An eBay seller was arrested on federal charges for allegedly selling a product – Toamit Virus Shut Out – that claimed it would help protect individuals from viruses. The arrest serves as a warning that the federal government is fighting Read more
Sales of webcams on eBay are up over 1,000 percent from this time last year as people are forced to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic. That statistic was part of eBay’s report on what types of items Read more
eBay Vice President of Seller Operations and Engagement Marni Levine did her third live-stream video “seller check-in” on Monday, a practice she started as the coronavirus outbreak began disrupting everyday operations for eBay employees and sellers. Levine broadcast yesterday’s video Read more
eBay is giving sellers extra time to restock inventory presumably in recognition of the challenges sellers and their suppliers are facing due to the coronavirus pandemic. eBay sellers use the “out-of-stock” feature to hide their listings from search results when Read more
eBay is asking sellers to contact members of Congress to ask them to consider aid to small sellers as they work on a relief package to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Online marketplace Etsy also asked its sellers to do Read more
eBay sent a letter to affiliates about its response to the coronavirus outbreak. It focused on information about what the company was doing to crack down on price gouging (which it called predatory selling). The eBay Partner Network sent the Read more
eBay Interim CEO Scott Schenkel published a letter to the greater eBay community on Friday in a post on the company’s corporate blog. He reiterated that eBay would offer seller protection in the event of interruptions from service carriers (presumably Read more
eBay Interim CEO Scott Schenkel sent an email to all employees on Thursday in response to the action taken by activist investor Starboard Value LP. In it, he asked them to stay focused, acknowledging that it wasn’t easy given the Read more
eBay responded to a letter its Board of Directors received this morning from activist investor Starboard Value LP pressuring it to hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. Starboard Read more
Activist investor Starboard Value LP made public its demands to eBay that it hire an outside candidate for its CEO position and add four new members to its Board of Directors. In a letter today to Thomas Tierney, eBay’s Chairman Read more
