You can now expand your audience on OfferUp to national shoppers – the mobile classifieds app is adding shipping capability. While Craigslist is local-only and Mercari is shipping-only, OfferUp now offers both options. You can meet a buyer locally and Read more
Amazon will create 2,000 jobs in Boston in the fields of machine learning, speech science, cloud computing, and robotics engineering as it gets ready to expand its Tech Hub in the city, one of over a dozen such hubs nationwide. Read more
Etsy added a new feature to its store-hosting service called Pattern: it now allows sellers to display their Etsy reviews on their Pattern-hosted stores, though sellers reported problems utilizing the new feature. Pattern launched with limited features – Pattern stores Read more
Amazon called its advertising business a bright spot from both a product standpoint and also financially. Amazon Chief Financial Officer Brian Olsavsky made the remark when talking to analysts after reporting the company’s first-quarter performance on Thursday. Olsavsky called advertising Read more
eBay is now accepting applications for the third annual SHINE Small Business Awards. This year, eBay has a “Click-and-Mortar Business Owner” category (“A small business owner who sells both on eBay and from a physical retail location”). eBay is accepting Read more
eBay said 18% of all sellers surveyed said they owned or managed a physical storefront. The survey was conducted as part of a program called eBay Expressions that helps influence eBay design and functionality. eBay also found over half (53%) Read more
UPDATE 5:30 pm: Amazon raises cost of Prime membership in US from $99 to $119. Amazon.com Inc. grew net sales 43% to $51 billion in the first quarter of 2018 compared with $35.7 billion in first quarter 2017. The numbers reflect Read more
eBay is running another sitewide sale today, but only until 1 pm PT (4 pm East Coast). Up until last month these types of flash sales had been rare, since unlike its Daily Deals, eBay has to subsidize them. Today’s Read more
Modern society feels pressed for time, as people look for the fastest and most efficient ways to accomplish their tasks. Where two-day shipping for online orders once seemed fast, same-day delivery appeals to consumers too. When it comes to buying, Read more
eBay grew Gross Merchandise Volume (the value of goods sold on its Marketplaces) by 13% in the first three months of 2018, or by 7% on an FX neutral basis (foreign exchange). That was the same FX-neutral growth rate as Read more
