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Auction site QXL going, going, gone
News Auction site and would-be eBay competitor QXL.co.uk is to close its virtual doors at the end of May. QXL, which advertised itself as the UK's "original online auction site", was set up in 1997 by a Financial Times journalist, Tim Jackson.
[May 7, 2008, 12:26]
Auction site backs off privacy-policy change
News The changes immediately drew criticism from auction watchdogs and privacy advocates, who charged that the company was making it easier to disclose members' personal information or ban them from the site.
[March 19, 2002, 16:05]
EBay nets Taiwanese auction site
News EBay said on Tuesday that it would buy Taiwanese auction site NeoCom Technology for more than $9.5m in cash and close its business in Japan. Separately, eBay has said it would exit the Japanese market, laying off all of its 17 employees in that...
[February 27, 2002, 6:31]
Petrol for sale at Internet auction site
News Britain's worsening petrol crisis resulted in petrol being auctioned to the highest bidder on an Internet auction site Wednesday. One less than entirely serious message posted on the QXL site today reads: "For sale: one gallon of unleaded petrol...
[September 13, 2000, 14:27]
Online Liquidator Launches a New Auction Site in 28 Days
White Papers The company acquired the source code for a several-year-old auction site and, in less than a month, used the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development system to upgrade the code and launch its own auction site.
[March 24, 2008, 0:02]
Battle over Nazi auction site heats up
News The portal has been asked to submit a technical report to back claims that it is technically impossible to block French access to its US auction site. The Paris High Court will hear evidence from Yahoo!
[July 24, 2000, 10:42]
QXL shuts down auction scam on UK site
News He's simply cut and pasted the auction from one site to the other," he told us. The QXL seller, who goes under the member name "home_comforts_uk", accused people on the site who queried why it was identical to the eBay sale of "trying to ruin my...
[June 20, 2003, 11:24]
Dell to launch auction site
News The new auction business continues the Round Rock, Texas, company's broad push into Web retailing, begun three years ago with its own Internet site and continuing this year with the launch of its Gigabuys online site for computer and electronics...
[July 19, 1999, 15:30]
Top mobile execs to launch handset auction site
News This B2B Web site will allow a mobile phone operator to sell some of its surplus inventory to another operator, who might be suffering from a shortage of certain models. Consumers could soon be offered a greater choice of mobile phone handsets if...
[November 13, 2001, 13:10]
Online Agricultural Auction Site Has Room to Grow With Microsoft Windows DNA
White Papers Microsoft's comprehensive development platform provided the company with the tools to bring the site online in little more than four months and with only two developers. Developed on Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Farms.com is now upgrading to...
[July 3, 2007, 1:00]
EBay posts profit as auctions stay strong
News EBay's second-quarter revenue jumped more than 80 percent as it beat Wall Street expectations and as its online auction site remained popular during the economic downturn. The auction giant posted net income of $24.6m, or 9 cents per share, in the...
[July 20, 2001, 11:03]
eBay cracks down on Romanian fraudsters
News Online auction site eBay has made public the details of a three-year long campaign to curb online fraud being perpetrated by criminals in Romania — an effort that has resulted in several hundred arrests.
[June 28, 2007, 12:11]
Condemnation for sale of human eggs on the Web
News Widespread condemnation followed swiftly Monday after the revelation that a US site was preparing to auction human eggs. QXL, the European online auction site condemned the sale. According to Ron Harris a former pornographer who runs the site, men...
[October 26, 1999, 10:39]
News Burst: Sotheby's goes online
News Auction house Sotheby's has partnered with Amazon.com to launch an online auction site. A Special Sales page will give details of upcoming auction events. One of the first items to be auctioned at the site will be Austin Powers' Shagmobile.
[November 19, 1999, 11:31]
Exploit-selling site will boost security, say founders
News An eBay-like auction site that sells vulnerabilities will improve security by ensuring researchers get a fair price for their work, say the founders. The existing business model to reward researchers is a failure," said Herman Zampariolo, chief...
[July 6, 2007, 13:55]
EBay promotes electronics warranties
News People worried about buying electronics products on the popular auction Web site eBay can now buy a warranty to cover their purchases -- but it won't protect them from fraud. In a note to users earlier this week, the online auction giant announced...
[October 18, 2002, 9:39]
Terra Lycos teams with eBay on auctions
News Terra Lycos is scuttling a portion of its auction site and is linking to eBay as part of a marketing agreement announced Wednesday. The companies' co-branded site launched on Wednesday, replacing an earlier person-to-person auction site on Terra...
[June 7, 2001, 9:57]
Amazon sellers fume over auction glitch
News Sellers pay Amazon to promote their listings in prominent places on its auction site. Amazon's auction site has battled a number of glitches and outages in recent months. Meanwhile, Deborah Linder, who sells antiques through Amazon's auction site...
[May 31, 2001, 9:52]
eBay sellers strike planned
News A group of eBay traders has called a one-day strike for Tuesday 15 August claiming that the auction site has made listings less visible and raised fees for bulk sellers. The auction site also raised some of the fees it charges sellers.
[August 14, 2006, 13:20]
EBay says 'oui' to purchase of French site
News In a widely expected move, giant online auctioneer eBay has agreed to buy French auction site iBazar for as much as $112m in stock. saw its listings drop after introducing fees on its auction site last month.
[February 22, 2001, 14:45]
