PayPal added more ways for users to add money to their accounts as part of changes announced on Monday to help serve the “unbanked” – those users who are financially underserved. PayPal is making the new features available in collaboration Read more
We’re not sure if Supreme Court Justices whip out their mobile phones at Best Buy to check online reviews when shopping for a new dishwasher, or if they browse in bookstores but purchase their books online. Whatever their shopping habits, Read more
A typical Etsy seller is a female entrepreneur working out of her home to supplement her household’s income. The marketplace said expecting her to calculate, collect, and remit sales taxes on every single sale in nearly 10,000 different tax jurisdictions Read more
The Supreme Court is giving South Dakota the chance to argue why merchants with no physical presence in the state should have to collect and remit sales tax on transactions made to South Dakotan residents. South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc, Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig saw a 10% hike in compensation in 2017 to $17.59 million. The year before, he saw a 9.87% increase from $14.5 million in 2015 to $15.9 million in 2016. For the first time, eBay released a Read more
One of our own favorite collectibles are books signed by multiple authors or more than one person associated, somehow, with the book. A good example of this (though not particularly collectible and no, please don’t offer us any, lol) is Read more
ShipStation published a free guide for US sellers on how to ship internationally and avoid some common pitfalls. For example, the guide lists product restrictions for each country, along with information about taxes, duties, and customs documentation for popular shipping Read more
It was a bit of a shock when eBay lost the head of its North American Marketplaces last summer, since Hal Lawton had only been at the company since 2015. eBay named Scott Cutler as Lawton’s replacement, but said Cutler Read more
Amazon unveiled a new fashion brand in the UK called Truth & Fable. The “occasionwear” pieces are featured on a store on the Amazon UK website. Amazon Fashion’s existing private brands include find., a street style inspired brand for men Read more
eBay uses delivery lockers in Korea, just one of the ways it acts more like Amazon there than in the US, though even here its eBay.com marketplace is transitioning to the Amazon model. We’ve previously noted how eBay Korea offers Read more
