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Online bargain hunters who also enjoy interactive gaming are in for a treat: Outbid.com, which launched last week, brings together the social interactivity of Twitter, the intensity of an auction house and the vibe of a sports bar.

Online auctioneer eBay posted 11% higher first-quarter profits, powered by a strong performance in the PayPal electronic payments business. But the stock fell nearly 8% after-hours on the company's weaker-than-expected forecast.

Online auctioneer EBay is eliminating "listing" fees for occasional sellers as it tries to entice more users to its website in the face of stiff competition from arch rival Amazon. Sellers will be able to list up to 100 items every month for free with eBay taking a cut of the final sale.

Online auctioneer eBay's legions of sellers are digesting the likely fallout from a significant raft of policy and fee changes announced by company CEO John Donahoe today. The quick and dirty version -- kiss the old, quirky fun eBay (EBAY) goodbye and say hello to a site that looks a lot more like...

Word on the street is that eBay is trying to be nicer to its customers in order to win some of them back. Ticked off buyers and sellers around the world have made it no secret that things at eBay haven't been good for a while.One example: eBay has gone "PayPal only" in Australia, and people think...

If you've ever bought an item off eBay, then you probably know about the misery of snipers. Just when you think that you're about to get the cell phone you wanted at an incredibly cheap price, some scumbucket sweeps in and outbids you by a lousy fifty cents. You find yourself staring at the screen,...