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Tag: eBay outage

eBay App Stops Working Tuesday Afternoon, Frustrating Buyers and Sellers

October 24, 2023October 24, 2023 Ina Steiner
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If you didn’t generate as many sales on eBay as you were expecting on Tuesday, it could have been due to the fact that buyers and sellers were unable to complete tasks on the eBay app on Tuesday afternoon. eBay Read more

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eBay Sweeps Outage Under the Rug

August 31, 2016July 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay refuses to acknowledge major technical issues that plague its site including an outage that lasted hours on Monday and a days-long problem impacting search results. In the early days of the site, eBay would post such issues on an Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay glitch, eBay outage

eBay Outage Monday Follows Weekend Search Failure

August 30, 2016July 20, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay experienced a widespread outage on Monday – many buyers and sellers were unable to access eBay as technical issues continued to plague the site. Those who were able to access eBay reported problems with various functions – many sellers Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay, eBay glitch, eBay outage

Sellers Deal with Third eBay Outage in a Month

November 26, 2015August 2, 2017 Ina Steiner

Sellers were unable to complete basic selling tasks on eBay on Wednesday morning as the site experienced the third outage in the past month. Things ground to a halt in the early morning hours the day before Thanksgiving – with Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay outage

eBay Experiences Global Outage Saturday Morning

November 16, 2015August 3, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay experienced a network connectivity issue in one of its data centers for over 8 hours beginning early Saturday morning that made the site unusable. The company said it would automatically credit fees for listings that were scheduled to end Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay outage

eBay Backend Unravels Making Site Unusable for Sellers

November 4, 2015August 3, 2017 Ina Steiner

Users are reporting massive problems with eBay’s website, particularly sellers. While not a hard outage, various features needed by sellers to complete tasks are unusable. EcommerceBytes noticed a rash of problems being reported on Monday, with matters only getting worse Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay outage

Thursday’s eBay and PayPal Outages Prove Costly to Sellers

November 2, 2015August 3, 2017 Ina Steiner

A power outage at a data center on Thursday evening was able to bring PayPal to its knees and wreak havoc for independent merchants as well as buyers and sellers on eBay and Etsy – and the problem proved quite Read more

Marketplaces, News, PaymentseBay outage, PayPal outage

eBay Checkout Outage Lasts Two Hours

July 10, 2015August 5, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay shoppers were unable to complete a purchase on the marketplace Thursday morning after a global-wide problem with eBay’s checkout. Buyers began experiencing problems shortly after 8 am Eastern yesterday morning, and checkout was restored at about 10 am. People Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay outage

Maynard Webb Opens Up About eBay Meltdown

January 9, 2015August 25, 2017 Ina Steiner

June marks the 15th anniversary of a 22-hour site outage that nearly ended eBay as a company. CEO Meg Whitman managed the short-term crisis, but it was a wakeup call that led her to hire Maynard Webb. Now, Webb is Read more

Marketplaces, NewseBay outage, Maynard Webb

eBay Experiences Worldwide Outage Monday Morning

November 11, 2014August 26, 2017 Ina Steiner

eBay confirmed it had an outage early Monday morning that prevented some users from accessing features on the site. Reports came flooding in overnight via email and various boards, including Ecommerce EKG and DownDetector. Users reported being unable to buy, and sellers were Read more

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