If you have the same fascination with the wild, wacky and interesting things that pop up for auction on eBay as we do then you’re going to love the site’s newTop Shared section. It was introduced just a couple of days ago viaTwitterand has been getting some love from Twitter users for the way that it is highlighting some celebrity auctions for charity. The page offers you a list of the auctions that have gotten shared the most via Facebook, Twitter and email, giving you a snapshot of the ‘most interesting’ auctions on the site....

eBay, the world’s biggest online auction website,has announcedthat it is to open up its auction platform, allowing users to list up to 50 items per month for free, effective from April 19. Items will be able to be listed at any start price and “Buy It Now” options will be available for free, drawing specialist auction ethusiasts and average internet users back to the auction site to buy and sell products....

From 21st of July, private sellers on eBay will pay a flat-rate 10% fee when using the ‘Buy It Now’ fixed price feature,reportsthe BBC. This means it is stopping the traditional tiered pricing structure, and the changes will affect all items except mobile phones sold under contract, motor vehicles and property. Sellers received the following message from eBay UK on Monday: “On 21 July 2011, the final value fee for fixed price listings (Buy It Now) will be changed to a flat rate of 10%, up to a maximum EUR50....

The number of million pound businesses on eBay UK is set to rise by a quarter in 2011, with 159 companies surpassing the magic-million milestone – 10% of which will secure over £3m in sales. New figures published today show that growth is being driven by the Home and Garden, Fashion, Motors and Consumer Electronics sectors, and this will be the fourth consecutive year of growth in the number of million pound businesses on the trading platform....

If there’s one segment in the mobility sector that did spectacularly well in 2021, it had to be ebikes. This year we saw investments in ebikes explode. Many companies used the funding for R&D and market expansion. We also saw legal and infrastructural amendments in the US, UK, and EU to promote ebike ownership, and a series of new business models. Let’s take a look: Notable ebike investments in 2021 2021 was a fantastic year for ebike investments:...