Apple Pay on the Web rolling out to eBay customers starting in 2018
As it continues the move away from a Paypal-only service, Ebay will begin allowing sellers to accept Apple Pay as a payment option before the end of the year.
"Apple Pay is one of the most ubiquitous forms of payments and provides users with an easy, fast and secure way to pay," said eBay Senior Vice Presidents of Payments Steve Fisher a the annual eBay Open seller conference. "Offering Apple Pay as a form of payment on eBay is the first step in providing more choice and flexibility in payment options to our tens of millions of buyers."
The rollout will be gradual. At launch, it will only be available to select Marketplace customers, and not for every item. More customers will be added gradually over time The system will be fully deployed across the entire eBay system before the end of 2021.
Paypal, eBay's own service, is now an independent company. It will be offered as a payment option for eBay customers until 2023 at the least, and likely for long afterwards, given the company's nearly two-decade business history with the online auction giant.
Apple's services business is credited for smoothing out concerns about seasonality in iPhone, Mac, and iPad sales. Having even a small percentage of eBay's sales processed certainly wont hurt.
Apple doesn't share Apple Pay's contribution to services revenue.
"We had all time record revenue from the App Store, from Apple Music, from iCloud, from Apple Pay and more," said Apple CEO Tim Cook during the most recent earnings announcement. "All of which are a powerful illustration of the importance of our huge active installed base of devices and the loyalty and engagement of our customers."
Also from the earnings report, Apple shared that Apple Pay doubled active users and tripled transactions year-over-year, driven by expanded transit access in some Chinese and Japanese markets -- and a branded credit card would only serve to increase awareness of the digital payment service that would be associated with it. Norway, Poland and Ukraine will get Apple Pay next.
In January, Apple Pay Vice President Jennifer Bailey said that the Apple Pay service was available in 50 percent of retail stores in the U.S., an increase of only 3 percent when the service launched in 2014.
"Apple Pay is one of the most ubiquitous forms of payments and provides users with an easy, fast and secure way to pay," said eBay Senior Vice Presidents of Payments Steve Fisher a the annual eBay Open seller conference. "Offering Apple Pay as a form of payment on eBay is the first step in providing more choice and flexibility in payment options to our tens of millions of buyers."
The rollout will be gradual. At launch, it will only be available to select Marketplace customers, and not for every item. More customers will be added gradually over time The system will be fully deployed across the entire eBay system before the end of 2021.
Paypal, eBay's own service, is now an independent company. It will be offered as a payment option for eBay customers until 2023 at the least, and likely for long afterwards, given the company's nearly two-decade business history with the online auction giant.
Apple's services business is credited for smoothing out concerns about seasonality in iPhone, Mac, and iPad sales. Having even a small percentage of eBay's sales processed certainly wont hurt.
Apple doesn't share Apple Pay's contribution to services revenue.
"We had all time record revenue from the App Store, from Apple Music, from iCloud, from Apple Pay and more," said Apple CEO Tim Cook during the most recent earnings announcement. "All of which are a powerful illustration of the importance of our huge active installed base of devices and the loyalty and engagement of our customers."
Also from the earnings report, Apple shared that Apple Pay doubled active users and tripled transactions year-over-year, driven by expanded transit access in some Chinese and Japanese markets -- and a branded credit card would only serve to increase awareness of the digital payment service that would be associated with it. Norway, Poland and Ukraine will get Apple Pay next.
In January, Apple Pay Vice President Jennifer Bailey said that the Apple Pay service was available in 50 percent of retail stores in the U.S., an increase of only 3 percent when the service launched in 2014.
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Is there a good reason the rollout will take so long? Three and a half years seems like a long time to implement, to me.
When I tried to sell my first iPhone, the buyer complained that there was dust inside the camera lens that affected the pictures. I refused the return because I believed that it didn't. But, EBay stepped in and forced the return & refund. And, when I got the phone back and looked closely, the buyer was correct. (It probably happened when Apple replaced the battery).
I wouldn't assume something like that. eBay could have the same policy's paying by Apple Pay. Who knows, maybe it works even better.
a lot of people dislike PayPal, because they can be hard to reach when you have a problem, and often, they do nothing about it. I’m looking forward to having Apple Pay on eBay.
To qualify for eBay Money Back Guarantee, you must meet these requirements:
- Use an approved electronic payment method to pay for your purchases, such as PayPal, Moneybookers, ProPay or Paymate.
- Pay for the full amount of your purchase with one payment. Items purchased with multiple payments, e.g. with a deposit followed by a final payment, are not eligible.
- Send the payment to the seller through:
- The eBay "Pay Now" button or
- An eBay invoice
- Once logged in to PayPal, click the "Send Money" tab, and then "eBay Items", under the "Purchase" tab.
The rub is that most sellers only offer PayPal as their electronic payment method. This is no doubt thanks to the tight relationship the two companies have had over the years. At one time you were even obligated by eBay to accept PayPal as a seller.This is absolutely correct and I for one hope that this is where eBay is headed.
with a credit card company, you must contact them over a problem. When eBay deals with a service, that covers possibly millions of customers, so eBay can much more easily (and far more cheaply, let’s not forget that!) be the middleman for you.
if eBay is going to register Apple Pay as a payment service, they could do the same thing as with PayPal. Apple does allow for contention with retailers. I’m sure that with what could be such a large customer as in eBay, something will be worked out.
I would want to see assurances from EBay that I am protected just like I am with PayPal before switching over to ApplePay.
A reason is that a large percentage of,eBay sellers have accounts on Amazon as well. Sometimes I buy something from an eBay seller, and it comes in an Amazon box, with a different sellers name. It’s the same seller with different names for eBay and Amazon. Because of this, buyers would leave eBay for those purchases that can be done on either, and go to Amazon. And yes, while Amazon doesn’t yet allow Apple Pay, they do have Touch ID and faceid sign-in. So, we’ll see.