eBay has enhanced its mobile application for Android to now include new selling capabilities. Based on feedback I’ve received on past posts it’s something that our users have been looking forward to.

* Selling on eBay is now supported (available in US and UK with support for more countries coming soon!)
** Quickly list an item from start to finish on your phone and include up to 8 photos
** Use the integrated barcode scanner from RedLaser to prefill item details when listing an item
** Revise an item from your Active Selling list
** Relist an item from your Unsold list
** Sell one like this feature available when viewing a similar item on eBay
** Schedule an auction to start immediately or choose a later date
** End an active auction
** Mark an item as shipped
** Contact the buyer
* Updated home screen
* View your own feedback ratings and recent comments from eBay members
* More options for refining your search results: condition, free shipping, location, completed listings and sold items only
* Fix for issue that restricted bidding for users on specific carriers/devices
* Other bug fixes and improvements

You can check out a full set of screen shots from the enhanced app on the eBay Ink Flickr feed.

The release of the enhanced app and the release of the new Milo Shopping Mobile iPhone app both come just a day after Christopher Payne, head of eBay Marketplaces North America, gave the keynote presentation at Internet Retailer Conference 2011. In his presentation, Christopher focused heavily on the future of commerce (Commerce 3.0) and the pivotal role both mobile and local will have in the evolution of shopping. Here are some key quotes from his presentation yesterday:

** “Introducing “Fetch” a plug-in that integrates QuickBooks with Milo, allowing a merchant to get their offline inventory onto eBay. “Fetch” is in Beta / free for merchants. We are only accepting data for merchants with Quickbooks POS systems.”
** “eBay believes “Local” is where “Mobile” was 2 years ago. (Hence the RedLaser, Milo and Where acquisitions).”
** “Mobile commerce gives the consumer a store wherever they are and it’s always open.”
** “1 in 6 Americans are accessing the web through a mobile device.”
** “eBay saw $2 billion in sales through mobile platform in 2010. Expects to double that in 2011.”
** “We introduced the first eBay mobile app in 2008. Since then, our apps have been downloaded 45 million times.”

You can read the full Internet Retailer Report: IRCE 2011 Report: eBay pitches partnerships

Cheers,
RBH