eBay used to encourage consumers to use professional sellers to get rid of their unwanted goods on its marketplace – remember eBay drop-off stores? Now eBay is pushing consumers to sell their items in new ways that don’t include consignment Read more
After divesting its shares of Craigslist last year, eBay decided to ramp up its classifieds mobile app called Close5. But its name is too similar to another mobile app, according to a lawsuit filed last month. The mobile app 5miles was started Read more
Many of Amazon’s earliest sellers felt left behind when it launched a new selling platform that offered some significant advantages over the old marketplace accounts. They could choose to sell on the new platform, but they would have to give Read more
Some sellers were in disbelief recently when they saw an eBay promotion show up in their selling account advertising they could list up to 600,000 listings and pay no insertion fees. One seller started a thread on the eBay boards Read more
A recent discussion by eBay of its forays into identity management may resonate with those who’ve followed the company closely over the past few years. If the current discussion of identity management seems vaguely familiar, it’s because eBay touted a major initiative Read more
Retailers are restricting the sale of gift cards, which could impact online sales; a live-auction marketplace is giving collectors a fixed-price alternative; and ShipStation has added inventory management features. Read today’s roundup of news impacting merchants. Gift Card Restrictions Could Read more
eBay is running a promotion in which eligible sellers can list up to 1,000 auction or fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees. The invitation-only offer comes during what for many sellers was a promotions dry-period. Sellers must first activate Read more
Etsy will begin collecting VAT on seller fees from European sellers later this year. VAT stands for Value Added Tax. Etsy is apparently required to collect the tax on seller fees but had chosen initially to pay sellers’ VAT itself. The Read more
The head of eBay Mobile and Wearables left the company this year and is now Chief Product Officer at Wrap Media. David Cheng had joined eBay’s Consumer Selling department in 2011 and headed its mobile unit for over 3 years. A Read more
In many fields, you no longer have to take a traditional path to success, as social networking sites and YouTube demonstrate. Now Etsy has a message for budding fashion designers: you can find success on its marketplace. Etsy created a Read more
