Comments on: Cashing Out: Week of March 1st -7th, 2009 in Online Marketing News

By: Relevantly Speaking - March 11, 2009 | Relevantly Speaking

Relevantly Speaking - March 11, 2009 | Relevantly Speaking — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:02:06 +0000

[...] Revenews is reporting that Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, is looking to overturn the U.S. ban on online gambling. Frank announced he would be pushing legislation in the House to repeal the ban. The repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act would bring in an estimated $52 billion in tax revenue over the next decade. [...]

By: VanceCramer

VanceCramer — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:56:58 +0000

I'm not sure why any company would want to associate their good name with ebay's these days. Ebay's reputation, under current CEO, Donahoe, has plummeted to an all time low. Due to his "Disruptive Innovation" scheme against ebay's users, it's shareholders and it's own employees, ebay stock prices have taken an precedented nosedive. Ebay has lost and continues to lose significant portions of it's core marketplaces to it's competitors, which offer fairer and safer trading, such as Amazon and Bonanzle. Donahoe's inept policy changes have decreased the items average selling prices and conversion rates and is responsible for the ongoing decline of ebay's GMV rates. Their policy forcing the majority of members to use Paypal only (owned by ebay) has further reduced trust in the ebay monopoly. With sellers businesses, finances and reputations being ruined by the un-level playing field thrust upon them by ebay's current CEO's callous and misdirected actions, there is plenty of negative press and media coverage circulating to cause any business to think twice about associating themselves with anything "ebay".

By: Kris Jones

Kris Jones — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:08:47 +0000

Angel,

We appreciate the opportunity to respond.

As mentioned, the eBay program on PJN continues to accept applicants and we expect a long and prosperous relationship with eBay.

Anyone interested in joining eBay on PJN or asking any questions can contact one of the managers listed in my initial comment.

Kris

By: Angel Djambazov

Angel Djambazov — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:07:01 +0000

Hi Kris, Thank you for the clarification. On our news briefs in Cashing Out we usually don't reach out for comments, so I am glad you took the time to post. The news brief post was spurred by two sources, a post on TinyComb: http://tinycomb.com/2009/03/06/ebay-seals-the-doo... and a related thread on ABestWeb.com: http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=116996... Angel Djambazov Managing Editor

By: Kris Jones

Kris Jones — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:41:01 +0000

I can confirm that eBay IS NOT removing the eBay program from Pepperjam Network.

In addition, while eBay does review each publisher application submitted to Pepperjam Network, applications ARE NOT on hold for the eBay Program on PJN.

As for the eBay Partner Network I can't confirm or deny that applications are on hold there ( we do not manage that program for them like we do the PJN program).

However, I'm confident in saying that if there is a hold on EPN apps it will be temporary.

Feel free to contact Mandy Foley – mfoley @ pepperjam.com or Katharine Dempsey – kdempsey @ pepperjam.com if you have any Q's about the eBay program on PJN.

Kris Jones

Pepperjam Network