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A proud day for all of us vzaarians today as we picked up an eBay Star Developer award for Best Design at eBay DevCon. Kyozou got the top prize and we're runners up: the first and only video company to do so out of the 14 permitted video providers for eBay even though we're the youngest. Which confirms, rather nicely, recent research we've done showing vzaar to be the largest bespoke video provider on eBay too.

What was most gratifying were the reasons we won the award. When we got the call, a few weeks back, eBay said that they really liked how we had designed our player and system around eBay. We know that video itself improves the buyer experience, but eBay liked how we were also improving the seller experience too and doing more than "just putting video into eBay". It was this "more" bit where they felt we really shone and made the difference.

I'm really proud of what the team has accomplished here. Everyone in the team has contributed to that little bit of "more" in vzaar, from pure design elements to customer insight (and related product improvements) to technical tweaks to get it right. Design as Steve Jobs keeps telling us isn't about how it looks, but about how it works. And Steve knows a thing or two about iconic design. (We like to set our goals high.)

My first thought, however after winning this award and looking down the list of great companies that also have picked up awards is,  "Next time I want to pick up the winner's award". We're not resting on our laurels here at vzaar towers, and we have plans and ideas that are really truly exciting. Some things we want to bring to you, beyond making the platform quicker and easier and better all round are things like, HiDef videos, wides-screen players, multi-channel players for those of you who sell off eBay and custom skins to fit even better with your chosen templates.

Watch this space is what I am trying to say, as we have lots more coming. The office was already buzzing with the announcement of the eBay Echo platform. vzaar in Selling Manager...hell yes! We're already thinking of what great functionality we can bring to you right into your my eBay pages. I'm already tracking down the right eBay chaps to get into the alpha program.

What a great way to start off eBay Live, and the next few days are going to be fantastic fun. Stop by at booth 224 and say 'Hi' if you're in Chicago this week.

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