eBay on Monday confirmed its decision to ban auctions for the characters, currency, weapons, attire and accounts of online games such as World of Warcraft, City of Heroes and others.

The government will auction Unabomber Ted Kaczynski’s personal belongings next week in what amounts to Uncle Sam’s version of eBay.

Lost in transit doesn't mean lost forever when it comes to undelivered packages. From eBay to government auctions, these seven platforms offer treasure hunters access to abandoned deliveries at steep ...

The GSA Auctions website (gsaauctions.gov) is the federal government's official online auction site, providing access to surplus property sales. The platform offers a wide range of categories ...

Nikki Davidson is a data reporter for Government Technology. She’s covered government and technology news as a video, newspaper, magazine and digital journalist for media outlets across the country.

In 2001, sellers with higher eBay reputations scores have over twice the increase in price premium (6.8%) that they had in 2000 (5.3%) and 1999 (4.8%) when compared with sellers who have low ...

The move by eBay and Yahoo! comes as privacy issues become of increasing concern to companies engaged in e-commerce. A recent Forrester study noted that 50 percent of online consumers want the ...

The IRS has made no secret of the fact that it wants Internet auction companies like eBay to provide more information about high-volume sellers to the government in order to help close the "tax ...

In 2009, the CBP used FedBid for nearly 1,700 auctions worth a total of $182 million in awards, less than the roughly $200 million the government estimated the supplies would cost.