Nearly 100,000 members of eBay’s Main Street program from all over the country reached out to their elected officials in 2022 to lobby on issues related to ecommerce, according to the company. eBay sent a letter to members of the Read more
eBay’s Government Relations team invited sellers to its San Jose headquarters this week to meet with eBay CEO Jamie Iannone and other executives to talk about issues important to sellers. The sellers are part of eBay Main Street’s Small Business Read more
eBay has been trying to change the rules around IRS Form 1099-K, which changed for tax-year 2022. This week it turned to YouTube to explain the issue through the account belonging to eBay Main Street, an initiative to keep eBay Read more
eBay congratulated members of its Main Street program for their efforts to defeat the Shop Safe Act, which eBay said would have pitted sellers against the largest brands in the world by making them “guilty until proven innocent.” In an Read more
eBay is rallying the troops to try and change 1099-K tax reporting rules, issuing a message to its community of sellers this week. eBay used an example of someone selling a personal item on its marketplace to bolster its argument: Read more
eBay CEO Jamie Iannone traveled to Washington DC to advocate for eBay sellers, he announced on Tuesday. While there, he met with Utah Senator Mitt Romney. Iannone noted that eBay employs workers at its Draper, Utah location, as well as Read more
eBay conducted a survey to ask sellers about their concerns over privacy and safety and asking them to share stories about any negative experiences they endured where they felt their privacy or safety was compromised with communication off of the Read more
eBay is asking sellers to contact members of Congress to ask them to consider aid to small sellers as they work on a relief package to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Online marketplace Etsy also asked its sellers to do Read more
eBay showed off various programs to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar during his recent visit to the company’s Dublin office. It used the opportunity to highlight its impact on Ireland’s economy. eBay employs over 150 work-from-home staff in its eBay@Home Read more
eBay relies heavily on cross-border trade, and last week, it issued a warning about a possible change in government policy that could make it more expensive for US buyers to import goods from abroad. The de minimis threshold is the Read more
