FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, February 6th, 2012
eBay released the below infographic this morning that uses Hunch data to see what the differences are between people who have bought or sold on eBay, and those who haven’t yet. Hunch became a part of eBay in November of last year and I’m looking forward to meeting the team in New York later this week. In the meantime, there’s lots of fun data in here (although I’m not sure why an eBay user would choose Edinburgh, Scotland over The Bahamas as a vacation destination)…
Cheers,
RBH
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Bringing local commerce one step closer to shoppers, eBay announced today that it will be offering consumers local inventory powered by Milo. Shoppers will now be able to use the new local shopping tab to check a product’s local, or in-store availability. Additionally, product pages for MP3 players and GPS devices now include a local shopping tab allowing shoppers to find they product they want, whether its online or offline at a local retailer.
From the press release:
“In the new retail environment, eBay is uniquely positioned to help retailers, large and small, compete globally in new ways and to help consumers shop for whatever they want – anytime, anywhere.,” said Dane Glasgow, vice president, global product management, eBay. “Our customers tell us they want eBay to make it even easier and more convenient to find great deals, whether they’re shopping online or around the corner. We are enabling a new kind of commerce, connecting eBay shoppers to local merchants.”
By bringing local inventory into the core search experience on eBay.com, shoppers who opt-in through the Garden will now see local shopping results on a new tab alongside the traditional search results on eBay.com
To connect small retailers and local shoppers, eBay is also introducing pluginfrom Milo that will help small to mid-size retailers easily integrate their offline merchandise onto Milo and eBay. Beginning with retailers who use QuickBooks, this software will allow independent retailers to upload their local inventory through a one-time, three-step installation and automatically share the real-time availability of their products with millions of shoppers nationwide, whether on eBay.com, eBay’s RedLaser mobile barcode-scanning application, or Milo’s affiliate partner sites. Retailers can sign up for the program here: http://www.milo.com/retailer-signup
Additional information about the new features is available at: http://www.ebay.com/local
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 1st, 2010
Starting today you’ll see enhancements to eBay’s homepage with some design changes and you can read all about it over in the Wall Street Journal.
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Tuesday, April 27th, 2010
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
The new eBay iPad application is now available for download and allows users to buy and sell using the iPad. The app is a stunning visual experience that allows users to browse through hundreds of listings in minutes through a simplified search. The app brings the window shopping experience directly to the large screen of your high resolution iPad.
Check out a video tutorial of the app here:
You can download the eBay for iPad App by clicking here.
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Do you have a pen and paper handy? I’ll give you time to find them… OK, make sure the pen works.
Now, click on the following media file to listen to a conversation between Randy Smythe of Buy.com & John Lawson of ColderICE.com.
Sure, they’re are some moments in the discussion that are less than positive when referencing the eBay Marketplace. But I feel that the themes and analogies given in the discussion are vital whether you’re just getting started selling online or have been doing it for over a decade. I particularly liked the music industry analogy from Randy and the baseball analogy from John. Good, insightful stuff all round. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, March 11th, 2010
An update to the eBay Announcement Board went up yesterday afternoon that I wanted to share with folks:
Improvements to the process when you open an unpaid item claim manually
* If a buyer doesn’t pay and you cancel the transaction, the buyer will no longer be able to pay for the item.
* If you open an unpaid item case, it will be closed automatically when the buyer pays using a safe electronic payment method such as PayPal or Moneybookers.
The new Unpaid Item Assistant is expected to be available to all sellers by the end of March. (More …)
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Thursday, February 18th, 2010
PayPal is being introduced as a way to pay in two important areas of Facebook: Facebook Ads and Facebook Credits.
According to the PayPal Blog:
Advertisers around the world will soon be able to pay for Facebook Ads with PayPal… PayPal will also become a payment option for Facebook’s virtual currency, Facebook Credits, which is currently being tested in a small number of games and applications.
FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The eBay Android app is now available for free at the Android Market and can be downloaded by searching “eBay” from the Android Market on your handset. In addition to traditional type search, the eBay application – like most Android apps – comes enabled with speech-to-text voice search. Simply tap the microphone button near the search bar and say what you’re searching for. The app will then automatically search for that item… (More …)
