Archive for September, 2007

German court overturns eBay buyer conviction

Saturday, September 29th, 2007

A conviction of a German man has been thrown out for purchasing stolen goods on eBay.
The 47-year-old software engineer was convicted of buying stolen goods for a purchase of a GPS system he bought on the auction site in 2005. The new device reportedly was sold as a buy-it-now item for less than one [...]

eBay appoints interim Country Manager for Canada

Friday, September 28th, 2007

eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY; www.ebay.com) today announced the appointment of Andrew Sloss to the position of interim Country Manager for eBay Canada.
Currently in his sixth year with the organization, Andrew was most recently head of marketing for eBay Canada, overseeing the company’s marketing strategy and execution within Canada. In 2006, Andrew played an instrumental role [...]

1200 eBay Accounts Hacked

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

eBay ran into a serious security issue this morning. Hackers posted on the Trust and Safety forum the information from over 1,200 users, which includes their phone numbers and credit card information.
eBay has verified that the information was accurate, and that the posts seemed to be originating from the users own accounts, suggesting a [...]

iSold It store does the work for eBay sellers

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

“Buying on eBay is easy, but selling on eBay, let alone other online marketplaces, takes effort,” says Ken Sully, CEO of iSold It. “The process can be time consuming and intimidating for people who are not familiar with the mechanics of posting items for sale online. iSold It lets everyone — from individuals, to businesses [...]

Larsen nuclear missile base for sale on ebay

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

For an asking price of $1.5 million (£750,000), the 57-acre former Larsen Air Force complex and ensuite Titan ICBM facility offers a property that only rarely finds its way on to the market.
Offering 43,000 square feet of “usable” space – not including the tunnels – in 18 underground chambers and ceiling heights of up to [...]

Luciano Pavarotti funeral items on eBay

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Funeral cards and official programmes for opera star Luciano Pavarotti’s farewell Mass in Modena, Italy are available to fans on auction site eBay.
Just two weeks after the September 8 funeral fans can bid for official items.
Highlights include the programmes, which were handed out only to the 1,500 friends and close family who attended the funeral [...]

iTaggit Unveils New Features to Simplify eBay Collectible Listings

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

iTaggit, the leading online collection website that aims to change the way people collect, organize, and enjoy their personal items and collections, today announced new tools to help iTaggit members quickly upload information about their items from their iTaggit account into eBay listings.
With the new features a user can post an item to an existing [...]

Prince Fights YouTube, eBay Over Copyrighted Content

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Music industry icon Prince is picking a fight with YouTube LLC over unauthorized use of video content on the video-sharing Web site.
To staunch the flow of copyrighted content, Prince hired John Giacobbi, an Internet policing specialist, and president of Web Sheriff, a company that polices the Internet for copyright and trademark infringements. Giacobbi, based in [...]

Doiminitech?s MarketPlace Becomes Easier to Use for eBay Users

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

As Dominitech, search engine/Internet portal, begins to make a come back, eBay users get a chance to give their auctions more exposure.
September 17, 2007 — Dominitech, a popular search engine and Internet portal, has announced an enhancement to its new Dominitech Market Place. The Dominitech Market Place launched in April 2007 to serve as a [...]

BizAuctions Reports Record Revenue, a 34% Increase Over Previous Quarter

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

AmeriResource Technologies, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, BizAuctions, Inc., a prime provider of commercial eBay liquidation services for excess inventories, released a quarterly report for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, where revenues increased approximately 34% over the previous quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company’s CEO, Delmar Janovec, noted that, “Revenues increased to $438,764 [...]

Parcel2Go offers a 10% discount for eBay customers

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Parcel2go, the UK and USA delivery and collection postal service are now offering a 10 percent discount for eBay users.Gaining more and more users each day, the customers of the largest online auction site eBay, can now take advantage of a 10 percent shipping discount being offered by the delivery service Parcel2Go. With more people [...]

PC Tools Warn ID Fraud Kits Now Available on eBay

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

Online auction site, eBay, is unwittingly selling software that is used to hack eBay user accounts and steal personal information, according to research from online security experts PC Tools.
A number of software items for sale on the world’s leading online auction site contain a variety of programs including keyloggers, trojans and other malware making devices [...]

Donald Mckenzie Jr. Creates Website to Help Future eBay Power Sellers

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Press Release
Just over one year ago, entrepreneur and eBay power seller Donald Mckenzie Jr., began to brainstorm and implement ideas for helping ordinary people create an extraordinary home business opportunity online. Having witnessed a handful of his friends struggle with financial problems throughout their lives, he understands to a certain extent the struggle presented with [...]

Skype may be giving eBay the wrong numbers

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Two years have passed since eBay Inc. struck its deal to pay $2.6 billion to purchase Internet phone provider Skype Technologies SA, and many on Wall Street wonder if it was a bad call. Revenue growth is slowing. Skype isn’t adding as many new custome…

eBay Watch: iPhone Widget Updates for Auctioneers

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

EBay’s Seller Experience team announced several improvements to the way vendors list items on the auction site, and just in time for the holiday prep season. Starting with the Sell Your Item (SYI) form, eBay finally recognized that novice sellers can …