eBay CEO Devin Wenig hopes to be able to anticipate what shoppers want to buy by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI). In a post on the eBay corporate blog, Wenig discussed how technology is influencing ecommerce, and he also discussed his Read more
eBay pulled its new listing tool after noticing an issue that impacted some sellers. While it didn’t specify the problem, it was clearly a big deal since eBay had to pull the tool rather than roll out a fix. The Read more
eBay announced an agreement to acquire Ticketbis, an international ticket marketplace, which will become part of its existing StubHub ticket marketplace. Ticketbis currently has a presence in 47 countries, eBay explained. The acquisition of Ticketbis is StubHub’s latest geographic expansion, Read more
eBay recently discussed efforts to use structured data to improve listings on the site. Its enhancements to searching and browsingare designed to enable shoppers to more effectively find what they want. These latest updates should help make eBay a more effective Read more
eBay auctions continue to falter, with auction format listings declining 20% in the first three months of 2016 compared to the same period the year before – yet the marketplace has failed to address a critical problem that stands in Read more
eBay’s answer to Amazon Prime during the holiday season in particular is a program called Fast ‘N Free. eBay’s top two executives told a Wall Street analyst this week that it would launch in the second half of 2016 a Read more
Some eBay sellers found they could supplement their income by training others on how to sell on eBay. But as of June 30, 2016, there will be no such thing as an eBay Education Specialist. Not only is eBay is Read more
eBay has created what it is calling the world’s first Virtual Reality Department Store with Australia’s Myer chain. Using a special virtual reality (VR) headset, eBay shoppers can browse over 12,000 products from the Myer Department Store, select them, and Read more
eBay only allows sellers to collect one sales tax rate per state, despite the fact that there are thousands of tax jurisdictions in the US. TaxJar launched a new tool designed to help eBay sellers determine the best number to Read more
There was a time when eBay allowed, if not encouraged, sellers to add videos to their listings – but as with many advanced features, it was ambivalent about the practice. But in 2014, it signed a deal with a company Read more
