eBay is running a sweepstakes through the month of October called the Level Up Challenge. “Now when you buy, list, and sell items on eBay, you could win big prizes – like an iPad Air tablet, Beats Headphones, an Xbox Read more
eBay is running a free-listing promotion for private (casual) sellers in the UK, however, you must receive an invitation in order to participate. In the meantime, U.S. sellers have through the end of Tuesday to participate in an auction-only promotion Read more
Thanks to a new security vulnerability widely publicized last week, eBay announced it would restrict access to its site through older versions of web browsers. That could cause problems for some shoppers and sellers. That’s particularly unwelcome news following the Read more
It may have seemed like a joke when eBay CEO John Donahoe told BusinessWeek that excess capacity in newspaper trucks could make same-day delivery economical. But one major rival is taking the concept seriously. Amazon is using the same logistics network that Read more
Many gift-givers turn to Amazon.com to help them with their shopping, and it will take an extra 80,000 workers to satisfy the increased holiday demand. Amazon announced this week it would hire that many seasonal workers to staff its U.S. Read more
One year after making a radical change to its policy around what constitutes “handmade” on craft-and-vintage goods website Etsy, its CEO discussed the changes on the Etsy blog. In October 2013, Etsy broadened its Handmade category to include sellers who used employees Read more
eBay has added eight new countries to the Global Shipping Program on eBay.co.uk. Beginning next month, the GSP program will allow shoppers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, Brazil, and Russia to shop from UK sellers using Read more
PayPal warned merchants that its fix for a new security vulnerability may cause problems for shoppers trying to Pay for items on their websites. PayPal’s Chief Technology Officer James Barrese took to the company’s blog to address a new vulnerability Read more
eBay’s chief executive told Wall Street analysts on Wednesday that third-quarter growth of its Marketplaces business was not what he wanted, and not what he expected. eBay Marketplaces GMV (gross merchandise volume) grew only 7% in the third quarter compared Read more
Reports from eBay sellers that they were no longer able to automatically extend their listings three times at no additional charge came flooding in to EcommerceBytes, as we reported on the EcommerceBytes Blog over the holiday weekend. Now comes an announcement from eBay’s UK Read more
