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eBay becomes more active on mobile

21 August 2006 by axxxr
Users of O2's Active service are able to access eBay using their mobile phones for the first time today.

From today users of O2 Active will be able to access eBay from the O2 Active portal, bringing together the UK's most popular mobile entertainment portal with 6.4 million active users* and the world's largest online marketplace.  This builds on the successful launch of eBay's first mobile offering earlier this year on i-mode, where it has been one of the most popular sites for its 250,000 users.

The popular site will be accessed directly from the O2 Active portal allowing all O2 customers with a WAP capable phone and an eBay account immediate access to it.  O2 Active users will have the freedom to track their important sales and bids no matter where they are - from clothes to concert tickets.

Users will be able to view all of their familiar 'My eBay' features from virtually any handset, including 'items I am watching', 'items I am bidding on', 'items I am selling' and 'items I have won'. As with eBay on i-mode, users will also be able to bid in real time for goods online from a selection of more than 13,000 categories just as from a PC and fixed internet connection.  Buying something on eBay through O2 Active it will be just as secure as it is through a PC.

Simon Dean, General Manager of Content, O2 says: "eBay is the latest in a growing list of well known brands who really appreciate the potential of converging their internet services with mobile.  Our experience with eBay on i-mode has shown us there is a really strong demand for it from our customers who really want to engage with these types of services.  O2 Active is the most successful WAP portal in the UK and we want to increase the eBay experience to as many of our customers as possible." 

Ian Jordan, Product Manager, eBay Mobile and Innovation said; "We're very pleased to be working with O2 in raising the profile of eBay Mobile further, and look forwards to continuing our work together in order to further improve our user's experience of the mobile internet." www.o2.co.uk

 

 





Comments
On 22 Aug 21:45 Winger wrote
What's wrong with Mickey Mouse?
On 21 Aug 15:53 Bernerth wrote
Since when has O2 Active been the most successful WAP portal in the UK. Compared to Orange World and Vodafone Live it looks mickey mouse. Chuckle chuckle

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