uShip powers eBay.com Motors deliveries

February 8, 2011

eBay.com Motors have just added a new shipping partner. Now if you purchase a vehicle on eBay Motors you can choose to have is shipped to you via uShip. In Q4 2010, 74 percent of vehicles sold on eBay Motors were interstate transactions, where… Read more

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Amazon Kindle available on the high street

February 5, 2011

Amazon are branching out into High Street retailers for sales of their Kindle book reader. This is an interesting development as Amazon are traditionally an online retailer and marketplace. It appears that the phenomenal success of the Kindle with… Read more

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George W. Bush’s Decision Points is topping eBay’s bestseller list…but how?

February 4, 2011

The folks at Terapeak are always using their research tool to find trending or hot items. Terapeak’s Greg Lewis discusses eBay.com’s best-selling book and its reception in both the British and American markets. Terapeak is the eBay seller… Read more

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The Impact of Product Images on User Clicks for Online Shopping

February 4, 2011

An eBay team have submitted a paper which has been accepted for inclusion in the WWW 2011 Conference taking place on 28th March – 1st April 2011 in Hyderabad, India. The paper entitled “A Study on the Impact of Product Images on User Clicks for… Read more

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BA now accept PayPal for flight payments

February 3, 2011

British Airways are now accepting PayPal for all business and leisure flights on their website at ba.com. This was announced back in October 2010 and PayPal are now live for all British Airways flights. Sadly however, although you can buy flights… Read more

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Bank sell off: Return for tax payers vs greater competition

February 2, 2011

The House of Commons Treasury Select Committee inquiry into competition and choice in the banking sector met today and ahead of the meeting in a Letter to Treasury Select Committee (link opens in .pdf), eBay called for greater banking competition to… Read more

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HMRC to commence Business Records Checks

February 2, 2011

photo credit: psdHaving just completed and filed personal tax returns at the end of January, many people will be breathing a sigh of relief that the task is done for another year. Typically it’s not exactly unheard of for people to ignore their… Read more

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Business in Bloom goal: help 500,000 businesses start and grow in 2011

February 2, 2011

Enterprise Nation founder Emma Jones has set an ambitious goal for her latest campaign – Business in Bloom – to help 500,000 UK businesses start and grow in 2011. Business in Bloom Emma explains that unemployment is up and so are public sector… Read more

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Record prices for snowdrops on eBay

February 2, 2011

A galanthophile is an enthusiastic collector of snowdrops and judging by the prices some galanthophiles are willing to pay it’s a serious hobby. One galanthophile has just paid on eBay. The bulb was was bred from a plant discovered in Myddelton… Read more

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PayPal postage rates increase 20%

February 1, 2011

If you trade online it’s almost certain that you use Royal Mail (and possibly also Parcelforce for some or all of your deliveries. If so then you’ll have been hit with a 20% price increase on some services. There’s no escaping the VAT rise and if… Read more

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How is the economy affecting your business?

February 1, 2011

I was with my accountant yesterday to finalise my tax return for the 2009-2010 tax period and had an interesting conversation about the economy in general and how that would affect my business over the next year. There are several factors that… Read more

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PayPal & Oxfam partner for 100% giving

February 1, 2011

Oxfam and PayPal have teamed up to launch new form of donation where 100% of donations goes directly to fighting poverty. Ordinarily charities use some of the donations that they receive for running costs, but under the partnership PayPal will cover… Read more

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10 year eBay veteran Rajiv Dutta passed away

February 1, 2011

I was saddened to hear the news that Rajiv Dutta has passed away today. Rajiv joined eBay as Finance Director shortly before the company floated on the stock market and then served as VP Finance before becoming President of Skype and then… Read more

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