eBay Tests Agentic AI Search on Enthusiast Buyers
by Ina Steiner on February 20, 2026 at 11:24 pm
eBay recently rolled out agentic AI search to a subset of US mobile traffic and plans to scale it to more users throughout 2026.
eBay Auto Fills China as Country of Origin
by Ina Steiner on February 17, 2026 at 10:58 am
eBay began tinkering with sellers' country of origin field in listings, and some sellers say they can't correct mistakes eBay is making.

Etsy Marketplace Shows Flat Growth in GMS in 4th Quarter of 2025

February 20, 2026

Etsy grew consolidated Gross Merchandise Sales (GMS) 2.4% in the 4th quarter of 2025, year-over-year, (or 1.3% foreign exchange-neutral). That included Etsy and Depop GMS but excluded Reverb from the …

eBay Grows GMV 10% in Fourth Quarter of 2025

February 18, 2026

eBay grew Gross Merchandise Volume 10% in the fourth quarter of 2025, year-over-year (or 8% foreign exchange-neutral). Revenue grew 15% for the quarter, year-over-year. The same day eBay released its …

Etsy Sells Depop to eBay for $1.2 Billion

February 18, 2026

Etsy sold its music-gear marketplace Reverb to investment firms last year, writing in its April 22, 2025 press release it would “focus on driving growth in the core Etsy marketplace, …

Amazon Sellers Have 2 Weeks to Ensure Compliance of Tools They Use

February 18, 2026

Amazon is updating its BSA agreement, and sellers have 2 weeks to ensure that any and all automation tools they use comply with new provisions. It includes but is not …

Sellers Should Monitor How Shipping Costs Are Squeezing Their Margins

February 14, 2026

Ship.com sounded the alarm about higher 2026 shipping costs and offered advice to sellers to regain control over their profit margins. Treating shipping costs as part of their Cost of …

A Seller’s Years-Long Campaign to Get eBay to Roll Back BBL Change

February 14, 2026

Frequent eBay discussion-board poster wastingtime101 continued their campaign to bring back an option eBay had taken away from sellers in 2023: the ability for sellers to communicate with users they’ve …

Etsy Is (Technically) Funding Coupons in Targeted Promotions

February 10, 2026

Etsy-funded promotions that give customers an incentive to purchase again aren’t new by any stretch, but when one landed in our inbox this week with the subject line “15% off …

Shopping Paradox: People Are Cutting Back but Spending More

February 10, 2026

How can people be spending more if they are cutting back on holiday gifts, including for Valentine’s Day? A survey by marketing firm Omnisend found that 23% of consumers said …

ChatGPT Ads Launch a Day after Being Mocked in Super Bowl Commercials

February 9, 2026

Anthropic ran ads during Sunday’s Super Bowl football game that mocked its rival OpenAI for its decision to run ads on its AI chatbox, though it didn’t mention it by …

eBay Disappears the Auto Price-Reduction Feature

February 8, 2026

You know that an eBay feature is popular with at least some sellers when it suddenly disappears, as was the case with eBay’s Auto Price Reduction feature on Tuesday. Sellers …

eBay Celebrates Local Super Bowl with Live Shopping, Bay-Area Watch Party

February 5, 2026

eBay is holding live shopping events online and in real life to tie in with Sunday’s Super Bowl game, which is taking place in the Bay Area where eBay’s headquarters …

Amazon Grows Sales 10% in North America in Q4 2025

February 5, 2026

Amazon grew total sales 14% in the fourth quarter of 2025, year-over-year (or 12% FX-neutral). North America segment sales increased 10% year-over-year, international segment sales increased 17% year-over-year (or 11% …

Amazon Touts Prime’s Speed, Selection, and Rural Reach

February 3, 2026

Amazon boasted that Prime members in the US received over 8 billion items the same or next day in 2025, over 30% more compared to 2024. It estimated that members …

New eBay for Sellers Webinars: Ad Strategies, Store Enhancements & AI

February 3, 2026

eBay will host new monthly live-webinars for sellers, each focused on a single topic. The first will tackle advertising strategies, and next month’s session will tackle “Store Enhancements & AI.” …

Walmart Offers Incentives for Reviews – Don’t Try This at Home

February 3, 2026

Did you know that Walmart offers a program that lets third-party sellers give incentives to buyers to leave reviews? However, Walmart’s Post-Purchase Reviews program is not available to all sellers …

USPS Delivered Duty Paid Launches for Outbound Packages

February 1, 2026

USPS launched a new service for shippers who send goods internationally called USPS Delivered Duty Paid (DDP). Announced on Friday, it is currently available for packages going to Canada, Germany, …

Amazon Changes How It Charges FBA Removal and Disposal Fees

January 30, 2026

Amazon is changing how it charges sellers for removing and disposing of products stored in its FBA fulfillment centers. The fees themselves are not changing. However, Amazon will charge FBA …

Facebook Founder Sees Agentic Shopping as an Ecommerce Opportunity

January 29, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook parent Meta, said this week he sees agentic shopping as an opportunity, but there was no indication Facebook will morph into an Amazon or eBay, …

Would You Trust Amazon with Your QuickBooks?

January 27, 2026

Amazon is inviting sellers to use QuickBooks accounting in Seller Central, something it had promised to do last year. It’s a somewhat surprising move since sellers have long been suspicious …

How to Turn off eBay Live Notifications

January 26, 2026

Notifications on mobile phones can be helpful, but sometimes they can verge on the annoying or can cause technical issues. Case in point: today, someone asked on the eBay discussion …

Tariffs Changed How Buyers Shop, with Some Advice for Online Sellers

January 26, 2026

The number of Americans who support tariffs are up from last year, according to a new survey by Omnisend. That’s despite the fact that 56% of respondents said they believed …

Walmart Marketplace Opens Curated ‘Premium’ Musical Instruments Shop

January 24, 2026

Walmart Marketplace has expanded into “premium” musical instruments – both new and used – as part of its focus on broadening selection, a strategy that has helped Amazon enormously and …