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EBay's turnaround still has some distance to go Inventory has been expanded to spur growth Published: 00:00 June 5, 2010 San Jose: EBay Incorporated Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said a turnaround at the company's e-commerce service still has a "ways to go". EBay has made improv...

What's up with eBay?Daniel Leffel is CEO and founder of social retailing startup Yardsellr. A version of this post also appears on the Yardsellr blog. Ive thought for a long time about whether to post this. I finally decided that I had to do it because I would want you to tell me the truth if the shoe were o...

EBay: Bloody But Stabilizing? Oh Really?

How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs

Comedy at IT's finest! My predictions: 1) Ebay will not disclose the price. 2) They will loose their a$$!!! (emphasis mine) By BRAD STONE and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: September 1, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - EBay plans to announce on Tuesday a deal to sell its Skype Internet calling division to a group...

From Motley Fool: (talking about ebaY) "This company is now doomed. The success has gone to their head. I have been buyer and seller at ebay. I just cannot see where they will make money from. Here are some of the softcomings I see: 1. For items costing less than $50, the total fees eat up 10% of sale....

March 18, 2010, 10:56 AM ET eBay: Time To Spin PayPal?By Eric Savitz Should eBay (EBAY) spin off PayPal? Breaking Views raises that issue in a piece published in the New York Times today. The piece notes that eBay expects PayPal to generate up to $1 billion in operating profit next year; give that the sa...

LOL, if this fails, it will be huge. JMO, it smells like the "Hail Mary" play to a degree. ebaY ID crisis, phase 2011eBay to buy GSI Commerce Online marketplace eBay is to buy GSI Commerce as it looks to position itself at the forefront of the next generation of commerce innovation. Announci...

eBay Focused Squarely On New Goods, Not Second-Hand eBay rose to fame as a place where people could sell second-hand goods via an auction process, but these days the ecommerce giant is concentrating most of its energies on stores that sell new items using its Buy It Now process. What does that mean fo...

ebaY John Donahoe Interview April 2011 Uploaded by yours truly. For best results, watch at youtube. Cappnonymous pokes fun at ebaY CEO John Donahoe's 3 year turnaround plan. In case people were not aware, the new policies have even spark...

ebay CEO John Donahoe Beats Disruptive Innovation and Turnaround uploaded by: MajorDisruption Feb 11, 2011John Donahoe ebay CEO policies hurt sellers and let scammers get free stuff. ebay sucks. paypal sucks

June 07, 2011eBay Acquires Magento to Advance its Own E-Commerce Platform By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire e-commerce platform maker Magento. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Magento is a popular open source e-commerce solution that e...

eBay Eyes Twitter and YouTube for Social Commerce Features By Ina Steiner AuctionBytes.com June 16, 2011 eBay could be eyeing Twitter and YouTube to help it take advantage of the rise in social activities among shoppers as it launches new social features to the eBay marketplace. In an exclusive...

June 22, 2011, 7:22 PM ETEBay Plans Fulfillment Service for SellersBy Stu Woo EBay said it will start testing a merchandise storage-and-shipping service for its sellers later this year, a move that would help the online marketplace standardize delivery times for its merchants. Spokeswoman John...

Why Apple, Google And EBay Will Slash And Burn Investors Jun. 27 2011 - 12:28 pm snippet, emphasis mine: EBay (EBAY): Over the long term I think that EBAY has the opportunity to be mediocre at best and obsolete at worst. The company has done little to diversify away from being an online auction site....

from seekingalpha finance blog... ...Meanwhile, the salad days for eBay Inc. (EBAY) are over and done with. The original concept was fantastic. There was a time when you could sell your old stereo system and get a premium price for it from some sucker. But a strange thing happened over time -- eBay bec...

snippet from seeking alpha finance blog: eBay Inc. (EBAY): John Donahoe began working for eBay in 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces.Since taking the role of CEO in March 2008, the stock has at times barely managed to stay above $10 a share.Needless to say, this is a far cry from its split-adjuste...

