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  • PayPal Kicks Off Holiday Shopping Season With Exclusive Deals And Free Shipping Offers

    Leena Rao

    Leena Rao is currently a Senior Editor for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

    Tuesday, November 9th, 2010

    This holiday e-commerce shopping season is expected to produce stronger sales results than last year, but retailers and e-commerce giants aren’t taking any chances. Today, mobile payments company PayPal will allow users to unlocking a number of exclusive deals and promotions at partner retailers if shoppers use PayPal for payments.

    Barnes & Noble.com will offer 15 percent off on all PayPal purchases, plus free shipping; Shoebuy.com will offer PayPal customers $10 off purchases of $80 or more, plus free shipping; and 1-800-Flowers.com will offer 15 percent off, plus free shipping on all PayPal purchases.

    eBags will offer PayPal customers 25 percent off on all purchases, UGG Autsrialia will offer free shipping, and Newegg and MacMall will also offer special disounts for PayPal Users.

    Of course, PayPal parent eBay is offering shoppers $10 cash back from Bill Me Later on their first Bill Me Later purchases, coupled with a six-month “no payments” so shoppers don’t have to pay until after the holiday rush. You can find more deals here.

    It’s no secret the holiday shopping season could be a cash cow for both PayPal and eBay, especially when it comes to mobile payments and transactions. Exclusive deals and free shipping offers can only help boost sales.

    Company: PayPal
    Website: paypal.com
    Launch Date: December 1, 1998
    Funding: $197M

    PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards. PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser. PayPal created the Gausebeck-Levchin test, which is an implementation...

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