Posts Tagged ‘ecommerce’
Notes from the Road: Ich bin ein Berliner…
Monday, August 25th, 2008
… Well, for a few days at least. I arrived in Berlin late last night and have just finished my first day here at the German offices of eBay.
Today was a day of meeting and greeting with different folks; putting names to faces, etc. I plan on presenting the eBay Ink overview again tomorrow [...]
UPDATED: 70% Reduction in Fixed Price Fee and much, much more…
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
With the ultimate goal to be “the most competitive marketplace online for sellers and the best place for buyers to find bargains,” eBay announced some pretty significant changes today in an effort to make the online marketplace more competitive and easier and safer to use.
More on this over the next 24 hours but, in [...]
UPDATED: Interpark in discussions to sell Shares in Gmarket to eBay
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
It’s obviously early in the discussions but it appears that Interpark and Interpark’s Chairman, Ki Hyung Lee, are discussing the possibility of selling their shares in Gmarket to eBay. No one is confirming anything beyond the fact that a preliminary filing has been made with the Korean Fair Trade Commission.
Another Case Dismissed: Belgians first to rule on L’Oreal’s claims against eBay
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
The Belgian Tribunal de Commerce has dismissed all claims by L’Oreal (Lancome Parfums et Beaute) brought against eBay regarding, among other things, the sale of counterfeit L’Oreal cosmetics and perfume products online. L’Oreal initiated legal action in the courts of France, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain and Spain in 2007. The Belgian dismissal is the first [...]
Tiffany Appeals Court Decision
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Today, Tiffany & Co. announced that it is appealing the July 14, 2008 decision by a U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York that ruled eBay acted reasonably and responsibly to identify and expose the sale of counterfeit goods on the site.
Tiffany announced its intention to appeal the court’s ruling [...]
Online Sellers Officially on IRS Radar
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I saw a WSJ article last week breaking down how the new housing reform bill would include a provision that would require PayPal and other processors of online payments to report annual gross receipts to the IRS.
Ken Swab, senior federal government relations officer at PayPal, has since written about it on the PayPal blog.
Happy Birthday PayPal!
Monday, August 4th, 2008
PayPal is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year and has created a website dedicated to the milestone at www.paypal-10.com. PayPal president, Scott Thompson, talks more about the anniversary over on the PayPal Blog
With a 10-year proven legacy, outlasting now-defunct online payment services such as C2IT, bitpass (even eBay’s own Billpoint) it’s going to be [...]
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 [...]
Changes to Media and Jewelry categories
Friday, July 25th, 2008
The above AB post yesterday previewed some changes coming soon to the Media and Jewelry categories on eBay.
In the media category: Condition values “Brand New”, “Like New”, “Very Good”, “Good” and “Acceptable” will take the place of the current values “New” and “Used”.
In the Jewelry category: eBay Item Specifics will be attached to the [...]
“Take off” Paying until after you Land
Friday, July 25th, 2008
It has been a year since Northwest Airlines became the first airline to accept PayPal payment for online ticket purchases. It was announced today that Northwest is the first airline to accept PayPal Pay Later.
The service lets passengers buy tickets on Northwest’s Web site, and then defer payments for 90 days, and is available [...]
