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Anticipation Builds for Seventh Annual eBay Live! Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) (www.ebay.com) today announced that as anticipation builds for the seventh eBay Live Community conference, the last such event until 2010, registration is rapidly filling up. Held this year in Chicago, June 19-21, at McCormick Place West convention center, eBay bills the event as an unrivaled opportunity for eBay sellers from around the world to network with fellow eBay Community members, meet tradeshow exhibitors, and attend educational sessions to learn about best practices for buying and selling on eBay. The event sold out last year, so interested parties are encouraged to sign up via: http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive.

Anticipation Builds for Seventh Annual eBay Live! Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) (www.ebay.com) today announced that as anticipation builds for the seventh eBay Live Community conference, the last such event until 2010, registration is rapidly filling up. Held this year in Chicago, June 19-21, at McCormick Place West convention center, eBay bills the event as an unrivaled opportunity for eBay sellers from around the world to network with fellow eBay Community members, meet tradeshow exhibitors, and attend educational sessions to learn about best practices for buying and selling on eBay. The event sold out last year, so interested parties are encouraged to sign up via: http://pages.ebay.com/ebaylive.

Seth Godin to Speak eBay Live Conference in June

eBay announced that best-selling authors Seth Godin and Jeffrey Gitomer will speak at the seventh eBay Live Community conference taking place in Chicago, June 19-21, at McCormick Place West convention center. The theme for eBay Live 2008 is "The Power of All of Us." Attendees can network with fellow members, meet tradeshow exhibitors, and attend educational sessions to learn about best practices for buying and selling on eBay. This year's event features the ASD/AMD Sourcing Pavilion featuring wholesalers and distributors.

EBay (EBAY) NewsBite - EBay Price Target Slashed

EBay Inc. (EBAY) opened at 27.09. So far today, the stock has hit a low of 25.95 and a high of 27.43. EBAY is now trading at 27.22, down 0.27 (-1.00%). The stock hit its 52 week high of 40.73 in October and set its 52 week low of 25.10 in March. EBAY has been dropping for most of the past year. A RBC Capital Markets analyst cut his price target on the stock today to $35 from $40, and said the effect of deals with large online retailers the company's revenue may be more muted due to less-favorable terms. The company had signed a deal with Buy.com allowing it to sell books, electronics and other items on eBay's Website without paying the full complement of fees. Technical indicators for the stock are bearish but slightly improving while S&P gives EBAY a very positive 5 STARS (out of 5) strong buy rating.

eBay Announces Star Developer Awards

A tool for accessing eBay on a Nintendo wii gaming system has won eBay's developer award for "Most Innovative Application." The Jaast for Wii from a Germany developer was one of seven applications winning eBay and PayPal developer awards today. eBay announced the awards during its Developers Conference taking place in Chicago this week, immediately preceding its annual eBay Live conference.

Craigslist's Response To eBay: We Had To Do It!

After eBay sued Craigslist, Craigslist's initial responses were rather weak. eBay made a pretty strong case arguing that Craigslist's board had unilaterally diluted eBay's shares -- which seems pretty questionable. Craigslist initially shot back by accusing eBay of doing the same things eBay was accusing Craigslist of doing -- but that was somewhat misleading. eBay wasn't complaining about the specific actions Craigslist was taking -- but the fact that they had done so unilaterally, despite eBay's ownership stake and board position. Then, Craigslist countersued eBay with a laundry list of charges that effectively amounted to "we don't like them being on our board." Both of these responses were a bit disappointing. While I like Craigslist, and respect Craig and Jim, they still hadn't explained why it was legal for them to unilaterally dilu

Microsoft and RIM to Bring Windows Live Services to BlackBerry

Microsoft and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced an agreement to provide Microsoft Windows Live services on BlackBerry smartphones. As a result of this collaboration, the companies say that BlackBerry smartphone customers will enjoy easy mobile access to Windows Live Messenger and an enhanced level of integration between Windows Live Hotmail and the BlackBerry platform. The integration of Windows Live services into the BlackBerry platform will allow customers who use Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger on their BlackBerry smartphone to benefit from the BlackBerry platform architecture with the ability to communicate in real-time using push technology, and offering an exceptional mobile communications experience. Customers will also be able to seamlessly access their Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Live Messenger account

Big News Expected at Today's eBay Developers Conference

eBay is kicking off its 3-day Developer's Conference on Monday for eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com and ProStores. eBay DevCon speakers will be addressing the importance of open platforms in improving user experiences, boosting customer loyalty and engagement, and helping entrepreneurial developers monetize their applications by taking advantage of leading ecommerce API platforms on the Web. eBay will reveal its hush-hush "Project Echo" for the eBay platform today during the keynote address that kicks off at 9:30 am Central time.

