I took the above photo of eBay Mobile’s VP, Steve Yankovich, being interviewed by CNN yesterday afternoon. Below you can see the resulting piece on CNN that highlights the new iPad feature, “Watch with eBay“.
Cheers,
RBH
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0 Permanent link to eBay Mobile VP, Steve Yankovich, talks about “Watch with eBay” on CNN eBay Mobile VP, Steve Yankovich, talks about “Watch with eBay” on CNN
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
eBay Mobile VP, Steve Yankovich, talks about “Watch with eBay” on CNN
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2 Permanent link to Commerce coming to a couch near you with the launch of “Watch with eBay” #ebaynews Commerce coming to a couch near you with the launch of “Watch with eBay” #ebaynews
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 21st, 2011
Commerce coming to a couch near you with the launch of “Watch with eBay” #ebaynews
eBay and PayPal is predicting a dramatic shift in US consumer behavior this Holiday season, with the first spike in shopping actually occurring after Thanksgiving dinner in the first heavy wave of “Couch Commerce.” The idea being that people will head to their couches with smartphones and tablets and start shopping from the comfort of their homes, rather than brave the more traditional, daunting rush of Black Friday shopping. Why? Because finding a deal online – when you want it – has never been easier. To that end, on Thanksgiving Day, eBay will serve up great deals for stay-at-home shoppers, including a prime time post-dinner “Deal Blast” at 7:00PM ET with subsequent Daily Deals appearing throughout the Holiday shopping season.
Watch with eBay
Also this week, a “Watch with eBay” tab is being added to the eBay iPad app that enables users to shop for items on the marketplace related to what they are watching. Users simply tap “Watch with eBay” and type in their zip code, cable provider, channel and the program they are currently watching; using show and event-specific key word searches, the app surfaces relevant merchandise from more than 200 million listings available on the eBay marketplace. So when I’m watching the Miami Dolphins beat the Dallas Cowboys for their fourth win in a row on Thursday afternoon, I’ll be able to buy a new Dolphins hat while enjoying it.You can read more about it in the Watch with eBay press release and also on TechCrunch.
Cheers!
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, October 24th, 2011
Become a Beta tester of eBay Tablet Web [VIDEO]
I was fortunate enough to sit down with Oliver Cockcroft, Product Manager for eBay Tablet Web, to discuss the new tablet experience currently in Beta testing from eBay. You can sign up as a Beta tester today at touch.ebay.com/tablet. Here, we chat about the experience and the features involved with the tablet-specific experience.
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0 Permanent link to eBay Instant Sale now offers $$ for broken devices. Infographic shows carbon savings eBay Instant Sale now offers $$ for broken devices. Infographic shows carbon savings
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, April 18th, 2011
eBay Instant Sale now offers $$ for broken devices. Infographic shows carbon savings
My 2 broken iPods may no longer be worthless. eBay has opened up its Instant Sale program to include new, limited-time pricing for broken or damaged iPods, iPhones and iPads, offering consumers more value for their broken gadgets than ever before in celebration of Earth Month. Additionally, eBay will offer every user that sends in their device – broken or not – a bonus $5 eBay gift card and a matching $5 donation to Global Green USA.
Through April 30, eBay Instant Sale will begin paying up to $150 for broken iPads, $100 for iPhones, and $50 for iPods. Until now, Instant Sale offered free shipping and responsible recycling for all broken items, but limited cash value. As a result, I now have two otherwise useless iPods that could translate into about 100 new songs from iTunes for my functioning one.
eBay also released a pretty cool infographic (see below) that illustrates what these trade-ins represent from a carbon saving perspective. Check it out…
Cheers,
RBH
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 31st, 2011
eBay Releases iPad 2 Sales Data
As illustrated in the infographic, iPad 2 activity on the eBay marketplace is booming. Interestingly, some of the strongest demand is coming from outside the U.S. in countries like Russia, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan – many of which Apple either just began selling the iPad 2 in on Friday or plans to in April.
A few highlights depicted in the infographic:
- 65% of total iPad 2’s sold on eBay went to domestic buyers vs only 35% of sales of iPad 1 in 2010 (within similar two-week date range).
