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Google Checkout For Merchants To Be Retired In Six Months As Google Wallet Takes Over

Google Checkout For Merchants To Be Retired In Six Months As Google Wallet Takes Over

By Chris Crum May 22, 2013

Google announced all the way back in November of 2011 that it would be shutting down Google Checkout in favor of a transition to Google Wallet. This week, Google announced that in six months, Google Checkout will officially be dead …

eBay Seller Sues Buyer Over Negative Feedback eBay Seller Sues Buyer Over Negative Feedback
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UPDATE: There are a few new wrinkles in the case. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Let’s say you left a negative review on eBay. Maybe the seller wasn’t prompt in delivery, or maybe they weren’t completely honest about the product. Whatever. At what …

eBay Seller Apologizes for Negative Feedback Suit eBay Seller Apologizes for Negative Feedback Suit
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We recently told you about a particularly odd lawsuit in which an eBay seller was suing a buyer for feedback left on their page. The seller, Med Express, was suing the buyer, Amy Nicholls, over her complaint on the eBay …

Shopping.com To Become eBay Commerce Network Shopping.com To Become eBay Commerce Network

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly 8 years since eBay acquired Shopping.com. After all that time, eBay has decided to rebrand the property as the eBay Commerce Network in a move the company says will “better reflect its …

Instead Of Silly Fees, Why Not Sell Online? Instead Of Silly Fees, Why Not Sell Online?
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Brick and mortar stores face a lot of challenges in competing with the Internet. We’re living in an age where you can get just about anything you want from somewhere on the web, and even better you can easily browse …

Bonanza Just Registered Its Millionth User Bonanza Just Registered Its Millionth User

Online marketplace Bonanza announced today that it celebrated its one millionth registered user this week. To celebrate, sellers organized a give-away contest to promote their stores, with over a hudred sellers offering gifts for the one millionth member. The company, …

Should The U.S. Pass Online Sales Tax Legislation? Should The U.S. Pass Online Sales Tax Legislation?
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Update: It passed. Currently in the U.S., state governments are only obligated to collect sales taxes from online retailers that are based in their own states. If an online sales tax bill makes it to law, states could collect from …

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After several iterations, Google has finally decided to kill of Commerce Search. The product was announced in late 2009 as an ecommerce-focused version of Google Site Search. It was specifically tailored to ecommerce and product sites. Here’s a look: In …

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