There’s nothing like finding and getting rid of junk on eBay, especially if you’re a gadget hound looking to offload last month’s toys for the latest and greatest. While it’s entirely possible to manage your eBay account on your phone’s browser, a dedicated application would make life so much easier.
The new eBay app for Android could make shopping, paying and selling through the online auction site a breeze. With eBay for Android, you can check the status of your auctions, navigate with voice commands, check status updates and view or leave feedback while on the go. It also gives bid notifications so you can keep track of items when the clock starts ticking and an auction is about to end. Of course, all of these options are something you would come to expect from the official version of the application.
Already huge in mobile commerce, eBay has been huge in 2009 with $600 million in gross merchandise volume, a 200% increase over 2008. This number is sure to grow larger in 2010 with the new mobile application along with over 60,000 Android units moving per day.
If you’re a power eBay user or just an occasional bidder/seller and you’re looking to pick up an Android handset (if you don’t already have one), you might want to take a look at the official eBay app, which is available now. If eBay gets this app just right, it could be a decent option over having to dig through your browser every time you want to get into your eBay account.
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Good find.
My iPhone app doesnt seem to be as full bodied, and im keen to try it out on my HTC hero. The updates on almost closing could be tricky if you needed second timing precision over 3g though…
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That font is making my eyes burn. I wonder if the buttons could have been any uglier.
Probably not.
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Is this article a eBay press realease?
Is this US only? Not appearing in the Market in Australia…
Wow, this is a great app. Just added it to my droid and it is simple and easy to work.
Doesn’t seem to be available on my Sprint HTC Hero? Anyone know if they’re having market issues or if it’s just not available for 1.5 yet?
It’s not available on my HTC Droid Eris, either, so I assume that it just isn’t available on 1.5.
My Nexus One is running 2.1 and it’s not appearing in my Market in Australia so could be region dependent & version dependent. Anyone got a link to download the APK so we can try it?
It’s only available on version 1.6 and higher, US only for now but the plan is to deploy to other regions
For those of us in Australia, a good alternative is “Pkt Auctions Ebay” – available from the Android Market. This offers much the same features, as far as I can see. I’ve been using it for a while, and haven’t got many problems with it.
I just tried it. I like Pkt Auctions eBay *a lot* better. eBay should just make that their official version.
Great news to know about this app, hopefully they don’t late so much in deploy this for other countries.
i just looked it and the company up on the market on my moto cliq. its not there. how is available now, when its not on there? is it somewhere else?
I like how this article makes no mention of the app Pkt Auction eBay, which has been around for a long time now, is also free, and works better than the official eBay app.
The way the article words things you’d think using the browser was your only other option!
What a disappointing article.
Apps providers and reviewers need to make a point of mentioning the minimum version of Android needed to run the product about which they are writing. How many of us wasted time looking for this app when we either live outside the U.S. or have to wait until our service provider pushes 2.1 out to our phones later this year?
It’s only available on version 1.6 and higher :S
but thanks this is a great new, regards