anybody heard of e-bash

soolin

alec2507 wrote:

one thing puzzles me though (please feel free to call me stupid, lol) but if Ebay own paypal how come they let the other auction sites use it surely thats a kick in the backside for them

As ebay own paypal it is in their interest to have it used as widely as possible. The more companies and sites that use paypal, the more money paypal make overall and it also has the knock on effect that paypal will become more popular. If paypal becomes a standard method of payment online then there is a potential to use adverts to get paypal users to sign up for ebay as well..and increase profits even more.

As for other auctions sites, ebay really don't have to worry too much about them as they rarely get anywhere near big enough to threaten ebay, and if they get well known then ebay just buy them anyway.

Soo

cafenervosa_2

soolin wrote:

As ebay own paypal it is in their interest to have it used as widely as possible. The more companies and sites that use paypal, the more money paypal make overall and it also has the knock on effect that paypal will become more popular. If paypal becomes a standard method of payment online then there is a potential to use adverts to get paypal users to sign up for ebay as well..and increase profits even more.

As for other auctions sites, ebay really don't have to worry too much about them as they rarely get anywhere near big enough to threaten ebay, and if they get well known then ebay just buy them anyway.

Soo

Providing they are willing to sell, it depends how ambitious the new ebay site is.