Archive for January, 2007
eBay introduces “Markdown” tool for stores
31 January 2007eBay introduced a tool called Markdown Manager today. It looks like a great little tool for all stores owners. It gives you the ability to hold a sale on your store. Instead of changing the price of the item, you can put it on sale and show the original price and the [...]
eBay cancels virtual item auctions
29 January 2007Citing “legal complexities”, eBay has announced that it will begin cracking down on and canceling auctions for virtual items. The market for virtual items has grown since the first sword was sold for Diablo 2 and has blossomed with the release of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft.
Speaking to Slashdot, eBay spokesperson Hani Durzy [...]
eBay to begin stock buyback
29 January 2007Following a rather stellar fourth quarter, eBay announced plans to begin a stock buyback.
The San Jose-based e-commerce powerhouse announced Wednesday it would repurchase up to $2 billion of common stock within the next two years. Stock buybacks are considered a quick way to pump up a flagging stock price - if companies have plenty of [...]
Why PayPal Coupon codes are so hard to find
26 January 2007When you shop at nearly any online retail outlet, it is beneficial to do a quick search for any coupons before you finish paying for your items. I’ve used it multiple times to save a quick 10% or take a quick $5 of my $25 purchase. It’s downright easy to find coupon codes [...]
eBay bans auction extension
25 January 2007A practice that has been widely debated and both praised and scorned, auction extension is officially not allowed on eBay. Many sellers would use the practice to extend a 7 day auction to 10 days if it didn’t have any bids with little time left.
Use of auction extensions allowed for the circumvention [...]
