While we predominantly focus on the feedback aspect of online auctions, eBay’s recent feedback/fee structure announcement had buried in it one nugget that we just couldn’t stop talking about:
“In a small number of cases (fewer than 5% of all payments on eBay), PayPal will hold payment funds until either the buyer has left positive […]

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While pondering the sources of data that would be used in creating an integrated, yet truly portable reputation widget, I find myself wondering who actually owns the feedback and comments associated with a particular merchant account. We contend that during the sign up at a given site, the user is effectively licensing their reputation to […]

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