eBay is tweaking its Board of Directors in advance of its pending breakup, of which it said it was making “solid progress.” It also announced the date of its annual shareholder meeting. GoPro President and former CEO of Skype Tony Read more
The motivation behind the eBay Global Shipping Program is to make it easier and more transparent to buy and sell across country borders, but in some cases, the program impedes trade. Case in point, a reader said he went to Read more
eBay UK is running a 3-day seller promotion, but only private (casual) sellers can participate. Invited sellers can list up to 100 listings in an eligible category using auction or fixed-price format and pay no insertion fees. Sellers must be Read more
eBay executive Chris Payne, who left the ecommerce site in December “to pursue a new business venture” has joined Tinder as CEO. Tinder is a mobile dating app that uses location-based data to connect users, and Payne joins as the Read more
ARLINGTON, Va. – The dramatic spike in online retail sales has provided a welcome bright spot for the U.S. Postal Service, which has been buffeted in recent years by declining mail volumes and hefty costs associated with its workforce due Read more
Now that Etsy has revamped its listing infrastructure, it’s able to offer new functionality, and one that sellers appear to be welcoming is auto-renew. “You’ve told us that manually renewing listings after the four-month listing period ends is time consuming. Read more
Amazon.com expanded its Prime Now same-day delivery service to Baltimore and Miami. The service is free for 2-hour delivery and costs $7.99 for one-hour delivery. Amazons spokesperson Kelly Cheeseman told the Miami Herald many of the items available through the Prime Now Read more
The FAA will allow Amazon to test its drones, the agency revealed on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration issued an “experimental airworthiness certificate” to an Amazon Logistics, Inc. unmanned aircraft (UAS) design that the company will use for research and Read more
Etsy is pulling a popular listing-management tool from its API program. In a surprise email to users on Thursday, the marketplace told sellers the third-party applications BETSI and BETSI lite will no longer have access to the Etsy Application Programming Read more
eBay issued a notice to sellers in the UK, informing them of the Royal Mail rate changes for 2015. “We want to explain how this affects you,” eBay UK stated. Announced at the end of February, the changes take effect Read more
