Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Craigslist Inc. executives reneged on a deal to guarantee EBay Inc. a board seat for its investment in the online-advertising company and planned to portray themselves as victims of the Internet auctioneer, EBay’s lawyers argued in court papers.
Oodle said it would soon enable users to connect their accounts to eBay, LinkedIn, Trulia and Zillow as part of its new, "more social," user interface. Oodle aggregates classifieds listings from around the web and also powers classifieds for over 200 leading brands including Cox Interactive, Media General, the Washington Post, Walmart, AOL and Lycos.
Kijiji.com, eBay's free, local, family-friendly classified site, today announced a partnership with the eBay Green Team in the third and final phase of its six-week "re+purpose" campaign.
From November 4-19 at www.ebay.com/greenteam, eBay and Kijiji will collaborate with do-it-yourself maven, Zem Joaquin of ecofabulous.com, to show consumers that reusing what exists in the world today is not only cool and affordable, it's environmentally friendly.
Kijiji, a free classified ads site attempting to rival Craigslist, is taking a cheap shot at Craigslist by publicizing the results of a one-sided survey.
According to the survey, which was commissioned by eBay, “Three in four U.S. adults (75%) said they prefer to buy or sell items from a Web site that does not host erotic ads or adult services, and more than half (53%) of consumers said they would prefer that a family member use a site without such listings.”
Almost a year after eBay purchased online billing company Bill Me Later, the company's offerings will be integrated into eBay and PayPal in the coming weeks.
Bill Me Later will launch for a limited number of sellers and buyers on eBay and PayPal in the next few weeks, Sam Shrauger, PayPal's vice president of global product strategy, wrote in a blog post.
EBay has always been a great place to look for deals on new and used items and now, thanks to the eBay Bucks program, you can save even more when you buy on eBay. Eligible purchases paid for with PayPal will earn a 2% cash-back reward.
eBay acquired a 28 percent share of the Craigslist online classified site in 2004, and then proceeded to launch its own competing classifieds site Kijiji in 2005. It has been less than a "marriage made in heaven," with things coming to a head when eBay launched Kijiji in the U.S. in 2007. The two parties have sued each other and accusations have gotten rather nasty.
Online marketplace eBay says its Australian website is experiencing a similar downwards trend in sales as its other sites worldwide and has cut fees to bolster its local listings.
Managing director of eBay Australia and New Zealand Deborah Sharkey said eBay.com.au averages around five million visitors each month.
These days, it seems to take a lot of audacity to find a job.
And Sherry Campbell proves it.
Earlier this month, Tampa Bay's 10 Connects profiled Campbell after she posted herself on eBay.
The U.S. economy is stabilizing when it comes to credit and consumer spending, eBay Inc. Chief Executive John Donahoe said.
eBay supporters may not love the latest graph released by Hitwise. Data collected over the course of almost three years indicates that searches for the word "auctions" are losing out in terms of quantity when compared to searches for "classifieds."
eBay has been conducting a survey of sellers to gauge their satisfaction with the selling process. eBay asked sellers how satisfied they were specific features and processes grouped into six main areas: Selling in General; Listing Items; Managing Communications; Packaging and Shipping Items; Managing Their Business and Selling on eBay; and Problem Resolution and Returns. They were also asked which areas related to selling on eBay they would most like to see improved.
The Internet affords us with oodles of information right smack at our fingertips, but with such access comes a slew of potential dangers. Thieves are clever, and they won’t stop until they have someone’s account, or money, or identity, or all of the above. But, if you follow these tips you’ll know how to stay safe (and possibly even make a little money).
E-commerce giant eBay is closing its Metro Vancouver customer-service office and cutting about 700 jobs as it consolidates customer-service operations in Salt Lake City, Utah, the company announced late Tuesday.
Before voting for Meg Whitman for governor, residents of California would do well to consider what has been happening at eBay since she stepped down as chief executive.
Friday, February 19, 2010
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