New Uship Tool Eases Shipping Friction For Ebay Users

As eBay Live, the annual celebration of all things eBay (EBAY), lands in Chicago on June 19-21, uShip (www.uShip.com) is announcing the launch of the eBay Shipping Center. This new tool is aimed directly at solving a major challenge for buyers and sellers in the eBay community"shipping large items.

EBay Abandons Plans For PayPal Monopoly

An anonymous reader writes "eBay's has lost its fight to ban all payment methods except PayPal. When Paypal originally announced the scheme it was to be global, but they began with a dry run in Australia to test the reaction of government and consumer authorities. In the public slanging match that followed between eBay and the regulatory ACCC, eBay spammed users claiming it was fighting for 'safety benefits for consumers.' Fortunately the consumers won. Conceded eBay vice president Simon Smith, 'While we disagree with the ACCC's draft notice, we have decided to withdraw the notification to stop any further confusion and disruption among the eBay community.' Nevertheless eBay insists PayPal is now always offered as a payment option. Have big corporations finally learned that they can go too far? More chillingly, if eBay had launched the sc

New uShip Tool Eases Shipping Friction for eBay Users

AUSTIN, Texas, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- As eBay Live!, the annual celebration of all things eBay (EBAY), lands in Chicago on June 19-21, uShip (http://www.uShip.com) is announcing the launch of the eBay Shipping Center. This new tool is aimed directly at solving a major challenge for buyers and sellers in the eBay community-shipping large items.

Gangstas and Flappers Gear up for the Conference at eBay Live Meet 'n' Greet '08

Sellers decked out in 1920s-style fedoras and flapper dresses mingled and buzzed with anticipation about the upcoming eBay Live conference at the 2008 Meet

eBay Watch: iPhone Apps, Free eBay Alternative

EBay delays mandatory shipping specifications until August, eBay apps for the new iPhone are out now and eBay offers Fixed Price listings promotions. Plus, we take a look at the free eBay alternative selling site, Flippid.com, and also offer hints and tips from eBay sellers.

eBay Holds 2008 Annual Shareholders Meeting

The Hyatt Regency Chicago Hotel was the gathering place for eBay's Board of Directors and investors this morning at the company's annual shareholders meeting. Former President and CEO Meg Whitman was in attendance and was recognized by John Donahoe after the meeting. Meanwhile in another part of Chicago, thousands of eBay members were congregating at the company's annual 3-day user conference taking place at the McCormick Place West convention center.

eBay Roadmap Creates Fast Lane for Large Sellers

eBay's Product Roadmap reveals eBay's intention to make it easier for large merchants to conduct business on the site. At its recent Developer's Conference in Chicago, eBay announced its Web Services would provide better API and business process support for large sellers. Merchants will be able to manage their entire business without going to My eBay and will be able to organize information by SKU instead of ItemID. eBay also promised faster processing and fewer timeouts with asynchronous bulk interface.

eBay Announces Expanded Protection and Seller Incentives

eBay and PayPal will protect buyers for 100 percent of an item's purchase price for eligible transactions paid with PayPal. eBay made the announcement at its seventh eBay Live conference kicking off in Chicago today.

