Update 7/6/18: eBay has confirmed Pittman’s departure. A spokesperson provided the following response to our inquiry: “RJ Pittman has decided to leave eBay. RJ has made significant contributions and has been a strong advocate for eBay since joining us in Read more
eBay is running a sitewide flash sale in Australia, but it includes listings on eBay’s US and UK websites as well. (To be clear, the sale only applies to eBay users in Australia when purchasing items from those three country Read more
eBay will hold a “Deals” event that coincides with Amazon Prime Day, it announced hours after Amazon released the date of this year’s July shopping event. But whether eBay “Prime Day” deals help *regular* sellers is difficult to say. The Read more
Amazon is heavily promoting its own brands in its Prime Day marketing campaign, and it serves as a reminder of how many different brands it offers across a range of product categories. In a follow-up to its Prime Day announcement Read more
eBay apologized on July 3, 2018, for technical issues plaguing its site in recent weeks, though it made no offer to compensate sellers (eBay changed its outage policy in 2014). eBay executive Bob Kupbens had characterized the technical issues as Read more
PayPal completed its deal with Synchrony it had announced last November, selling Synchrony its consumer credit receivables. PayPal said the deal with Synchrony will help it enrich and expand its consumer credit offerings. When the deal was announced last fall, Read more
Amazon promises to deliver an epic Prime Day 2018 online and through its app, with the key word being *deliver.* Amazon Prime Day will kick off on the afternoon of July 16 and will run through July 17th, and Amazon Read more
New Hampshire, which has no sales tax, is working to protect small businesses in its state from what its Governor called “improper attempts by other states to force our businesses to collect sales and use taxes.” A press release issued Read more
eBay executive Bob Kupbens answered 7 prescreened questions during a video presentation on Wednesday. Sellers were asked to submit their questions 2 weeks prior to the broadcast. The section where sellers had submitted the questions is no longer accessible (the Read more
Canadian based inventory-management service Kyozou has integrated with 3Dsellers so their customers can access its listing templates, which include features that allow sellers to cross-promote directly within their listings. Kyozou also announced users can get a discount on 3Dsellers’ Pro Read more
