eBay pulled back on plans to expand its presence in Bellevue, Washington in the Seattle area and is instead shrinking it, according to Business Journal. eBay’s Seattle team has taken credit for pitching and launching a number of tools for Read more
Dan Tarman left eBay days before Christmas, and after the Holmes Report reported his replacement last week, eBay made the news official: it’s hiring Steve Wymer to replace him. That leaves a 6-week gap in the role of Senior Vice Read more
Invaluable said it sold half a million lots on its global marketplace in 2018, which is up 20% over the previous year and is up 130% over 5 years. The number of buyers grew by 18% year-over-year. The platform for Read more
Amazon is tempting merchants to sign up for its Amazon Pay payments solution by dangling an Amazon Echo device before their eyes. An email described the new promotion as follows: “For a limited-time, new Amazon Pay merchants who register for Read more
eBay announced in October it would begin collecting sales tax in 4 states in 2019 due to new laws that extend the tax collection obligation to marketplaces (known as Marketplace Facilitator laws). Note that online marketplace Etsy had already begun Read more
Proxibid acquired cloud-based auction-management software firm Wavebid. Proxibid has been working with Wavebid since the latter’s founding in 2011 and will strengthen their partnership by bringing the Wavebid team and product suite into the Proxibid platform. In an email notifying Read more
In a New Year’s Day podcast, two top eBay executives opened up about some of the problems sellers faced on its marketplace in 2018, including technology glitches, fraudulent returns, and an untenable pricing policy that it backed down from after Read more
Many Amazon shoppers don’t even notice advertisements when shopping the marketplace, according to a study by Teikametrics. The company believes it’s due to the fact that Amazon is a store first, compared to other sites where ads are displayed. The Read more
eBay revamped its Gifts that Give Back program (GTGB) that helps charities raise funds by utilizing “symbolic” gift listings. eBay described in a blog post on Friday how one of its employees was able to scale the program, which now Read more
eBay is running a sitewide flash sale today, December 28, where shoppers can save 15% off. It’s also running a post-Christmas sale on eBay Deals (a subset of the marketplace). Shoppers can use the coupon code POPUPSAVINGS by 6 pm Read more