- Pad 2 models in most demand are the 16GB and 64GB + 3G, with 30% and 23% of sales respectively.
- Sales of iPads on eBay jumped from 5,300 in the first two weeks after iPad 1 was announced, to nearly 12,000 in the first two weeks after iPad 2.
- The two biggest export locations are Russia and Canada, followed by Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom.Source for all data: http://products.ebay.com/ipad
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 10th, 2011
eBay Instant Sale Offers for iPad Gen 1 Are Up Almost 800%
eBay Instant Sale has seen more than 22,000 offers on first generation iPads since Apple’s announcement of iPad 2 last Wednesday. This represents a 796% increase compared with the previous week.
Since eBay launched Instant Sale in October 2010, roughly 38,000 iPad offers have been made in total compared to only 1,600 offers made for other tablets.
I’ve been deliberating all week about selling my iPad using eBay Instant Sale and standing in line in Austin, TX for the new one at the temporary Apple store being built especially for SXSW. We’ll see how long that line is before totally committing.
Cheers,
RBHAbout eBay Instant Sale
eBay Instant Sale is a new program that lets people get competitive cash offers for electronics, including tablets and cell phones, in 60 seconds or less. eBay customers who visit eBay.com/iPad and enter in basic information about their device will receive an instant cash offer. Once the offer is accepted, users will receive a free shipping label. Payment will be deposited into the customer’s PayPal account once the item has been received and evaluated. -
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, May 10th, 2010
iPads Go Global with eBay
It’s the shiny new toy in the tech world and seemingly everyone, including me, wants to get their hands on one (16,000 iPads have been sold on eBay to date). The iPad won’t be available internationally until the end of the month but, thanks to eBay, that doesn’t have to stop you.
I actually experienced this first-hand when I was in Las Vegas last month for the eCommerce Summit. My Macbook Pro took a digger at the beginning of the conference and I checked into the “Genius Bar” at the Apple store in The Forum Shops linked to Caesar’s Palace. Dropping it off for repair (which was successfully accomplished in less than 24 hours – superb customer service throughout), I noticed a gentleman surfing ebay.com from an in-store iMac. I asked him what he was doing and sure enough, the Apple store was only selling iPads to those people with reservations so he was going to buy one from eBay right there and then in the store! He even let me take a pic of him doing it:
According to eBay, this is not an isolated incident and it has turned into quite a trend for folks overseas. Check out the below graphic depicting the first two weeks of iPad exports from the US on eBay:
As you can see from the related reads below, people are paying a hefty mark-up to the actual sticker price of an iPad. Goes to show that despite the Fixed-Price trends over the past year+, when an item is in demand on eBay, the format that will continue to dominate and make the most sense for sellers is Auction.
Cheers,
RBHRelated Reads:
NY Times Bits: The iPad Travels the World, via eBay
Gizmodo: Sell Your iPad Overseas on eBay and Profit
TechCrunch: eBay Sells 5,000 iPads, UAE Buyers Pay Highest Prices -
0 Permanent link to VIDEO: eBay App for iPad demo #ebaynews #ebayappnews VIDEO: eBay App for iPad demo #ebaynews #ebayappnews
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
VIDEO: eBay App for iPad demo #ebaynews #ebayappnews
All,
Here is a video demo of the new eBay App for iPad. You can read more about it here.
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3 Permanent link to eBay App for iPad to Take Online Shopping to Another Level #eBayNews #eBayAppNews eBay App for iPad to Take Online Shopping to Another Level #eBayNews #eBayAppNews
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Friday, April 2nd, 2010
eBay App for iPad to Take Online Shopping to Another Level #eBayNews #eBayAppNews
It’s all iPad, all the time this week it seems (even one of my favorite new TV shows got in on the act on Wednesday). Given the recent emphasis on mobile commerce coming out of eBay, it doesn’t come as any surprise that the company would have its own news around the release of the new Apple hardware.
The eBay for iPad app builds further upon the mobile commerce innovation already coming out of the company and delivers a new and cool looking shopping experience for iPad users. (More …)
