eBay and Alibaba in talks to bring PayPal to AliExpress?

March 13, 2010

eBay is in talks with Alibaba to get PayPal offered as a payment option on the new AliExpress wholesale marketplace, according to rumours appearing in the WSJ. The two companies have long been rivals, but an alliance could now make sense…. Read more

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RIP eBay.com.cn

August 31, 2007

Yesterday marked a new begining for eBay in China. Eachnet was launched and eBay have announced that eBay.com.cn will be closed down at some point in September. China has been a failed territory for eBay from day one, and PayPal hasn’t fared any… Read more

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eBay going back to China

June 22, 2007

eBay are to return to the Chinese online auction market, Meg Whitman has said. The new “Tom eBay”, a joint venture with local media company Tom Group, is within a few months of going live. In order to strengthen buyer confidence, all… Read more

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Paypal pulling out of China?

June 1, 2007

According to local media, Tom Eachnet has announced plans to cancel the the use of its PayPal service in China. According to a report by iResearch, Paypal’s share of China’s third party payments market has been reduced to a miserly… Read more

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eBay Thailand to launch this year

May 28, 2007

eBay announced their 38th local marketplace will be Thailand, operated in conjunction with a Thai portal – Sanook! The site will be branded “Sanook! eBay” and should be launched in Thai-language by the end of the year. Sanook! is a leading Internet… Read more

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Jack Ma: “We did not beat eBay in the USA … yet.”

December 21, 2006

The Guardian considers the long line of western failures to crack the Chinese market. Jack Ma, whose Alibaba.com bought Yahoo’s Chinese operation last year, blames corporate culture for the failure: “Professional managers are making their bosses in… Read more

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Whitman “very committed to Paypal in China”

December 21, 2006

Meg Whitman has remained tight-lipped about the future of Paypal in China after Tuesday’s revelations about the future of the auction platform. Refusing to comment on the rumoured tie-up with UMPay, an online payments vehicle owned by China Mobile… Read more

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China : confirmed!

December 20, 2006

eBay’s Chinese site carries the long-awaited announcement about their partnership with Tom Group:Respected user: Since June, 2003 the eBay note capital easy interest, the eBay easy interest always has been the China leading electronic commerce… Read more

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“The worst deal ever in Chinese history”?

December 18, 2006

The source of recent rumours about eBay’s activities in China has been quoted as “an insider”. Now the email sent by that insider, allegedly an eBay Eachnet employee, has apparently been published. EBay now abandons China and us, the loyal workers…. Read more

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Forbes reports on eBay China and Tom Group

December 18, 2006

The rumour about eBay China selling Paypal Beibao to the Tom Group has now made it as far as Forbes. Whether that makes it any more likely to be true, of course, remains to be… Read more

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Chinese whispers

December 15, 2006

More rumours about eBay China: today’s version says that Eachnet, Paypal and Kijiji are to be split up. The source is apparently an eBay insider. eBay will keep Eachnet, the auction platform, while Kijiji, a free classified ads site, will be run… Read more

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Changes announced in China

December 5, 2006

eBay yesterday announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Lee as General Manager for their China Development Center in Shanghai. Most recently having served as Chief Technology Officer for Yahoo, Dr. Lee will be overseeing the expansion of the CDC,… Read more

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eBay to sell Chinese unit?

November 22, 2006

Internet auctioneer eBay Inc may sell its Chinese eBay Eachnet unit to Tom Group in exchange for shares of the media group. These rumours have been going on for nearly two months now, but slowly, some concrete information about the deal seems to be… Read more

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