Six high-end auction houses have banded together to launch a live-bidding platform called Bidsquare. The move comes just 3 months after eBay announced it was launching a live-auction platform in partnership with Sotheby’s and with live-auction platform Invaluable (formerly Artfact), Read more
A relieved eBay announced a mid-August 2014 interruption of service has come to an end and all has returned to normal. Though the culprit appears to be related to changes to internet routing tables made by telecom firm Verizon, some Read more
EcommerceBytes is surveying eBay sellers to see if they plan to keep their return policies the same once eBay’s new Managed Returns policy takes effect for all sellers by next year’s holiday shopping season. Sellers who wish to offer their Read more
Amazon will open a fifth California fulfillment center, it announced on Thursday. It will use the new center to ship large items such as big-screen televisions and kayaks. The new 700,000 square-foot fulfillment center will be located in Redlands, California. Read more
eBay is running a free listing promotion that kicked off on August 14th and runs through August 20th. However, it’s an invitation-only promotion and is not transferrable. Invited sellers can create up to 9,999 auction listings (and auctions with Buy Read more
Amazon launched a new card reader called Amazon Local Register, similar to Square, PayPal Here, and several other such “point of sale” payment-processing services. But what is sure to grab the attention of retailers is its fees: for the next 16 Read more
eBay is updating its User Agreement and Money Back Guarantee (formerly known as Buyer Protection Policy), and it’s updating and renaming its Privacy Policy. It announced the changes on August 12th on the eBay Announcement Board. Many of the changes dovetail Read more
Etsy launched another test of its search function on Tuesday, August 12th. In this latest test, which Etsy calls “experiments,” it will be testing new categories in Browse. It will also be making it easier to move from browse to Read more
eBay UK suffered an outage on Tuesday, and some U.S. users also had problems accessing eBay.com. eBay UK posted on its announcement board at 10:16AM BST, “Due to a technical issue, some eBay customers may notice a problem with key Read more
eBay is fielding questions about its Fall Seller Release, announced on Tuesday, and it will broadcast a live Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday afternoon. eBay announced the Fall Seller Release on the eBay announcement board where there are links to more information, including Read more
