eBay won’t be a partner with PayPal anymore
eBay falls on PayPal report
There were several catalysts from PayPal's earnings release that conspired to take down eBay. The biggest contributor was a study commissioned by PayPal that revealed that customers were 54% more willing to complete an online transaction if PayPal was offered at checkout. The survey also showed that 59% of PayPal users have abandoned a transaction if PayPal wasn't listed as a payment option.
Those who have followed the two companies will recall that eBay announced earlier this year it would begin intermediating its own payments, in partnership with European payments processor Adyen, and gradually phasing out PayPal as the processor of record. eBay said at the time the move would lower costs and provide greater control for its merchants. This move away from PayPal may be costing eBay valuable sales -- at a time when it needs them most.
Another part of PayPal's report that spooked eBay investors was the revelation that eBay payment volumes grew just 3% year over year on a currency-neutral basis. Scott Devitt, an analyst with Stifel, pointed out that this figure is significantly lower than the 6% growth just last quarter, and far below the 7.2% growth his company was expecting.
Because PayPal still processes an estimated 75% of eBay's payment transactions, its financial report provides early insight into eBay's soon-to-be-released results. Devitt noted that eBay's actual performance over the three previous quarters has been within 1% of the numbers reported by PayPal, signaling that this will likely be another quarter of tepid growth for eBay.
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