EBay to Open up Merchant Tool to Developers

EBay will open a tool used by 700,000 of its merchants to external developers, the next step in an ongoing effort to promote the creation of applications for its online marketplace. For the first time, eBay will feature third-party applications within Selling Manager, a tool merchants use to manage their eBay listings, the company plans to announce Monday at its annual eBay Developers Conference in Chicago.

eBay Announces Marketplaces Executive Changes

SAN JOSE, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today announced executive changes to its global Marketplaces business. Effective in October, Rajiv Dutta, President, eBay Marketplaces, will retire from the company. Succeeding Dutta as President, eBay Marketplaces, is Lorrie Norrington, who most recently was President of eBay Marketplaces Operations. She will report to eBay President and CEO John Donahoe.

eBay Announces Marketplaces Executive Changes

SAN JOSE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today announced executive changes to its global Marketplaces business. Effective in October, Rajiv Dutta, President, eBay Marketplaces, will retire from the company. Succeeding Dutta as President, eBay Marketplaces, is Lorrie Norrington, who most recently was President of eBay Marketplaces Operations. She will report to eBay President and CEO John Donahoe.

eBay Announces Marketplaces Executive Changes

SAN JOSE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY) today announced executive changes to its global Marketplaces business. Effective in October, Rajiv Dutta, President, eBay Marketplaces, will retire from the company. Succeeding Dutta as President, eBay Marketplaces, is Lorrie Norrington, who most recently was President of eBay Marketplaces Operations. She will report to eBay President and CEO John Donahoe.

EBay quarterly profit rises, but shares fall on outlook

Online auction house eBay Inc. said yesterday that its second-quarter profit jumped 22 per cent, as the company enjoyed strong growth in its e-commerce sites and its PayPal payments service. But eBay's outlook for the current quarter was softer than analysts had been forecasting, and the company's shares fell in after-hours trading after closing up $1.21 at $28.10. EBay earned $460-million, or 35 cents a share, compared with $376-million, or 27 cents, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding certain items, eBay earned 43 cents a share. That beat Wall Street's forecast for 41 cents a share. EBay's revenue rose 20 per cent to $2.2-billion. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had been looking for $2.17-billion. EBay expects third-quarter earnings of 30 cents to 32 cents a share, or 39 cents to 41 cents a share on an adjusted basis, and $2.

Competing With Keywords Increases Your Ebay Sales!

Ebay is the largest and most popular online marketplace on earth! And with this, it is only obvious that ebay is highly competitive, for both the Ebay buyers as well as for Ebay sellers. With millions of entries in the eBay store, it is necessary to use appropriate keywords to manage the store. A keyword is nothing but a significant word in the title or description of an item. Therefore, keywords used in the listing needs to be directly relevant to the items being sold. The right keywords will result in your item being pulled up more often by ebay search, the wrong keyword would result in your item being virtually invisible!

eBay Picks Buyers Over Small-Time Sellers

Every time we've mentioned eBay lately, we've received a long list of complaints in the comments about how awful eBay is. It's become quite clear that there's plenty of dissatisfaction with the company -- and a big part of the problem seems to be figuring out who eBay is really representing: buyers or sellers. In theory, as an impartial marketplace, eBay should be able to serve both sides. After all, you need both sides to be happy to make the marketplace truly effective. However, with growing concerns of fraud on eBay, it seems that the company has recognized that it's more important to focus on improving the experience for buyers -- and less so for sellers, especially the smaller sellers. Witness eBay's recent change to ban sellers from offering feedback on buyers.

eBay Inc. Applauds Court's Rejection of Tiffany Counterfeit Claims

SAN JOSE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- eBay Inc. (Nasdaq:EBAY)(www.ebay.com) today praised a federal judge's ruling in the Tiffany vs. eBay trademark case, affirming the company's leading efforts to fight counterfeits and to support consumer choice to buy and sell authentic merchandise online. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York also declared that eBay takes appropriate steps to remove suspected counterfeit listings as part of the company's additional efforts to provide a safe and trusted marketplace. Furthermore, the court also found that Tiffany was responsible for policing its own trademark on eBay.

Microsoft launches Live Search cashback program - update

(RTTNews) - Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Wednesday that it will offer ad-funded cash rebates to customers who find and purchase products through a new program called Microsoft Live Search cashback. This is one of the latest efforts of Microsoft to increase its market share in searching, which is dominated by Google (GOOG). Microsoft has roped in companies such as eBay Inc. (EBAY), Barnes & Noble.com (BKS), Overstock.com Inc. (OSTK), and Sears Holdings Corp. (SHLD) as partners in the new program. The Live Search cashback portfolio includes more than 10 million products from more than 700 merchants, including more than 13 of the top 40 U.S. retailers. Microsoft also said it has delivered a new Live Search travel destination, Live Search Farecast in order to find the best travel deals on the Web.

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