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Archive for May, 2006

Item Numbers Expanding

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

As outlined in our previous post directly below, our item numbers will begin expanding in the next few days. We are going to slowly introduce these larger numbers throughout June, so you may not …

Yahoo-eBay War Rages in China

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Yahoo and eBay announced last week they’ll cooperate on their U.S. search, advertising, and online payment efforts. But that teamwork won’t extend to their affiliates in China, according to officials at the Asian operations.
Yahoo’s interests are tied with Alibaba.com, China’s leading online business-to-business platform, which owns auction site Taobao.com. Last August, Yahoo paid $1 billion [...]

Transcript and Audio Archive of the eBay Town Hall Event from eBay Live! Now Available

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

The transcript and audio archive from June’s Town Hall event at eBay Live! are now available. Visit our Town Hall Archives to read or lis…

Transcript and Audio Archive of the eBay Town Hall Event from eBay Live! Now Available

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

The transcript and audio archive from June’s Town Hall event at eBay Live! are now available. Visit our Town Hall Archives to read or lis…

GE Consumer Finance and EBay to launch new credit card

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

GE Consumer Finance, a unit of General Electric Co, said Tuesday it will team up with eBay Inc and its PayPal Inc. unit to launch the new PayPal Plus credit card. The card will feature a rewards program for PayPal users.
The new card is an expansion of the relationship originally created in June 2004 for [...]

Speculation increases on Microsoft eBay bid

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

Prompted by reports in the New York Post, speculation surrounding a major merger in the Internet world has intensified.
The paper cited multiple sources close to the matter last week, when it reported that Microsoft was considering buying the online auction site eBay, suggesting that while the recent Yahoo! eBay deal had not cooled the software [...]

ChipsAway bans sale of business on eBay

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

UK Auction Info
Chipsaway, the car dent repairer, has banned one of its franchisees from selling his concession on eBay, and rewritten its rulebook so it can never happen again.
The company acted after The Daily Telegraph revealed franchisee John Hopkins was trying to sell his membership on the internet auction site.
The company, which offers a door-to-door [...]