PayPal India restrict export payments to $500

January 30, 2011

PayPal are to stop users in India from spending any balance in their account. From March 1st any payments into Indian user’s PayPal accounts must be withdrawn in full to their Indian bank account. Even worse export related payments received will be… Read more

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Amazon grew 36% but disappoints investors

January 28, 2011

Amazon have announced their latest performance figures to Wall Street, but despite a 36% rise in revenues with profits up around 8% their shares took a 9.9% dip in after hours trading. Despite sales which rose about $10bn for the first time,… Read more

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eBay.com get new advertising agency

January 28, 2011

eBay.com has engaged a new company, Triad Retail Media, to sell and manage all on-site display advertising. This agreement will cover all advertising on eBay and eBay Motors in the US with the aim to give a more tailored package for advertisers and… Read more

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Post mortem on the courier delays caused by snow

January 27, 2011

It’s been a few weeks since the snowy weather just before Christmas and all couriers are saying that they’ve caught up with the busiest time of the year and the back log caused by the weather. I’ve spoken to a number of couriers and Royal Mail to… Read more

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Domino’s Pizza start to accept PayPal for website orders

January 26, 2011

Fast food outlets have never traditionally accepted PayPal, but that might all be about to change. News is out that Domino’s Pizza Israel have started to accept PayPal. Not only that but there’s a 6% discount if you pay with PayPal during the… Read more

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Real Magic! Paul Daniels’ wig sold on eBay

January 26, 2011

I’m always fascinated by the celebrities that sell on eBay. Some do anonymously but others are quite open about their eBay deals, and none more so than magician Paul Daniels. for an impressive £1100.00. He explains that he found it in a box of… Read more

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VAT applies to Royal Mail and Parcelforce from 31st January

January 25, 2011

If you’re a Royal Mail or Parcelforce customer there are only a couple of weeks left until they start to charge VAT on some of their services. How you react to these changes will largely depend on whether you’re VAT registered, if you are able to… Read more

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Meet the company: Channelgrabber

January 25, 2011

We’ve recently had a couple of comments from readers asking for more information about some of the solutions available and useful input from some of the experts that built these solutions. Today Daniel from Channelgrabber talks about the problems he… Read more

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Could your PayPal fees go down?

January 25, 2011

There’s talk of the US Federal reserve including PayPal in legislation to cut the cost of debit card transactions. There are two issues at stake here, firstly what will the Fed reduce debit card fees too, and secondly are online payment systems to… Read more

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Buy on argos.co.uk, pay with PayPal

January 21, 2011

PayPal have had a major win with their payment service now offered by Argos on argos.co.uk. That means that 26 million UK PayPal accounts can now be used in the UK high street’s online shop in time for the arrival of 5,000 new catalogue product… Read more

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Mozilla Firefox blocks Skype for crashing browsers

January 21, 2011

Mozilla have taken steps to block the Skype add-on from the Firefox browser for all users, and will actively block installs in the future. You might think that Firefox has nothing to do with Skype, but there’s a sneaky Firefox add-on installed… Read more

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eBay appoints European General Manager of Fashion

January 21, 2011

Following the news that eBay UK is outperforming not only eBay.com, but also ecommerce growth in general with Fashion being by far the best performing category, eBay have announced that retail apparel veteran Miriam Lahage, is moving from a North… Read more

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eBay protect Top Rated Sellers from snow affected DSRs

January 20, 2011

eBay have announced measures to protect sellers in circumstance where the snowy weather resulted in late deliveries. They say that the majority of buyers responded with a great deal of patience and understanding and that their analysis of… Read more

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Try before you buy on your iPhone

January 20, 2011

One of eBay’s goals for 2010 was to “Create better experiences through technology driven innovation”. This was highlighted in the Q4 investor call yesterday so it’s worth taking a look at the type of technology eBay are launching. The latest… Read more

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Amazon acquire LOVEFiLM, the company they sold their business to

January 20, 2011

In 2008 fledgeling DVD rental company LOVEFiLM acquired Amazon Europe’s rental business in the UK and Germany. Now that the business has grown Amazon have agreed to buy the entire company. LOVEFiLM operates today in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway… Read more

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eBay UK increased sales by 25% in Q4 2010

January 19, 2011

eBay don’t often break out figures for each territory that they operate in, but following the Q4 Investor call they’ve released some interesting data points around their stellar performance in the UK. John Donahoe, eBay CEO revealed that Europe… Read more

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eBay shares rise 2.75% after Q4 results announced

January 19, 2011

eBay’s 2010 fourth quarter results are out today and are (as usual) on the face of it better than expected. Revenues are up 5% (or 10% excluding Skype) compared to Q4 2009. It should be remember that eBay are in the final of the three year… Read more

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Facebook exposes mobile numbers and home addresses

January 18, 2011

Do you have your home address and/or your mobile phone number on Facebook? If so then you need to consider removing them or at the very least take great care in what Facebook applications you click and which sites you choose to link with Facebook… Read more

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Do you get given cheesy presents?

January 18, 2011

I stumbled upon an interesting article tweeted by ChannelAdvisor Australia today. It’s about a bad gift prevention patent that Amazon have applied for. The patent is a process to allow recipients of gifts purchased for them online, to reject the… Read more

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PayPal add ability to auto withdraw funds daily

January 16, 2011

PayPal have added a new Settlement Withdrawal service, which enables you to automatically transfer money from your PayPal account to your bank account at the end of each day. The feature can be accessed by clicking the “Withdraw” tab at the top of… Read more

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World IPv6 Day – 8th June, 2011

January 15, 2011

You probably give very little thought to how the Internet works, what technology is used to connect your computer to eBay, PayPal, Amazon, your website, email and the myriad of other sites that you visit every day. There’s a problem though, when… Read more

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eBay India Social Shopping feature launched

January 15, 2011

eBay India has launched a social group buying feature with a daily deal aimed at residents in Mumbai and Delhi. Each day a different deal will be offered – one in each city – and if enough people sign up then they’ll win the item at a knock down… Read more

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Amazon to open new Scottish fulfilment center – 950 jobs

January 14, 2011

Internet retailing giant Amazon is to create 950 jobs in Scotland, 750 of which will be based at a new £40m new fulfilment centre in Fife. The deal was won for Scotland with support by £2.5m in tax payer grants from Scottish Enterprise, £2m… Read more

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What are your business plans for 2011?

January 14, 2011

We’re midway through January coming up to the first Top Rated Seller assessment of the year, and in the next few weeks it’s expected that eBay will announce the first Seller Update of 2011. It’s also the time of year that sellers will have been… Read more

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Experienced CEO appointed at eSellerPro

January 12, 2011

It’s only a few months since eSellerPro received a £2m investment from Notion Capital and now a new CEO has been appointed. Keith Bird joins eSellerPro as CEO from his position as VP at SonicWALL, a company specialising in Internet… Read more

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