eBay lost its head of advertising who is leaving to join LivingSocial as CEO. As General Manager of eBay Advertising, Gautam Thakar was working to transform eBay’s Shopping.com to a broader advertising business – on the path to become a Read more
A couple of years have passed since eBay acquired Svpply, a website where people could repost items listed on other retail sites and bring attention to them within the Svpply community. If someone liked the choices made by a particular poster Read more
About 90% of the physical products in Amazon’s catalog are listed by third-party sellers, according to Wall Street firm Baird Equity Research. However, the firm noted an increase in the portion of first-party inventory within most categories. “Overall, Amazon-as-seller SKUs Read more
In May, eBay announced it was reentering the live auction market with the help of Invaluable.com (formerly Artfact). This week, eBay announced a partnership with Sotheby’s, with spokesperson Ryan Moore telling EcommerceBytes Sotheby’s would be the anchor tenant on the Read more
eBay is giving sellers in the UK only one month’s notice of new higher fees for certain auction features and fixed-price listing upgrades. Sellers who set reserve prices, thereby protecting themselves if the bidding on their auction listing doesn’t reach Read more
Proxibid, known for providing a live-bidding platform for auction houses, also has a marketplace. Last fall, it began letting buyers leave feedback for sellers, and it recently began publicly displaying feedback. Proxibid spokesperson Dana Kaufman explained the reasoning behind its Read more
Amazon sellers noticed recently that used items were appearing in the Buy Box. While the “Used Buy Box,” as it’s called, has been live in Media categories since 2009, it’s a newer feature in some other categories. Amazon explains the Read more
eBay sellers who participate in its Global Shipping Program – knowingly or unknowingly – may find their packages going to Latin America and the Caribbean. eBay is adding six new countries to its Global Shipping Program (GSP). eBay launched the Read more
eBay kicked off a free-listing promotion for sellers that runs from July 11 – 17, 2014. For those sellers invited to participate, they may list up to 1,000 auctions a day and pay no insertion fees. The promotion includes auctions Read more
The FTC is suing Amazon, claiming it billed accountholders for millions of dollars in what it termed unauthorized in-app charges incurred by children. The agency claims that Amazon’s setup allowed children to spend unlimited amounts of money to pay for Read more