eBay Commercials Coming to Let You Know "It's Not Your Mother's eBay Anymore"July 21, 2011 EBay is kicking off a TV campaign in the next couple of months that is expected to help bring back consumers who may not have purchased anything on the site since the retailer was focused exclusively...

eBay Hikes Auction Fees To Discourage Auctions By Angus Kidman on July 26, 2011 at 11:00 am eBay Australia has made no secret of its desire to encourage new goods over second-hand ones, but this is the strongest evidence yet: from September 22, fees for auctions will be raised to match those charged fo...

eBay Mulls 'Try Before Buy' Plan, Certified Seller Program eBay is conducting an "Experience Enhancement Survey," according to a user who posted screenshots of the survey on the eBay discussion boards. Survey questions ranged from, "How would you feel if eBay provided you with a...

I do mean big, and sudden changes. Unconfirmed info received, albeit not unexpected. Major change, via unnanounced policy 'sneak attack' upon sellers very likely Keep your eyes peeled for more info. Be sure to have these links handy. You will most assuredly want to use and share them. Close Your eB...

Ebay: A Lose/Lose/Lose SituationAuthor: J. D. Redmond - TheCyberati Published: August 23, 2011 at 7:01 pm Ebay. The ingenious concept that allows anyone who wants to sell something to not only a national but an international pool of potential buyers. The Ebay success stories of sellers making six...

How Donahoe Broke eBay eBay (EBAY) used to be "just a venue" where sellers could list rare, unique, or unusual items for sale and buyers could find them. Now it appears that eBay is much more than just a forum and specializes in iPods that can be purchased anywhere. What happened to eBay's ma...

bwhahaha! Trouble in Paradise?

eBay's got a PayPal problem February 24, 2012: 12:07 PM ETAs long as eBay has been struggling to right itself, Paypal has been surging. Now, it may be in jeopardy too. By Janet Morrissey, contributor FORTUNE -- Through all eBay's struggles, PayPal has alwa...

LoL! Another small step towards users' total ownership by sleazebay. Once they have complete control of your money, the next thing I bet will be getting paid in credits or some form of ebay e-currency. Perhaps along with advance loans on credits/ebay e-currency which need to be paid back in real cash...

eBay Playing, And Losing, The Retail Prediction Game Written by Evan SchumanMarch 6th, 2012 For many years, Microsoft top brass entertained Silicon Valley by predicting when it would release an important application and never getting the date right. Many other ISVs did the same thing, but Micros...

Ebay is losing some larger sellers... FortKnoxMetals Calls It Quits on eBay But if you think that's something, read this, a charming picture of the loving ebay community of sellers if there ever was one. Apparently it's OK for the bigger guys to get a good screwing the same way it is for the little guy...

The search for silver bullets goes on.... eBay Experiments With A New Way To Get You To Sell Your Junk

eBay's post-turnaround message: Come on back April 2, 2013: 7:07 AM ET By Kevin Kelleher, contributor FORTUNE -- Analyst day is one of the less exciting rituals in Silicon Valley. It usually involves updating a Powerpoint made for a recent investment conference, appending a question-and-answ...

Wow, ebaY has really outdone themselves this time...

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Just spotted this, thought for a second it was some type of republishing, but maybe this guy got caught up in some paypal galactic time warp or something? - Maybe not.

EBay's 3-Year Comeback and Why PayPal Needs to Move Offline Next, even Donahoe used the disruptive innovation phraseolog...

eBay's turnaround hits a speed bump By Kevin Kelleher October 23, 2013 As it moves further away from auctions, investors wait to see if the company can grow into its e-commerce and mobile payments business. ORTUNE -- It has not been a terrific year for eBay (EBAY), but more of a middling one. After yea...

[monkey_facepalm.jpg] At some point logic fails, and things can only be discussed or contemplated in abstract manners. This is such a time. Harvested from the ebay forums in late 2011, an allegorical account which could well be representative of current, ongoing events, if not the sum of those oc...

