Archive for 'Power Sellers Unite'
Alibaba purchases Auctiva
Alibaba has announced it has purchased Auctiva, the developer of third-party tools for eBay sellers and ecommerce merchants. Auctiva provides a variety of listing, marketing and management tools as well as image hosting and online storefronts, and claims around 170,000 active users. The purchase follows Alibaba’s acquisition of Vendio in June. As with the Vendio [...]
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eBay Announces More Changes Impacting Sellers in September
eBay will announce changes later today in its third roll-out of seller updates for 2010, calling it "Seller Release 3." Most changes will launch between September 7 and September 13, and eBay said it was the final seller update of the year. eBay will make certain media and electronics categories free for sellers to list [...]
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eBay Rallies Sellers against Sales Tax Legislation
Doesn’t ebay have more gall than ever. They care not an ounce for Sellers but now they want them to notify Congress and the Senate that we don’t want to collect sales tax for every state. I do it for PA & MD and it’s all electronic; no problem. They just don’t want to lose [...]
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PayPal Mulls Expanded Seller Protection for a Price
PayPal is conducting a survey to determine how much sellers would be willing to pay for a new seller protection program. PayPal exposed survey respondents to five variations of the program and asked a series of questions after each. One plan offered expanded seller protection, covering chargebacks and Item Not Received claims, and might cost [...]
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eBay’s Top Affiliates Indicted for Fraud
The U.S. government has charged two eBay affiliates with wire fraud in a case involving "cookie stuffing." eBay had filed a lawsuit against them and a third affiliate in 2008; that case is now on hold while criminal charges proceed. Shawn Hogan of Digital Point Solutions (DPS) – eBay’s top affiliate in 2007 – pled [...]
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Recession drives millionaires to shop on eBay UK
According to eBay residents of some of the most wealthy areas of the country are being driven to eBay to buy big name brands at knock down prices. Affluent area of London including Fulham, Wandsworth, Clapham, and Putney are flocking to eBay to source designer fashion at knock down prices. Wealthy areas outside London are [...]
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PayPal Postage Error Costs eBay Sellers Big Bucks
eBay sellers are reporting a problem with PayPal’s online postage printing that is costing them hundreds of dollars. Normally after receiving an error message when printing shipping labels, sellers can try to print the labels again and only be charged once – when the label prints correctly. But beginning Wednesday evening, PayPal charged sellers each [...]
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Overstock’s CEO Misled Investors About Earnings
I have reported frequently on a range of securities law violations by Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK). The company’s latest earnings report on Aug. 9 raises still new questions, concerning possible insider trading and misleading statements by the company’s CEO, Patrick Byrne. On Aug. 9, Overstock.com issued its Q2 2010 10-Q (quarter ended June 30) report and [...]
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eBay Triumphs in Antitrust Lawsuit – Wins Summary Judgment
Posted on05. Aug, 2010 by admin.
Judge Jeremy Fogel of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted eBay’s motion for summary judgment, dismissing a lawsuit filed by several eBay users alleging anti-competitive activity by eBay and PayPal. Michael Malone filed a lawsuit in April 2007 alleging that eBay "utilizes its nationwide monopoly of the on-line auction market [...]
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EBay apps make it No. 1 mobile retailer in U.S.
EBay apps make it No. 1 mobile retailer in U.S. Tim L. Fields bids on jewelry, art and antiques on eBay Inc., sometimes in 30 to 40 auctions at one time. The New Orleans attorney spends hours away from his PC, so he gets his shopping done using an eBay app on his iPhone that [...]
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eBay Traffic at 6-Year Low for March Data
Posted on03. Aug, 2010 by admin.
eBay’s traffic for the month of March was at a 6-year low compared to previous March numbers. Data provided by Nielsen show that eBay received 49.6 million unique visitors in March 2010, down over 18% from 61 million in March 2007, the peak year for March data. eBay CEO John Donahoe initiated a 3-year plan [...]
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- More eBAY fraud.
- eBay Fraud Auction
- EBAY fraud abuses (Video10)
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