eBay acquired a used-clothing shop Twice that allowed people to send in their used clothing and accessories and have the company sell the items for them on a consignment basis. The founders told customers it was shutting down the site Read more
eBay told sellers on Monday that more changes are ahead, but only hinted at what’s to come. Sellers abhor changes and lived through a period of extreme “disruptive innovation” when John Donahoe took over as CEO in 2008 – it Read more
eBay’s new Promoted Listings advertising program for sellers has an easy-to-use interface, confusing pricing, and brings added exposure to listings, according to a seller who has been advertising his eBay listings through the program. Jason Opdyke began using eBay’s new Read more
Online retail giant Amazon heavily promoted July 15th as a day of specials for its Amazon Prime members. With ecommerce aspirations of its own, Walmart saw an opportunity to make a play for the non-Amazon Prime members of the online Read more
eBay’s new CEO Devin Wenig wants to make changes to fundamental areas of the marketplace. One such change that has begun rolling out involves eBay’s sacred cow, the feedback system, and EcommerceBytes is polling sellers to see what they think. Read more
There’s not only fan fiction, there’s fan merchandise as well, and Etsy is testing a way to allow its sellers to participate in an approved manner. Etsy Director of Business Development Morgan Blake said the marketplace has been developing the Read more
The inaugural Amazon Prime Day broke global records, with unit sales exceeding 2014’s Black Friday holiday-shopping day – and the company revealed it will hold the event again. In a press release boasting about its new shopping holiday that took Read more
eBay is selling its enterprise unit, and broke into its second quarter 2015 earnings call with analysts to announce it had found a buyer. Permira, an international private equity firm, and Sterling Partners, a growth-oriented private equity firm, announced that Read more
It’s going to get more expensive for casual sellers to list on eBay UK next month unless they have a 100% sell-through rate. eBay announced a change to its automatic-relist feature – it will impact private sellers on eBay UK Read more
Etsy revealed some data about buyer-seller disputes, intellectual property takedowns, and requests for member information. The marketplace said its first ever Transparency Report provides an in-depth look at how Etsy integrates its company values, responsibility to members, and legal obligations. Read more