This is hilarious! Some highlights...President and CEO of Ebay John Donahoe gives lecture John Donahoe, president and CEO of Ebay since 2008, talked with students about the critical reception he received when he first joined Ebay and how it taught him the importance of staying true to personal val...

eBay Debuts New Angie's List Competitor And Local Service Provider Marketplace, eBayHire, In The US After a test in the UK, it looks like eBay is launching its new local service provider marketplace eBayHire in the U.S. eBayHire is similar to Angie's List in that the site will get you in touch with ser...

The Turnaround is a success! (the one involving splitting paypal or not and adding Icahn's people to the BoD that is) What did it take? A few months and many $millions? hahaha. otoh, the "multi-year effort" (formerly known as the "3 year turnaround" -at over twice it's projec...

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EBay turnaround fail Donahoe EBay's turnaround still has some distance to go (Preview)	CAPP	1	1412	Jun 6, 2010 by budnonymous
EBay's turnaround still has some distance to go Inventory has been expanded to spur growth Published: 00:00 June 5, 2010 San Jose: EBay Incorporated Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said a turnaround at the company's e-commerce service still has a "ways to go". EBay has made improv...
ebay Yardsellr personnel policies spring seller release fee hikes traffic turnaround What’s up with eBay? (Preview)	CAPP	0	1582	Mar 21, 2011 by budnonymous
What's up with eBay?Daniel Leffel is CEO and founder of social retailing startup Yardsellr. A version of this post also appears on the Yardsellr blog. Ive thought for a long time about whether to post this. I finally decided that I had to do it because I would want you to tell me the truth if the shoe were o...
Donahoe turnaround ebay fluff EBay: Bloody But Stabilizing? Oh Really? (Preview)	CAPP	0	1260	Jul 20, 2009 by budnonymous
EBay: Bloody But Stabilizing? Oh Really?
Donahoe turnaround fail book report How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs (Preview)	CAPP	1	1202	Jun 7, 2011 by budnonymous
How the Mighty Fall: A Primer on the Warning Signs
ebay skype turnaround EBay Is Said to Have Deal to Sell Skype (Preview)	CAPP	1	1438	Sep 1, 2009 by budnonymous
Comedy at IT's finest! My predictions: 1) Ebay will not disclose the price. 2) They will loose their a$$!!! (emphasis mine) By BRAD STONE and CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: September 1, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - EBay plans to announce on Tuesday a deal to sell its Skype Internet calling division to a group...
ebay decline turnaround fail "This company is now doomed." (Preview)	CAPP	1	1510	Nov 12, 2008 by DragonDoll
From Motley Fool: (talking about ebaY) "This company is now doomed. The success has gone to their head. I have been buyer and seller at ebay. I just cannot see where they will make money from. Here are some of the softcomings I see: 1. For items costing less than $50, the total fees eat up 10% of sale....
ebay Donahoe turnaround eBay: Time To Spin PayPal? (Preview)	CAPP	0	1256	Mar 21, 2010 by budnonymous
March 18, 2010, 10:56 AM ET eBay: Time To Spin PayPal?By Eric Savitz Should eBay (EBAY) spin off PayPal? Breaking Views raises that issue in a piece published in the New York Times today. The piece notes that eBay expects PayPal to generate up to $1 billion in operating profit next year; give that the sa...
ebay GSI acquisition ecommerce Donahoe turnaround eBay to buy GSI Commerce (Preview)	CAPP	5	1436	Jun 15, 2011 by budnonymous
LOL, if this fails, it will be huge. JMO, it smells like the "Hail Mary" play to a degree. ebaY ID crisis, phase 2011eBay to buy GSI Commerce Online marketplace eBay is to buy GSI Commerce as it looks to position itself at the forefront of the next generation of commerce innovation. Announci...
turnaround decline disruptive innovation ebay eBay Focused Squarely On New Goods, Not Second-Hand (Preview)	CAPP	0	1342	Apr 7, 2011 by budnonymous
