Comments on: eBay gets a new baby – StumbleUpon http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html eBay & ecommerce made easy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stumbleupon eBay chitter chatter : TameBay http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-12711 Stumbleupon eBay chitter chatter : TameBay Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:28:25 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-12711 [...] I constantly find it absurd that companies don’t use their own products for whatever reason, but can anyone explain just why eBay wouldn’t use Stumbleupon having coughed up $75 million to acquire the company? [...] [...] I constantly find it absurd that companies don’t use their own products for whatever reason, but can anyone explain just why eBay wouldn’t use Stumbleupon having coughed up $75 million to acquire the company? [...]

]]> By: Nathan http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-5213 Nathan Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:32:30 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-5213 Lets hope they use Stumbleupon to improve trust, not erode it. There are opportunities to use SU's features to favourite sellers and so on, but to what end? As a big seller with high quality feedback scores, I would like to have users shopping ebay and using something like an integrate stumbleupon tool to announce me as a buyer to their network of friends. Biggles : eBay AU is changing their backend to make the site more search focused, and remove some of this clunky category structure... Nathan www.nathanhuppatz.com Lets hope they use Stumbleupon to improve trust, not erode it.

There are opportunities to use SU’s features to favourite sellers and so on, but to what end?

As a big seller with high quality feedback scores, I would like to have users shopping ebay and using something like an integrate stumbleupon tool to announce me as a buyer to their network of friends.

Biggles : eBay AU is changing their backend to make the site more search focused, and remove some of this clunky category structure…

Nathan
http://www.nathanhuppatz.com

]]> By: Biggles http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4655 Biggles Thu, 31 May 2007 06:38:06 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4655 oops.. "The company expects full year profits to reach up to 7.45bn." (2007) .. make that a couple of days or so then to raise $75million. CHING! CHING! oops.. “The company expects full year profits to reach up to 7.45bn.” (2007) .. make that a couple of days or so then to raise $75million. CHING! CHING!

]]> By: Biggles http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4653 Biggles Thu, 31 May 2007 06:29:28 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4653 *groan* .. yet another site to register/login/etc .. A big ( biggest?) component in this is not wanting to miss out on the next google/you tube etc.. $75Million looks cheap compared to the price those two sold/raised. How long does it take eBay to generate $75million? - a month or two? this is loose change. I'd rather see that money and more being developed into a decent integrated eBay search engine. The cat structure is bloated and inconsistent across various sites. Searching on ebay is messy - no I dont have the answers, but pay me $75million and I'll have a go. *groan* .. yet another site to register/login/etc .. A big ( biggest?) component in this is not wanting to miss out on the next google/you tube etc.. $75Million looks cheap compared to the price those two sold/raised. How long does it take eBay to generate $75million? – a month or two? this is loose change.

I’d rather see that money and more being developed into a decent integrated eBay search engine. The cat structure is bloated and inconsistent across various sites. Searching on ebay is messy – no I dont have the answers, but pay me $75million and I’ll have a go.

]]> By: Randy Smythe http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4641 Randy Smythe Thu, 31 May 2007 04:30:18 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4641 Mark, I agree partially. In this case I think Stumbleupon will be a good move if it helps them ween themselves from a dependence on Google. Look for more deals for eBay this year. The problems with the marketplace business can be placed directly in John Donahoe's lap. He comes from a consulancy background and doesn't have a clue about what makes eBay work. Jeff Jordan was better suited for that position. Just my 5 Pence! Mark, I agree partially. In this case I think Stumbleupon will be a good move if it helps them ween themselves from a dependence on Google. Look for more deals for eBay this year.

The problems with the marketplace business can be placed directly in John Donahoe’s lap. He comes from a consulancy background and doesn’t have a clue about what makes eBay work.

Jeff Jordan was better suited for that position. Just my 5 Pence!

]]> By: Mark http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4628 Mark Thu, 31 May 2007 01:12:25 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4628 Bill Cobb has just posted on the .com announcement board: they haven't a clue how to integrate Stumbleupon/gumtree/Paypal/skype/shopping.com/stubhub/the Minnesota Twins /Macys/ The Mail on Sunday / ebay.ie with all the other crap they think they may have bought while drunk, but when they figure it out they'll let us know! Am i alone in thinking ebay should stop just randomly buying random stuff like some angsty menopausal New york Divorcee, and concentrate on making the stuff they already own work properly? Bill Cobb has just posted on the .com announcement board: they haven’t a clue how to integrate Stumbleupon/gumtree/Paypal/skype/shopping.com/stubhub/the Minnesota Twins /Macys/ The Mail on Sunday / ebay.ie with all the other crap they think they may have bought while drunk, but when they figure it out they’ll let us know!

Am i alone in thinking ebay should stop just randomly buying random stuff like some angsty menopausal New york Divorcee, and concentrate on making the stuff they already own work properly?

]]> By: Via teachCrunch, eBay announced a cash acquisition valued at $75 million the social community site StumbleUpon. eBay indicated that StumbleUpon will further their “goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust.” http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4618 Via teachCrunch, eBay announced a cash acquisition valued at $75 million the social community site StumbleUpon. eBay indicated that StumbleUpon will further their “goal of pioneering new communities based on commerce and sustained by trust.” Thu, 31 May 2007 00:28:44 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4618 [...] eBay gets a new baby StumbleUpon eBay gets a new baby - StumbleUpon by Chris Dawson [...] [...] eBay gets a new baby StumbleUpon eBay gets a new baby – StumbleUpon by Chris Dawson [...]

]]> By: Dan Wilson http://tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4604 Dan Wilson Wed, 30 May 2007 22:47:56 +0000 http://www.tamebay.com/2007/05/ebay-gets-a-new-baby-stumbleupon.html#comment-4604 It seems like a big pricetag BUT finding stuff on eBay is the biggest stumbling block for buyers: it's a huge barrier for sellers who want to sell more and it's something that eBay (rather than sellers) need to sort. Sound investments along these lines show that eBay's thinking about this problem. If these geezers know something about findability/discoverability that can provide improvements for eBay then that's good news. Let's hope they stumbleupon (ahem) the answer. It seems like a big pricetag BUT finding stuff on eBay is the biggest stumbling block for buyers: it’s a huge barrier for sellers who want to sell more and it’s something that eBay (rather than sellers) need to sort. Sound investments along these lines show that eBay’s thinking about this problem.

If these geezers know something about findability/discoverability that can provide improvements for eBay then that’s good news. Let’s hope they stumbleupon (ahem) the answer.

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