eBay announced a new program called the Shine Awards for Small Business, and sellers who enter will have the chance to win up to $10,000. An eBay spokesperson told EcommerceBytes the awards honor outstanding small business owners and eBay sellers. Read more
eBay first tested wine sales in 2001 in a partnership with New Vine Logistics and Winetasting.com, opening a sub-category in the food and beverage section of eBay’s Home & Garden category. 15 years later, eBay has teamed up with Drync Read more
eBay has opened its Promoted Listing ad program to a number of Collectibles categories. The marketplace explains, “you can increase the likelihood of a sale by putting your multi-quantity items in front of buyers who are actively shopping. Your ads Read more
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
