Students have a lot of purchases to make over the course of their academic career – and over the course of their lives. Amazon is working to build loyalty among these prospective customers through a program called Amazon Student, and on Read more
Five months after acknowledging the importance of transparency in its feedback system, eBay has made another change that actually reduces it by removing the date and time stamp on users’ feedback pages. The change suddenly appeared on users’ feedback pages Read more
When eBay announced in May that it had become the latest high-profile company to suffer a large-scale data breach, several top state law enforcement officials were quick to issue statements expressing concern and pledging to conduct investigations. In the ensuing weeks, numerous Read more
Did you know eBay hosts storefronts for some of the top electronics brands and retailers, from Sony to Microsoft? Many shoppers may not realize it either, so eBay called on its affiliate marketers to help get the word out about Read more
Want to impact how millions of users shop on Android devices? Do you enjoy interesting and challenging projects? eBay wants to talk to you. That’s the opening hook in a job posting for an “Android Sr. Software Engineer” at eBay’s Read more
After an eBay outage in Europe in mid-August, the company said it would take some actions to support sellers who had been negatively impacted. An eBay UK seller recently received the following email with details: We’re protecting your business on Read more
eBay is holding another free-listing promotion and it appears to be open to all sellers, though no one has been discussing it on the eBay boards as of Monday evening. There’s no mention of the word “invitation” in either the Read more
How fun for an entrepreneur to utter the words, “Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by (fill in the blank).” On Monday, it was Emmett Shear’s turn, announcing on Twitch.tv’s blog that he had sold the business to Read more
The Bonanza marketplace may have launched as an alternative to eBay, but it has never offered auction format listings. But in a recent blog post, it left the door open to that possibility. Mark Dorsey took to the Bonanza blog Read more
eBay is making a major change to the way buyers return items to sellers, and the overwhelming majority of sellers surveyed disagree with the policy. When asked, “Do you think eBay should institute the managed returns policy for all sellers,” Read more
