Post Archive
All Existing Payment Methods to be Allowed on eBay.com.au
// Posted on 07.02.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
Expressing regret and citing a desire to avoid further confusion and disruption among the eBay community, eBay Australia has withdrawn its notification to the ACCC regarding PayPal-only. Obviously eBay is standing by its contention that PayPal is the safer payment choice for users on eBay.com.au (and for eBay overall for that matter) - and that the goal is always to provide members with a... Continue reading
eBay Desktop Usability Study
// Posted on 07.02.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
The eBay Desktop blog is soliciting volunteers to take part in an eBay Desktop usability study. The only requirements to take part in the study are that you have to be located in the SF Bay Area and (at least an occasional) user of eBay desktop. I'm finding out from Alan Lewis if there is still room to take part in this study. He and I are due to sit down early this month to talk about... Continue reading
Multi-Million Dollar Buffett
// Posted on 07.02.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
eBay Giving Works enjoyed an incredible milestone earlier this week... The lunch with Warren Buffett was auctioned off for a record-breaking $2.1 Million - the highest amount a charitable listing has ever raised through the program. Check out The Chatter and the What Gives!? blog to learn more. Cheers, RBH Continue reading
eBay Vows to Fight Following Overreach by LVMH
// Posted on 06.30.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
Earlier today, the Tribunal de Commerce in Paris, France ordered eBay to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) in damages to the French luxury goods company Louis Vuitton (LVMH), regarding the sale of counterfeits online. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by LVMH back in the Fall of 2006. Since that time eBay has invested tens of millions of euros in stopping counterfeit goods appearing... Continue reading
Interactive Floor Plan from eBay Live!
// Posted on 06.25.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
Each year, the eBay Internal Communications team sets up an interactive floor map of the Solutions Center at eBay Live that employees, who are unable to attend the conference, can access. I wanted to see if I could take the interactive map and make it accessible to eBay Ink readers this year. Unfortunately, given the many sessions and deadlines we were under last week I was unable to make it... Continue reading
eBay, ChoDienTu Team Up in Vietnam
// Posted on 06.25.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
I missed this one while I was out of the office last week...eBay partnered with ChoDienTu.vn , a Vietnamese online marketplace. As I understand it, ChoDienTu.vn will evolve into an eBay co-branded site where individuals and businesses in Vietnam can participate in local trade as well as international trade via eBay’s global websites. The new joint site is accessible at www.chodientu.vn... Continue reading
eBay Launches "Call for Action" Campaign in Europe
// Posted on 06.25.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
eBay launched a long-term Call for Action campaign in Brussells yesterday, aimed at reforming the current European Union (EU) Competition, Consumer and Trademark Law. The launch meeting called on the EU to modernize competition, consumer and trademark law in order to address what it labeled "digital protectionism." The key speakers at the event (in the photo above and from left to right)... Continue reading
Catch-22: as shipping costs rise, customers want discounts
// Posted on 06.24.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
We've talked about shipping costs here on Ink a few times in the past and it came up regularly during the eBay Live! sessions last week. An article on CNNMoney.com yesterday broke it down further. Referencing free shipping from Amazon and Barnes & Noble (with purchases over $25) and other incentive programs from Lowe's, Sears and Circuit City, the article cites shipping costs as a key... Continue reading
VUVOX on eBay
// Posted on 06.23.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
eBay has acquired VUVOX (pronounced "view-vox") to help further develop rich media capabilities in the eBay marketplace. At first glance, the integration of VUVOX into eBay is aimed at creating an enhanced customer experience using the personal media tools and applying them to listings and pages on ebay.com. From the VUVOX website: VUVOX is an easy to use production and instant sharing... Continue reading
Back to it... with one last look at Chicago
// Posted on 06.23.2008 by Richard Brewer-Hay
And so my first eBay DevCon and eBay Live! came to a close on Saturday night. I managed to make it home to SF safe and sound last night (albeit with a bit of head cold - I'm typing this from my couch with a lot of tissues and hot water with lemon). There was a lot to take in over the 7 days I was in Chicago. I got to meet with sellers and buyers; developers and co-workers; and bloggers... Continue reading
