eBay notified sellers in the UK that it was adding 16 additional countries to its Global Shipping Program (GSP), bringing the total number of countries to over 100. When an item is sold through the GSP program, the seller sends Read more
eBay filled the position of Chief Product Officer after a 1-year vacancy following the departure of RJ Pittman in July 2018. eBay also found a replacement for Chief Technology Officer Steve Fisher who abruptly stepped down in May to focus Read more
Etsy is acquiring music-gear marketplace Reverb for $275 million in cash. In announcing the news, Reverb founder and CEO David Kalt said Reverb would remain a standalone business, but with the added support of Etsy. “Your ability to buy, sell, Read more
One of the biggest problems with mobile and online classifieds is the flaky buyer who doesn’t show up after agreeing to make a purchase, as we hear year after year in the Sellers Choice ratings. OfferUp thinks it has a Read more
Amazon thinks a lot about product packaging and is celebrating the 11th anniversary of its Frustration-Free Packaging program. But it’s about more than making it easier for customers to open their items and avoid “wrap rage.” The program helps defend Read more
An eBay moderator confirmed the company has been enrolling sellers into its “Cross Border Listing Program” that is powered by third-party vendor WebInterpret. It is an ongoing program that is presented to some sellers as an opt-in promotion and to Read more
eBay is making sellers’ listings (what it calls “eBay’s global inventory”) available on Indian marketplace Paytm Mall, making items accessible to tens of millions of Paytm Mall active customers. As part of the agreement, eBay is taking a 5.5% stake Read more
Amazon informed sellers on Wednesday it is making changes to the Business Solutions Agreement. A summary of the changes is available for sellers to review here, and Amazon made available a “redlined” version of the agreement so sellers could read Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig said there was no material change resulting from Google algorithm updates in the May – June timeframe. He was responding to Wall Street analyst Mark May of Citi who asked about data that indicated eBay’s traffic Read more
Sales on eBay Marketplace, referred to as Gross Merchandise Volume (GMV), were $21.5 billion in the second quarter, down 5% on an as-reported basis and down 1% on a FX-Neutral basis. Marketplace revenue was $2.2 billion, which was 1% growth Read more
