ACCC rejects eBay’s plan for PayPal monopoly
eBay’s plans for www.ebay.com.au to become a PayPal-only zone had a setback at the hands of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) last week.
In a detailed, 39 page notification, the ACCC said it had concluded that eBay’s plan had “substantial anti-competitive detriments” and that these “outweigh any public benefit.”
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ACCC action underlines reality that PayPal is eBay’s future
eBay’s application to the ACCC for official endorsement of its plan to make its Australian online marketplace a PayPal only zone would appear to have backfired in a big way.
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Questions mounting over new government EFTPOS welfare card
There are previous few details available about the government’s new Centrelink EFTPOS debit card for welfare recipients, and certainly many questions about it still unanswered. more?

Marketers get access to electoral roll?
Changes to Electoral Act regulations last year have given marketers direct and online access to voters’ details on the Australian Electoral Roll. more?

Au domain aftermarket slowly emerging
Au domain aftermarket slowly emerging Instant riches for au domain name owners have so far failed to materialize in the wake of the new rules that came into effect on June 1st allowing au domain names to be traded. But a number of new web-sites have sprung up hoping to cash-in on the change in rules. more?

Sensis adds auctions to Trading Post online
After years of decline and neglect, Telstra subsidiary - Sensis, has finally added online auctions to its Trading Post classifieds service. more?

OZtion sold in $2million deal
Local online auction site OZtion has attracted a large number of new users recently, many of them disgruntled with eBay.com.au And now it has also attracted a new owner - listed company, Jumbuck Entertainment. more?