Powersellers Blog

Source: AuctionCheckout
Now you can accept credit card and e-checks for all of your eBay items safely and securely.
Buyers checkout and you receive your payment instantly through your own merchant account and gateway.
When the auction is over, buyers click on the AuctionCheckout payment button and complete the payment process in seconds.
Because AuctionCheckout is […]

Source: ProPay
ProPay offers a simple, safe and affordable service that gives you the ability to accept your customer’s credit and debit cards.
No special equipment is required to use ProPay and there are no complicated contracts or fees.
When you sign up for a ProPay Account you become a true merchant with a real merchant account. […]

Source: CheckFree
CheckFree Auction Payments enables auction Sellers to accept guaranteed payments from the service that’s already used by millions of potential Buyers…CheckFree! It’s fast, easy and secure.
Payments are guaranteed, fast and deposited directly into your bank account
Personal auction management tools including automatic logo insertion and payment confirmation, easy invoicing and a Seller Console to help […]

Source: Western Union Money Zap
Western Union Money Zap service is an online payment service that allows you to pay for goods and services at Western Union MoneyZap merchant partner sites using your existing checking account.
To use Western Union MoneyZap service, individuals or businesses complete a one-time registration. Registration requires you to provide your […]

Source: NBC11
If you want your own Olympic gold medal without training for it — today you’ll have your chance. Former Olympic swimmer Anthony Ervin is auctioning off the gold medal he won in 2000 to raise money for victims of last year’s tsunami.
Ervin won the medal when he tied for first place in the 50-meter […]

Source: CNN
Want to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers or Weezer in Las Vegas? Be careful where you get your tickets…
City officials are complaining that tickets given away for a concert featuring the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Weezer are being sold on the Internet.
“You get a couple of bums who take advantage of the […]

Source: MSNBC
EBay Inc. became one of the world’s biggest e-commerce companies because of its phenomenal popularity in the United States, Germany and other wealthy countries.
But executives at the San Jose-based online auction powerhouse acknowledged this week that they’ll have a hard time getting new customers in mature markets, and they say they’ll rely on overseas […]

Source: MSNBC
As if these people didn’t have enough money…
EBay Inc. said Thursday its chief executive and two early leaders will pay $3 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit alleging they received shares in hot stock offerings from their investment bankers.
EBay CEO Meg Whitman, chairman and founder Pierre Omidyar, and former eBay Vice President Jeffrey Skoll […]

Source: MSNBC
A second-hand car once said to be registered in the name of Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger — the new Pope Benedict - is up for sale on eBay and the sky seems to be the limit when it comes to bidding.
The vehicle, a metallic grey 1999 Volkswagen Golf, went up for auction on the eBay […]

Source: Reuters
Web marketplace eBay Inc. said on Wednesday it named Edward Barnholt, the former chairman, president and chief executive of Agilent Technologies to its Board of Directors.
Barnholt led Agilent through its spin-off from Hewlett-Packard Co. in 1999.
He joined HP in 1966 and was named president and CEO of Agilent in March 1999. In November 2002, […]