DEFENCE bosses have banned troops from surfing eBay — because it’s distracting them from the nation’s defence.
Military IT experts discovered that servicemen who had returned from overseas duty were busy spending a £2,240 bonus on the auction site.
Top brass were worried it was too much of a distraction, so brought in the ban across the MoD’s internet network. It applies to all 180,000 men and women in uniform AND 100,000 civilian staff.
Read more http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006550468,00.html
Friday, December 1, 2006
Egad, Ebay A Portland man inadvertently prompts the auction website to show how fiercely it guards its slice of the Net.
Fledgling business owner Mark Gazeley didn't raise much of a stir when he tried to attract Web visitors to his Portland-based management company for coastal properties with site names such as gotorockaway.com and gotoneskowin.com.
But he got some unwelcome attention for his Ocean Fresh Vacation Rentals business when he recently registered gotodepoebay.com with Web hosting company GoDaddy.com.
If you're wondering why, carefully read the last four letters of the website promoting the 1,174-person Lincoln County town of Depoe Bay. What's that happen to spell?
Read more http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3303/8267/
But he got some unwelcome attention for his Ocean Fresh Vacation Rentals business when he recently registered gotodepoebay.com with Web hosting company GoDaddy.com.
If you're wondering why, carefully read the last four letters of the website promoting the 1,174-person Lincoln County town of Depoe Bay. What's that happen to spell?
Read more http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3303/8267/
Deal's just too good to be true
About a week ago, a stranger knocked on Tammy Timpe's door, looking for his Jeep Grand Cherokee.The Portage resident was confused when the visitor, Todd Price, expected to drive off with a 53,000-mile Cherokee, listed on eBay for less than $3,000.
"It seemed too good to be true," he said.Turns out, it was.
Read more http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/29/news/top_news/f1c55043b1e005418625723400800125.txt
"It seemed too good to be true," he said.Turns out, it was.
Read more http://nwitimes.com/articles/2006/11/29/news/top_news/f1c55043b1e005418625723400800125.txt
eBay and Amazon Battle It Out: A Recap
Ebay and Amazon are two of the fiercest e-commerce companies out there. But which one has shown more strength lately? In this recap, we'll compare the most recent quarter's numbers to see what we can learn.
These two giants obviously have different business models, so this is more of a fun exercise -- but it's also informative. eBay was a leader in sales and earnings growth, but Amazon was better at using its leverage and keeping margins fairly flat. Does this mean Amazon is the better competitor? Not necessarily. For starters, eBay's acquisition of Skype helped drive its strong sales growth but also caused its operating margins to plummet. While PayPal's growth was stronger than the auction business, eBay's Skype will hopefully be monetized in the near future. As we speak, Skype Me buttons are being tested in eBay auctions in markets all over the world.
Read more http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06112921.htm
These two giants obviously have different business models, so this is more of a fun exercise -- but it's also informative. eBay was a leader in sales and earnings growth, but Amazon was better at using its leverage and keeping margins fairly flat. Does this mean Amazon is the better competitor? Not necessarily. For starters, eBay's acquisition of Skype helped drive its strong sales growth but also caused its operating margins to plummet. While PayPal's growth was stronger than the auction business, eBay's Skype will hopefully be monetized in the near future. As we speak, Skype Me buttons are being tested in eBay auctions in markets all over the world.
Read more http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06112921.htm
eBay Glitch Leaves Sellers Unable to List Auctions
Sellers using eBay listing tools were unable to list items for a few hours this morning. eBay reports that subscribers of some listing tools "may have been unable to access their accounts." While eBay said the issue lasted from 0114 PT to 0555 PT, subscribers posting on message boards did not seem to get access until 7:30 Pacific time.
Read more http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i01/s01
Read more http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i01/s01
Cyber Monday Sets New Record for Online Shopping
Cyber Monday, November 28, 2006, was a record setter in many areas. Shopping.com reported their best day so far in 2006 with traffic to their merchant partners up by 40 percent from the same day last year. Their most clicked-on product was the Black, 4GB, Apple iPod Nano. Other popular items were, not surprisingly, TMX Elmo, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
According to Josh Silverman, General Manager of Shopping.com, "There's more competition among online merchants than ever which is great for shoppers as many of them are rolling out more incentives and discounts this year. In fact, according to our research, 20 of the top 50 merchants ranked by Internet Retailer are offering shoppers free shipping this holiday."
This could explain eBay's free listing upgrades incentive run over the past two days for sellers who offer free shipping, and the prominent link on the homepage to search for items that offer free shipping. It should be noted that eBay owns Shopping.com.
Read more http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i01/s04
According to Josh Silverman, General Manager of Shopping.com, "There's more competition among online merchants than ever which is great for shoppers as many of them are rolling out more incentives and discounts this year. In fact, according to our research, 20 of the top 50 merchants ranked by Internet Retailer are offering shoppers free shipping this holiday."
This could explain eBay's free listing upgrades incentive run over the past two days for sellers who offer free shipping, and the prominent link on the homepage to search for items that offer free shipping. It should be noted that eBay owns Shopping.com.
Read more http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m12/i01/s04
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