eBay’s Sarah Brubacher, PayPal’s Colin Rule, and Griff took the stage as The eTones to bring our kick-off to eBay: On Location – San Jose to a close last night. They performed 3 songs… I was able to capture the second two. (If anyone managed to video their first song, I would love to add to this post – let me know). Here is the first one… Cheers & enjoy!  Read More →

All, eBay: On Location kicks off today, in conjunction with our celebration of 15 years of eBay. I managed to get my hands on a celebratory video we’ll be showing at eBayOL – San Jose tonight and to our employees around the world. I’ve only been a part of the eBay family and community for a relatively short time in the grand scheme of things but have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of…  Read More →

eBay launched a new free Half.com iPhone app and Buying Wizard to help students quickly find great deals on textbooks (and more fun stuff of course) heading into the school year. It’s the second eBay app to integrate barcode scanning technology and allows users to scan the barcodes on items to find the best deals on textbooks, DVDs, video games and more. The app provides Half.com buyers access to over 80 million active listings from more... 

The following interview with Steve Yankovich, eBay VP of Mobile Solutions, ran on Fox Business News earlier this morning. In it, Steve discusses the ease of use of mobile applications and the influence they’re ultimately having on ecommerce and online retail. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com  Read More →

It has been a week since the launch of ProStores 10 and I sat down with Lin Shearer, Sr. Manager and head of marketing for ProStores, earlier today to discuss the newest release. Highlights of ProStores 10: ** Easily integrate with your eBay inventory. Import your eBay product listings. Remove all inbound listings or convert them to products in ProStores in a single action. Assign default listing templates to your eBay items. Easily synch your... 

eBay launched its first-ever rewards program today called eBay Bucks . The program is free and open to all US eBay users. In a nutshell, eBay Bucks offers consumers 2% back on most items purchased through the eBay Marketplace with PayPal. If you haven’t already, you can sign up for the eBay Bucks rewards program , today. I sat down with Marc Steffens, Sr…  Read More →

Check out this quick, concise and informative video demo from @ebay_andy showing, in less than 4 minutes, how to edit eBay condition ID using File Exchange. A huge thank to Andy for submitting to eBay Ink. Cheers! Here’s a quick written tutorial too: Select Create a Download Request. Select Active from the Listings and Records Drop Down. Leave the download format as standard, and leave the date range as all active listings. The email address…  Read More →

Great to see one of our first eBay Ink Social Media Sellers , John Lawson ( @colderICE ), give out tips and tricks to selling on eBay. Watch the video here… Cheers! RBH  Read More →

I sat down with Todd Lutwak, VP of Seller Experience for eBay earlier today to talk about the initial feedback we’ve been hearing coming out of the third and final Seller Release of 2010 . Here you go… Cheers, RBH  Read More →

All, eBay announced its third and final seller release for 2010 this morning. All updates are scheduled to launch the week of September 7 unless otherwise noted. I sat down with Dinesh Lathi, VP of Buying and Selling Experience for eBay, while we were in Chicago for eBay: On Location to talk more about the updates coming in the Fall. Here you go… From the AB post: Stay on top with great value and service • New shopping experience for iPod/MP3... 

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In 2009, a large group of devoted eBay sellers and fans of eBay Radio led by Betsie Bolger decided to meet up in Las Vegas. The 2010 follow-up was a who’s who of eBay community, and a great reminder of eBay’s roots. Between the knowledgeable speakers, the eBay themed painted fingernails, the custom eBay Nike shoes, and the “Griffettes”- ebay Radio’s 7th Anniversary was a party not to miss. This was my first time attending such an event... 

This is my final video coming out of last week’s DEVCON in San Jose. Here, I sit down with Paul O’Brien of Outright.com. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH  Read More →

Hi gang, As you know, I sat down with some of the attendees at last week’s eBay DEVCON to talk about their technologies, the eBay platform and the event itself. Here is another in that series. In the following video, we sat down with Brian Lowe, CEO of MyStoreCredit . Enjoy! Cheers, RBH  Read More →

In addition to covering some of the eBay DevCon sessions live on Twitter, I’ve also been capturing some interviews with folks here at the event. Here is the first of a few videos taken over the 48-hour event. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH ( Apologies for the background noise on this one. We found a quiet room to conduct the rest after this initial interview ):  Read More →