Let's recap the recent signs of eBay's change of policy towards bitcoins:
1. A professional quality Youtube animation with comments disabled that credits eBay in the end
2. This same video presented on a blog post at deals.ebay.com
3. eBay spokeswoman commenting on the video calling it "purely informational" thus validating eBay being aware of the video
4. eBay listing virtual currencies in September category changes
5. Mike Carson from eBay contacting an active bitcoin seller and asking for advice
Feel free to think all those things are just hot air/strange concidence but I don't think you need to be "desperate" to take it as a bullish signal.
Topic: So is anyone excited about eBay endorsing Bitcoin? - page 2. (Read 8488 times)
Fishy or not, it exists.
Bullish as hell.
How is it bullish if ebay has nothing to do with it? It's just a youtube video...Bullish as hell.
Even if eBay didn't make it, somebody did. Worst case scenario, neutral effect on the market.
So you only admit bullish or neutral.. what about worst case is a really bad sign that some people are that desperate to try anything to avoid the incoming crash? Just saying...
Fishy or not, it exists.
Bullish as hell.
How is it bullish if ebay has nothing to do with it? It's just a youtube video...Bullish as hell.
Even if eBay didn't make it, somebody did. Worst case scenario, neutral effect on the market.
And the pussy award goes to.....
What a disgrace.
What a disgrace.
This wasn't posted here yet:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
Interestingly, the info you were pointing to is now missing from that page. When I first saw it yesterday, the page originally listed the addition of a new "Virtual Currencies" selling category, which I took to mean that they might be about to allow sales of bitcoins themselves on eBay. If that's still true, it would actually be evidence against the theory that they're about to begin accepting bitcoin as payment. They couldn't both sell bitcoins as merchandise and also accept them as payment, right?
Best not to be condescending when that is your case.
I'm here with friendly intentions, never wanted to sound condescending. Sorry for that, I just felt offended by his "get it" and mirrored it.
Anyway, I'm just trying to make sense of this. Of course I can't claim this is reality nor did I ever do that. Hope this is clear now.
1. SEO:
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
It's not linked in the blog itself, get it? Ask yourself, why is that?
Totally. That was the initial reason for this conclusion. It shouldn't necessarily be found by human, but by robots.
The reference to the blog entry is in their sitemap, which is crawled by the search engine bots:
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/page-sitemap.xml
I know this is vague and speculative and one might ask: why would they put so much effort in this? Maybe the above stated statement should be redefined to: "It should be found by those who are interested in this topic and search engines."
edccdn.com is an external content provider, I guess. (recipes, thanksgiving, tablets)
Get it?
killhamster summed this Bullshit up perfectly, as usual:
@ButtCoin
eBay considering accepting Bitcoin. In related news, my uncle totally works at Nintendo and I have the new Super Mario and it's awesome and...
@ButtCoin
eBay considering accepting Bitcoin. In related news, my uncle totally works at Nintendo and I have the new Super Mario and it's awesome and...
why would they want to endorse it when they already own payment network pp, which is far more stable and not volatile as bitcoin...
1. SEO:
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
It's not linked in the blog itself, get it? Ask yourself, why is that?
Totally. That was the initial reason for this conclusion. It shouldn't necessarily be found by human, but by robots.
The reference to the blog entry is in their sitemap, which is crawled by the search engine bots:
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/page-sitemap.xml
I know this is vague and speculative and one might ask: why would they put so much effort in this? Maybe the above stated statement should be redefined to: "It should be found by those who are interested in this topic and search engines."
edccdn.com is an external content provider, I guess. (recipes, thanksgiving, tablets)
Get it?
All of those are linked in the blog. The shopping tips, recepies and whatever all show up at some point in the list, only the Bitcoin one doesn't.
The only way to find it is to know the url or enter "bitcoin" into the search box.
I watched the entire video and failed to see any kind of "endorsement" of bitcoin in there.
1. SEO:
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
It's not linked in the blog itself, get it? Ask yourself, why is that?
Totally. That was the initial reason for this conclusion. It shouldn't necessarily be found by human, but by robots.
