PayPal Innovate conference Nov 09, RIP DevCon

July 23, 2009

PayPal have just announced a a two day conference in November – PayPal Innovate 2009. Running over two days it’s to be held in San Jose on the 3rd-4th November and is the first ever developer conference focused on the PayPal open payments… Read more

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eBay Live! is dead and buried

July 13, 2009

eBay Live! was for years the one time of year that buyers, sellers, third party service providers came together with eBay themselves in a part sales, part educational and part social gathering. Traditionally it was a time for the eBay luvvies to… Read more

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TameBay Morsels 07/04/09

April 7, 2009

eBay was the most searched-for retailer name during February, according to Internet Retailer. More than three times as many people looked for “ebay” as for the next most popular company, “walmart”. eBay Ink’s Richard Brewer-Hay talks to the FT… Read more

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vzaar’s trip to eBay Live!

July 2, 2008

vzaar have just published a video of their trip to eBay Live! and it’s brought back some fond memories. Not only is Chicago a beautiful city with an amazing array of statues and sculptures (and it has a beach!), but ebay Live! was a fantastic… Read more

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Let’s talk about communicating

June 28, 2008

photo credit: aussiegallIf there was a theme to this year’s eBay Live, it was “talk to us”. “We want your feedback.” “We could have done a better job of communication; we’ll try harder in the future.” “We crave information about what people think.”… Read more

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eBay heroes collectables miss the mark

June 23, 2008

eBay missed the mark with their “eBay heroes” theme at eBay Live! this year. The usually highly collectable pins were not the hot commodities of previous years. In fact on more than one occasion pinks who would normally be mobbed by eager pin… Read more

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Live from the Live keynote

June 20, 2008

• Live tweets from the eBay Live! keynote. Reporter Dan Wilson is at the scene. • Trying to count empty seats… there is a whole unoccupied block. Possibly thousands of bumless seats. But there are donuts and coffee. • John… Read more

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Lorrie promises feedback withdrawal for the holidays

June 20, 2008

In this morning’s keynote speech from eBay Live, Lorrie Norrington promised that a new way for buyers to withdraw feedback left for sellers would be introduced by the end of this year. The announcement was exceedingly short on details of exactly how… Read more

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Choice listings, anonymous email, but definitely not PayPal only on eBay.com

June 18, 2008

Adam Trachtenberg, eBay’s Director of Product Management for Platform & Services, gave an overview this morning of where eBay is going in the new few months. Though this was aimed primarily at developers, it provides some great news, and some not so… Read more

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Mozilla, Zappos talk at DevCon keynote

June 18, 2008

The keynote at the end of day two of DevCon had three industry leaders providing very different, if parallel, visions of the future. Mike Shaver, Mozilla’s chief evangelist, talked about love: how the web loves us, and we love it right back,… Read more

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vzaar are eBay stars

June 18, 2008

The eBay Developers’ Conference have announced their Star Developer Award Winners for 2008 and we’re happy to see two British companies represented. Joel “elzorro” Fox from BD Network won the award for services to the developer community, and our… Read more

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Open thread: what do you want from JD?

June 16, 2008

On Friday morning John Donahoe will be giving his first Live keynote speech as President of eBay. There’s been some speculation about what he might say, though frankly, many sellers are hoping there’s nothing else left to come. So for a bit of… Read more

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Microsoft Live Search cash back live on eBay.com

June 14, 2008

Microsoft have revealed more of their Live Seach cashback initiative confirming that all fixed price listings on eBay.com are eligible for a rebate. When a buyer clicks through from Live Search to eBay and goes on to make a purchase, when they… Read more

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Going Live

June 14, 2008

So like the rest of the eBay-blogosphere, today I’m writing a post about how I’m leaving for eBay Live in rather less than 24 hours. I’m getting a little concerned at the number of people who’ve said things like “I’ll miss you”: we’re only going to… Read more

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Have a beer with us in Chicago

June 6, 2008

photo credit: mfajardoIn just two weeks now, we’ll be in the middle of eBay Live: we’ll have heard John Donahoe’s keynote, explaining his vision of eBay’s future, we’ll have been to a dozen classes or more, had our heads filled with knowledge, and… Read more

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eBay cuts price of Live tickets

June 3, 2008

eBay have just cut a sixth off the price of tickets for this month’s event in Chicago. From 1st June, tickets were due to be on sale at their full price of $120 (about £60), but have instead remained at the lower price offered for early… Read more

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Chicago welcomes eBay (and sues them)

May 20, 2008

As Chicago prepares to welcome eBay Live! to the city, it’s also taking them to court for for unpaid taxes on ticket sales. The city has an “Amusement Tax” which is payable by ticket brokers for “theatrics, shows, exhibitions, athletics events… Read more

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eBay for Charity party at Live!

May 19, 2008

The first eBay Live! party has been announced, and it’s hosted by (or as they’re known across the pond “eBay Giving Works”). If you’re a charity seller and attending eBay Live! you’ll find the cocktail party at McCormick Place Convention Room… Read more

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eBay Live! 2009 cancelled, 2010 Florida

May 5, 2008

Update: eBay Live 2010 has been cancelled too. There has been much speculation that eBay Live! in Chicago this June could be the last one, but eBay have announced that they’re simply taking a year off. There will be , but something to look… Read more

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eBay Live agenda now, er, live

April 11, 2008

If you’ve already booked your eBay Live ticket, you’ll now be able to sign into the agenda builder and start choosing your classes. I don’t mind admitting I’m a little overwhelmed by the list, though I do like that they have the speakers listed this… Read more

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Chris Isaak to play eBay Live gala

April 9, 2008

eBay Radio has announced that Chris Isaak is to headline the eBay Live gala. For Mountie and everyone else saying “huh?” ;-) you’ve probably heard of Wicked Game and Blue Hotel, and you’ve also heard him if you’ve seen two of my favourite films… Read more

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Is this the band for the eBay Live Gala?

March 29, 2008

A sharp-eyed poster on the eBay Live Discussion Forum spotted this concert schedule, which is the night and place of the eBay Live Gala. In a hasty attempt to look like I know what I’m talking about, I’ve discovered that Musiq Soulchild was… Read more

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eBay Live 2007 collectables on clearance

March 20, 2008

US readers and collectors of eBayana might be interested to know that The eBay Shop is having a sale on merchandise from last year’s eBay Live in Boston. Collectable pins (once an outrageous $10 each) are now down to 82c, or you can pick up the full… Read more

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eBay Live exhibitors list released

March 19, 2008

eBay have for eBay Live in Chicago this June. I’m happy to see plenty of chums there: Vzaar, Frooition, Vertus and ChannelAdvisor will all be attending. Compared to , Live 08 is looking very skimpy around the exhibition floor so far: there are… Read more

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Griff: Live! is definitely not finished

March 14, 2008

After speculation earlier this week that this year’s eBay Live would be the last, Griff has confirmed that plans for next year’s event are already in place. Posting on the eBay Live Discussion Board, eBay’s original customer service rep said “This… Read more

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