Mr. Sam McDonagh

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  Published on: 7/30/2008    Last Visited: 8/24/2008  

  ThinkSmart Limited (ASX:TSM), an international computer and office equipment financing company, today announced it has appointed the former General Manager for eBay Southeast Asia, Sam McDonagh, to the position of Executive General Manager for its Australasian business.
  
  Mr McDonagh, a nine year veteran of eBay, will be responsible for continuing to grow ThinkSmart's existing businesses in Australia and New Zealand and will be responsible for developing new territories within Asia.He will report directly to ThinkSmart founder and CEO, Ned Montarello.
  
  Commenting on Mr McDonagh's appointment, Mr Montarello said he saw significant scope for continuing to expand ThinkSmart's products within the wider Asian market.
  
  "Sam joins us at a pivotal time as we are building our operations in North America, and cementing our growth within Europe.
  
  "His experience with eBay in growing that business throughout Southeast Asia will be incredibly valuable as we look to extract further value from our Australian processing hub."
  
  Mr McDonagh was a founding member of the management team for eBay in Australia in 1999 prior to moving to eBay's main campus in California in 2001 where he worked for nearly five years in a number of senior finance and marketing management roles.
  
  Mr McDonagh is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and Marketing from the University of Western Australia.

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  Published on: 7/30/2008    Last Visited: 7/31/2008  

  Perth-based office equipment financing company ThinkSmart has appointed former eBay general manager Southeast Asia Sam McDonagh as its executive general manager for its Australasian arm.
  
  Mr McDonagh, a nine year veteran of eBay, will be responsible for continuing to grow ThinkSmart's existing businesses in Australia and New Zealand and will be responsible for developing new territories within Asia.
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  "His experience with eBay in growing that business throughout Southeast Asia will be incredibly valuable as we look to extract further value from our Australian processing hub."
  
  Mr McDonagh was a founding member of the management team for eBay in Australia in 1999 prior to moving to eBay's main campus in California in 2001 where he worked for nearly five years in a number of senior finance and marketing management roles.

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  Published on: 8/1/2007    Last Visited: 11/28/2007  

  eBay Mobile allows users with busy and mobile lifestyles to continue shopping on the eBay global online marketplace anytime, anywhere, even when they are on the go," said Sam McDonagh, Director, eBay Southeast Asia.

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  Published on: 7/25/2007    Last Visited: 8/7/2007  

  "eBay is uniquely positioned as a global online marketplace to provide boundless opportunity for fund-raising and social responsibility programs and we are delighted to support Singapore Airlines in this very unique charity auction," said Sam McDonagh, Director for eBay Southeast Asia.

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  Published on: 6/28/2007    Last Visited: 6/28/2007  

  A high Internet using rate, stable and fast economic growth and the communist nation's membership of the World Trade Organisation were considered momentums for eBay to launch the site, said Sam McDonagh, Director for eBay Southeast Asia, in a statement.
  
  "We believe the Vietnamese people and companies will recognize the tremendous potential eBay offers as the leading global online marketplace and we expect our user base here to continue to grow," he said.

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  Published on: 11/18/2007    Last Visited: 11/18/2007  

  Sam McDonagh, eBay director for South East Asia, said the company will not implement registration fees "anytime soon."
  
  Sam McDonagh with Jolina
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  The trust and security applications will protect sellers, while "live help" will provide sellers a communication line with an eBay customer support agent via instant messaging, McDonagh said.
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  "But based on our own estimate, the number is a bit more," McDonagh said.
  
  He said there are thousands of "casual" visitors that are out to look for items online.
  
  The company however remained mum on the actual volume of transactions that eBay.ph has generated after the company was first launched in the Philippines in 2004.
  
  "What we are seeing is a continued increase in the number of registered users that log-on to eBay.ph to look for, and buy items," McDonagh said.
  
  The executive also declined to disclose targets for the year, saying only that eBay.ph will engage in a marketing and promotional blitz "very soon."
  
  He said the announcement of the enhanced ebay.ph is not a "relaunch."
  
  McDonagh said the company is banking on the new enhancements to lure more buyers, sellers, and professional online merchants to its fledgling business in the Philippines.

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  Published on: 11/7/2007    Last Visited: 11/8/2007  

  The online retailer is relaunching eBay.ph, migrating it into a "full eBay site," said Sam McDonagh who heads eBay's operations in Southeast Asia.
  
  This means previously unavailable features such as a downloadable eBay desktop toolbar and an "advanced search" tool for searching items via seller, bidder or item number.
  
