PayPal aims new product at SMEs

PayPal has launched a product aimed at helping small and medium enterprises accept online payments securely and cost-effectively.

The Website Payments Pro product is the first non-hosted payment suite from PayPal, a subsidiary of online auction giant eBay. It includes Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal functions, so firms [...]

eBay Watch: Choosing Categories for Conversions

EBay began extending its maintenance period by two hours to four hours a week. It’s likely many sellers won’t even notice the change, though sometimes during the maintenance period there are disruptions, such as slow-performing or unavailable eBay features.

In other updates this week, it appears that the Buyer Experience Team [...]

Kerry man helps ensure eBay’s success in Ireland

A KERRY man has helped ensure the tills have been ringing out for one of Ireland’s most important marketplaces for traders.

Trading website eBay has enjoyed an extraordinarily rapid expansion in this country, with Tralee man, John McElligott, managing director of eBay Ireland, at the helm. eBay.ie, the dedicated [...]

PayPal to launch mobile pay

Paypal, eBay Inc.’s online payment company, announced Friday that it plans to launch a new service this year designed to make it easier to pay for items using cell phones and other mobile devices.

Web telephone calling service Skype also announced that it will soon begin allowing users to send money to [...]

Ok, I’m going to put a prediction out there based on what I’m seeing, hearing and know about how eBay thinks. eBay Stores listing fees are $.05 for $25. and $.10 for $24.99. They used to be $.02 before the…

A weird press release just hit the wires talking about how Mozilla (the folks that produce the excellent firefox browser) and eBay are going to work together to make the auction experience easier. The release then goes on to say:…

Entrepreneur’s eBay Startup Guide Shows Business Owners How to Start and Grow a Business on eBay

Entrepreneur’s eBay Startup Guide is now on newsstands to help small business owners tap into a network of 222 million registered eBay members worldwide. The fifth issue of the magazine marks eBay’s still-burgeoning success and its virtually limitless business opportunities [...]