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eBay providing unseen economy boost
News Households which use Internet auctions to get rid of their unwanted items can make up to £3,000 per year, according to new research, and this activity could be a major boon to the UK economy. The government doesn't currently include the trading...
[August 15, 2005, 17:50]
FBI cracks down on Internet fraud
News A major crackdown on Web-based fraud has broken up pyramid schemes, phoney "Beanie Baby" auctions and other Internet scams that had cheated 56,000 people out of more than $117m (about £80m), US law enforcers said on Wednesday.
[May 24, 2001, 10:27]
EBay: OS for the highest bidder
News The new eBay technology is also aimed at bolstering ties to Internet sellers by giving them better software programs for conducting auctions. Using it, any Web site that wants to add auctions to its site will be able to subscribe to "syndicated...
[November 20, 2000, 12:55]
Freeserve bids to help kids charity
News Working with the Freeserve Auctions, the ISPs online auction arm, is now UK Youth's most effective way of raising funds, according to the charity. The auction will be at auctions.freeserve.com. For everything Internet-related, from the latest...
[November 25, 2002, 14:11]
Ebay pays up for new pal
News The bulk of its business comes from eBay auctions. EBay said it was particularly helped by its US auctions business, which grew 48 percent year over year. PayPal, which went public earlier this year, allows consumers to make and accept payments...
[July 8, 2002, 13:56]
Prix fixe? Not on the Net
News Auctions have been around for centuries, and negotiating remains a mainstay of economies around the world. Auctions, reverse auctions, group buying, even bartering are all options available to consumers who want to have more control over how much...
[October 18, 1999, 11:40]
UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations
News And finally, the hapless RadioCommunications Agency is the body responsible for selling off radio spectrum in the UK; both the 3G spectrum which precipitated the collapse of telecoms shares when the successful bidders found themselves in massive...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
Startup Spotlight: icollector.com
News Online auctions haven't taken off as well in the UK as they have in the US. Auctions have traditionally been used for the disposal of excess inventory. Unlike headline-grabbers such as eBay or QXL.com, iCollector acts as a trading platform for arts...
[February 24, 2000, 11:41]
Strider
Downloads Instead of accessing every single web site one by one, loading their pages and publicity banner, you have access to all information that interest you, be it weather, international or US news, blogs, eBay auctions or even top lists at the Apple...
[October 31, 2006, 6:00]
Dell to launch auction site
News Online auctions are expected to account for sales of $8.1bn by 2001, up from $525 million last year, says Sue Rothberg, a senior analyst at market researcher Gomez Advisors Inc.in the US. Amazon.com Inc.and CompUSA Inc.have launched online auctions.
[July 19, 1999, 15:30]
Ad industry edges into internet age
News The parties can then either go through ad networks, online exchanges or auctions, or even traditional face-to-face meetings to conduct the transaction. Sellers also will have the option to initiate auctions, following the eBay model, where they...
[March 1, 2007, 12:01]
Fraud still troubling eBay users
News A lot of people that we get complaints from have participated in online auctions before and never had any problems," said Susan Grant, director of Internet Fraud Watch. While not a new issue, online auction fraud is increasingly important for eBay...
[July 1, 2002, 12:36]
Hacker's auctions stir up controversy
News and Amazon confirmed that the sites canceled the auctions, believing the sale of the ID card was against the law. After Yahoo.com and Amazon.com canceled similar auctions of the card on their sites, Mitnick moved the auction to Dutchbid.com.
[December 1, 2000, 16:22]
Government to auction broadband
News Critics worry that the government's decision to use auctions for distributing spectrum is leading to grossly inflated prices leaving operators with no money to roll out the services. The government however, is confident the BFWA auctions will not...
[April 20, 2000, 7:36]
QXL shuts down auction scam on UK site
News Further investigation of "home comforts" and his other auctions totalling over £5,000 threw up further alarming discrepancies. QXL responded quickly once it was notified of the scam, and while the genuine eBay diving suit sale went ahead for $6,999...
[June 20, 2003, 11:24]
Wireless execs: We hate spectrum sales!
News In the United States, an untapped market being coveted by most of the world's carriers, government regulators have continued to delay the auctions, hoping to drive up prices. The more money spent on auctions by telecommunications companies means...
[March 22, 2001, 10:09]
Showing how much you care - online
News From traditional gifts consisting of flowers and candy to more innovative gifts such as sports tickets from online auctions, e-tailers and online greetings sites are making the most out of the holiday.
[February 14, 2001, 9:35]
Government expands broadband plans
News Experts believe that the fixed wireless auctions will not raise the same high sums reached in the 3G auctions. The government announces it is to extend the auction of fixed wireless Internet access in a bid to improve the choice of broadband...
[October 24, 2000, 7:00]
Update: Scoot gets the Loot in £189.8m deal
News One of the more hot-button areas the combined company will move into is auctions. Services such as QXL (quote: QXL) and eBay have already shown that auctions can achieve popularity; Loot said it will use its established customer base to draw people...
[June 12, 2000, 15:17]
Negroponte: "3G will not see the light of day"
News Suggesting that the auctions in the UK and Germany were far from open, Negroponte said that it was inconceivable that BT (quote: BT) or Deutsche Telecom would fail to get a licence. The problem, according to Negroponte and many other speakers at...
[September 14, 2000, 7:35]
