12 posts and columns on StubHub

Spreecast and LiveLead Tackle Social Video From Different Angles

in Social on November 10, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A couple of new start-ups, Spreecast and LiveLead, are focused on the social side of video, working on helping groups of people broadcast themselves or enjoy videos together, respectively.
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Ticket Search Expert SeatGeek Gets Front Row Seats on Yahoo

in Commerce on August 22, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

SeatGeek, a two-year-old New York-based start-up that aspires to be the Kayak of sports and concert tickets, has signed a multiyear partnership with Yahoo Sports to drive traffic to its site.
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News Byte

Pocket Gems Raises $5 Million from Sequoia, Others

in Commerce on December 15, 2010 at 10:32 am PT

Pocket Gems, the maker of mobile social games, such as Tap Store, Tap Jungle and Tap Zoo, has raised $5 million in venture capital. The round was led by Sequoia Capital. Other investors include Michael Dearing, an eBay veteran; Jeff Fluhr, co-founder of StubHub; and Omar Hamoui, founder of AdMob. The funding will be used to hire more engineers. Pocket Gem’s free games have been downloaded more than 15 million times from the iPhone App Store and are supported by virtual goods.

EBay's Marketplace Chief Leaves in Midst of Revamp

in News on September 22, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

Top eBay Inc. executive Lorrie Norrington announced her departure from the Internet company at a critical time in its turnaround effort. Ms. Norrington, who runs eBay’s marketplace business—which accounts for more than half of its revenue—decided to leave for “personal family reasons,” the company said.

EBay CEO John Donahoe at D8: More Mobile Shopping and Payment Options

in D8 on June 2, 2010 at 11:25 am PT

A few years back, John Donahoe’s position was an unenviable one. As incoming CEO of eBay, he was taking the reins of a company that, while the clear leader in the online auction space, had seen its growth stall amid increased competition from formidable rivals like Amazon.com, as well as from upstart auction sites like Etsy.
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ThredUP: Making Hand-Me-Downs Go Viral

in News on April 9, 2010 at 9:01 am PT

Moms have swapped hand-me-down clothes with friends and relatives for years. Now a startup called startup ThredUP is trying to use the Internet to automate the process of sharing used kids’ clothes between people who don’t know each other.

EBay Q4 Revenue, Earnings Per Share Edge Estimates

in News on January 20, 2010 at 2:51 pm PT

EBay this afternoon posted slightly better-than-expected Q4 financial results. Revenue for the quarter was $2.37 billion, up 16 percent year over year, and ahead of the Street at $2.29 billion. Non-GAAP EPS of 41 cents beat the Street by a penny.

Only One Beyoncé: Services Pick Up After Your Music

in Personal Technology on July 1, 2009 at 6:08 pm PT

by Geoffrey Fowler

TuneUp Media and MusicBrainz Picard aim to clean up and properly label personal digital-music collections.

Ticket Resales Thriving in Recession, StubHub Says

in News on June 11, 2009 at 11:03 am PT

The ticket-reseller market is going strong despite lower selling prices and new challenges from primary sellers, such as Ticketmaster’s paperless initiative, says StubHub. Though the average price of a ticket on eBay-owned StubHub fell to $102 in 2008 from $112 in 2007, it began seeing gains in transaction volume and sales late in the year.

EBay Beats Q1 Estimates; In Line With Q2 Forecast

in News on April 22, 2009 at 2:55 pm PT

EBay reported Q1 sales and earnings this afternoon that fell from the same quarter last year, but beat analysts’ estimates just the same. The company’s revenue totaled $2.02 billion, down 7.8 percent from $2.19 billion in 2008. Earnings were 39 cents per share. Analysts had been expecting worse, with estimates of 1.94 billion in revenue and earnings of 34 cents per share.

Will eBay Dump StubHub, Too?

in Media, April 15, 2009 at 4:33 am PT