eBay has launched a new initiative to help “sow the seeds of innovation” with community input on new products and features before they go live on the site. The “Garden by eBay” is a new area on eBay.com that allows community members to try out new products and features and give the team working on the initiative feedback on suggested improvements and changes. The experimental space was designed to encourage eBay users to contribute to the growth of initial concepts to fully “grown,” ready-to-launch products and features. (More …)
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8 Permanent link to eBay Plants “Garden” & Opens It Up To All. Meet the team behind it… eBay Plants “Garden” & Opens It Up To All. Meet the team behind it…
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
eBay Plants “Garden” & Opens It Up To All. Meet the team behind it…
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9 Permanent link to Registration now open for eBay: On Location Events Registration now open for eBay: On Location Events
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, February 8th, 2010
Registration now open for eBay: On Location Events
eBay today announced the dates and locations for its new program, eBay: On Location — a series of events aimed at helping eBay sellers accelerate their businesses on the platform.eBay: On Location, which kicks off March 19-20 in Atlanta, will bring small-business and part-time eBay sellers together to network and gain practical knowledge about building and growing their businesses on eBay.
Event attendees will hear from national speakers, as well as eBay experts, on timely business topics and will participate in a series of classes designed to help sellers be more successful on eBay. After Atlanta, the event will travel to three other U.S. cities: Dallas (May 7-8); Chicago (July 9-10); and San Jose (Sept. 1-2). (More …)
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11 Permanent link to VIDEO Interview with Dinesh Lathi about eBay Seller Release VIDEO Interview with Dinesh Lathi about eBay Seller Release
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
VIDEO Interview with Dinesh Lathi about eBay Seller Release
All,
I was able to spend some time with Dinesh Lathi, VP of Buyer and Seller Experience at eBay, to discuss the news coming out of today’s Seller Release (eBaySR) in more detail. I did my best to anticipate some of the more challenging questions that may be on Ink reader’s minds and posed them to Dinesh (I realize you’ll have a ton more… and I’m happy to ask those too). What follows is a 7-part, comprehensive sit-down discussion with Dinesh in the lobby of the Community building at San Jose HQ. I’ve embedded the questions right into the videos. (More …) -
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
eBay Inc Reports Q4 2009 Earnings
eBay Inc. announced earnings for Q4 and full year ended December 31, 2009. Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.4 billion, up 16% from the same period last year. This includes the $112 million in revenue from Skype during the period that we still fully owned it. The year-over-year increase was attributed primarily to “excellent growth in PayPal and StubHub and improvement in growth rates in the core eBay business, as well as the positive impact from foreign currency movements.” (More …) -
2 Permanent link to CNBC Cyber Monday video interviews with eBay CEO and PayPal president CNBC Cyber Monday video interviews with eBay CEO and PayPal president
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 30th, 2009
CNBC Cyber Monday video interviews with eBay CEO and PayPal president
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 …)
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2 Permanent link to eBay Launches new “Deals” iPhone app; Adds social networking integration to existing eBay Mobile app eBay Launches new “Deals” iPhone app; Adds social networking integration to existing eBay Mobile app
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
eBay Launches new “Deals” iPhone app; Adds social networking integration to existing eBay Mobile app
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 …)
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45 Permanent link to UPDATED: eBay Restores Search Functionality UPDATED: eBay Restores Search Functionality
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Saturday, November 21st, 2009
UPDATED: eBay Restores Search Functionality
First of all, my personal apologies that I’m only just getting something up now. Inexcusable and I assure you it won’t happen again. This official statement was made by eBay Inc. this evening:SAN JOSE — Saturday, Nov 21, 7 p.m. PST — eBay expects full search functionality to be restored to eBay.com on Sunday after a technical issue today resulted in searches returning either limited or no results throughout the day today. The identified technical issue has been fixed and is being implemented across the site. (More …)
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1 Permanent link to eBay’s Privacy Rules approved by EU Members States eBay’s Privacy Rules approved by EU Members States
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
eBay’s Privacy Rules approved by EU Members States
While I was attending the PayPal X conference in SF last week, eBay enjoyed a fairly significant achievement over in Europe. Specifically, 14 EU data protection authorities approved eBay’s privacy standards and procedures.In a nutshell, as of last Thursday, Luxembourg’s National Data Protection Commission (CNPD) has formally approved eBay’s binding corporate rules (BCRs) for privacy compliance for both customers and employees. (More …)
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
PayPal X Innovate 2009: Q&A VIDEO
