How to make bitcoin mainstream = Ebay

[Groc]

I just figured it out.

You know how ebay owns payapl and ebay came first.

Bitcoin needs its own "ebay"

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[BitterTea]

There's already Bidding Pond, and I believe another auction site I can't recall.

[opticbit]

There's already Bidding Pond, and I believe another auction site I can't recall.

Bitbid, and a few others, but biddingpond seems to have the most actvity.

[Stephen Gornick]

Ebay is an auction site.  PayPal is one of the payment methods for sending payment.  Bitcoin is another.

It is happening.

 - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330537409792  
   [Click "See Full Description"] :
      "For this auction I am willing to take bitcoin or paypal."


 - http://myworld.ebay.com/dracova
    Bio: "Oh, by the way, I accept Bitcoins."

In addition to seeing Bitcoin appear in more listings and profiles, I expect to see ClearCoin start appearing as an escrow method.  Combining bitcoins for payment and ClearCoin for escrow is a combination that has so going for it.  There's almost no other alternative for affordable escrow for $100 or less purchases.  Add in the #bitcoin-otc gpg Web of Trust and there no reason these tools can't be used by a wider user base.

[kjj]

- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330537409792  
   [Click "See Full Description"] :
      "For this auction I am willing to take bitcoin or paypal."

Ha!  What are the odds of finding $100 worth of data on those drives?  Hopefully better than the odds (0%) of recovering 2 grams of gold out of the box.  Sorry, off topic, but I had to chuckle.

For what it's worth, I'd love to see ebay offer BTC as an optional currency for sellers to specify.

[Groc]

So I was about to post an item on biddingpond until I notices a posting fee.

It needs to be free, like craigslist or kijiji.

[pc]

So I was about to post an item on biddingpond until I notices a posting fee.

BiddingPond is free to list. They charge for uploading images to their server and for featuring/bolding/etc. And last I knew, every account got their first 5 BTC of listing fees free.