Release of eBay Motors App to Raise Stock Price
With the high value of autos and auto-parts combined with a healthy expected growth in the U.S. auto market, the eBay motors app is expected to grow sales further. Already accounting for sales of over 2,000 cars and 90,000 car parts per week in quarter 1 of 2011, the eBay Motors app could provide significant upside to eBay’s stock price. [via Forbes]

PayPal Expanding Rapidly Around the World
Expanding online payment technology into the real world has the potential to open up new business for PayPal, which has expanded into a global online payments service. eBay Chief Executive John Donahoe said PayPal plans to engage in the emerging markets for transactions in the real world that are conducted using online payment technologies. [via Wall Street Journal ]

Further News
+ Large e-commerce corporations hit international speed bumps
+ New social media solution for your small business
+ Mobile payments rule the payment world
+ Online shoppers continue to flock social media to find deals

Looking Back on eBay Ink

June 3, 2010: eBay Giving Works and MissionFish, eBay’s nonprofit service provision partner, received a Cause Marketing Halo Award in the Best Transactional Campaign category, which honors campaigns that generate donations via consumer activity. A video of Micki Sever, manager of eBay Giving Works marketing programs, and Sean Milliken, CEO of MissionFish, was posted on the eBay Ink Blog accepting the Cause Marketing Halo Award.

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