eBay upgraded its Stores platform, announcing on Thursday some features and improvements it made based on seller feedback. “Our goal is to ensure you get the most out of your eBay Store,” the company told sellers. eBay changed the layout Read more
eBay launched a new tool for developers so they can display eBay listings across the web. The eBay Items widget is open-source and lets developers choose from several layout options to display eBay inventory in third-party shopping experiences. eBay said Read more
Amazon net sales increased 27% to $113.1 billion in the second quarter, year-over-year, and 24% excluding the $2.5 billion favorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Net income increased to $7.8 billion in the quarter. (Those numbers are Read more
eBay added new tools for collectors to track their portfolios, although they are only available in one category: Trading Cards. A critical component to the new feature: pricing data. eBay said the new tools will allow collectors to view, manage, Read more
Google announced it will crack down on repeat offenders of its Ad policies beginning in September. It will ramp up a “strike-based system” and will begin enforcement in the following policies: Enabling dishonest behavior, Unapproved substances, Guns, gun parts and Read more
Google launched a number of new features to help shoppers find deals through Google Shopping. One allows merchants to upload promos and deals in the Merchant Center at no charge. Here’s how Google described it: Making it free for merchants Read more
The following is a press release published by the Department of Justice US Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts: A former supervisor of security operations for eBay was sentenced today for his role in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Read more
New research finds that the pandemic did not change specific shopping behaviors for Amazon customers, whether they were Prime members or not. Less surprising, perhaps, was the finding that more customers signed up to become Prime members during the pandemic. Read more
Amazon advised sellers to use seals on products in its Consumables product group, but sellers said the real problem stems from warehouse workers. In a recent post, Amazon said that an analysis of complaints found that buyers perceived products as Read more
Current eBay board member Bob Swan has joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a Growth Operating Partner. Swan served as Chief Financial Officer of eBay for nine years. Swan left eBay after the company was unsuccessful in fending off Read more
