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Blog: La Chihuahua Pequeña

Written on June 22, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Blogger's Blog

My downstairs neighbors have a tiny little chihuahua (she looks like the dog in the picture below). Her name is Paris. She wears a little pink collar with “diamond” studs on it. Yes, I do believe she is named after Hilton hotel heiress Paris Hilton. This dog is no bigger than my foot. Sometimes when…

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News: Users Unhappy Over eBay Changes

Written on June 22, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: The Contra Costa Times Fee increases, complaints of slowing sales and growing concerns about fraud and other issues have tested the patience of many eBay loyalists. At the same time, other opportunities for selling goods online, from niche auction sites to Amazon‘s merchants program to simply setting up a Web site and buying ads…

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News: eBay Launches Community Codebase

Written on June 22, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay Developers

Source: Linux Insider As part of an effort to foster innovation and help developers more quickly and easily build applications using the eBay Web services platforms, eBay today introduced a new online forum for open-source developer collaboration. Free to all eBay Developers Program and PayPal Developer Network members, eBay Community Codebase allows participants to access…

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Weird Wednesday: June 22, 2005

Written on June 21, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Weird Wednesday

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it’s time once again for … WEIRD WEDNESDAY Where I look up some weird auctions on eBay and share them with y’all for fun. Yes, I know it’s still Tuesday yet here on the West coast, but it’s Wednesday somewhere. Sorry I’m posting this a little early. I do…

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PayPal: Payment Pro, a New Payment Product for Small Businesses

Written on June 21, 2005 by Laurie Barak in PayPal, Payment Services

Source: PayPal PayPal [has] launched PayPal Website Payments Pro, a new product suite for small- and medium-sized businesses. Website Payments Pro features three new functions: Express Checkout, Direct Payment API and Virtual Terminal. With these functions, merchants can offer shoppers more choice in how they pay for items – with their PayPal accounts, their credit…

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News: eBay’s New Developer Web Site

Written on June 21, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay Developers, eBay News

Source: cnet eBay has launched a new Web site intended to help developers create applications for the auction site and its PayPal online payment service. At the Web site, dubbed eBay Community Codebase, developers will have access to source code for various eBay and PayPal tools and sample applications, as well as provide a way…

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Blog: About the PowerSellers Blog

Written on June 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in Blogger's Blog

Someone emailed me and asked me what the PowerSellers Blog is all about. Well, it’s about providing eBay PowerSellers with resources, news and information about eBay, payment services and development information so they can increase their sales volume and more easily maintain their auctions. It’s also about having some fun, for example, Weird Wednesdays and…

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News: Could Google Payment Service Hurt eBay and PayPal?

Written on June 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in PayPal, Payment Services, eBay News

Source: Computer Business Review Online Google just might be launching an electronic payment service that would directly compete with PayPal, which is now owned by eBay. Observers claim that Google is developing the new service in order to boost its revenue from the online shopping market. The company is currently only able to make money…

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News: eBay Teams Up With USPS

Written on June 20, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay News

Source: BetaNews eBay and the United States Postal Service are set to announce a special flat rate box for items sold through eBay regardless of weight or destination at the company’s eBay Live conference. The boxes, which will be sold for $7.70, will be treated as regular Priority Mail packages although they will carry the…

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eBay: More eBay Facts

Written on June 19, 2005 by Laurie Barak in eBay

Source: The Mercury News $34.2 billion: Value of merchandise sold on eBay in 2004, equivalent to the GDP of Cuba. 147.1 million: Number of registered eBay users in first quarter 2005, greater than the population of Russia. 60.5 million: Number of active eBay users in first quarter 2005, equivalent to the population of France. 30…

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