Posts tagged with 'eBay'
Angry eBay store-owners
have vowed to continue their fight against fee hikes after the end of their five-day protest yesterday.
A spokesperson for the Campaign of Rebuffed Ebayers, which asked sellers and buyers to boycott the site between Thursday and Monday, said it would be arranging more demonstrations to promote eBay competitors such as Ebid, Tazbar and Amazon.
Read more...
by Richard Maven
19 September 2006 13:11pm
3 comments
Over at Ajaxian yesterday, Michael Mahemoff gives a heads up on the latest Web 2.0 move by MSN, which sees them offer pretty much as yet unheard of Ajax driven user features for their image search.
It’s great, but it’s also gimmicky – KISS.
Read more...
by Gareth Knight
18 September 2006 20:57pm
1 comment
In less than a week’s time, eBay faces another boycott from its customers and store partners over fee hikes, changes to search listings and a growing number of rogue sellers.
But even before the protest kicks off, its organisers have serious doubts about whether their demands will be met.
Read more...
by Richard Maven
08 September 2006 11:18am
2 comments
Over 1,000 cricket fans have had their Ashes tickets cancelled after an investigation into second hand sales on the web.
Read more...
by Richard Maven
31 August 2006 15:13pm
0 comments
Google and eBay have joined forces in a pay-per-call deal which could act as a catalyst in helping the emerging channel gain a much bigger foothold.
Read more...
by Linus Gregoriadis
28 August 2006 20:27pm
0 comments
UK web shoppers will spend £6.25 billion on groceries a year by 2010, an increase of 235% over last year, according to a study by Paypal.
Research by the payment firm suggests British online spending will double to £39 billion, with the grocery sector taking the lion’s share of the market.
Read more...
by Richard Maven
21 August 2006 11:54am
2 comments
Paypal, eBay’s online payment system, has refunded some of its UK customers after a technical glitch saw them charged twice for transactions.
Read more...
by Richard Maven
09 August 2006 13:00pm
1 comment
This week’s Bebo acquisition rumour comes in the shape of Viacom, the also-rans in the MySpace courtship battle. With Bebo in no rush to sell, we don’t anticipate this latest industry gossip will become a reality anytime soon.
It is plainly obvious that Big Media Companies are now scrambling all of their M&A jets in search of social networking sites to buy. This was previously something that seemed a little bit like bandwagon jumping a few months ago, but now there is a real reason for it.
Read more...
by Chris Lake
08 August 2006 12:44pm
1 comment
Microsoft’s choice of Argo as the development name for its eagerly awaited digital media player has got us thinking about how other mighty digital brands might (or might not) want to draw on Greek mythology for inspiration.
Read more...
by Linus Gregoriadis
25 July 2006 14:07pm
0 comments
Wow, Google’s Quality Score is really starting to bite hard on some PPC budgets. I’ve just taken a call from Auctioning4U, a UK-based firm that helps people sell goods on eBay, and they are reporting that average click costs have risen by almost 2,000% in just one week.
Trevor Ginn, Head of Consulting at Auctioning4U, told me that one keyphrase has jumped in price from 12p to £2.75 in the last week.
In another example, the price went up from his default of 30p (which paid for an average Adwords position of 1.3) to £5.50. “Feel my pain,” he says, not without reason.
Naturally, Trevor is wounded and reeling, and puzzled as to what he’s done wrong. He’s not really done anything wrong. It is simply a case of Google shifting the goalposts.
Yup, this PPC hyperinflation is linked to Google’s newly-enhanced focus on ad quality. It could be a case of too much, too soon.
Read more...
by Chris Lake
13 July 2006 13:34pm
2 comments
