PayPal launched a new solution for larger merchants called Fraud Protection Advanced and cited research showing organizations are losing an average of $4.5M a year due to fraudulent transactions. PayPal said Fraud Protection Advanced is built on insights from its Read more
eBay is enticing sellers in Australia to sign up for Managed Payments by offering them zero fees in a special promotion. Save on Selling Fees until 15 April 2021Register for Managed Payments between 1 April and 15 April 2021 and Read more
PayPal launched a new feature called “Checkout with Crypto” that allows PayPal customers in the US to pay with cryptocurrency at checkout. According to Tuesday’s announcement: “Building on the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal, customers using Read more
eBay extended Managed Payments to sellers in three additional countries as of Wednesday, the company announced, part of an ambitious goal to require all sellers to register for Managed Payments by the end of the year. eBay has a long Read more
eBay seller Don Heiden, aka the Auction Professor, discusses his experiences with eBay Managed Payments. I have been an eBay seller for most of my life. Over the years, most every aspect of the platform has changed or morphed into Read more
eBay announced it’s expanding the rollout of Managed Payments in parts of Europe by the end of the first quarter. The company is currently rolling out its own payments management to sellers in the US, Germany, UK, Australia and Canada. Read more
PayPal experienced technical issues 2 days before Christmas. Reports began coming in to Down Detector after 10 am Eastern on December 23rd. The Independent reported that people complained of not being able to log in or being unable to send Read more
A reader told EcommerceBytes eBay is coaxing him into signing up for Managed Payments by offering him a $15 coupon. But, he wondered, “If managed payments is going to be mandatory, why is eBay offering me $15 to sign up?” Read more
eBay announced a new way sellers can verify their bank account when registering for Managed Payments – through microdeposits. Some eBay sellers have reported difficulties verifying their bank account when required to register for Managed Payments (or after already enrolled, Read more
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman called PayPal’s third quarter one of the strongest in its history, and he summed up what’s ahead for the payments company in a post on LinkedIn when he wrote: “Going forward, we are investing to create Read more
