eBay said it is monitoring the wildfires in Southern California and provided a phone number for sellers to request account protection if they are impacted by the ongoing devastating weather event. Announcement follows: eBay is closely monitoring the path of Read more
eBay expects Monday, December 11th, to be one of its busiest holiday-shopping days, and will kick off new deals every hour on what is the 10th anniversary of Green Monday. Last year, Green Monday was its fourth highest sales day. Read more
eBay is running a marketing campaign in the UK tied to the release of the film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The marketplace will be the exclusive source of a special note produced by a commercial currency provider commemorating the Read more
eBay made it official a day after news leaked out it was rethinking its position on banning listings that contained watermarked images. Watermarks are generally used by sellers to guard against image-theft, which is quite rampant online. The wording of Read more
eBay collaborated with Google to enable voice-activated shopping on the Google Assistant, which is Google’s version of Apple Siri and Amazon Alexa, and now offers the ability to switch from the Google voice platform to a smartphone. eBay said it Read more
eBay Chief Financial Officer Scott Schenkel was in Washington, DC, recently where he met with legislators and White House staff to advocate for sound tax policy for small businesses and entrepreneurs, according to the company, which noted that tax reform Read more
eBay partnered with micro-lender Kiva and launched a dedicated landing page called Kiva Marketplace on eBay. eBay will provide Kiva borrowers with seller assistance from eBay specialists and is waiving the first three months of seller fees for Kiva borrowers. Read more
eBay is highlighting inventory and deals from some of its small business sellers in a curated shopping experience to celebrate Small Business Saturday, which takes place on November 25th this year (it always falls on the Saturday after Thanksgiving). If Read more
eBay offered advice to sellers on how to attract holiday shoppers particularly around Black Friday: offer deals. The tips focused around low pricing and included the following tactics: bundle items together; offer one-day-only specials; don’t limit deals to Black Friday; Read more
Amazon and other retailers make it easy to purchase their branded gift cards. Now eBay wants businesses to think of its marketplace when they wish to give gift cards to customers or employees through loyalty or incentive programs. Blackhawk Network Read more
