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  • Skype added to ebay

    Skype VOIP capabilities will be added to ebay to improve communication between buyers and sellers. There are limited immediate benefits though for a marketplace which thrives on asynchronicity and anonymity ("fluffy_seller3085" may not always want calls!).
  • Ebay Express: a new platform for retailers

    Ebay's play to become the 'merchants general' for the web took a step forward today with the announcement of the UK's Ebay Express: a fixed price, new goods platform for retailers, with unified search and basket for customers.
  • Paypal extends service to 'virtual debit cards'.

    Datamonitor reports that Ebay's Paypal is to roll out a 'virtual debit card' that'll allow Paypal to be accepted by online Mastercard systems. This will move Paypal outside its ebay-based customer file.
  • Online ads: soon "click to CALL", not just to look

    In an article in Internet.com we get a quick heads up that eBay, Yahoo and Google are aligning their systems to allow customers to click on an ad and "call" - using eBay's Skype and Google Talk technology. And we thought life was complicated enough with text ads! Time to brush up your relationship with your friendly contact centre provider...
  • eBayExpress capabilities added to ChannelAdvisor

    ChannelAdvisor - the system that allows retailers to sell fixed price goods into the main market places, aggregators, comparison sites and search engines - now supports eBayExpress in the UK. While the myriad possible outlets for retailers can seem daunting, middleware of this nature can allow retailers to extend their selling reach very easily.
  • eBay and Google - make more money

    Yes, I know, it's hardly news any more. So - in brief - eBay makes 10% more and Google makes 70% more than last year. If you can get up the energy, links to the details follow...
  • eBay offices bombed

    A bomb exploded outside the offices of eBay and PayPal in San Jose, California, on 31 October reports internetnews.com.
  • Frooition acquires CreativeBay

    Frooition has acquired design specialists CreativeBay and thus strengthened its position as a solutions supplier enabling retailers to trade on eBay. While this deal isn't on the scale of Google/YouTube, it highlights two aspects of online retailing which we are likely to see more of in 2007 - mergers and the rise of 3rd party suppliers.
  • Littlewoods clears on eBay

    Frooition (eBay marketplace experts), has helped Littlewoods Clearance (the clearance arm of online and home shopping retailer Littlewoods Shop Direct Group), scale up its eBay operation to make the most out of the channel.