eBay announced on Tuesday it is collecting sales tax for more states beginning July 1, 2019. eBay announcement follows: There are a number of new states where eBay will be collecting sales tax on applicable transactions beginning July 1, 2019. Read more
Last month, eBay said it was not launching a cryptocurrency (“Cryptocurrency is not accepted as a form of payment on the eBay platform, nor is it part of our payments strategy”). Today, it signaled its openness to someday offering cryptocurrency Read more
The value of currency is its wide acceptance, and the same is true of virtual currency. That helps explain why so many prominent technology and financial services firms are joining together to launch a new global crypto currency called Libra, Read more
If you haven’t bought on eBay before now, would a $3 coupon induce you to do so? eBay ran a promotion for first-time buyers (expiring at midnight, June 17 Pacific time). Here are the details, leave a comment and let Read more
eBay has updated Item Specifics, which are fields that describe a product’s attributes, and it reminded sellers that it’s making some Item Specifics mandatory (“required”) in the Home & Garden categories. eBay is also adding reminders to the listing flow. Read more
eBay issued an announcement urging sellers to offer free shipping, telling them it’s “almost a must-have,” and telling them they can implement it “without taking a big risk.” While the model works for many sellers, many others say its impractical Read more
eBay warned sellers that FedEx will begin charging a $350 fee for each incident of a package shipped through FedEx that contains Dangerous Goods or Hazardous Materials that is determined to be noncompliant by FedEx. eBay linked to a page Read more
eBay recently denied it was planning to launch virtual currency, but Facebook seems increasingly likely to do so. The BBC reported that Facebook had met with the Bank of England on plans to set up a digital payments system in Read more
eBay and Etsy sent sellers to Washington, DC to lobby lawmakers on issues important to the marketplaces and their sellers, including postal issues, benefits, trade, net neutrality – and of course, online sales tax. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman started Read more
eBay CEO Devin Wenig tweeted today his views on the burden of online sales tax and tariffs on small businesses: “26 states have recently imposed significant internet sales taxes (with more to come), and consumers are now paying heavy tariffs Read more
