Ecommerce Industry News
eBay issued a statement on Friday after rumors surfaced it was getting closer to selling its eBay Classifieds Group business unit. Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that parties interested in […]
eBay is working with a third-party software provider to offer sellers an alternative to Turbo Lister, which eBay will stop supporting in July. SixBit Software founder John Slocum confirmed that he has been working with […]
eBay launched a program called Export Revival, which is a regional spin-off of its Retail Revival program that is focused on expanding the trading reach of participants. eBay launched Export Revival program in Greece and […]
In 2019, over 19 million items were listed to benefit charities, and eBay buyers and sellers raised over $112 million for charity organizations globally last year. That’s a 10% increase over 2018. eBay also revealed […]
eBay’s government relations team provided an update on the issue of online sales tax in a post on the eBay Mainstreet website on Thursday. The message: states were busy in 2019 updating and enacting sales-tax […]
eBay came in 1st place in the 2020 Sellers Choice Awards and snagged two individual awards: one for Profitability (for the 7th straight year) and one as the most Recommended marketplace. Ease of use and […]
eBay has completed the previously announced sale of its ticket marketplace StubHub to Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash, resulting in net proceeds of $3.1 billion. eBay also said it was expanding its share buyback […]
eBay published a new Global Marketplace Index that finds selling on marketplaces enables small businesses to reinvest in their local communities. Interim CEO Scott Schenkel said in Tuesday’s announcement, “Marketplaces like eBay have proven that […]
eBay announced in November it would sell its ticket marketplace StubHub to Viagogo this year. In a February 7th filing (published online today), UK regulators warned eBay to stop any integration activities between the two […]
eBay issued a statement in response to a letter from activist investor Starboard Value LP to its Chairman Thomas Tierney and interim CEO Scott Schenkel – see this morning’s Newsflash article (“Starboard to eBay: Sell […]