Gold Booming on eBay
For gold sellers on eBay, the recent stock market turmoil has been a boom for business. Gold and silver sales on eBay have been rising steadily over the past several years, so much so that eBay created a special “bullion center” in May to make it easier for buyers to find sellers. Last month eBay Ink published an infographic taking a closer look at buying and selling trends of gold and silver on eBay. [via Newsday]

Further News
+ Benefits of eCommerce for small businesses
+ The more time customers spend in your store, the more they’re likely to buy
+ Small businesses utilizing social media increasingly

Looking Back on eBay Ink
August 16th, 2010: eBay launched a new free Half.com iPhone app and Buying Wizard to help students quickly find great deals on textbooks (and more fun stuff of course) heading into the school year. It’s the second eBay app to integrate barcode scanning technology and allows users to scan the barcodes on items to find the best deals on textbooks, DVDs, video games and more. The app provides Half.com buyers access to over 80 million active listings from more than 700,000 sellers.

Check out the following demo video to learn more:

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