Back in 2004, while working for eBay in The Netherlands, I was able to work on an interesting project. The project was code named Manhattan, and resulted in the acquisition of the largest classifieds site in The Netherlands, Marktplaats.nl, and eBay’s entry into the classifieds business. Just last week, eBay bought another classifieds site, in […]
eBay’s Paid Search Study Alternatives Motives for Publishing Ineffectiveness
I couldn’t hide from all the chatter around the white paper about eBay’s paid search campaigns today. All kinds of people with little knowledge on internal optimization within eBay are jumping on this story to give their perspective. The overall message they are so loudly shouting into the world is how bad eBay really is […]
Christmas Sweaters Hit The Big Times
For two years, I’ve been following the Ugly Christmas Sweater craze, as it was growing in popularity to throw an Ugly Christmas Sweater party. I just got a message on Twitter that News cable shows are now “discovering” the Ugly Christmas Sweater craze as an item for their morning show: see that NW Cable News […]
Couch Commerce – Why eBay Should Have Bought IntoNow
Back in April, Yahoo made one great move. Yahoo bought IntoNow for around $30 million. The start-up was just 12 weeks old! Last week Yahoo/IntoNow launched the iPad application that makes use of the IntoNow technology. eBay should have bought it back in April for several reasons. Now they should request access to an API […]
Buy It New Buy It Now Hijacking
Now that we have Halloween just behind us, the shopping season is just around the next corner. eBay has just launched their new branding campaign, which includes TV-commercials. This is the first brand campaign since 2-3 years, which is showing the team feels confident they are ready for a big shopping season this year. And […]
eBay SEO and Page Titles; it’s Complicated @tamebay
As it has only been one months since I left eBay for Geeknet, i’m still keeping track of the news on eBay through my social media, RSS reader and stock alerts. Today, two news items drew my attention. First of all the news eBay has hired a new president for Marketplaces, Devin Wenig, who will […]
Moving on, Leaving eBay
I wrote this post last Saturday, but as the financial results for Q2 for Geeknet were only announced today, I decided to wait with public posting until after these were announced. Restless sleep, early wake ups and nervous moments. The last week was a tough one! Last Friday, after 9+ years, was my last day […]
Buy Your Ugly Christmas Sweater on eBay!
Back in 2009 I wrote a post on the phenomenon Ugly Christmas Sweater on eBay. Around the holiday season, there are so many Ugly Christmas Sweater parties, that people flock to eBay to buy one. (if you want to buy an Ugly Christmas Sweater for the cheap, buy it off season, buy it now!) I […]
Dune Buggy for Sale with Sexy Model
How do you sell a Volkswagen Dune Buggy? Right, you place a model in a short skirt in the pictures of the Buggy! Very creative, but if you really would like to sell this Dune Buggy Safari Trail style, they might just lower the price and I consider buying it! Some sellers get so creative…and […]
Labor day 15 Years Ago, Who is Working
Labor day 2010. I would really like to spend some time off, but I like to stay ahead and finish some red hot stuff on my to do list. Too bad I will have to watch the kids for a couple of hours, but after that, it’s all free game! Labor day, for the majority […]