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When It Comes To Shopping, Mobile Web Trumps Apps – Led By Amazon, Says Nielsen
There’s been lots of debate about whether mobile apps or the web have the upper hand when it comes to making content for smartphones, and when it comes to using…
eBay Debuts Standlone ‘Couch Commerce’ iPad App To Purchase Items, Watch With eBay
Over the holidays, eBay and PayPal both pushed the term ‘couch commerce,’, in which consumers use their tablets and mobile phones from the comfort of their couches. In fact, eBay…
Groupon: Offering Deals With No Time Limits?
When Groupon was gearing up for its IPO last year, there was a lot of talk about whether the company would be able to sustain its business on a diet…
The Ecommerce Revolution Is All About You
Personal recommendations have always been a part of ecommerce, but there has been little innovation since Amazon introduced retail and product personalization 10 years ago. But with the increasing mountains…
eBay Beats The Street; Q4 Revenue Up 35 Percent To $3.4B, Net Income Up 15 Percent To $789M
eBay just reported fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011 earnings today, which were above analysts expectations. eBay posted revenue of $3.4 billion, up 35 percent from the same quarter in…
eBay Forecasts $8B In Mobile Commerce Volume In 2012; PayPal Will Reach $7B
At his CES keynote yesterday evening, eBay CEO (and new interim PayPal CEO) John Donahoe revealed a number of new mobile payments forecasts for both eBay and PayPal. As we…
The Threat And Opportunity Of Mobile: How Physical Retailers Can Fight Back Against Amazon
As online retail sales continue to soar, brick and mortar stores are seeing margins dissipate. Online holiday sales are expected to grow 15 percent to $37.6 billion this season while…
eBay acquires German 'purchase-on-invoice' technology company BillSAFE
A little over a year after its subsidiary PayPal bought a minority stake in German software company BilLSAFE, eBay this morning announced that it has acquired the provider of purchase-on-invoice…
More Than One Million Listings A Week Are Now Made Through eBay Mobile
It’s no secret that eBay is pushing mobile in a big way. Especially during this holiday shopping season, the e-commerce giant is seeing record mobile engagement. And today, eBay is…
eBay Sold Four iPad 2s Per Minute This Cyber Monday Morning
Online commerce giant eBay this morning ran a Cyber Monday deal for a white Apple iPad 2 WiFi 16GB, selling the popular tablet for $449 or exactly $50 off the…
eBay: PayPal Mobile Payment Volume Up Over 500 Percent On Thanksgiving Day And Black Friday
As we heard earlier today, Thanksgiving proved to be a lucrative day for online retailers. IBM reported online Thanksgiving 2011 sales were up 39 percent over Thanksgiving 2010, with mobile…
eBay’s iPad App Now Shows Shoppers Relevant Merchandise For What They Are Watching On TV
eBay and PayPal are both pushing the term ‘couch commerce,’ in which consumers will be using their tablets and mobile phones from the comfort of their couches to shop this…
How Google, eBay, And PayPal Are Gearing Up For A Very Mobile Holiday Shopping Season
Online holiday shopping reached record levels in 2010. And e-commerce spending is up this year. All signs point to consumers spending even more online this holiday season. I sat down…
Driven By PayPal, eBay Q3 Revenue Up 32 Percent To $3 Billion; Net Income Up 18 Percent To $628M
eBay reported third quarter earnings today, which were in-line with Wall Street expectations. Revenue for the third quarter increased 32% to $3 billion, compared to the same period of 2010.…
Point, Click, Search: eBay To Add Image Recognition To Mobile Apps
Today, at eBay’s new developer conference, Innovate, CEO John Donahoe told reporters that the company plans to roll out image-recognition technology for its mobile offerings by the end of the…
Facebook And eBay Team Up To Breathe New Life Into Social Commerce
“We’re at an inflection point”, eBay CEO John Donahoe said from the stage at Innovate, eBay’s brand new developer conference that launched today in San Francisco. “We’ll see more change…
X.Commerce: eBay To Debut New Payments Identity Technology PayPal Access; Milo Opens Up API
eBay, Inc. is set to debut its brand new developer business tomorrow, X.commerce and we have many of the details that the e-commerce giant will be announcing at its annual…
eBay VP Steve Yankovich: En Route To $4B In Gross Mobile Sales (TCTV)
Last week, I moderated a panel at the Planet Of The Apps conference in London, which included Steve Yankovich, head of eBay’s mobile business operations and development. I caught up…
eBay Adds Facebook Platform And Mobile Marketing Exec Katie Mitic To Board
eBay is adding a new member to its board today—Facebook executive Katie Burke Mitic. She joins current board members eBay CEO John Donahoe, Pierre Omidyar, Scott Cook, Fred D. Anderson,…
Just… wow. It was sort of a given that Nike’s limited edition, McFly-inspired Air Mag sneakers would be fetching pretty pennies on eBay, but TMZ reports British rap act Tinie…
eBay’s Instant Sale iOS App Allows You To Exchange Gadgets For Cash On The Go
In October, eBay rolled out its Instant Sale program, which allows you to sell old gadgets to the e-commerce giant. You simply identify the type of device you are looking…
eBay, PayPal Reveal More Details On X.Commerce Platform For Developers, Partners With Kenshoo
Earlier this year, eBay and PayPal decided to merge their API and developer platform into a combined open platform business, X.commerce. At the time, eBay, which owns PayPal, wanted to…
TechCrunched: News in 90 Seconds
It’s time for TechCrunched, where we take some of the most popular stories running on TechCrunch and put them together for you in a quick video package. This week was…
eBay Beats The Street; Revenue Up 25 Percent To $2.8B; PayPal Posts First $1B Quarter
eBay just posted strong second quarter earnings, reporting that revenue for quarter ended June 30, 2011, increased 25 percent to $2.8 billion, compared to the same period of 2010. Non-GAAP…
eBay And Rubbermaid Put $6 Million In Order Fulfillment Company Shipwire
Shipwire, a company that offers retail businesses a service for order fulfillment, has received a strategic investment from e-commerce giant eBay and Newell Rubbermaid, the company behind the Calphalon, Rubbermaid…
TechCrunched: News Highlights In Under Two Minutes
Once again, we’re packaging some of the top news of the week in a quick-to-digest video format. If you missed some of the big tech stories this week, TechCrunched gives…
eBay Buys Zong For $240 Million In Cash To Boost PayPal's Mobile Payments Technology
eBay has acquired mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011. Zong has been one of the…
Want A Google+ Invite Real Bad? Try eBay
So you still haven’t gotten into the Google+ field trial, not even after Google allowed early users who did send invites for a while, and not even while there are…
eBay Acquired Magento For Over $180 Million – But Not Everyone Is Smiling
Earlier this month, eBay acquired Magento, developer of an open-source e-commerce platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we’ve heard from multiple sources that the ecommerce and digital…
eBay Closes $2.4 Billion Acquisition Of GSI Commerce
eBay announced its $2.4 billion acquisition GSI Commerce in March, and today the e-commerce giant has announced that the deal has been closed. In a release, eBay said that GSI’s…