A Look At eBay's Health
Richard Waters writes for the Financial Times from San Francisco about eBay's current situation, asking whether eBay is about to become an ecommerce dinosaur or whether it is in the middle of an overhaul that will position it to "move into entirely new markets and continue to expand its 14 per cent share of global ecommerce?"
The biggest potential in the short term may lie in integrating Skype with PayPal, according to eBay executives. With a service called Skype Wallet, PayPal users could transfer cash easily to friends and family, or pay for services directly.“We believe this is a very powerful idea,” said Ms Whitman. One possible application: a Skype user could look for a pizza restaurant from a search box inside the Skype software, then order and pay for it instantly.
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