Long gone are the days when online sellers would eagerly await eBay’s free listing day each December 25th, which was meant to boost listings for post-Christmas shoppers. Now every seller gets a certain amount of free listings throughout the year, Read more
Head of eBay Marketplaces Devin Wenig will soon be eBay CEO after the breakup of the company next year. Sellers are wondering if things will change under his leadership once John Donahoe leaves. Who has been setting the overall direction Read more
Chris Payne, head of eBay Marketplaces North America, is leaving eBay, the company confirmed. “Christopher Payne, SVP for eBay North America, has decided to leave eBay to pursue a new business venture,” Ryan Moore told EcommerceBytes. “A search for Christopher’s Read more
eBay has been scaling down and appears to be phasing out a program aimed at removing counterfeit merchandise from its marketplace, opting instead to rely on users and brand owners reporting items through the site and the Verified Rights Owner Read more
Is eBay founder Pierre Omidyar “the consummate passive-aggressive predator”? That’s what Pando Daily called him in an article that takes a harsh look at the role the eBay chairman played in eBay’s acquisition of a stake in Craigslist and the way eBay Read more
In the UK, eBay opted all sellers into its Click & Collect service, and signs are pointing to a similar program coming to the U.S. The marketplace platform told Reuters (link via Globe and Mail) it was “retooling its local Read more
Could you boost your online sales by 25%? eBay thinks some of its sellers can, and is entering them into a sweepstakes as part of its effort to motivate them to meet that goal. eBay sent personalized invitations explaining, “Because Read more
The Counterfeit Report, a website backed by manufacturers who want to educate consumers about fakes, has accused eBay of breaking its promise for meaningful reform over the issue of counterfeits for sale on the eBay marketplace. Craig Crosby, publisher of Read more
Craig Crosby, publisher of the Counterfeit Report, issued a press release on Tuesday accusing eBay of retaliating against him when he tried to report counterfeit items for sale on the eBay marketplace as part of a 9-month investigation. He also accused eBay Read more
eBay launched an analytics and repricing tool that helps sellers analyze sales and make improvements. It’s currently available only to certain sellers in certain geographies and only to managed accounts in the U.S. Decide.com built the tool after eBay acquired Read more
