Posts Tagged ‘ebay’
All Existing Payment Methods to be Allowed on eBay.com.au
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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regret and citing a desire to avoid further confusion and disruption among the eBay community, eBay Australia has withdrawn its notification to the ACCC regarding PayPal-only.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 [...]
eBay Desktop Usability Study
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
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 [...]
eBay Vows to Fight Following Overreach by LVMH
Monday, June 30th, 2008
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 [...]
eBay, ChoDienTu Team Up in Vietnam
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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 [...]
eBay Launches “Call for Action” Campaign in Europe
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
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 [...]
VUVOX on eBay
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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 [...]
eBay Live! 2008 is upon us…
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Quite a bit of news coming out of the first day of eBay Live! 08 today. A press release was issued earlier today outlining how eBay plans to improve protections for buyers and sellers. Buyers who pay with PayPal will be protected on eligible transactions for 100% of an item’s purchase price - with no [...]
3rd Party App Development now open on eBay’s Selling Manager
Monday, June 16th, 2008
To kick-off this year’s eBay DevCon, eBay announced that it has opened up Selling Manager (an online tool for managing and tracking listings on eBay) to third party application development. The goal in providing developers access to eBay’s community of professional sellers is to create more opportunities to proliferate selling tools and to give sellers [...]
eBay Responds to ACCC Draft Notice
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Earlier this week, the Australian Competition and Consumer commission (ACCC) issued a draft notice that proposed to revoke eBay’s Safer Payments Initiative in Australia.
“The ACCC acknowledges that having PayPal as the only payment provider has the potential to deliver some benefits to users, such as increased buyer protection insurance in certain circumstances. However, the ACCC [...]
PESA / ECMTA Community Roundtable - Product Sourcing in Difficult Times
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I won’t be able to attend this one unfortunately, but you can reserve your seat for tomorrow’s webinar at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/412801620
OVERVIEW:
Worldwide Brands are the What to Sell and Where to Get it Experts! Join us for this webinar to learn about how you can beat the recession with eCommerce using the best techniques in product [...]
