eBay is ambivalent about auctions, usually choosing to highlight commodity goods and daily deals with immediate availability. But today, it’s choosing to highlight the slower auction format with a press release, “Three of the Rarest Wonder Woman Comic Books of Read more
Look for more ads from rival sellers appearing in your Etsy listings. Etsy has been running tests by showing “recommended items” from other sellers on listing pages when visitors come from Google and other external sites. Etsy announced this week Read more
eBay will merge Markdown Manager into Promotions Manager this fall. The tools help sellers run promotions to attract shoppers’ attention. eBay said it was making the change in order to add improved inventory selection, better reporting, and integrated merchandising. Markdown Read more
Amazon will open another fulfillment center in the UK. The new Bristol FC will open next year and will be equipped with advanced Amazon Robotics technology. Amazon previously announced it would open UK fulfillment centers in Dunstable, Doncaster, Tilbury and Read more
Etsy advised sellers on how to take advantage of its first Labor Day sale coming up at the end of the month. Shoppers will be able to search and filter items on a special Labor Day Sale landing page that Read more
Amazon launched a new service that lets Prime customers order a selection of “daily essentials” and pick them up at one of five locations in minutes. Items available with Instant Pickup include snacks, drinks and electronics, as well as some Read more
Retail chainstore Target is acquiring Grand Junction, whose founder and CEO Rob Howard designed and implemented same-day and local delivery programs for Home Depot, Amazon, IKEA, Office Depot, Best Buy, Amerisource Bergen, McKesson, eBay and others. Target said the local-delivery Read more
eBay expanded its Promoted Listing ads on Monday, making it available to single-quantity listings in all categories except Motors fitment listings. The program continues to exclude auction format listings, but otherwise, sellers of unique items will now be able to Read more
In May, more than 18 million new items posted for sale on Facebook Marketplace in the US, and the company is continuing to expand geographically what is in effect an online classifieds feature on the social networking site. Facebook Marketplace Read more
eBay is hosting a webinar this week to encourage sellers to open an eBay Store. The pitch: helping sellers build a better brand and get more buyers, in addition to saving money. Forum announcement follows: What’s in a Store? Unlock Read more
