Source: The Washington Post What started as a hobby for many has overtaken careers and personal lives, transforming them as a new form of commerce takes shape online. Now that thousands of eBay entrepreneurs have years of selling under their belts, they are wrestling with serious issues of scale. Eventually, high-volume sellers often buy a…

Source: eWeek Two men and one woman were sentenced to prison terms Tuesday after pleading guilty to defrauding home improvement giants The Home Depot Inc. and Lowe’s Companies Inc. of more than $200,000 by selling improperly obtained store cards and merchandise on eBay. David Oliver, 36, was sentenced to three years, 10 months in prison….

Source: MSNBC Think you know everything about eBay? Well, maybe you haven’t heard about these 10 little items MSNBC dug up about the Internet selling megasite. Here’s a brief overview: 1. eBay has over 135 million customers. 2. eBay conducts more transactions daily than the New York Stock Exchange. 3. If it was a retail…

Source: The Houston Chronicle Jeff Skoll, the billionaire former president of eBay, and actor Robert Redford have teamed up for projects designed around philanthropy and filmmaking. One of the results is The New Heroes, a PBS documentary series. The series, which focuses on a globe-spanning group of “social entrepreneurs” who want to use business strategies…