eCommerce Tactics

French Court Reduces eBay Fines in Counterfeits Ruling

AuctionBytes NewsFlash — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:01:58 +0000

Bloomberg is reporting that a French Appeals Court reduced the fines eBay must pay in a counterfeits case involving LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA. The original ruling in June 2008 required eBay to pay almost 40 million euros to LVMH for “negligence” and “illicit sales” over the sale of counterfeit goods on its online auction site.

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eBay to Highlight Listings from Fashion Brands and Retailers

AuctionBytes NewsFlash — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:01:55 +0000

eBay is redesigning its Fashion portal page in September and will highlight branded inventory on search results pages.

eFashion Solutions Powers Brands on eBay Fashion Vault, Amazon.com Fashion is one of the hottest verticals in the ecommerce...
Move over, eBay Motors: Fashion Comes First eBay launched a microsite for fashionistas at Fashion.eBay.com and will...
eBay Launches Fashion Vault 'In Crowd' Membership Club Taking a cue from fashion membership sites like Gilt.com...

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uBid.com Money Woes Scare Third Party Merchants

AuctionBytes NewsFlash — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:01:48 +0000

uBid experienced a decline in revenue in its third-party merchant channel in the second quarter as merchants reduced the amount of postings due to payment history and declining visitor traffic.

Sage enables merchants to accept credit card payments anywhere Sage North America announced the launch of its new mobile...
Sage enables merchants to accept credit card payments anywhere Sage North America announced the launch of its new mobile...
Study: Online Merchants Getting Serious about Mobile Bill Zielke here, senior director of merchant services. Forrester...

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PayPal Runs MoneyPak Prepaid Card Promotion

AuctionBytes NewsFlash — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:01:37 +0000

PayPal is running a promotion in conjunction with Green Dot, provider of prepaid cards called MoneyPak. The promotion runs from September 1st through November 14th and gives $10 to all PayPal customers who try MoneyPak for the first time.

PayPal is collaborating with Green Dot on special promotion PayPal is delighted to announce, it’s working with Green Dot,...
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eBay Products and Reviews Brings Shopping Closer to Amazon

AuctionBytes NewsFlash — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:01:52 +0000

On Thursday, eBay rolled out a Products & Reviews tab that could help searchers, although some caveats apply.

Amazon.com Announces Shopping App for iPad Amazon.com announced a new mobile app for the Apple iPad,...
Amazon Gives Sellers List of Popular Products in Low Supply Amazon is publishing a list for its third-party sellers of...
Google to Integrate Product Reviews in Search and Ads Google will begin featuring full-length product reviews and user ratings...

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eBay Ink Weekly Roundup – Week of August 30 #InkRoundup

Richard Brewer-Hay — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:01:45 +0000

eBay Updates
eBay Debuts Reusable Green Shipping Boxes to Sellers
eBay gives away 100,000 boxes in three sizes and giving eBay: On Location participants and eBay Green Team members a limited chance to sign up to participate in the pilot. [via eBay Ink]

Top Stories
MasterCard and Borderlinx Collaborate to Enhance E?Commerce Experience Around the World
By working together, MasterCard and Borderlinx are enabling an enhanced online commerce experience that allows shoppers from many markets around the world to make purchases initially at U.S. and U.K. retail websites using their MasterCard?branded cards. [via InternetRetailer]

Back to school sales get an A
Retailers reported surprisingly strong August same-store sales as many consumers braved scorching summer temperatures to bag juicy discounts on school-related products. [via CNN Money]

Clarification regarding Google Checkout on eBay.com
Effective June 30, 2011, eBay Checkout will be the only checkout process on eBay. Sellers who use Certified third-party checkout solutions from providers like ChannelAdvisor, Auctiva, Vendio, Infopia and Kyozou, will transition to eBay Checkout. [via eBay Ink]

In Other News
+ Dan Butcher asks, “How secure are mobile payments?” [via Mobile Commerce Daily]
+ Vlingo Adds Voice Check-ins to Foursquare [via GigaOm]
+ Letting The Customer Lead [via MediaPost: emailinsider]

eBay Ink Weekend Roundup is a summary of news and updates around eBay, PayPal, Social Media, Technology and E-commerce. Let us know what interests you.

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HP’s Wallet-Busting Win

Paul Hartsock — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:58:58 +0000

The insane tug-of-war between Dell and HP for enterprise storage company 3Par has finally drawn to a close. We have a winner, if you want to call it that — the final sale price is more than double the figure Dell initially put forward when it announced its intentions to buy 3Par a couple weeks ago, so who knows how much of that is real value and how much is just financial one-upsmanship. The battle was at its hottest last Friday, when the series of offers and counteroffers between HP and Dell escalated higher and higher by the hour.

3Par Sale Frenzy Ends With HP the Presumed Winner HP has won the bidding war it waged with Dell...
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eBay Favors Brands and Retailers in Search Results

Ina Steiner — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:31:41 +0000

The appeal of eBay in its early days was that anyone from stay-at-home parents to mom-and-pop shops could get their items in front of shoppers alongside top retailers and brands. While that s still …

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What happened to ePassporte? Heaps of money on Visa cards lost forever?

Petrony — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:04:23 +0000

Webmasters across the globe along with other users are expressing their woes on the Internet over the recent ban imposed by Visa on ePassporte debit cards. For a significant period of time users of the popular ecurrency system have withdrawn their funds to the Visa branded ePassporte debit card and after that they could use it at locations with Visa logo and withdraw cash at corresponding ATMs.

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Marketers, Let’s Get Personal

Chris Houpis and Omer Minkara — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

On Aug. 13, IBM and Unica Corporation announced they had entered into a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Unica, a leading provider of marketing software solutions that focuses on streamlining marketing program development, execution and management to achieve improved marketing effectiveness. The acquisition is valued at approximately $480 million, or $21 per share, and is subject to approval by Unica shareholders. According to Aberdeen’s research, this acquisition comes at a time when organizations are looking to automate some/all of their marketing process and campaigns.

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