Thursday, January 3, 2013

eBay testing mall drop-off booths and home collection service

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Online retailers are discovering that having a physical presence is just as important as having a good web-based shopping experience. eBay is one of the companies that’s starting to take that into consideration, with AllThingsD reporting on the various trials the online auction giant is experimenting with. The first is a seller assistant service, designed to send auction experts to seller’s doors to collect items and then sell them on, giving the company a 25 percent cut of the profits.


2,000 people visited one booth in the span of a month


The second trial, meanwhile, allows people to drop off smaller items such as electronics or clothing to small eBay booths in malls for valuation. Sellers would then offer fixed prices for the...


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