eBay UK Prepares for Biggest Shopping Day of the Year
eBay UK predicts its busiest trading day across its web and mobile platforms will be on Sunday December 4. eBay is referring to this busy day as ‘Super Sunday’. Angus McCarey, Retail Director for eBay UK, said “This will be another record-breaking “Super Sunday” for eBay UK with sales volumes around six times as high as on an average Sunday in September.” The prediction states 30 gifts will be purchased every second and items bought on smartphones will double from last year. [via The Next Web]
PayPal Shows Off New NFC Payment Options
Last week we covered the opening of PayPal’s inspiration shop. This week, PayPal opened stations in the store to demonstrate how PayPal will enable multi-channel payments by its users in-store and on their mobile devices. PayPal’s head of mobile payments, Laura Chambers, stated “PayPal was pushing its own solution that didn’t require merchants to buy any new NFC hardware.” PayPal is working to provide comprehensive tools that help retailers and customers choose which payment option works best for them. [via GigaOM]
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Looking Back on eBay Ink
November 4, 2010: The folks behind the VideoGame PriceCharts blog solicited questions from readers that they then sent to eBay for response. They then took all of the answers provided by eBay and put together the visually striking and informative infographic below:
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