FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, December 28th, 2009
eBay indicated in a press release earlier today that the number of items bought via eBay mobile apps were triple last year’s holiday volume and that eBay buyers and sellers are generating more than half a billion dollars of transactions via mobile in 2009.
Nearly 6 million people have eBay on their iPhone and eBay receives three-quarters of a million unique visits a day via mobile apps. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, December 21st, 2009
People never cease to amaze me. At a time that sees everyone tightening their budgets and thinner in the wallet, eBay buyers and sellers raised a record $50 million for U.S. and U.K. non-profit organizations in 2009 – a 17% jump since last year. Users have contributed an amazing $162 million to their favorite causes through eBay Giving Works since 2003.
Every little bit helps
While funds raised by nonprofits are at an all-time low, this year’s eBay Giving Works figures were released during a year of significant growth for online fundraising. Online giving is growing at 44% per year, seven times faster than offline giving growth. Online giving has enabled charities to leverage the power of the individual through smaller, more modest donations. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
eBay released more figures today regarding transactions made on the online marketplace over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday shopping period. The number of transactions on Cyber Monday increased by approximately 35% over Black Friday with each day yielding more than 1 million transactions.
Communities that made the most purchases on eBay (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 30th, 2009
I wanted to share a couple of videos that ran today on CNBC.
The first features eBay CEO, John Donahoe, discussing eBay’s take on Black Friday activity in the marketplace and PayPal‘s role in that. He also talks about m-commerce, and the early successes of the eBay Mobile application… (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Saturday, November 28th, 2009
After all the turkey, beer, stuffing, wine, pork, beer, mashed potatoes, wine, pumpkin pie and wine that I had on Thursday I can’t imagine heading to the mall in the middle of the night to try and find the latest deal. After hosting an even dozen family and friends it was all I could do to login to eBay and check out all the deals without leaving the house on “Black Friday.” Looking at the hi-tech, flashy “heat map” over on the eBay Holiday site, I wasn’t alone.
Essentially, eBay has created a transaction map of the United States that spans the duration of yesterday’s Black Friday shopping activity on the site. The map is a visualization of U.S.-based buyer and seller transactions over that 24-hour period. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
eBay has released a new “Deals” application available now for free from the iTunes app store. The new app provides a constant stream of the best deals across hundreds of millions of ebay.com listings and features simple navigation, customizable search features and PayPal integration that makes check-out fast and easy.
The Deals app is the latest addition to eBay’s mobile offerings; eBay also just released an upgraded version of its eBay iPhone app with new features such as social networking integration. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, November 19th, 2009
eBay Inc. announced today that is has successfully completed the previously announced sale of Skype. The deal values the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Andreessen Horowitz, and Joltid Limited. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, November 19th, 2009
According to the Climate Counts Blog, the biggest jump in their third annual Corporate Climate Scores was by eBay. With a jump of 48 points to 53 (yes, I realize that this means eBay was pretty low this time last year), eBay stands out among a list of 90 well-known consumer companies. For the second straight year, Nike’s score of 83 points (out of a possible 100) topped the list. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 16th, 2009
Okay, it’s not exactly Las Vegas but it certainly does have it’s own “What happens here…” moniker in some respects. Having only visited a handful of times, Washington D.C. still feels like a world unto its own and, thanks to the eBay Government Relations team, you have the opportunity to be a part of that world – for 3 days/2 nights – in the near future. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
In England it is called Remembrance Day and in the US it is called Veterans’ Day. It is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War.
We all have family members and/or friends that have served, or are still serving, their country in some capacity. My Grandpa fought in World War II (my Grandma, for that matter, was in the Women’s Land Army). My father-in-law was a tank driver in the army. His father was a Colonel under General Patton and I’ve had many friends that have fought in more recent conflicts – from the Falklands to the Gulf War.
I saw the following video when I first joined eBay. It’s a sweet, stirring story of how one eBay seller, Frank Sebroski, and a buyer, Gene Kieffer, gave a World War II veteran, Lee Nisperly, a Christmas he would never forget.
To all the men and women who have worn a uniform defending our freedom… making it so I can go home each day and feel safe with my wonderful family, I thank you and I’ll raise a pint in your honor tonight.
Cheers,
RBH
