eBay is making significant changes to its Seller Performance Standards as part of its Fall Seller Update, which it will announce later today. eBay will judge sellers on two key metrics: defect rate and on-time shipping – and it’s changing Read more
eBay sellers can expect big changes as part of this year’s Fall Seller Update, including major changes to Seller Performance Standards and a new Seller Hub from which they can access selling tools and reports. eBay will make the full Read more
PayPal will no longer allow users to accept P2P payments sent from Puerto Rico, it informed users, as the U.S. territory faces a dire financial crisis. “Person to person payments will not be available for payments sent from Puerto Rico after Read more
Facebook launched a host of changes to make business pages more effective when accessed on mobile devices, including a new Shop section. Other changes include new and more prominent call-to-action buttons. And this may be only the beginning of a Read more
In December, eBay tried rebooting its already successful mobile app with the launch of a new version of the “eBay for iPad” app. Devin Wenig, called it one of eBay’s most important product launches in the previous few years. Despite the hype, Read more
Etsy’s Senior Manager of Payment Operations responded to concerns over the company’s decision to add PayPal to its Direct Checkout payment option. Sellers now have no way to exclude PayPal if they want the benefits that Direct Checkout affords them. However, there’s Read more
After eBay gave sellers little advance warning that it was booting PayPal rivals from its marketplace, one such company, ProPay, is reaching out to eBay sellers impacted by the decision. Scott Nelson, Vice President of Marketing at ProPay, said his company had taken Read more
A security researcher reported a vulnerability to eBay in June, according to the Kaspersky Labs news publication ThreatPost. The researcher, Aditya Sood, told ThreatPost eBay fixed the bug in August. “There was a cross-site scripting vulnerability in an eBay domain that Read more
eBay’s former Chief Financial Officer Bob Swan joined General Atlantic as an operating partner. He will work with the company’s investment team in the Internet and technology sector. The growth equity firm has among the clients in its portfolio tech Read more
Etsy made a stunning announcement on Tuesday – it is adding PayPal to its Direct Checkout payment option. At first glance, it might not seem like a big deal – the online marketplace already allows sellers to accept PayPal. However, Read more