eBay Focused Squarely On New Goods, Not Second-Hand eBay rose to fame as a place where people could sell second-hand goods via an auction process, but these days the ecommerce giant is concentrating most of its energies on stores that sell new items using its Buy It Now process. What does that mean fo...
ebay paypal Amazon turnaround disruptive innovation Donahoe Cappnonymous video sarcasumentary ebaY John Donahoe Interview April 2011 (Preview)	CAPP	0	1571	Apr 23, 2011 by budnonymous
ebaY John Donahoe Interview April 2011 Uploaded by yours truly. For best results, watch at youtube. Cappnonymous pokes fun at ebaY CEO John Donahoe's 3 year turnaround plan. In case people were not aware, the new policies have even spark...
Donahoe ebay Paypal fail decline disruptive innovation turnaround video NPB beats criticism deadbeat ebay CEO John Donahoe Beats Disruptive Innovation and Turnaround (Preview)	CAPP	0	1626	Jun 3, 2011 by budnonymous
ebay CEO John Donahoe Beats Disruptive Innovation and Turnaround uploaded by: MajorDisruption Feb 11, 2011John Donahoe ebay CEO policies hurt sellers and let scammers get free stuff. ebay sucks. paypal sucks
ebay acquisitions Megento ecommerce X.Commerce Donahoe turnaround eBay Acquires Magento to Advance its Own E-Commerce Platform (Preview)	CAPP	0	1291	Jun 7, 2011 by budnonymous
June 07, 2011eBay Acquires Magento to Advance its Own E-Commerce Platform By Beecher Tuttle, TMCnet Contributor Online auction site eBay has agreed to acquire e-commerce platform maker Magento. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Magento is a popular open source e-commerce solution that e...
ebay social networking twitter facebook decline turnaround disruptive innovation social networking eBay Eyes Twitter and YouTube for Social Commerce Features (Preview)	CAPP	0	1222	Jun 16, 2011 by budnonymous
eBay Eyes Twitter and YouTube for Social Commerce Features By Ina Steiner AuctionBytes.com June 16, 2011 eBay could be eyeing Twitter and YouTube to help it take advantage of the rise in social activities among shoppers as it launches new social features to the eBay marketplace. In an exclusive...
ebay ecommerce fulfillment GSI turnaround spin fluff EBay Plans Fulfillment Service for Sellers (Preview)	CAPP	1	1456	Jun 28, 2011 by budnonymous
June 22, 2011, 7:22 PM ETEBay Plans Fulfillment Service for SellersBy Stu Woo EBay said it will start testing a merchandise storage-and-shipping service for its sellers later this year, a move that would help the online marketplace standardize delivery times for its merchants. Spokeswoman John...
ebay paypal decline turnaround innovation finance investing Forbes Why Apple, Google And EBay Will Slash And Burn Investors (Preview)	CAPP	0	1246	Jun 28, 2011 by budnonymous
Why Apple, Google And EBay Will Slash And Burn Investors Jun. 27 2011 - 12:28 pm snippet, emphasis mine: EBay (EBAY): Over the long term I think that EBAY has the opportunity to be mediocre at best and obsolete at worst. The company has done little to diversify away from being an online auction site....
ebay decline finance investing fail turnaround The salad days for eBay Inc. are over and done with (Preview)	CAPP	0	1262	Jul 16, 2011 by budnonymous
from seekingalpha finance blog... ...Meanwhile, the salad days for eBay Inc. (EBAY) are over and done with. The original concept was fantastic. There was a time when you could sell your old stereo system and get a premium price for it from some sucker. But a strange thing happened over time -- eBay bec...
ebay paypal Donahoe fail turnaround finance investment decline Donahoe makes the list of "5 CEOs Who Should Be Fired This Year" (Preview)	CAPP	0	1213	Jul 23, 2011 by budnonymous
snippet from seeking alpha finance blog: eBay Inc. (EBAY): John Donahoe began working for eBay in 2005 as president of eBay Marketplaces.Since taking the role of CEO in March 2008, the stock has at times barely managed to stay above $10 a share.Needless to say, this is a far cry from its split-adjuste...
