EcommerceBytes eBay Expands SquareTrade Warranties in Home and GardenEcommerceBytes"We're giving buyers just one more reason to choose eBay – and you – for all of their home and garden needs. You don't need to do a thing. The optional SquareTrade warranty will be automatically offered on eligible Home and Garden …
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EcommerceBytes (blog) eBay Runs Competing Ads on Seller Listing PagesEcommerceBytes (blog)eBay is running ads for branded clothing retailers directly on its own sellers' clothing listing pages. A seller pointed out that her listing for a beret in the "Hats" subcategory under "Women's Accessories" in the "Clothing, Shoes & Accessories … …
Read More »eBay fires up OpenStack cloud with Nicira network virt – Register
Wired (blog) eBay fires up OpenStack cloud with Nicira network virtRegisterSo you can imagine how antsy VMware must have been when it watched Nicira come into eBay eight months ago as JC Martin, cloud architect at the auctioneer, set about to create an OpenStack cloud with Nicira network virtualization. While …
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DatacenterDynamics Rackspace Rises 8% As OpenStack Rollout On TrackInvestor’s Business DailyRackspace Hosting (RAX) shares jumped 8.1% on Wednesday, a day after the cloud computing firm reported Q2 profit in line with analyst estimates and said its rollout of OpenStack software remains on track. Rackspace aims to make OpenStack, …The IT …
Read More »Amazon and eBay Offering Same-Day Delivery – Multichannel Merchant
Amazon and eBay Offering Same-Day DeliveryMultichannel MerchantVenture Beat reports that eBay Now "weaves together eBay's acquisition of Milo.com and its launch of PayPal Here in a way that makes ordering a hard drive much easier than ordering a pizza." eBay has partnered with merchants such as Nordstrom, Best …Can These …
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Read More »eBay’s security efforts lead to massive fraud drop and 3K arrests – Help Net Security
Help Net Security eBay's security efforts lead to massive fraud drop and 3K arrestsHelp Net SecurityeBay, the notable online auction and shopping mammoth website and the company that runs it, has taken the fraud threat seriously and has managed to cut it by 90 percent in the last three years, …
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Read More »eBay Runs Promotion for Fixed-Price Listings, Stores Excluded – EcommerceBytes
EcommerceBytes eBay Runs Promotion for Fixed-Price Listings, Stores ExcludedEcommerceByteseBay is running a promotion for Buy It Now listings. According to an announcement on a page on its site that has yet appear on its Announcement Board, eBay is giving sellers up to 5000 free listings in the Fixed Price format …
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