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Mobile commerce report from eBay shows massive successes

11/16/201211/16/2012 L. Green

The findings indicate that the channel is booming and that retail purchases are skyrocketing. According to mobile commerce research collected and published by eBay and PayPal, smartphones have generated approximately $5.6 billion in retail sales in Australia throughout 2012, so far. This statistic illustrates a massive jump in the use of these devices for purchasing and shopping. In 2010, at the same time, the retail sales over mobile commerce had reached only $155 million. This provides a very clear picture regarding the speed of the penetration of smartphone technology in…

Mcommerce app from eBay breaks the 100 million download mark

10/02/201210/02/2012 Julie Campbell

The company has now had to alter its global transaction projections for this year. Now that the mcommerce application from eBay has been downloaded over 100 million times, and there have been over 100 million listings through smartphones and tablets, eBay has found itself needing to change its 2012 projections for global transactions over mobile devices to $10 billion. The achievement of this tremendous milestone was an important one for eBay. The numbers included all of the downloads from its app suite, which includes the central online auction application, the…

eBay touts mobile commerce as reason behind aggressive growth

07/26/201207/25/2012 Stephen Vagus

Retailer announces strong revenues and earnings in 2012 Online retail giant eBay has announced stronger-than-expected revenues and earnings this week, which has caused shares in the company to spike by 8.5%. According to the company’s report, it has witnessed a 23% increase in its revenue in the second quarter of 2012. The report shows that the company’s net income has increased by 144% over the levels it had been in the second quarter of 2011. eBay CEO John Donahoe believes that he knows exactly why the company has experiences such…

eBay secures new mobile partnerships and predicts significant m-commerce growth this year

02/28/201202/28/2012 Julie Campbell

eBay Inc. has announced that they are predicting significant volume growth in its m-commerce segment, as well as in its regular e-commerce and auction website, as it anticipates a sizeable increase in the number of people who use their smartphones to shop and pay for products. This online marketplace giant has already been making especially large steps forward into the mobile commerce environment, having developed new apps for its e-commerce platforms. The company has predicted that it will bring in $8 billion in m-commerce retail volume this year, and that…

eBay app for iPad allows consumers to purchase products they see on television

11/23/201111/23/2011 Julie Campbell

eBay has announced the launch of a new campaign to assist consumers with TV commerce, a concept that allows people to purchase items that they see on television. iPad users can download the eBay app onto their device in order to start looking – and buying – things that they have seen on their favorite movies and television programs. The application allows its users to peruse merchandise from movies and shows in the attempt to leverage its position as the biggest marketplace online. It currently boasts 58 million mobile users…