Pinterest has long been looking to monetize its social-networking site, and it’s been lining up some former eBay executives to help. The latest is Scott Schenkel, who had taken over as Interim CEO of eBay when Devin Wenig abruptly resigned Read more
eBay is now offering Canadian sellers the “Canada Post Expedited Lite” service in all categories. The special domestic tracked service is good for packages weighing up to 200 grams (under half a pound), offering all the features of Expedited Parcel Read more
eBay is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the eBay for Charity program, which allows buyers and sellers to support causes through their transactions. Sellers can donate up to 100% of the proceeds of a sale (or sales) to the charity Read more
eBay is letting employees use a “magical” new AI tool to automatically generate listings with only an image, and it will release it to the public in the coming months. eBay announced the new tool in a blog post on Read more
eBay is holding a session to give sellers a sneak peek at the upcoming eBay Open conference to help them decide which sessions they wish to attend. The 3-day eBay Open event will take place virtually on September 27 – Read more
Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Alibaba are holding virtual and in-person events this month, giving sellers a full slate of options from which to choose. Amazon will host sellers at its annual in-person Amazon Accelerate conference in Seattle, Washington on September Read more
eBay is displaying how long it takes a seller to respond to customer inquiries on their listing pages – and as we reported last week, it took a reader by surprise and appeared to be a test eBay was running. Read more
eBay is prohibiting the sale of single use plastic in Australia next month. It referred to the Australia National Retail Association, which made clear the likely impetus behind eBay’s new policy, noting on its website that the governments of multiple Read more
eBay began overcharging buyers in Australia when it incorrectly charged domestic buyers GST (Goods and Services Tax) on their purchases, and it had a negative impact not only on buyers, but on sellers as well. eBay acknowledged the problem, but Read more
Nine years ago, former eBay CEO John Donahoe named Dan Schulman head of PayPal prior to the companies’ split in 2015, and in his current role as Chairman of the PayPal Board, Donahoe had a say in naming Schulman’s replacement Read more
