澳洲ebay 被调查了

在澳大利亚生意种种



针对eBay在澳大利亚强行推广PayPal网上支付业务一事，目前相关政府机关已经开始展开调查。6月17日开始正式实施，所有的网上交易只能通过PayPal实现，而其他的直接存款、汇票、个人支票等均不能使用。这次变动仅限于澳大利亚地区，但会影响很多卖家，因为使用PayPal支付，每笔交易需要额外支付1.1%到2.4%的手续费。
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17697/1023/。

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没办法，总共这么点人，行业优势一旦形成，就很难撼动了。

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虽然我不在EBAY卖东西, 但也已经向ACCC写信去抗议了

关于这件事的起因, 大家用来与EBAY抗争的法律, ACCC的公告, 如何向ACCC表达自己的意见, 在下面链接有
http://mystuffs.info/2008/04/19/ ... emersnowflightback/

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支持调查ｅｂａｙ，不能这样垄断

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这事不仅是accc不同意，rba也不会同意的

Reserve Bank could scuttle eBay's plans
April 22, 2008 - 2:00PM

eBay's plan to force all of its users on to PayPal faces opposition from the Reserve Bank, which is considering weighing in to the issue.

The Central Bank has long called for buyers and sellers to have as much choice as possible in what payment systems they use and strongly opposes any moves that reduce competition in the market.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is investigating whether eBay Australia's new policy of forcing all items to be paid for using PayPal, which eBay owns, or cash on delivery/pick-up, breaches trade practice and competition laws.

PayPal performs payment processing for online sellers, allowing them to accept credit card payments and money transfers without having their own merchant credit card accounts.

But the policy, to come into effect on June 17, will mean direct bank deposits, cheques and money orders will all be barred.

The move by the auction site is presently limited to Australia only and will hit sellers with extra fees because PayPal charges them a fee of between 1.1 and 2.4 per cent to accept payments - usually using credit cards - via the service.

Several groups have expressed concern that forcing eBay users on to PayPal, rather than giving them the choice of which payment method to use, would prevent the emergence of competitors to PayPal in the online payments market.

The ACCC is inviting submissions from the public on the issue until May 2. It is understood the Reserve Bank, which has in the past stated it would like more competition for payments over the internet rather than less, is now deciding whether to make a submission.

Strong opposition from the Central Bank would almost certainly scuttle eBay's plans. The auction site's global chief executive, John Donahoe, has said the PayPal policy will be rolled out in other countries if it is successful here.

The Professional eBay Sellers Alliance, which includes eBay's top sellers who generate hundreds of millions of dollars in sales on the site each year, strongly opposes the changes and plans to lead a worldwide revolt.

Alastair MacGibbon, eBay's trust and safety director, said the announcement was designed to protect users as one is four times less likely to have a problem on eBay if one pays using PayPal than with other methods.

The Reserve Bank has ruled out stepping back unconditionally from regulating the payments system, and remains concerned about the level of market power held by credit card companies.

The Reserve has expressed support for new methods of payment that could act as competition for international card schemes. New methods could give merchants and customers more choice about how they make and receive payments.

A 2006 speech by an Assistant Governor of the Central Bank, Philip Lowe, documented the growth of alternative payment schemes overseas that had not yet been adopted in Australia.

For example, a number of countries had adopted "online debit" schemes that allow customers to transfer money directly from their bank account to the merchant without needing to use a credit card or scheme debit card.

Research by the Reserve has found that credit card payments are more costly than EFTPOS and cash, due to the fees imposed, the higher risk of fraud. and the length of time it takes for shopkeepers to process the payments

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但现在好像撼不动EBAY，该政策照样执行了

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希望能有高人把澳洲的ebay灭了
就像中国的淘宝

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澳洲ebay经营灵魂是什么，为什么这么强大，类似的网站都争不了一杯羹

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1st Mover advantage, established reputation.

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不仅仅是1st Mover 吧？

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Learn how eBay began as a small business in someone's living room and grew into one of the top earning Websites on the Internet.

There aren't many sites on the Internet that can claim the success that eBay has enjoyed. The company began in the home of Pierre Omidyar is 1995 and is now a leader in Internet revenue. This company began as something like an online garage sale in 1995 and has enjoyed steady growth over the years. Items on eBay are listed by categories and anyone with an eBay account can bid on the item of their choice. You can find just about anything you can possibly imagine on eBay, including cars, real estate, collectibles, concert tickets, CDs, clothing, DVDs, and artwork. Rare items can sell at very high prices. Things such as Elvis Presley's ashtray or rare baseball trading cards go for top dollar. When you list an item for auction on eBay it can be seen by millions of people all over the world.


Mr. Omidyar started eBay from his home in 1995. The first name eBay used was Echo Bay Technology. When the company tried to register the domain name echobay.com, they found that it was already in use. They shortened the name to eBay.com and the Website was born. Jeff Skoll was the co-founder of this company and Harvard Business School graduate Meg Whitman joined them in 1998. The early emphasis on eBay was the customer. The very nature of online auctions required that strangers trust each other. Along with growth as a site for buying and selling, eBay worked hard to make their Website a community.


In September of 1998 eBay has its initial public stock offering. Then in April of1999, the company bought the auction house Butterfield and Butterfield for an astounding price of 260 million dollars. In June of 1999 eBay.com went down for almost twenty-four hours. The company's 400 employees took the time to personally call the individual sellers who were affected by this crash and apologize for the downtime and the inconvenience it posed to them. This made eBay a hit with the many users who frequented the site and gave the company a very favorable outlook.


The company had some interesting auctions happen that include a human kidney that was put up for auction in August of 1999. The bids for this auction soared to over five million dollars before eBay intervened and pull the listing. Then in July of 2000, a rare baseball card sold for 1.2 million dollars. This was the highest paying auction in eBay's history up until that point. December of 2000 saw eBay beginning to self-monitor sales for copyrighted materials. In February of 2001 an item even stranger than the kidney was put up for public auction. A man from Seattle sold his "soul" for 400 dollars before eBay could intervene and stop the auction. In May of 2001 eBay decided to ban the sale of any item related to crime including letters from murders, crime scene memorabilia, and seats to view executions.


Though the first things sold on eBay were collectibles and home items, the company branched out to higher profile sellers like Disney and GM. These companies sell items in the same manner as the individual sellers. The eBay community was resistant to these changes at first but soon grew accustomed to the presence of big business hosting auctions.


The Website Half.com was bought by eBay in 2000 and fully integrated into eBay's web community in 2001. Half.com allows users to buy and sell items at lower rates much like eBay but without the auction feature. In October of 2002 eBay acquired Paypal Inc. for 1.5 billion dollars. Paypal is the preferred way of making payments for eBay auctions and is growing in popularity for other Internet uses. Paypal allows a person to send or receive money via an email address. Money in a Paypal account can be spent on the Internet, sent by check to the account owner, or deposited into a bank account. Paypal also offers credit cards, debit cards, and a bill paying function.


The future of eBay looks bright. They enjoy continued growth through their many companies and ventures. By the year 2004 eBay had earned 3.3 billion dollars in revenue. Over 135 million people worldwide use eBay. The company hopes to further expand operations worldwide and possibly incorporate audio and video into the auction pages. This company takes pride in understanding what the customer wants to happen with their company. The "Voice of the Customer" was born in 1999. This venture brings up to a dozen loyal customers together with the company to discuss what is and what is not working on eBay. With this kind of interaction with customers and attention to detail, eBay should be around for a long time to come.
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