eBay grew its second-quarter Gross Merchandise Volume by 5%, excluding the impact from changes in foreign exchange rates, and grew revenue by 7%. In the second quarter, eBay added two million active buyers across its platforms, for a total of Read more
Walmart is opening a new fulfillment center in Florida dedicated to fulfilling online orders, enabling faster shipping directly to customers or to stores for free pickup. The 2.2 million square-foot warehouse will house millions of items and is part of Read more
eBay has been cracking down on buyer-seller communications through its messaging system, which, as we wrote in June, has the potential to hamper sales. Now it appears the other shoe has dropped. A reader wrote today to let us know about Read more
eBay offers buyers the ability to leave product reviews, and recently it showed off a key feature – user generated images. In a post on the eBay corporate blog, Lead Product Manager Andy Chan said images bring product reviews to Read more
Amazon has changed the way we look at summer shopping thanks to Prime Day, held on July 11th this year. While relying heavily on third-party merchants to offer Prime Day deals, Amazon itself was the biggest beneficiary. Wall Street analyst Read more
eBay Vice President of Seller Experience Bob Kupbens published a post on Tuesday in which he addressed some of the changes eBay has been making without having made any announcements (though he couched his message as bringing positive news to Read more
eBay is making it easier for sellers with a Shopify-powered store to list on its marketplace. Merchants will soon be able to list and sell their products on eBay directly from their Shopify account, eBay announced on Thursday. The integration Read more
Amazon Prime Day 2017 grew by more than 60 percent over last year, Amazon proclaimed, and said sales growth by small businesses and entrepreneurs was higher than that. Amazon benefited greatly from the event by selling its own devices, including the Read more
Etsy is allowing sellers to use five additional photos in their listings, it announced today. In addition, Etsy is allowing for larger file sizes – the maximum size is going from 1500 pixels to 3000 pixels. The marketplace said the Read more
The head of Seller Experience at eBay posted a message to sellers to provide an update about its plans to bring more buyers to the site. In his blog post, Bob Kupbens also addressed some of the changes eBay is Read more
