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eBay Lays Off Authenticators at Its Las Vegas Authentication Center

Ina Steiner
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eBay Lays Off Authenticators at Its Las Vegas Location

eBay laid off 1,000 employees this month – and 25 of them worked at its authentication center in Las Vegas, Nevada located on North Lamb Boulevard. Included were 8 authenticators, an authentication specialist, and 16 warehouse workers.

eBay relies on its Las Vegas location to support its Authenticity Guarantee program – a cornerstone of its “focus category” strategy to compete with the likes of the RealReal and StockX (where former eBay executive Scott Cutler landed as CEO). eBay offers authentication in Streetwear, Sneakers, Watches, Jewelry, Handbags, and Trading Cards categories.

This month’s eBay layoffs also include 3 remote workers in Nevada (a Director of Product Management; Program Management; and Senior User Experience Researcher).

eBay laid off 391 employees in California where it is headquartered, including those at the managerial and directorship level – see last week’s EcommerceBytes Newsflash story for more details.

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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.

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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.

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4 thoughts on “eBay Lays Off Authenticators at Its Las Vegas Authentication Center”

  1. Desperate times for eBay. Not funny though. Because this will mean fee increases for its sellers.

  2. looks like the walmart dopes “focus category” is just another failure.

    the walmart dope needs to wave his magic wand….poof…..

    the walmart dope and the grifter gone….

    more magical innovations

  3. *** Thank you Federal Reserve ***

    With the uptick in Inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve had increased interest rates to curb consumer spending and it’s working. Many retailers, including UPS, are now downsizing.

    From food maker Mondelez to tech giant Apple, a slowing consumer is being felt across the board for nearly all retailers, and eBay is no different.

    ***Rob Sechan ***
    This morning on CNBC, wealth manager Rob Sechan says he and his firm believes that eBay is a “buy”. He said that eBay has a healthy 70% margin with an added 2 percent dividend. He said that eBay is going nowhere and is still a good player in the retail market.

    So this “Walmart dope” that everyone talks about may indeed be turning eBay around as the company now focuses on “luxury goods”.

    As I’ve said now for many years…
    There is no money selling to people with no money. And eBay is proof of that. Selling high end luxury is making eBay good money.

  4. Wrong people were fired as sales and impressions continue to go down . Ad as for the past year or 2 are not working despite being heavy and the promos too. Ebay should fire someone up there in charge who can’t make sure that platform is in the peak of performance, glitch free, and that listings are not throttled, shown and competition is fair.

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