Diehard fans of the once popular auction-style listings on eBay may be disappointed to learn that last week Bloomberg Businessweek reported that some Stanford University researchers think the online auction selling format might soon become a thing of the past. This speculation stems from a recent study where researchers noted that now fewer than 15% [...]

You’ve probably heard that art imitates life, but sometimes it’s the other way around and life imitates art, especially if the art form is a movie. The blog, Fashionata reported that eBay is experiencing what they are calling a “Gatsby” effect, and after a quick check of Amazon it appears that the effect is popping [...]

If you buy or sell on eBay, then you probably know how important feedback is, especially for the seller’s side of a transaction. Is it important enough, however, for a seller to sue an eBay buyer if the feedback is negative? Well, if you are a company called Med Express — it apparently is. The [...]

In yet another twist to the heated Marketplace Fairness Act debate, eBay (or rather CEO John Donahoe) got caught in the cross-hairs as backers of the Marketplace Fairness Act fired back against Donahoe, accusing him of using scare tactics on sellers to gain opposition against the bill. As you may recall, Donahoe sent an email [...]

In Canada, as of March 31 it was “Bye-bye, eBay Bucks” because eBay discontinued the eBay Bucks rewards program on eBay.ca. Ryan Moore, an eBay spokesperson stated that this will not affect the eBay Bucks program in the United States. eBay has been somewhat vague about what drove them to this decision, but a statement [...]

Just in time for your spring cleaning closet purge, eBay has come out with a new consignment program called “Sell It Forward” — and it seems few people have heard about it. The “Sell it Forward” concept is cool on many levels. eBay and Goodwill have partnered up to sell items that you mail in. [...]

Remember the post from a while back about some sellers wondering what eBay was up to with their free listing invitations? Well, the cat appears to be out of the proverbial bag because on March 19, 2013, eBay announced some very big changes to their listings that are going to benefit both store sellers and [...]