The reference to the blog entry is in their sitemap, which is crawled by the search engine bots:
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/sitemap_index.xml ->
http://deals.ebay.com/blog/page-sitemap.xml
I know this is vague and speculative and one might ask: why would they put so much effort in this? Maybe the above stated statement should be redefined to: "It should be found by those who are interested in this topic and search engines."
edccdn.com is an external content provider, I guess. (recipes, thanksgiving, tablets)
Get it?
1. SEO:
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
It's not linked in the blog itself, get it? Ask yourself, why is that?
1. SEO:
This wasn't posted here yet:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
This wasn't posted here yet:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
That is very interesting...
I think now the debate between Virtual and Digital Currency may arise.
1. SEO:
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
2. Regulation:
It's not necessarily about adoption, but a Bitcoin friendly policy change for sellers and buyers.
2.5. The good news!
This wasn't posted here yet:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
eBay deals is similar to Goupon imho. They are in a huge marketing phase right now and it could be that the blog post is intended for search engines aka. SEO optimization.
2. Regulation:
When I called back Mike was very nice. He stated that I have sold a lot of Bitcoin on eBay and wanted to know my experience with it and was it positive.
(...)
He mentioned that they were considering policy changes to allow it to be sold but he stated that "we can't ask our user to register with Fincen" I agreed its too costly.
(...)
He mentioned that they were considering policy changes to allow it to be sold but he stated that "we can't ask our user to register with Fincen" I agreed its too costly.
Michael Carson's duties at Ebay (taken from his Linkedin profile):
Sweet
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- Responsible for developing and implementing policies to effectively manage regulatory, industry and brand risks.
- Interface with third parties, including government officials, law enforcement, trade groups and individual companies.
- Interface with third parties, including government officials, law enforcement, trade groups and individual companies.
Sweet
It's not necessarily about adoption, but a Bitcoin friendly policy change for sellers and buyers.
2.5. The good news!
This wasn't posted here yet:
http://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/growing/categorychanges/coins.html
^ Scroll to the bottom.
So is anyone excited about HTML5 endorsing Bitcoin?
IMO - the title of this article, and theerefore the sentiment it was trying to exlpore is wrong.
eBay endorsing bitcoin.. I'm sorry, i must have missed something.
eBay haven't done anything of the kind. They haen't endorsed ANYTHING.. and have even said their payment methods haven't changed and that it was a purely informational video. On a blog post too i might add.
Nothing to see here move on.
(Also, i'm not surprised it was taken off the site, with the ammount of foaming and frothing at the mouth it has created, not to mention site traffic)
Might also have been for 'testing the waters' purposes. You know, to gauge reation over a short space of time. Kinda like eBay trying to figure out the size of the bitcoin community by posting something on a relaively obscure blog and sitting back to watch the reaction.
At least that's my 2 satoshi's worth on it.
eBay endorsing bitcoin.. I'm sorry, i must have missed something.
eBay haven't done anything of the kind. They haen't endorsed ANYTHING.. and have even said their payment methods haven't changed and that it was a purely informational video. On a blog post too i might add.
Nothing to see here move on.
(Also, i'm not surprised it was taken off the site, with the ammount of foaming and frothing at the mouth it has created, not to mention site traffic)
Might also have been for 'testing the waters' purposes. You know, to gauge reation over a short space of time. Kinda like eBay trying to figure out the size of the bitcoin community by posting something on a relaively obscure blog and sitting back to watch the reaction.
At least that's my 2 satoshi's worth on it.
Seems to be legit.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048236/is-ebay-warming-up-to-bitcoin.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048236/is-ebay-warming-up-to-bitcoin.html
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When queried, an eBay spokeswoman said the company has not changed its payment policies. "The video is strictly informational," she said via email.
Even if spokeswoman know what she's talking about, ebay evidently don't want to be linked to this video.
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THIS IS JUST PATHETIC
Seems to be legit.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048236/is-ebay-warming-up-to-bitcoin.html
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048236/is-ebay-warming-up-to-bitcoin.html
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When queried, an eBay spokeswoman said the company has not changed its payment policies. "The video is strictly informational," she said via email.
Some say Bitcoins will be accepted on eBay next month.
Very, Very MisleadingTM
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