Posts Tagged with ‘ebay’

On Tuesday, the BBC launched their own green initiative, a site that “gives simple and practical advice on living a greener life that will make a difference to both the environment and your wallet.”
The site, called BBC Green, will provide articles and content that give users practical advise for achieving a more sustainable lifestyle. The content is geared toward regular people who may not have a very good understanding of what a sustainable lifestyle is, much less how to achieve [...]

A Web 2.0 community launched last month, slipping right under my radar until I spotted it on MoMB and it made me look twice. eBay apparently developed a conscience when I wasn't looking and has joined forced with World of Good, Inc. to create a new community site centralized around commerce.
The WorldofGood.com mission statement is “to provide a trusted platform where individuals can create positive change through commerce, as part of a global community.” The idea central to the site [...]

I'm a big collector of THINGS: books, music, foreign currency, vintage fashion dolls, etc. A long while back I actually ran a collector site, and thought about building an app that people could use to track their collections and estimate a secondary market value for their items. Of course, I had kids instead, but was pleasantly surprised to see someone had gone ahead and done it when I saw a blurb about Kollecta, a site organized around collectables and [...]

The sale of stolen historical items online has been a problem since sites like eBay began. eBay is not liable for stolen items being sold on its site, after all, how could they possibly have a way to find out what is legitimate and what is stolen? However, in a gesture of responsibility and goodwill, they have volunteered to buy back the stolen items from the winning bidders.
This goodwill move couldn't have come at a better time for the [...]

Ebay announced a fee structure change this week, and also announced changes to their feedback system. The fee changes are welcomed by most sellers, who thought the fees should not have been raised that high in the first place. However, the changes to the feedback system have many sellers concerned.
Ebay's recent battle to keep the attention of buyers and sellers reflects the struggles that many older web businesses face - keeping up with the Web 2.0 Joneses. As new [...]

Not everyone who has browsed a job board is actually unemployed. In fact, some people who peruse listings of available jobs online are quite intent with their current positions, but would just like to see what's available.
That is the theory behind itzbig's new job search tool, which allows working technology professionals to privately explore the other career opportunities that are available around them. Essentially designed as a sort of employment matchmaker, itzbig targets, as the company calls it, the “Quiet Working Professional, [...]

Profy was recently invited to try the invitation only beta of TestFreaks , a new product information aggregator brought to you by the creators of the original PriceRunner (now owned by ValueClick). I have been a long time user of Web 1.0 product information and recommendation behemoth, Epinions. That made me excited to try out the “new kid on the block” and see how times have changed.
Although I was underwhelmed by the overall experience, I do have to give them [...]

Craigslist has become wildly popular for being completely free, using a simple design, and being easy to use. Users all around the United States and also in other countries have helped to build a community where goods and services can be bought or sold, jobs can be listed and discovered, and where people can find out who and what is in their local area.
Now, Scoodi, an Australian startup, takes the free marketplace concept to new heights with its social trading [...]

Shopping or searching for items on eBay nowadays can be a hassle. For one reason or another, searching for a single product can turn up all sorts of unrelated results.
For instance, a simple search on eBay for an 'iPod Video', even when filtered down to the iPod sub-section of the MP3 Players category, returned several iPod parts and accessories among the scattered results of the actual MP3 player. The search results can be narrowed down to better match users [...]