Value Added Resource Week In Review 6-2-24
Welcome to the Value Added Resource ecommerce news week in review!
eBay News
eBay UK is teaming up with YouTube to host event offering expert tips & networking for reselling content creators, but is the company's influencer strategy authentic seller engagement or effort to manipulate public perception & elevate brand reputation?
Sellers worry ad blockers may have stopped Memorial Day sales as sponsored Promoted Listings are hidden from search by Ublock Origin.
eBay appears to be testing allowing Venmo as a payment option for some purchases as they look to enhance the payments experiences for both buyers and sellers.
A recent LinkedIn post from eBay Senior Manager of Strategy Operations Policy Compliance, Katerina Frank, shows she's been a strategic advisor for The White Glove, "democratizing auction guarantees for art and collectibles" for over a year while still working at eBay - raising questions about if a partnership or acquisition could be in the works as eBay tries to move deeper into the high value collectible world.
eBay experienced a tech issue impacting loading of the site's homepage, other important category and navigational pages for over 5 hours on Friday, leaving users in the lurch.
Some sellers were finally able to get answers about how the invite only Summer Sale deal works with offers and how to track which orders had the coupon applied (spoiler alert: they can't).
You know it's bad when you have sellers putting their stores on Time Away or asking to be removed from the sale after launch - yikes!
Other Ecommerce News
The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved requested rate changes for July 2024, but not without a strongly worded statement urging the Board of Governors to consider exercising their business judgement when considering how much to increase postage costs.
Sellers report seeing competings ads displayed on shop homepages and odd fluctuations in ad spend as part of suspected Etsy testing.
Amazon's motion to dismiss FTC case about Amazon Prime subscription dark pattern design practices has been denied with the court ruling federal law requires that cancellation must be available through a "simple mechanism" that is not more complicated than the process to required to enroll in a service or subscription.
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