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'eBay Deals' Alerts Users to Best Auction Bargains

Tuesday November 24, 2009 9:54 am PST by Eric Slivka

eBay today announced the release of eBay Deals [App Store, Free], a new iPhone application highlighting the best bargains available on the popular auction site.

The new eBay Deals app for iPhone presents a constantly changing view of deals across ebay.com, highlighting must-have products in popular categories, such as apparel and games; all listings in the eBay Deals app have less than four hours of listing time remaining, zero bids, no reserve and free/fixed price shipping calculated into the total cost.

The application comes pre-configured to provide listing from eBay's top eight mobile search categories, and users can customize and save their own deal searches for easy access. eBay Deals also offers Twitter and Facebook integration to allow users to easily share listing with others.

In the announcement, eBay also touts the performance of its eBay Mobile [App Store, Free] application, which has been downloaded over 5 million times. eBay Mobile was updated last week to add Facebook and Twitter integration, support for eBay's "Best Offer" feature, and direct phone connection to customer support.
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Tex-Twil
Posted: 29 months ago
I can't see it in the (German) AppStore .:confused:

edit, ok got it from the us store.
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libertyforall
Posted: 29 months ago
Really?! How dumb is that?! Just like Yahoo, and others, eBay could have combined this into their existing app. I don't want yet ANOTHER eBay app on my device! Geez.
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optophobia
Posted: 29 months ago
.... zero bids.... bla bla bla.

If the deals were not fixed price but rather 1 cent listings with no reserve then THAT would be a deal..
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coolbreeze
Posted: 29 months ago
I like the direction eBay is going in with these "daily deals." Have bought many items from their "daily deals" listings (woot clone, anyone?).

I do think they should integrate this into their current app. Like Starbucks, having multiple apps is very annoying.
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lender30
Posted: 29 months ago
I bet the Belgian thieves are posting killer deals on eBay right now..
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Habakuk
Posted: 29 months ago

I can't see it in the (German) AppStore .:confused:
edit, ok got it from the us store.


You really got it—or could you only view it?

There is something new in iTunes! A "Change store" button. When you click an App Store link for an app that is not available in your country like this...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ebay-deals/id340086711?mt=8

...there is a new option that leads you to the U.S. store.

The old text was: "Der von Ihnen angeforderte Artikel ist zur Zeit nicht im österreichischen Store erhältlich."—"The item you're looking for is currently not available in the Austrian store."

They added (must be new since a few days): "Er ist jedoch im amerikanischen Store erhältlich. Klicken Sie auf 'Store ändern', um den Artikel ansehen zu können."—"However it's available in the U.S. store. Click 'Change Store' to view the item." I've never seen that before.

When I click "Change Store" I can see the new eBay app (page). Clicking the "GET APP" button brings up the account/ID/password dialog. I filled it out but clicking on "Download" there just tells me in a dialog box that the item is not available in Austria.

Earlier it was rather complicated to change the store.
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Tex-Twil
Posted: 29 months ago

You really got it—or could you only view it?

I really got it. I created a US account that I use for free apps when they are not available in the german store.
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Habakuk
Posted: 29 months ago

I really got it. I created a US account that I use for free apps when they are not available in the german store.


Yes. And for promo codes (they are working only in US store). :) I never created an US account because I am afraid that it messes up something. iTunes is not the most reliable Apple app.
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optophobia
Posted: 29 months ago

I really got it. I created a US account that I use for free apps when they are not available in the german store.


So can you then have a combination of apps from different country stores on one iPhone?
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Tex-Twil
Posted: 29 months ago

So can you then have a combination of apps from different country stores on one iPhone?

yes
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