There’s a pretty interesting report out this week from FFP Global, entitled 10 eCommerce Trends for 2010. The report says that online shopping is moving from a transaction mentality to one that also embodies discovery, entertainment and social bonding experiences. Something that I’ve witnessed first-hand in the 2 years I’ve been here at eBay. Five…

Kijiji.com, eBay’s free, local, family-friendly classifieds site, today announced a partnership with Petfinder.com, an online, searchable database of adoptable animals who need permanent homes. The partnership means that users will now be able to browse more than 200,000 Petfinder adoptable pets via Kijiji.com. From the release: “We are thrilled to partner with Petfinder.com as part…

First of all, thanks very much for the kind words while I was away. It was a personally rewarding trip and one that needed to be made. I’m back at the office today for the first time in over a week, so I’m easing back into things here on Ink with an eBay Giving Works…

eBay Inc. announced financial results for Q3 FY 2009 today. Third quarter revenue was $2.2 billion, up $120.3 million from the same period last year. The company attributed year-over-year revenue growth primarily to the continued growth in PayPal, Skype, the company’s classifieds business as well as growth in eBay’s fixed-price format. “Our third quarter results…

I’m taking a bit of a timeout with this particular blog post to step away from all things eBay and share something personal with you all. There is no eBay Inc.-related news in this post so you can stop reading now if you wish… Last week my Grandpa, a man I’ve loved since before the…

As some of you already know we’ve been working on a project behind the scenes that I’m really excited to share with you all today. For those of you that don’t know, believe it or not, there has never been an official corporate website that represents the corporate information regarding eBay Inc. and all of…

I wanted to send huge birthday wishes out to our ebay.com.au friends “down under” as they celebrate turning 10 years old! Over the past decade, 173 million items have been sold on eBay.com.au which makes for an item sold every 1.8 seconds. Some other fun facts: – In 1999 there were only 9,041 Australian registered…

The following is a contributed blog post from eBay Green Team member Ashwin Seshagiri. Enjoy! Cheers, RBH When the eBay Green Team opened up to the public earlier this year, 40,000 people signed up over night. There was always a sense that green was important to eBay’s communities of buyers and sellers, but for a…

Today the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware issued a pretrial decision that dismissed two charges brought by eBay Inc. against craigslist board directors Craig Newmark and Jim Buckmaster. A trial is set to begin on December 7, 2009 on the rest of the charges. eBay’s deputy general counsel, Mary Huser issued the…