eBay Partners with Airtasker in Australia

eBay partnered with Airtasker in Australia, encouraging sellers to hire gig workers from the marketplace to help them list their items on the eBay marketplace. “With Airtasker, you can find Airtasker Workers that are skilled at using eBay to help sell your unwanted items – taking away the hassles and making the most of your time,” the companies wrote.

Announcement follows:

We’ve partnered with Airtasker to help our community sell their items. Whether you need help selling your items or you wish to help others sell, it’s the perfect opportunity for you to earn some extra cash.

If you want to help sell: Create your Airtasker profile to browse tasks available
If you need help selling: Post your task on Airtasker

SOURCE: eBay Australia Announcement

Note: you can find FAQs about Airtasker on this page, where it explains that workers pay a 15% service fee.

Ina Steiner

Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.