Tag: ebay
Naked Wines MarketPlace is Groupon for wine-lovers
Wine-lovers and winemakers alike will rejoice at the launch of a new service from online retailers Naked Wines. They've just launched the Naked MarketPlace, offering quality vino at reduced prices through an online auction platform reminiscent of both eBay…
eBay to offer 50 free listings per month to all sellers
All eBay sellers will soon be offered 50 free item listings per month, as the auction site looks to tempt back from rival selling sites. Seeing user numbers drop since Amazon introduced their marketplace area, eBay will also charge lower…
The hard (Apple) core: Official Mac OS 7 playing cards now going on eBay
It's called the 'cult of Mac' for a reason, it seems – the set of official Apple playing cards have now reached £313.57, with five days to go. Follow the auction here. Yes, they are just regular playing cards,…
Recycle your old gadgets on eBay Instant Sale and make a few quid at the same time
Last week eBay launched "Instant Sale" allowing you to hawk your old gadgets for some quick cash. The stripped down sales page of the giant auction house is dead easy requiring you to answer only two questions – will…
10 great retro gadgets up for grabs on eBay
Smartphones, tablets, 3D TVs; who needs em? Back in my day it wasn't about whether or not your mobile could multi-task, but rather if it would fit in your rucksack without the weight of it snapping your spine in two….
New eBay sellers iPhone app launched
eBay, the mega-popular online auctioning site, have released a new seller-orientated version of their iPhone app that should make earning some much needed moolah from your unwanted gear that much easier whilst on the go. The free app allows…
23% of Britons use the net to take a sneak peek at their Christmas presents
A recent survey of 1,000 people conducted by web analytic specialists Webtrends has revealed that one-in-four of us will take a sneaky peek at what our partners have bought for us online this Christmas. No present-shaking guessing games for us…
Need a Spotify invitation? They are also on eBay
So what do you do if you can't get hold of an invitation? Well surprise, surprise, you can score one on eBay.
Google Wave invitations for sale on eBay
Of course some of the invitations may be genuine and there are a few that offer to give the money you pay to charity, but they still smell fishy to me.
eBay floating Skype IPO – grab yourself a stake in VoIP!
If this month’s news of Skype all over mobile phones of the world got you thinking how hot the VoIP company is right now, then you might be pleased to hear that eBay is letting the communications service loose on the stock market with an IPO all of its own.
Skype generated a cool $551 million in revenue in 2008 and, although they are beginning to run into the old market saturation problem, it doesn’t take a genius to see it’s all about the services they’ll be offering in the future rather the number of accounts.
So, if you think the future is sky blue, then you might want to set aside some cash for next year. Buy low in 2008, sell high peaking some time around 2013. That’s my completely inexperienced and entirely non-culpable piece of financial advice for the day.
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