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New Developments as eBay Moves Forward with PayPal-only Plans

If you wondered whether sellers had legitimate concerns over eBay's new PayPal-only policy in Australia, you need only read Kevin Tyerman's submission to that country's Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to understand the issues they believe are at stake. Tyerman's 7-page document - complete with footnotes and citations - is accessible on the ACCC website along with about 350 others, many of them from eBay sellers.

Australian regulator blocks eBay's PayPal-only plan

EBay Inc. said yesterday it will postpone plans to make its PayPal system the only way to pay for deals on its auction site in Australia after the antitrust regulator said it would reduce competition. Australia was the first place where eBay was planning the PayPal-only system. The plan angered some users who said using PayPal would cost them more than other payment methods, and that eBay was just interested in increasing revenue for PayPal, which it owns. The government's Australian Competition and Consumer Commission opened an investigation into the plan and considered submissions from Australian banks and users of the online auction site claiming the restrictions were unfair. EBAY (Nasdaq) rose 15 cents (U.S.) to $28.23.

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

Australia Throws Roadblock in eBay's PayPal Only Plans

Government regulators in Australia have told eBay to hold off on plans to move to a PayPal-only marketplace in Australia on June 17, 2008. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said it believes consumers are in the best position to determine whether, for their particular transaction, PayPal offers the best features in terms of security, fraud protection, dispute resolution and insurance, at the price offered. It also said that having a single payment provider on eBay may reduce the incentive for other payment systems to develop more secure and cost effective systems.

eBay Still Tweaking Search, the 'Playground' Returns

After a few weeks offline, eBay's "Playground" for previewing new search technology is back online. The Playground is a live laboratory and is part of eBay's Finding 2.0 initiative designed to it easier for shoppers to find what they want. During May and June, eBay plans to release additional new features to the Playground, and will add an opt-in ability that allows members to make the new experience their default Finding experience. eBay also plans to add a new way to navigate and refine search queries.

eBay Cancels Plans to Go PayPal-Only in Australia

eBay has cancelled plans to go to a PayPal-only marketplace in Australia. It had intended to limit buyers and sellers to using its own payment service exclusively, but withdrew its notification to government regulators after the agency indicated its intention to prohibit eBay from doing so.

Developments in eBay Australia Plan to Go PayPal-Only

eBay Australia rolled out the increased buyer protection plan it had promised users when it initially announced it was moving to a PayPal-only marketplace. It had planned to roll out the ban on all payment methods except for PayPal on June 17, but Australian government regulators told eBay last week to hold off on implementing the policy.

eBay to delay roll out of PayPal-only system in Australia - Update

(RTTNews) - Online auctioneer eBay Inc. (EBAY) said Friday that it would delay plans to roll out the PayPal-only policy in Australia to pay for deals on its auction site until July 15, after the government's fair-trading regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, ruled that it would reduce competition. The new policy was due to come into effect next week.

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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.

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eBay backs down on forced PayPal payment plan

Internet auction group eBay Australia & New Zealand has withdrawn plans to require members to exclusively use its PayPal Australia subsidiary for payments. The company had sought approval from the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) to prohibit payments using direct bank account deposits or cheques, as a means of minimising fraud. PayPal charges sellers $A0.30 per transaction and between 1.1% and 2.4% of the payment as commission. The ACCC said in its draft decision that the security benefits of having PayPal as the only payment system did not outweigh the anti-competitive effects of such an arrangement

eBay's Aussie PayPal-Only Policy Raises Hackles

eBay has irked users yet again -- this time with plans to require that all transactions on its Australian site be done through its subsidiary, PayPal. A PayPal-only policy won't surface in the U.S., said company spokesperson Nichola Sharpe; however, it may happen in other countries.

eBay's Aussie PayPal-Only Policy Raises Hackles

eBay has irked users yet again -- this time with plans to require that all transactions on its Australian site be done through its subsidiary, PayPal. A PayPal-only policy won't surface in the U.S., said company spokesperson Nichola Sharpe; however, it may happen in other countries.

eBay's Aussie PayPal-Only Policy Raises Hackles

eBay has irked users yet again -- this time with plans to require that all transactions on its Australian site be done through its subsidiary, PayPal. A PayPal-only policy won't surface in the U.S., said company spokesperson Nichola Sharpe; however, it may happen in other countries.

eBay's Aussie PayPal-Only Policy Raises Hackles

eBay has irked users yet again -- this time with plans to require that all transactions on its Australian site be done through its subsidiary, PayPal. A PayPal-only policy won't surface in the U.S., said company spokesperson Nichola Sharpe; however, it may happen in other countries.

eBay Australia Calls Moratorium on PayPal-Only Policy

eBay Australia said a government agency's review of its plans to go PayPal-only could continue until the end of July. Therefore, the company announced it would postpone the new policy's effective date from July 15 (originally scheduled for June 17) "until the review process with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) regarding its recent draft notice is complete."

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Report: Angry Australian sellers confront eBay over PayPal-only policy

EBay sellers lashed out at an executive of eBay Australia over the company's decision to require them to only use PayPal, a service owned by eBay, for electronic payment services, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald.

eBay Australia Files ACCC Response re PayPal-Only Policy

Ina Steiner notes on AuctionBytes that eBay Australia has filed its response icon_PDF_small.gif to the many submissions received by the Australia Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry about eBay Australia's new PayPal-only policy slated to go into effect next month. More details about the inquiry and all of the submissions are available on the ACCC web site.

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