After an eBay outage in Europe in mid-August, the company said it would take some actions to support sellers who had been negatively impacted. An eBay UK seller recently received the following email with details: We’re protecting your business on Read more
eBay is holding another free-listing promotion and it appears to be open to all sellers, though no one has been discussing it on the eBay boards as of Monday evening. There’s no mention of the word “invitation” in either the Read more
It sounds like a joke along the lines of, where can I find the bathroom scale? (the bathroom, of course). But the U.S. Postal Service isn’t joking when it asks “How much does a 1-pound box weigh?” in a new Read more
How fun for an entrepreneur to utter the words, “Today, I’m pleased to announce we’ve been acquired by (fill in the blank).” On Monday, it was Emmett Shear’s turn, announcing on Twitch.tv’s blog that he had sold the business to Read more
New data from comScore shows mobile shopping is helping boost total ecommerce spending numbers, despite the fact that mobile commerce as a percentage of total digital commerce is only about 11%. Referencing the second-quarter 2014 period, the research firm said, Read more
The Bonanza marketplace may have launched as an alternative to eBay, but it has never offered auction format listings. But in a recent blog post, it left the door open to that possibility. Mark Dorsey took to the Bonanza blog Read more
eBay is making a major change to the way buyers return items to sellers, and the overwhelming majority of sellers surveyed disagree with the policy. When asked, “Do you think eBay should institute the managed returns policy for all sellers,” Read more
An eBay seller filed a class action lawsuit against eBay and PayPal for, among other things, Breach of Contract and Unfair Business Practices, alleging that eBay has created a “buyer always wins” policy to the detriment of sellers, and touching Read more
A rumor surfaced on Thursday that eBay might be considering plans to spinoff PayPal as early as next year. The report comes months after eBay had quieted Carl Icahn, who had been pressuring the eBay board to spin off the payments service. Read more
After a rumor surfaced that Alibaba’s new U.S. marketplace 11 Main might be considering dropping PayPal as a payment method, we checked in with company spokesperson Abbygail Reyes. Her response to our inquiry: “11 Main enables consumers to use credit cards directly Read more
