Shoppers in Africa now have access to eBay.com inventory: MallforAfrica (MFA), Africa’s largest global platform which provides African consumers access to billions of items, announced today the eBay “powered by MallforAfrica” app in Africa is now available to its customers Read more
eBay has signed an agreement to acquire Corrigon Ltd., a pioneer of visual search technologies. Corrigon helps identify objects within an image, matching both visual and textual elements to ensure that the image is recognized, correctly classified and best-matched to Read more
eBay sent a letter to some sellers this week warning them it had detected a possible policy violation, and it concerned and annoyed recipients of the email. The subject line of the email was titled “Attention: “Offers to buy or Read more
A year after eBay launched a pilot program to give sellers more control over dealing with returns from “bad buyers,” it’s expanding the program to include many more sellers. The Returns Resolution pilot gives participants broader options in dealing with Read more
You may be used to seeing eBay promote the Valet program to shoppers, encouraging them to sell their unwanted items through the consignment program. But now eBay is encouraging shoppers to buy items that are for sale through the program. Here’s an example of Read more
eBay said 27% of its listings are available through its Global Shipping Program (GSP). And citing statistics from last year, eBay said sellers can get a big boost in sales thanks to the program. “Approximately 16% of sellers who enrolled Read more
eBay is trying to reshape its image among the younger generation, and it toured college campuses to generate buzz. One student newspaper described the event held on its campus. Reporter Shelby Whitehead of the University of Tennessee – Knoxville’s Daily Beacon wrote: Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list more auction listings, however, the promotion is by invitation only. Sellers can list up to 500 auction listings and pay no insertion fee. Invited sellers must first activate the offer, Read more
Marketing expert Scott Smigler of Exclusive Concepts believes Amazon rivals may initially get a small boost thanks to the crackdown on Amazon 3P merchants, but he doesn’t believe it will have a net positive effect on sites like eBay. Smigler Read more
eBay said Wednesday it is considering expanding its Stores Promoted Listings ad program in which sellers can bid for boosted placement in search results and pay only when there is a sale. Currently eBay Store owners can advertise only multi-quantity Read more
