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On January 31, 2018, eBay announced its plans to take over payments and explained: “Most sellers can expect their costs of payments processing to be reduced after they transition to eBay’s intermediated payments model, and […]
The eBay Spring Seller Update for 2019 is officially here. Some of the most noteworthy updates include changes to seller protection policies, Managed Payments, and the GTC Mandate billing process. And buried in the announcement: […]
eBay announced it will expand Managed Payments to Germany. According to the terms of its operating agreement with PayPal following the 2015 separation, eBay is allowed to expand its own payments processing to a second […]
Announced in March, eBay’s Managed Payments integration with Google Pay is completed. That means buyers can now pay for purchases from US-based sellers who are opted in to eBay’s own payment processing system. Google Pay […]
eBay is adding Google Pay to Managed Payments, which is currently optional for sellers as the marketplace transitions away from PayPal powering its payment processing. eBay already offers Apple Pay for mobile payments through Managed […]
The next phase of eBay’s Managed Payments rollout will impact larger merchants. As we reported in November, eBay is turning off Integrated Merchant Credit Card Accounts (IMCC) in two phases beginning March 1, 2019 – […]
eBay is holding a flash sale on toys. Shoppers can use the coupon code PLAYDAY to receive 10% off – toys only. The sale kicked off today at 6 am PT and runs the rest […]
PayPal implied eBay’s launch of managed payments is flawed because it doesn’t include PayPal as a payment option in its initial incarnation. It was no coincidence that two days before its quarterly earnings, PayPal released […]
eBay launched a calculator to help sellers determine how much they could save using managed payments. While eBay chooses to focus on cost savings – which can be significant – sellers must also weigh other […]
eBay published an interview with eBay seller Danny Hone of HoneVille about his experience using its new managed payments (MP). eBay has received some pushback from sellers about the lack of critical features in its […]