eBay added new tools for collectors to track their portfolios, although they are only available in one category: Trading Cards. A critical component to the new feature: pricing data. eBay said the new tools will allow collectors to view, manage, Read more
Google announced it will crack down on repeat offenders of its Ad policies beginning in September. It will ramp up a “strike-based system” and will begin enforcement in the following policies: Enabling dishonest behavior, Unapproved substances, Guns, gun parts and Read more
Google launched a number of new features to help shoppers find deals through Google Shopping. One allows merchants to upload promos and deals in the Merchant Center at no charge. Here’s how Google described it: Making it free for merchants Read more
The following is a press release published by the Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts: A former supervisor of security operations for eBay was sentenced today for his role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Read more
New research finds that the pandemic did not change specific shopping behaviors for Amazon customers, whether they were Prime members or not. Less surprising, perhaps, was the finding that more customers signed up to become Prime members during the pandemic. Read more
Amazon advised sellers to use seals on products in its Consumables product group, but sellers said the real problem stems from warehouse workers. In a recent post, Amazon said that an analysis of complaints found that buyers perceived products as Read more
Current eBay board member Bob Swan has joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a Growth Operating Partner. Swan served as Chief Financial Officer of eBay for nine years. Swan left eBay after the company was unsuccessful in fending off Read more
eBay said a new generation of “pandemic startups” emerged in the last year as it experienced a 237% increase in small shops setting up on its UK marketplace, attempting to reach its 29 million shoppers in that country. The new Read more
Amazon notified sellers of a “new feature” called 1-Day Default Handling time: “Now, with 1-click you can set your Default Handling time to 1 day! Customers will see shorter delivery promises and will be more likely to buy your products.” Read more
PayPal is ending its Funds Now program, launched in 2018, which allowed sellers to access money from their completed sales within seconds, even during a dispute – at no extra cost to them. In a letter PayPal sent to an Read more