  "eBay.ph used to be what we call a "rest of the world" page to expand our footprint in emerging markets like the Philippines but knowing we would upgrade later," McDonagh explained in an interview.
  
  In the region, only the Singapore and Philippines portals have been migrated into eBay sites -- a good indication of online activity in these countries.
  
  According to a survey last year by ACNielsen Reseach, there are more than 3,000 Filipino sellers who use eBay as a primary source of income.
  
  Better integration with the main eBay portal then allows Filipino sellers, for example, reach a bigger buyer community in the US.
  
  "There will be further enhancements and localization," McDonagh said, referring to eBay.ph.He added that eBay is also looking at local logistics providers and introduce shipping solutions for the domestic market.
  
  "Mobile will also become more important for us as a payment mechanism," he said.

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  Published on: 10/29/2007    Last Visited: 10/30/2007  

  Sam McDonagh, director of eBay Southeast Asia, is optimistic about the online marketplace's growth prospects, not just in Singapore, but in the whole region
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  Sam McDonagh, director of eBay Southeast Asia, told ZDNet Asia in an interview: "We're very optimistic about the growth of the market, and it is not just Singapore but the Southeast Asia region."
  
  eBay currently operates three full-fledged sites, where members can buy and sell online, in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as what it calls "promotional sites" which have no trading functions in emerging markets like Vietnam.
  
  The online auction service company has been busy these past months, engaging in activities to shore up its position in the region.These include a tie-up with the recently held Singapore Fashion Week, where it created a microsite offering eBay's 240 million members worldwide a window into Singapore fashion, and a partnership with Singapore operator M1 to make the online marketplace easily accessible on mobile phones.
  
  Even though using mobile devices to conduct e-commerce is still at the "early stages in Asia or other parts of the world," McDonagh said "mobile is very important to eBay in the near and medium term."
  
  "The great thing about mobile is it provides folks with busy lifestyles a convenient way to buy and sell while they are on the go.As technology continues to evolve, the ability to transact over the mobile phones will improve," he added.
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  You can browse, but you can't buy or sell," McDonagh explained.
  
  eBay also has its eye on Vietnam and Indonesia, but these local sites are merely promotional sites due largely to online payment restrictions in those countries, McDonagh said.
  
  Although eBay has kept a strong local appeal in its Southeast Asia marketplaces, McDonagh said, eBay's value proposition is its global member base.
  
  "It's not just a domestic proposition," McDonagh said.

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  Published on: 10/29/2007    Last Visited: 10/29/2007  

  Sam McDonagh, director of eBay Southeast Asia, is optimistic about the online marketplace's growth prospects, not just in Singapore, but in the whole region
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  Sam McDonagh, director of eBay Southeast Asia, told ZDNet Asia in an interview: "We're very optimistic about the growth of the market, and it is not just Singapore but the Southeast Asia region."
  
  eBay currently operates three full-fledged sites, where members can buy and sell online, in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as what it calls "promotional sites" which have no trading functions in emerging markets like Vietnam.
  
  The online auction service company has been busy these past months, engaging in activities to shore up its position in the region.These include a tie-up with the recently held Singapore Fashion Week, where it created a microsite offering eBay's 240 million members worldwide a window into Singapore fashion, and a partnership with Singapore operator M1 to make the online marketplace easily accessible on mobile phones.
  
  Even though using mobile devices to conduct e-commerce is still at the "early stages in Asia or other parts of the world", McDonagh said "mobile is very important to eBay in the near and medium term".
  
  "The great thing about mobile is it provides folks with busy lifestyles a convenient way to buy and sell while they are on the go.As technology continues to evolve, the ability to transact over the mobile phones will improve," he added.
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  You can browse, but you can't buy or sell," McDonagh explained.
  
  eBay also has its eye on Vietnam and Indonesia, but these local sites are merely promotional sites due largely to online payment restrictions in those countries, McDonagh said.
  
  Although eBay has kept a strong local appeal in its Southeast Asia marketplaces, McDonagh said, eBay's value proposition is its global member base.
  
  "It's not just a domestic proposition," McDonagh said.

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  Published on: 7/28/2007    Last Visited: 7/28/2007  

  "eBay is uniquely positioned as a global online marketplace to provide boundless opportunity for fund-raising and social responsibility programs and we are delighted to support Singapore Airlines in this very unique charity auction," said Sam McDonagh, Director for eBay Southeast Asia.

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