Archive for March 7th, 2006
CNN Money: PayPal is getting back to its mobile roots. Back in 1999, when the company first launched as a tiny startup, it had designed software to beam money between handhelds and cell phones. It rapidly abandoned that plan when it found that buyers and sellers on eBay preferred to use a Web-based version of [...]
eBayers Attain Risk-Free Profits
Business 2.0: Like many mom-and-pop teams that sell on eBay, Cheryl and Gary Casper started with stuff lying around the house–baby clothes, old toys, even VHS copies of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty that their daughters were still watching. “I was ripping them out of their hands,” Cheryl says. “I was, like, ‘I’ll buy it for [...]
Business Week: Being in business used to mean being tied to a big city, where all the resources and customers you needed were right at your fingertips. But nowadays, thanks to a move toward a more service- and technology-based economy — and a slew of new computing and telecommunication innovations — entrepreneurial enterprises are no [...]
Matt Bannick to head up eBay corporate philanthropy
eBay may soon have to add it’s Power Sellers to the list of philanthropy initiatives if they continue to raise fees. EBay Inc. said on Monday that Matt Bannick, president of eBay International, will head the auction giant’s initiatives in corporate philanthropy and the developing world.
Tech News: A case accusing eBay of facilitating the illicit sale of contact lenses has been thrown out of court. The General Optical Council (GOC) files charges against eBay in August 2005, after it found several resellers offering contact lenses through the auction site. It accused the website of ‘aiding and abetting’ the sale of [...]
Can eBay squeeze more out of sellers?
The Gripe Line: EBay has implemented a policy that seems aimed at eliminating the use of personal PayPal accounts for collecting funds on EBay transactions. As a result, EBay sellers must pay the standard PayPal credit card fee even when buyers pay with funds from their own PayPal account. “For a long time, I found [...]
Startup Journal: Bob Noe’s idea for a better mousetrap is called the Rat Zapper. Sold under the slogan “The Power Tool for Rodent Control,” it is a blue plastic box about the size of a milk carton that runs on four AA batteries. It electrocutes rats or mice after luring them inside using dried dog [...]
This week’s Carnival of Marketing is up at Jack Yoest’s Yoest.org.
