eBay Updates PayPal to Develop Micropayments Product PayPal President Scott Thompson recently announced that the company will be delivering a micropayments product before the end of the year as part of the company’s goal in simplifying the purchase of low-cost virtual goods. [via eBay Inc ] eBay Announces the End of Third Party Checkouts eBay will no longer be supporting third party checkouts after June 30, 2011. This change…  Read More →

Shopping Cart Let’s put the cart before the horse:  For the past seven years I have used PayPal to process sales on my website.  I have known for a long time that I was getting what online marketers call Shopping Cart Abandonment .  How did I know this?  Well when I look at my Hitslink analysis program it might show that 17 …  Read More →

Bill Zielke, senior director of merchant services for PayPal , has an interesting post over on the PayPal blog talking about mobile payments – specifically PayPal Mobile Express Checkout – a mobile version of PayPal’s Express Checkout service that allows merchants to offer the PayPal experience to their on-the-go customers. We are in the early stages with Mobile Express Checkout, and it’s being initially rolled out on the iPhone... 

I volunteered for the last Twestival event in San Francisco ( @twestivalsf ) organized by @krystyl and this year it’s great to see eBay and PayPal are really stepping up to help out. On the eBay side of things, there is a Twestival Charity Auction taking place. AUCTION ITEMS INCLUDE: * VIP Experience with Imogen Heap * Justin Bieber will call one lucky winner * Tickets to QI, plus meet Stephen Fry * Meet Ann Curry & Tour NBC Studios... 

This morning, eBay hosted the unveiling of a new, state-of-the-art technology at its PayPal campus in San Jose. It’s called the Bloom Energy Server (or “Bloom Box”), and some are saying it will revolutionize the world. Developed by Bloom Energy Corporation , the Bloom Energy Server is an SUV-sized box that corporations install outside their buildings to generate their own electricity from almost any fuel source. Bloom Energy... 

eBay announced some significant changes to the selling and buying experience in the US marketplace today. Beginning March 30, sellers across the board will be able to experience lower up-front cost (in some instances zero up-front cost) when listing items on ebay.com . Here’s a look at what’s new for sellers and buyers: New standard rates
… For sellers who list items occasionally, new “eBay Everyday” rates are available. Auction-style... 

Every time I think I’ve seen it all, the power of the individual, coming together with their fellow man/woman, comes face-to-face with my expectations and blows them out of the water. I received a very brief but powerful email overnight that contained two statistics I wanted to share with all of you. eBay A reminder that you can buy, sell and/or donate items via …  Read More →

I wanted to share a couple of videos that ran today on CNBC . The first features eBay CEO, John Donahoe, discussing eBay’s take on Black Friday activity in the marketplace and PayPal ’s role in that. He also talks about m-commerce, and the early successes of the eBay Mobile application … The second features PayPal president, Scott Thompson, discussing the 20% growth  Read More →