eBay held a 1-day training program for sellers in Akron, Ohio as part of its recently announced pilot program called Retail Revival. Over 100 businesses attended workshops and panels to learn how to expand the reach of their businesses. According Read more
eBay announced on Tuesday it is acquiring the Japanese business of a company called Giosis, which runs a number of localized marketplaces in Asia. As part of the transaction, eBay will relinquish its investment in Giosis’ non-Japanese businesses. Additional terms Read more
There are big changes ahead for eBay sellers as the marketplace unveils its 2018 Spring Seller Update today. Changes include stricter return policies, raising the bar for achieving TRS discounts, and additional Store tiers. And as we reported on Sunday, Read more
eBay is announcing its Spring Seller Update on Tuesday, here’s a breakdown for UK sellers. (We’ve got a similar breakdown for US sellers.) The changes impact selling fees, return policies, and shipping standards, and it includes a preview of changes Read more
eBay is forging ahead with plans to transform its shopping experience to one that feels more like Amazon than its own traditional “listings-based” experience. (See more about eBay’s playbook in this piece in the EcommerceBytes Blog.) Kyozou helps merchants sell Read more
eBay wrote a playbook that outlines its plans to move to a product-based shopping experience, which it says will result in a “pleasant and consistent buying experience with improved conversion rate and better search engine optimization both on and off Read more
eBay is planning its next two coupon marketing campaigns while its current President’s Day promotion is still running. Only a small group of sellers are invited to participate in eBay coupon campaigns that it heavily promotes on its website, in Read more
eBay is launching a program to help sellers jumpstart sales and grow their business. The eBay Seller Boot Camp is a free virtual course that begins on March 5th. eBay compared the experience to a fitness bootcamp for people who Read more
eBay has long offered ways for both buyers and sellers to help raise money for charity by having a portion or all of the proceeds of a sale go to the charity of their choosing, and today it launched a Read more
eBay announced today it has hired Jan Pedersen to work on the company’s Artificial Intelligence strategy. He’s tasked with figuring out ways to use technology to deliver new customer experiences. He comes to eBay from Twitter, and before that, Microsoft Read more
