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 announced that Cornelius Boone will Read more
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 directors and the compensation committee Read more
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 buyer for its Korean marketplace, Read more
Etsy is updating its seller policies, which will go into effect on February 23, 2021. We posted information about the new payment holds (which Etsy calls “reserves”) on the AuctionBytes Blog, “Etsy to Hold More Funds due to Increase in Read more
Listing items for sale on eBay can feel different depending on whether you’re using a mobile device or a desktop computer. eBay set out to change that, and today it announced the new “Unified Listing Experience” and made it available Read more
As the European Union works on regulations that will impact online platforms and digital services, the head of eBay met with EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton. eBay CEO Jamie Iannone met the Commissioner virtually last week, and posted Read more
eBay will expand its Managed Payments mandate to sellers in China in April, the company announced on Monday. For context, eBay said it managed payments for over 20% of “on-platform” volume during the third quarter, with over 340,000 active sellers Read more
The USPS kept the mail moving during the early stages of the pandemic. That’s the finding of the Office of Inspector General (OIG), which announced the findings of an audit on Monday. The OIG said that in late winter of Read more
Amazon is opening a new fulfillment center in Italy, as well as a new sortation center. Both will be operational by the fall in time for the holiday shopping season. “Amazon is further increasing the size of its Italian logistic Read more
Canada Post broke a record for the number of parcels delivered in a single day last month, thanks in part to small- and medium-sized sellers fulfilling online orders. On Monday December 21, 2020, it delivered a record 2.4 million parcels. Read more
