eBay for Charity
eBay for Charity (known as "Giving Works" in the US) came under the spotlight, with the announcement that the programme would be extended to other eBay markets over the next couple of years.

Since it was launched in the UK in early 2006, almost 2,000 charities have signed up for eBay for Charity, including Comic Relief, BBC Children in Need and the NSPCC, while hundreds of UK charity shops and the community use the eBay for Charity platform to raise much-needed cash. The UK and US charity teams have been working together closely on improving the platform, and we’re looking forward to announcing changes that will make it easier than ever before to raise money for charity.

eBay to Go
Members in the US have already heard of "eBay to Go", a tool designed to enable eBay users to show people their listings on places other than eBay. Like the eBay Mozilla Companion we recently co-launched, it’s another fun way of broadcasting the eBay experience. This will soon be available in the UK, so watch this space for more news.

And more ...
We’re proud of the great progress we’ve made in improving the eBay.co.uk homepage over the last year, making it clearer and easier to use while still keeping the uniqueness that marks eBay out from the crowd. There were some fun innovations launched at eBay Live! for US buyers and Sellers on a similar theme.

One of these concerned "Visual Navigation", a new way of finding items on eBay.com. Initial tests have proved successful and this will be extended to all eBay users in America in the coming months. We will start trials with a few UK and IE users in September.

US sellers now have the ability to put videos in their listings for items for sale on eBay.com. This is something we are watching very closely from the UK and Ireland, with a view to seeing whether it will work here.

Finally, we are constantly working to keep the marketplace as vibrant as possible – whether reducing Final Value Fees in technology categories and Insertion Fees in the media category, or pioneering the eBay Seller Rewards Programme, which has been enthusiastically received by thousands of sellers – and we look forward to updating you with further news in the next several months.

There are a host of other things in the pipeline that will make it easier and more fun than ever to use eBay.co.uk. In the meantime, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for helping to make the marketplace the liveliest place in the world to buy and sell online.

Regards
The eBay.co.uk & eBay.ie teams