Posts Tagged ‘ebay.com’
Rich LaMagna on ABC to discuss online consumer protection
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
My first regular contributor to eBay Ink, Online Safety Advisor, Rich LaMagna, appeared on SF Bay Area ABC 7’s “On Your Side” yesterday talking about online consumer protection. The short segment ran last night and focused on the new increased PayPal protection and eBay’s increased commitment to making the site safe.
View the segment and read [...]
Introducing eBay In Demand
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Another demo I received at the eBay Innovation Demo Expo last week was eBay In Demand. The difference between eBay In Demand and a number of the other demos I viewed is that this one is now live on the site - albeit in limited Beta.
eBay Reduces Workforce by 10%
Monday, October 6th, 2008
In addition to announcing the acquisition of U.S.-based online payments business Bill Me Later and of Denmark’s leading online classifieds site dba.dk and vehicles site bilbasen.dk, eBay today also announced plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 10 percent, affecting about 1,000 employees in addition to several hundred temporary workers and the reduction of [...]
PeSA Makes Official Statement on eBay Marketplace
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Earlier today, I received an email from Joe Cortese, Founder and Chairman of the Professional eBay Sellers Association (PeSA) with the following headline, “PeSA Official Statement on eBay’s Marketplace: Deteriorating eBay Market Conditions Erode Seller Confidence.”
The full paper can be read here.
It’s a pretty sweeping document that quite frankly doesn’t speak highly of the current [...]
eBay Launches Mobile App for iPhone and iPod Touch in Europe
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008
Back in June, I wrote about the eBay Mobile application being made available for US customers. In the 2 months it has been available in the US it has quickly become one of the more popular choices in its category in the iTunes App Store and averages thousands of downloads a day.
eBay announced today that [...]
Introducing Worldofgood.com
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
eBay launched a new eCommerce marketplace earlier today called Worldofgood.com by eBay that offers products that have a positive impact on people and the planet. The goal is to empower consumers to align their social values with their shopping.
eBay collaborated with World of Good, Inc., “a purpose-driven start-up dedicated to building ethical consumer experiences, [...]
Busy on the Boards today…
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Two more General Announcements went up today that caught my eye…
***A Message from John Canfield: Update on our Fraud Prevention Efforts***
John Canfield, Senior Director of eBay’s Trust & Safety team, made an AB post earlier today updating folks on eBay fraud prevention efforts. On the whole, the post makes for a one-stop repository of all [...]
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 [...]
Feedback on Feedback to Feedback
Friday, May 16th, 2008
All,
Thanks again for your kind words and emails. Sorry for the delay in getting this to you. As promised, I managed to spend time with Brian Burke this week and he tackled a lot of the follow-up questions that came through from the “Accountability” post written last week.
The following follow-up questions and answers are shown [...]
Accountability: The Evolution of the eBay Feedback System
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Yesterday I sat down with Brian Burke, Director of Global Feedback Policy, to get a full run-down of all the changes being applied to eBay’s Feedback system. During our discussion, I was able to get the rationale and reasoning behind the changes as well as ask some of the questions that had been provided by [...]
