eBay will shorten the claims window for items sold “as is” from 30 days to 3 days, and it will institute much stricter verification of auction bidders and buyers of high-value items. Those are just two of the new seller-protection Read more
Manish Chandra cofounded fashion resale marketplace Poshmark in 2011, took it public, and sold it to Naver in 2023. Chandra is now transitioning from his role as Poshmark CEO into a “strategic role” on the company’s Board of Directors. In Read more
Facebook parent Meta is giving brands more power to report the misuse of their brand on Facebook and Instagram. Brands will be able to more easily report violations, even when the ads or content do not violate the brands’ intellectual Read more
eBay added a “Boost” icon on listings that can be seen only by sellers. Some sellers feared clicking on the icon, not knowing what would happen, but those brave enough to click said they saw a popup box encouraging them Read more
Amazon continues its project to reclassify products in the Amazon Handmade marketplace to “standard” product types, which it says will improve customer discoverability of Handmade products in the Amazon stores and is expected to be completed by the end of Read more
eBay promoted its head of Global Payments and Financial Services Avritti Mittal to oversee additional organizations, including Advertising, Shipping, B2C/Stores, and Monetization. The news came from a LinkedIn post by Mittal announcing her new role as Global Head of Product Read more
eBay began incorrectly charging sellers insertion fees this month simply for revising an existing listing, something that should not incur costs. A seller posted the issue on August 1st, and an eBay moderator confirmed it was a technical issue. The Read more
Walmart Marketplace is offering sellers some incentives ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, including waiving Fulfillment peak-storage fees from October through the end of December (note that’s peak storage fees, not all storage fees). Walmart is also enticing sellers Read more
BigCommerce’s parent company is changing its name from BigCommerce Holdings, Inc. to Commerce.com, Inc., but the BigCommerce brand will remain in place for its ecommerce platform. According to the company, the move reflects a major shift in how ecommerce platforms Read more
eBay launched “Secure Purchase” for vehicle transactions, a $25 service powered by its new subsidiary, Caramel Dealer Services LLC, a licensed used vehicle dealer. “From click to curb, everything’s covered,” according to eBay’s press release on Friday. Secure Purchase manages Read more