ebay advertising commercials Donahoe turnaround fail decline eBay Commercials Coming to Let You Know "It's Not Your Mother's eBay Anymore" (Preview)	CAPP	0	1371	Jul 23, 2011 by budnonymous
eBay Commercials Coming to Let You Know "It's Not Your Mother's eBay Anymore"July 21, 2011 EBay is kicking off a TV campaign in the next couple of months that is expected to help bring back consumers who may not have purchased anything on the site since the retailer was focused exclusively...
ebay.au turnaround fee hikes decline eBay Hikes Auction Fees To Discourage Auctions (Preview)	CAPP	0	1102	Jul 26, 2011 by budnonymous
eBay Hikes Auction Fees To Discourage Auctions By Angus Kidman on July 26, 2011 at 11:00 am eBay Australia has made no secret of its desire to encourage new goods over second-hand ones, but this is the strongest evidence yet: from September 22, fees for auctions will be raised to match those charged fo...
ebay survey turnaround eBay Mulls 'Try Before Buy' Plan, Certified Seller Program (Preview)	CAPP	0	1182	Aug 5, 2011 by budnonymous
eBay Mulls 'Try Before Buy' Plan, Certified Seller Program eBay is conducting an "Experience Enhancement Survey," according to a user who posted screenshots of the survey on the eBay discussion boards. Survey questions ranged from, "How would you feel if eBay provided you with a...
ebaY turnaround policies auctions fixed price BIN John Delson ebay employee change Attention ebaY Sellers: get ready for big changes -ebaY to end auctions? (Preview)	CAPP	2	1872	Aug 24, 2011 by budnonymous
I do mean big, and sudden changes. Unconfirmed info received, albeit not unexpected. Major change, via unnanounced policy 'sneak attack' upon sellers very likely Keep your eyes peeled for more info. Be sure to have these links handy. You will most assuredly want to use and share them. Close Your eB...
ebay turnaround fail decline customer service NPB DSR policies fee hikes paypal deadbeat Ebay: A Lose/Lose/Lose Situation (Preview)	CAPP	0	1339	Aug 24, 2011 by budnonymous
Ebay: A Lose/Lose/Lose SituationAuthor: J. D. Redmond - TheCyberati Published: August 23, 2011 at 7:01 pm Ebay. The ingenious concept that allows anyone who wants to sell something to not only a national but an international pool of potential buyers. The Ebay success stories of sellers making six...
ebay turnaround Donahoe How Donahoe Broke eBay (Preview)	CAPP	0	1214	Feb 7, 2008 by budnonymous
How Donahoe Broke eBay eBay (EBAY) used to be "just a venue" where sellers could list rare, unique, or unusual items for sale and buyers could find them. Now it appears that eBay is much more than just a forum and specializes in iPods that can be purchased anywhere. What happened to eBay's ma...
paypal policies turnaround decline holds money transmitter eBay's got a PayPal problem (Preview)	CAPP	0	1129	Feb 25, 2012 by budnonymous
bwhahaha! Trouble in Paradise? eBay's got a PayPal problem February 24, 2012: 12:07 PM ETAs long as eBay has been struggling to right itself, Paypal has been surging. Now, it may be in jeopardy too. By Janet Morrissey, contributor FORTUNE -- Through all eBay's struggles, PayPal has alwa...
ebay payments turnaround policies eBay Moves toward Amazon Model of Payment Processing (Preview)	CAPP	0	1193	Mar 3, 2012 by budnonymous
LoL! Another small step towards users' total ownership by sleazebay. Once they have complete control of your money, the next thing I bet will be getting paid in credits or some form of ebay e-currency. Perhaps along with advance loans on credits/ebay e-currency which need to be paid back in real cash...
ebay Paypal Donahoe turnaround Home Depot PR spin fail eBay Playing, And Losing, The Retail Prediction Game (Preview)	CAPP	0	1483	Mar 7, 2012 by budnonymous
eBay Playing, And Losing, The Retail Prediction Game Written by Evan SchumanMarch 6th, 2012 For many years, Microsoft top brass entertained Silicon Valley by predicting when it would release an important application and never getting the date right. Many other ISVs did the same thing, but Micros...
