“Don’t just shop–win!” That’s been eBay’s slogan for quite awhile now. But it looks like it might be appropriate to flop it around into “Don’t just win–shop!” The New York Times is reporting that the ...

Eleven years after filing the patent application in October 1998, eBay has won a patent that grants it exclusive ownership over its online auction process model. This is major for eBay and its ...

eBay's charity auction to raise $100 million in 100 days for disaster relief has upset some eBay sellers. The company is promoting the Auction for America, which launched Monday, across its home page ...

eBay auctions: proof that shopping is a sport. Okay, so that might be kind of a stretch, but it turns out that auctions can thrill and excite you, according to a new study in the International Journal ...

A new Firefox extension keeps an eye on eBay auctions and bids for you at the very last possible second. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about ...

If you sell fixed-priced or store items on eBay, the listing stays up in increments of 30 days. If you auction an item, the length of time is much shorter. Auctions default to run for seven days, or ...

What happens when the role of an auction changes from selling unique items at Sotheby's to driving large markets for consumer goods on eBay and other online auction sites? EBay began as a Web site ...