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Important info about the nature of this session. Forward-looking statements and non-GAAP financial measures. http://bit.ly/9YJg3f #eBayQ210
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
This live-blog and twitter session contains non-GAAP measures relating to the company’s performance. You can find the reconciliation of those measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures here.
This Twitter session may make forward-looking statements relating to our future performance that are based on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding expected financial results for the third quarter and full year 2010, the focus on the Payments and Marketplaces business units going forward and future growth in the Payments and Marketplaces businesses.
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
eBay Inc. announced financial results for its second quarter ending June 30, 2010. Second quarter revenue was up 6% to $2.2 billion (or 15% excluding Skype), compared to Q2 2009. The company recorded Q2 net income on a GAAP basis of $412.2 million (or $0.31 per diluted share) and non-GAAP net income of $530.2 million (or $0.40 per diluted share).
PayPal delivered a record Q2 performance and added a million new accounts each month during the quarter. For 3 consecutive quarters, PayPal’s merchant services business has grown by over 40% year over year.
eBay marketplace showed a strong performance in Europe, expected performance in Asia and slower than expected growth in the US.
“We delivered strong second quarter results, demonstrating the global strength and increasing diversity of our business,” said John Donahoe, eBay Inc. President and CEO. “PayPal is strong and getting stronger, building a robust and innovative global footprint serving all of ecommerce. And our eBay turnaround remains on track, with strong performance in Europe, significant changes in the U.S. and continued improvements to the buying and selling experience. We continue to focus on delivering strong financial results, managing a healthy balance sheet and making the necessary investments to compete, win and satisfy our customers.”
There are a number of options for you to get more information around today’s earnings announcement. You can listen along to the live eBay earnings call. You can follow along with my tweets in real-time, beginning at 2pm PT. I will be live-blogging here on the homepage of eBay Ink. Also, you can get up-to-the-minute eBay news and information. Finally, you can access the full Q2 eBay earnings announcement.
For folks interested in following the entire conversation on Twitter, the hashtag is #eBayQ210.
Cheers,
RBH
STATUS UPDATERichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
I’ll be live-blogging $eBay Q2 2010 earnings call today on Ink. Updates will automatically go into my Twitter feed. #eBayQ210
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

In what can only be described as remarkable, the eBay community has surpassed the $200 million mark for cumulative funds raised with eBay Giving Works since 2003. This represents year-over-year double digit growth.
How it works:
eBay Giving Works enables eBay users to support their favorite causes whenever they buy and sell. Today the program offers five easy ways to make a difference:
• Community Selling: Any seller can donate part of their sale price to a nonprofit. The seller decides which organization to support and how much to give (10-100 percent), and gets a tax deduction for their gift.
• Direct Selling: Nonprofits can sell their own items on eBay to raise funds. eBay waives most basic selling fees for nonprofits, making Direct Selling practically free.
• Shop eBay Giving Works: Every item posted by a Community or Direct Seller bears the eBay Giving Works blue and yellow charity ribbon, so it’s easy for buyers to shop for items to support causes that matter to them.
• Give at Checkout: 1.5 million shoppers every day are invited to add a donation on top of their eBay purchase, when they pay by PayPal. Give at Checkout has raised nearly $5 million in its first 12 months.
• Donate Now: eBay and PayPal users who discover an eBay Giving Works organization they care about can give as little as $1 right away without buying or selling.
It goes without saying that the fact that $50 million was raised in 2009 alone, coupled with the unbelievable final auction price of the lunch with Warren Buffett (the highest value charity auction ever sold on eBay at $2.63 million), greatly contributed to this superb achievement.
Cheers,
RBH
STATUS UPDATERichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
Just a reminder that I’ll be live-blogging $ebay Q2FY10 earnings tomorrow afternoon. #eBayQ210.
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Friday, July 16th, 2010
The mobile applications just keep on coming… Today, eBay announced the eBay Fashion app for the Apple iPhone, delivering a personalized shopping experience where shoppers can browse, buy—and virtually “try on”—items from the world’s largest online selection of new, designer, branded and vintage merchandise—virtually anytime, anywhere.
I’m going to download the app later today and test its ability to find pretentiously ironic t-shirts to add to my collection. In the meantime, here are some videos and a list of features highlighting the new app.
Cheers,
RBH
Features of the App include:
• A Personalized Closet allowing users to add, store and curate favorite fashion finds in one place.
• An Outfit Builder enabling users to mix and match items from their Closet and virtually try them on to create unique looks.
• Social Media Sharing functions enabling users to share favorite fashion finds via Facebook, Twitter, and email. (More …)