A new report shows Wall Street continues to buy what eBay is selling when it comes to the marketplaces business, even as the parent organzation splinters. A report from Citi Research approves of the new eBay Marketplace management strategy of Read more
The Confederate flag. The Atlantic calls it a pop culture phenomenon, politicians call it racist and “unnecessarily divisive and hurtful,” and many find it toxic after it featured heavily in a tragic hate crime in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine people Read more
A new report from the Telegraph indicates it’s quite easy to get back on eBay even after being suspended by the marketplace “for life.” The UK newspaper said it exposed a man last year for selling fakes on eBay and Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe was in Israel last week, according to Globes, where the company has acquired several companies and has operated an R&D center there since 2007. eBay’s top executive is leaving the company once it breaks up sometime in Read more
In the mid-2000s, a schoolteacher turned entrepreneur in China by the name of Jack Ma went head-to-head with what was then the King of Ecommerce, eBay. Porter Erisman was an insider at Alibaba, and in a new book, Alibaba’s World, he Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage sellers to list long-duration, fixed-price listings. Sellers who are invited and who activate the promotion can list up to 2,000 30-day fixed-price listings and pay no insertion fees. However, some sellers received invitations Read more
eBay is taking another stab at offering an advertising program for sellers. The newly announced Promoted Listings offering takes a different approach than previous attempts, however – sellers only pay when a shopper actually purchases an item after clicking on Read more
eBay Canada is holding a focus group on June 4 in Toronto. The marketplace invited certain sellers to participate in the research. eBay is holding the event to ask sellers about its future plans with regard to shipping and shipping Read more
eBay reminded sellers of new fee credits that took effect on May 1st. On its announcement board, eBay wrote that sellers could “enjoy unlimited insertion fee credits on auction-style sales” – though sellers only receive the credits if the items Read more
On Monday, we asked eBay.com’s spokesperson if eBay was testing a free-shipping membership program after a Wall Street analyst revealed the marketplace was testing a program that would cost $25/year for Free Next Day delivery on certain orders – similar Read more
