Archive for July, 2010

eBay customers build the UK’s largest online parcel empire

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

A company in Bolton, that was created to serve eBay traders, has grown into the biggest online parcel delivery service in the UK.
An online parcel delivery was the brain-child of serial wheeler-dealer Fil Adams-Mercer, who set up Parcel2Go in 2002 primarily to serve eBay traders requiring UK and international courier services.
Mr Adams-Mercer, whose business career began selling bruised fruit, has developed Parcel2Go.com into a £16m a year business with over 600,000 customers.
The key to Parcel2Go’s success has been the heavy investment in a sophisticated customer relationship management (CRM) system. This …

Auction Payment Network Announces Specialized Payment Processing Solutions

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

Auction Payment Network (APN), a Proxibid company, announced the industry’s first payment processing solution developed specifically for auction companies. APN will provide auction companies with a PCI-compliant solution that ensures secure, one-click processing for on-site and online purchases at the lowest rates in the industry.
APN was created with the assistance of auctioneers and places the business needs of auction companies at the forefront of its solution. With remote deposit capture, single and recurring ACH transactions, card payments and ID validation services on a single platform, APN can meet the needs …

eBay and RIM Offer eBay Application for BlackBerry Smartphones

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in wireless innovation, and eBay, a global leader in mobile commerce and the world’s largest online marketplace, jointly announced that the free eBay Application for BlackBerry® smartphones is immediately available on BlackBerry App World™ in six more countries: Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom.* The application is also now officially available to North American BlackBerry smartphone users after a successful beta preview period.
”We are thrilled to be extending eBay’s mobile presence to millions of BlackBerry …