A 30-year-old man was charged with eBay fraud over the alleged sale of phony autographed baseball cards, and authorities believe he had help from his 61-year-old mother. The pair are accused of being the masterminds behind “the biggest case of Read more
The Senior Vice President of eBay North America called sellers the marketplace’s oxygen in a blog post where he outlined three areas of focus for the company. Hal Lawton joined eBay from The Home Depot last year. Since joining the Read more
Criminals are using a new twist in their efforts to defraud people online via phishing emails, and some victims suspect the fraudsters could be mining eBay user data, according to the BBC. We were alerted to the problem in this Read more
eBay bidders will soon be able to receive reminders via Facebook Messenger when an auction listing is about to end. The feature is part of the first phase of pilot testing, so will only be available to a subset of Read more
eBay customers unable to create a new account because their email address has already been associated with an account can now reclaim their email addresses. It’s a situation eBay will address as part of their work on improving identity management. “Reclaimed Read more
eBay is furthering its ties with BigCommerce, an ecommerce platform for small sellers wanting to easily set up their own store. When eBay killed off its own store-hosting solutions ProStores and Magento Go in 2015, eBay had recommended Bigcommerce as an alternative. Read more
eBay wants to give car buyers greater selection and make it easier for them to find the vehicle they’re looking for, and it acquired Cargigi to help it. eBay announced the acquisition on Tuesday, saying it will leverage Cargigi’s technology Read more
In its latest newsletter to sellers, eBay said it would lower the postage rate for certain low-weight packages through its shipping label service beginning on Sunday, April 10th, and eBay warned its sellers to calculate their shipping costs correctly. The reason for Read more
For people who are considering buying a vehicle on eBay sight unseen, the marketplace is making available a service that it is integrating into its listings. eBay Motors has partnered with a company called WeGoLook so shoppers concerned about the Read more
eBay used to encourage consumers to use professional sellers to get rid of their unwanted goods on its marketplace – remember eBay drop-off stores? Now eBay is pushing consumers to sell their items in new ways that don’t include consignment Read more
