Remember the eBay-powered touchscreensthat it displayed in store windows at Kate Spade in the spring that allowed shoppers to place orders “online”? eBay said this week it is committed to the technology and plans to scale it. eBay announced a partnership Read more
Don’t have ready cash to pay for your holiday purchases? eBay hopes you’ll consider using its financing service Bill Me Later. This week, it sent an email to eBay customers with an offer to tempt them by tying it into Read more
eBay is running a free-listing promotion in advance of Thanksgiving week. All sellers can participate in the 5-day promotion, and it includes all formats: auction-style, auction-style with Buy It Now, or fixed price formats. Listing durations of 3, 5, 7, Read more
In a sign of how much eBay has changed, stodgy Microsoft opened a store on the marketplace, eBay announced on Tuesday. Once best known for auctions of quirky goods, eBay has been working to transform itself into a Business to Read more
Remember eBay’s past attempts to bring buyers and sellers of services together? It hasn’t had a lot of success in that area, but as reported in July, eBay is at it again with a pilot program in the UK, and now it’s Read more
What is eBay without the auctions, like the famed broken laser pointer that was the first item sold on the site? According to Tech in Asia via Yahoo News, it’s Blanja.com, which recently unveiled itself to the Indonesia market. Blanja.com arrived as Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe is continuing his monthly essays on the LinkedIn business social-networking site. Again, he chose to talk about something personal – this time, his first job after high school working for his friend’s father’s beer distribution company. Read more
Since early October, numerous eBay sellers with generally strong buyer feedback have been reporting that they have received notices from the company that their accounts had been indefinitely suspended, leaving them with little recourse. On Oct. 8, one seller who Read more
Some eBay sellers who reported they received an email stating they were in a “grace period” were left with questions about the notice, since the emails failed to identify exactly why their Top Rated Seller status was in jeopardy. The Read more
Emails sent to help eBay sellers optimize their listings last week instead created confusion. eBay sent the personalized emails with the subject line “Increase the chances of selling your items on eBay” to sellers on Wednesday with a link to listings Read more