ebay turnaround exodus sellers FortKnoxMetals Calls It Quits on eBay (Preview)	CAPP	0	1126	Aug 12, 2012 by budnonymous
Ebay is losing some larger sellers... FortKnoxMetals Calls It Quits on eBay But if you think that's something, read this, a charming picture of the loving ebay community of sellers if there ever was one. Apparently it's OK for the bigger guys to get a good screwing the same way it is for the little guy...
ebay goodwill experiment turnaround eBay Experiments With A New Way To Get You To Sell Your Junk (Preview)	CAPP	0	1194	Mar 27, 2013 by budnonymous
The search for silver bullets goes on.... eBay Experiments With A New Way To Get You To Sell Your Junk
Turnaround Donahoe analyst day eBay's post-turnaround message: Come on back (Preview)	CAPP	3	1173	Oct 13, 2013 by budnonymous
eBay's post-turnaround message: Come on back April 2, 2013: 7:07 AM ET By Kevin Kelleher, contributor FORTUNE -- Analyst day is one of the less exciting rituals in Silicon Valley. It usually involves updating a Powerpoint made for a recent investment conference, appending a question-and-answ...
ebay social media turnaround UK eBay to Launch New Social Features (Preview)	CAPP	0	929	Apr 5, 2013 by budnonymous
Wow, ebaY has really outdone themselves this time... -------------------------------------------------------------------
Turnaround Donahoe Disruptive Innovation The Three Year Turnaround Plan is Alive and Well, Going on Six Years Later (Preview)	CAPP	0	854	Jul 23, 2013 by budnonymous
Just spotted this, thought for a second it was some type of republishing, but maybe this guy got caught up in some paypal galactic time warp or something? - Maybe not. EBay's 3-Year Comeback and Why PayPal Needs to Move Offline Next, even Donahoe used the disruptive innovation phraseolog...
Turnaround ecommerce finance eBay's turnaround hits a speed bump (Preview)	CAPP	0	854	Oct 24, 2013 by budnonymous
eBay's turnaround hits a speed bump By Kevin Kelleher October 23, 2013 As it moves further away from auctions, investors wait to see if the company can grow into its e-commerce and mobile payments business. ORTUNE -- It has not been a terrific year for eBay (EBAY), but more of a middling one. After yea...
ebay current events allegory social community Turnaround The ebaY Monkey Allegory (Preview)	CAPP	2	1402	Nov 12, 2013 by budnonymous
[monkey_facepalm.jpg] At some point logic fails, and things can only be discussed or contemplated in abstract manners. This is such a time. Harvested from the ebay forums in late 2011, an allegorical account which could well be representative of current, ongoing events, if not the sum of those oc...
Donahoe lecture Turnaround video purge President and CEO of Ebay John Donahoe gives lecture (Preview)	CAPP	0	1109	Oct 25, 2013 by budnonymous
This is hilarious! Some highlights...President and CEO of Ebay John Donahoe gives lecture John Donahoe, president and CEO of Ebay since 2008, talked with students about the critical reception he received when he first joined Ebay and how it taught him the importance of staying true to personal val...
ebayhire Turnaround Angie's List eBay Debuts New Angie’s List Competitor And Local Service Provider Marketplace, eBayHire, In The US (Preview)	CAPP	1	856	Nov 15, 2013 by budnonymous
eBay Debuts New Angie's List Competitor And Local Service Provider Marketplace, eBayHire, In The US After a test in the UK, it looks like eBay is launching its new local service provider marketplace eBayHire in the U.S. eBayHire is similar to Angie's List in that the site will get you in touch with ser...
Turnaround Donahoe Boycott 2008'ers and the Turnaround (Preview)	CAPP	0	2411	Jan 22, 2015 by storment
The Turnaround is a success! (the one involving splitting paypal or not and adding Icahn's people to the BoD that is) What did it take? A few months and many $millions? hahaha. otoh, the "multi-year effort" (formerly known as the "3 year turnaround" -at over twice it's projec...