eBay released a list of the top-20 highest-priced items sold in 2019. Making it onto the annual list of “Most Interesting and Expensive Purchases” of the year were rare sports memorabilia, “supercars,” and luxury timepieces. The single most expensive item Read more
Nearly a week before Christmas, eBay is getting consumers ready to sell their unwanted holiday gifts and other items so they can “start the New Year with extra cash” – perhaps so they can get the gifts they really wanted. Read more
eBay will begin collecting sales tax for four additional states: Hawaii, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. eBay said, “Regardless of your physical location, if you sell to buyers in certain states, those states may require you to collect applicable taxes on Read more
eBay reached a major milestone this month, surpassing $1 billion in cumulative “Gross Merchandise Bought” (GMB) through its Buy APIs over the past 3 years. The head of eBay’s developer program Gail Frederick touted the statistic in a post on Read more
eBay is holding a Green Monday sale on December 9th. Twelve years ago, eBay coined the term for what has historically been one of the company’s biggest holiday shopping days (green for saving money, not green for the environment). The Read more
A majority of sellers thought eBay should sell its ticket marketplace when we surveyed them in January, so this week’s news that eBay found a buyer for StubHub at a price tag of $4.05 billion isn’t likely to come as Read more
Last week, eBay released a “Most Wanted” Holiday Guide with top-selling items across fashion, home, electronics, and entertainment. Today, it released a similar guide devoted to toys. And next week, eBay will release a “digital toy book” featuring “rare, retro Read more
eBay buyers and sellers have raised $1 billion for charities worldwide, the company announced on Monday, and it said charitable giving on the platform is on the rise. Over 80,000 charities are registered on platform, which is up 26% from Read more
Email marketing is an effective way to drive shoppers to retail sites, and you can tell a lot about a company’s strategy by looking at the content of its marketing emails. Etsy has been hammering the “free shipping” messaging in Read more
John Donahoe stepped down as CEO of eBay in July of 2015 and got a gig at ServiceNow, an enterprise cloud company. Last month came the surprising news that he is taking over the top spot at Nike. Meanwhile returning Read more
