Ecommerce Industry News
eBay reached a major milestone this month, surpassing $1 billion in cumulative “Gross Merchandise Bought” (GMB) through its Buy APIs over the past 3 years. The head of eBay’s developer program Gail Frederick touted the […]
eBay is holding a Green Monday sale on December 9th. Twelve years ago, eBay coined the term for what has historically been one of the company’s biggest holiday shopping days (green for saving money, not […]
A majority of sellers thought eBay should sell its ticket marketplace when we surveyed them in January, so this week’s news that eBay found a buyer for StubHub at a price tag of $4.05 billion […]
Last week, eBay released a “Most Wanted” Holiday Guide with top-selling items across fashion, home, electronics, and entertainment. Today, it released a similar guide devoted to toys. And next week, eBay will release a “digital […]
eBay buyers and sellers have raised $1 billion for charities worldwide, the company announced on Monday, and it said charitable giving on the platform is on the rise. Over 80,000 charities are registered on platform, […]
Email marketing is an effective way to drive shoppers to retail sites, and you can tell a lot about a company’s strategy by looking at the content of its marketing emails. Etsy has been hammering […]
John Donahoe stepped down as CEO of eBay in July of 2015 and got a gig at ServiceNow, an enterprise cloud company. Last month came the surprising news that he is taking over the top […]
eBay welcomed LyricMerch to its site, which describes itself as only producer of fully licensed products featuring artists’ lyrics and designs. LyricMerch has begun listing “a range of merchandise bearing lyrics from fan-favorite songs,” and […]
Last month, eBay updated sellers on pending changes to the way it handles sales tax, and on Monday, it said the changes are now live. Starting now, the way taxable transactions are processed and how […]
eBay is running a promotion to stimulate sales. Shoppers can send a text to receive a personal coupon code good for $3 off on a purchase on eBay. “Ding! That’s a $3 coupon by text: […]