Ecommerce Industry News
PayPal found that struggling small businesses would welcome government grants to help them but they also lacked confidence in the government being able to deliver that support. PayPal reported that finding last week when it […]
LiveAuctioneers said 120,000 new bidders signed up to its live-auction platform each month on average in 2020, helping it facilitate the sale of 1.2 million items. LiveAuctioneers Senior Director of Marketing Suzie Ryu said auctions […]
Mercari is running its first Super Bowl ad on February 7th, it announced Monday. The news comes the same day it was reported that Budweiser would not be running a Big Game ad this year […]
Etsy added new categories under Face Mask Accessories; Shelving; and Drink Flight barware, which was part of an update to categories and product attributes it launched this month. The marketplace explained that shoppers use categories […]
eBay executive Scott Kelliher gave a talk at Retail Innovation Week 2021 (virtually, of course) to offer advice to companies on how to advertise on the eBay platform. The head of US Brand Advertising & […]
Amazon launched new product types and attributes this month. Sellers can update their listings in bulk, but Amazon noted the changes would not affect sellers’ existing selection. The announcement follows: Notification on new product types […]
eBay warned US sellers that shipments to Canada are experiencing extended delays due to unprecedented volume for Canada Post and for carriers shipping to Canada. “The increased number of shipments combined with the recent restrictions […]
eBay’s head of Human Resources is departing the company. eBay’s awkwardly worded filing with the SEC said that on January 19th, Kristin Yetto “agreed to step down from her role.” The next day, eBay publicly […]
Etsy’s board of directors is giving its CEO Josh Silverman a $9 million equity award to retain and motivate him over the next four years. According to Etsy’s filing with the SEC, the board of […]
After selling its Stubhub ticket marketplace and online classifieds business, eBay appears to be ready to jettison yet another division: eBay Korea. There had been reports since the spring that eBay was looking for a […]