January 6, 2012 By the ZippyCart Content Team There are several activities people engage in while drunk that are generally looked down upon like drunk driving, dialing or texting. However, ecommerce retailers are loving a new activity that is swiftly gaining popularity: drunk online shopping. According to a recent study in the UK, many respondents [...]
Ecommerce Solutions Tapping Into the “Murderabilia” Market
November 14, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Some businesses will go to unusual lengths in order to make a profit. Several southern-based websites have taken their ecommerce solutions to a dark and twisted place by collecting and selling “murderabilia”. There are currently six different ecommerce solutions focused on the selling of memorabilia from some [...]
Ecommerce Solution Showdown: Craigslist Vs. EBay
September 16, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an official federal investigation into Craigslist’s allegations that eBay employees stole confidential information about the company and used it to launch a competing site. A California court issued a grand jury subpoena last week outlining the allegations against the ecommerce [...]
eBay Updates iOS App, Makes Ecommerce Solution Easier
September 8, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Everyone’s favorite online auction site, eBay, has updated their mobile app to incorporate recent feature updates, making the iPhone, iPad, and iPod application a bit easier to use. The new application is available in the App Store, and follows hot on the heels of massive mobile application [...]
Gold Surges on eBay
August 16, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team If you invested in gold a couple years ago you’ll be glad to hear that the ecommerce solution eBay has been hit with a boom of gold auctioning. Gold and silver sales on the auction site have been rising steadily over the past several years. This type [...]
Seized Diamond Set for Auction at $900,000 Min Bid
August 15, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team The elegant diamond seized back in 2006 by an undercover FBI sting operation will be available for online auction on September 6th. The rare diamond will have an opening bid at $900,000, a high dollar amount for an online auction ecommerce solution. The auction will also require [...]
Ecommerce Solution PayPal Makes $1 Billion, New Product
July 22, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team PayPal, whose parent company is ecommerce giant eBay, recently announced a record quarter. In Q2, PayPal made $1 billion for the first time, passing 100 million active users. According to the release, a total of nine million merchants use PayPal around the world. Merchant services account for [...]
CharityBuzz Lets You Put A Celebrity In Your Shopping Cart
July 15, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Ever wanted to ride with Snoop Dogg to the studio? Does meeting Taylor Swift at her concert in Lexington, Kentucky sound appealing? How about a one-hour tennis lesson from Chris Evert, one of the greatest female tennis players in history? If any of this sounds good to [...]
Artnet to Sell Andy Warhol Painting in Auction
July 14, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Andy Warhol paintings are well known for fetching large dollar amounts in exclusive auctions, yet few if any have ever been sold via an ecommerce solution. Online auction firm Artnet is reportedly selling a work from Warhol’s “Flowers” series with an estimated pricetag of $1.1 million. Bidders [...]
James “Whitey” Bulger Memorabillia Sale on Ebay
July 12, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team If you’re someone who is fascinated by gruesome mob exploits and your favorite movie happens to be The Godfather, then now may be the time to hop over to Ebay. Members of the ecommerce solution are reported to be selling James “Whitey” Bulger memorabilia left and right. [...]
Verizon to Eliminate Unlimited Data Plans
July 7, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team It may be time to ditch that old Verizon phone and add a new smartphone to your shopping cart from Sprint. The country’s biggest cellphone carrier, Verizon, announced that its users will have to sign up for a usage-based data plan to accompany their handset. AT&T has [...]
Ryan Dunn’s Death: Fan Bids $11,100 for Newsaper
June 24, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team A local newspaper printed just a couple miles from the location of the fatal accident involving Ryan Dunn sold for $11,100 on the ecommerce solution Ebay. 18 bidders battled it out early Thursday morning to see who would be taking home the somewhat historic newspaper. Currently their [...]
Warren Buffet’s Childhood Home for Sale
June 17, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Jennifer Smedley, 34 will be selling her Omaha property on the ecommerce solution Ebay. What makes her house worthy of news coverage? Smedley’s house happens to be the first home of billionaire investor Warren Buffet. Buffett’s parents moved into the home at 4224 Baker Ave. shortly around [...]
Lunch with Assange in Your Shopping Cart
June 17th, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Julian Assange, the mastermind behind Wiki-Leaks, is auctioning a lunch date with 8 lucky bidders on eBay. The three-hour lunch will be held at a London restaurant, followed by an event at which Assange will be speaking. Currently, bids are starting at £1900. This is Assange’s first [...]
Rosenblatt Stadium Memorabila to be Auctioned
June 15, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team It was announced earlier this week that the Omaha Zoo Foundation will be auctioning memorabilia from Rosenblatt Stadium. The foundation recently took ownership of the stadium on June 9, 2011 and since than has decided to auction more than nine hundred “lots” of memorabilia. It’s been reported [...]
Dinosaur Fossils Sell at Auction
June 15, 2011 By the ZippyCart Content Team Last Sunday 430 bidders took part in a extraordinary auction which featured an array of historic items most notably rare dinosaur fossils. Winners spent millions of dollars to put bones and other hard-to-find items into their shopping carts. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which hosted the auction, reported that [...]
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