And now, a million dollar story from Australia. Queensland resident Paul Rammers has a very special car for sale and it’s only available via eBay. Rammers is selling a hand-built Holden Monaro HRT 427, a concept car born out of a collaboration between Holden and HSV. The supercar, which features a 7-litre V8 racing engine…

In an exciting development that demonstrates eBay’s commitment to sharing global experience and investing in our talent eBay announced impending changes to its Australia and Korea business leaders. eBay Vice President in Australia, Deborah Sharkey will be moving to San Jose this summer to pursue her career aspiration of working in the USA. Taking the…

Even a March blizzard on a Monday night couldn’t keep eBay from hosting a phenomenal party to fete an important cause. Devin Wenig, the president of eBay, and Steven Kolb, the chief executive of the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), convened nearly 200 designers, media and industry influencers Monday to mark the third…

Last fall, eBay refreshed the user experience by offering a more personalized layout that was cleaner, more consistent, and contemporary. The redesigned homepage, featuring the “Feed,” instantly offered users a more visual eBay experience that surfaced products based on their specific browsing and purchase history. This year, eBay aims to invigorate the selling experience with changes we…

PayPal is boosting cross-border trade by connecting more and more consumers and merchants worldwide using pioneering technology, Rohan Mahadevan told an international audience last month in Singapore. Rohan, vice president of PayPal Asia, co-chaired a session on achieving entrepreneurial success at The Wall Street Journal’s “Unleashing Innovation” conference. He emphasized that PayPal is fostering an…

Last week, eBay released a white paper on its Digital Service Efficiency (DSE) initiative, which helps it to see the full cost, performance and environmental impact of customer buy and sell transactions. This gives eBay a holistic way to balance and tune its technical infrastructure. Dean Nelson, eBay’s vice president of Global Foundation Services, says the…

PayPal said Wednesday it was acquiring  Duff Research, a group of award-winning mobile app developers. Financial terms were not disclosed. Duff’s team of engineers, writes PayPal Chief Technology Officer James Barrese, will be  joining the PayPal technology team to help build creative and simple ways for PayPal’s customers to use the PayPal digital wallet. “As PayPal continues to be…

At South By Southwest for the music conference? Then stop by the Old School Bar & Grill in Austin, where StubHub Live is taking over the stage for the next four days. To stay on top of the band line-up, be sure to download the StubHub app, which fully integrates the SXSW experience. The app also…

Last week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, PayPal made it easy to get food quickly at one of the busiest global conferences of the year. At two of MWC’s most popular restaurants, attendees were able to bypass the long lunch lines when they paid with PayPal, writes John Lunn, PayPal’s developer network global director, over at the official…

eBay Inc. has always been a company with a strong sense of purpose, and our dedication to social responsibility has not gone unnoticed. The Ethisphere Institute, an international think tank, has named eBay Inc. as one of the world’s 138 most ethical companies for 2013. This is the third time that we¹ve earned this honor…