Collectors, the parent company of grading service PSA, is buying eBay Vault and selling its Goldin marketplace to eBay. According to today’s announcement, eBay and PSA will offer a “full, seamless, customer-centric product experience for the collecting community that will Read more
eBay expanded its authentication service through a new partnership with PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator). eBay will require sellers of graded cards that sell for $2,000 or more to send it to PSA for verification. Certified Collectibles Group (CCG) will continue Read more
Compare and contrast: eBay announced an authentication program for luxury handbags this week – but how is it different from the program it launched in 2017? (And whatever happened to that program?) Here’s what eBay announced today: “As the marketplace’s Read more
eBay announced a new “Final Sale” option for luxury wristwatches that have passed authentication through its new Authenticity Guarantee program. “Once an eligible item passes authentication through Authenticity Guarantee, sellers have completed their obligation to the buyer for that transaction,” Read more
eBay expanded its consignment service to the jewelry category, which had already included handbags and watches. The “eBay Authenticate” program allows a small number of sellers to benefit from the program after eBay terminated the eBay Trading Assistants and Trading Read more
eBay is running a promotion to encourage people to use its eBay Authenticate consignment service to sell their luxury handbags. “Sellers” (consignors) can receive a 50% discount on seller fees associated with eBay Authenticate and will receive 90% of the Read more
eBay expanded its consignment program called eBay Authenticate to include luxury watches. The program already includes luxury handbags. The company also announced it expanded eBay Authenticate to several European markets this month, including the UK and Germany. We recently wrote Read more
eBay said 21 million of its shoppers hold “black” and “platinum” credit cards, and it revealed other tidbits about its high-spending buyers in a bid to persuade luxury brands to advertise on its marketplace. The following statistics were part of Read more
eBay released its new authentication service today, and it turns out it’s just another attempt from eBay to offer a consignment selling service focused on “consumer sellers.” eBay Authenticate is limited to luxury handbags and wallets from only 12 high-end Read more
