The White House will nominate former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kenya. Whitman served as eBay CEO from 1998 to 2008 and currently serves on the board of directors at General Motors (GM) Read more
This week, eBay began publishing how much a seller has sold on their eBay Stores homepages for all the world to see. eBay now publicly displays how much sellers have sold since opening their Stores. But it did not disclose Read more
As eBay debuts 3D imaging technology, sellers may be asking, when will it be available to me? The new eBay 3D True View feature announced today is only available to a select few sellers and only in the Sneakers category. Read more
eBay accidentally cancelled bids on some users’ accounts, and then suspended the accounts altogether. The reports came in through posts on the eBay discussion boards and on the Down Detector board for reporting technical issues across the Web – with Read more
Recent eBay category changes had many sellers of collectible postcards scrambling when they rolled out on October 12. Sellers said eBay rolled up the subcategories and left them to select one of two: Topographical Postcards and non-Topographical Postcards. Instead of Read more
As eBay promotes Cost-per-Click ads during the holiday rush, it is also adding new features to the format that it announced and August and made available to all business sellers in September. Unlike standard eBay Promoted Listings, which only incur Read more
eBay published a list of its most-wanted products this holiday season. Not coincidentally, the eBay hottest products list comes from a few select categories that eBay has spent the last 12 months investing in and promoting. eBay executive Jordan Sweetnam Read more
Five weeks ahead of Christmas, eBay said holiday shipping is on track. “We’ve seen strong on-time delivery performance from both USPS and UPS,” eBay’s shipping team wrote in a post on the Seller Announcement board on Friday. It said FedEx’s Read more
This year’s eBay holiday marketing includes three real-life popup stores in Detroit, Houston, and Miami. With the number of buyers in decline and holiday shopping in full force, eBay is doubling down on its strategy of focusing on high-value items Read more
eBay is flush with cash this week. It sold an 80% share of its eBay Korean unit for $3 billion on Sunday, and today it announced it sold over 134 million shares in Adevinta ASA for €2.05 billion, which is Read more
